The Dallas Wings and Los Angeles Sparks have been eliminated from WNBA playoff contention. Who will join them on the postseason sidelines, and who will take the No. 8 seed?
The seven teams who already have playoff spots continue to jockey for position and home-court advantage — including the first-place New York Liberty, who are No. 1 again in this week’s ESPN WNBA Power Rankings — but we’re focused on the other end, where the Chicago Sky, Atlanta Dream and Washington Mystics are trying to make the postseason.
With two weeks left in the regular season, the Mystics will face the Sky and the Dream (twice) this week; Atlanta and Chicago still have a matchup left against each other the following week. All three have faced challenges due to injuries this season.
Let’s start with the Sky, who are in eighth place in the standings but got stunning news Saturday: forward Angel Reese is out for the rest of the season with a wrist injury. As a rookie, she established herself as a consistent double-double threat and one of the top…
