New York and Minnesota nonetheless main the way in which, each unbeaten Commissioner’s Cup play begins

Both groups have gone undefeated up to now this 12 months with the Lynx enhancing to 8-0 with a win over Phoenix on Tuesday night time in a Commissioner’s Cup matchup.

The Liberty and Lynx confronted off final season within the in-season event ultimate with Minnesota coming away with the victory. New York received revenge, successful the WNBA championship for the primary time in franchise historical past.

With Minnesota 8-0 and New York 7-0 this season, it marks the most recent that multiple franchise had been undefeated this lengthy into the season since each the Lynx and Los Angeles Sparks began 2016 successful their first 11 video games.

New York has dominated its opponents up to now, averaging 91.9 factors a recreation, and successful by practically 23 factors a contest. That features a 48-point victory over Connecticut, the second-largest margin of victory in WNBA historical past.

Minnesota has been discovering methods to win shut contests. Before beating Golden State by 11 on Sunday, the Lynx had gained their earlier 4 video games by a complete of 18 factors.

The Lynx and Liberty will not play within the common season for a couple of extra months with their 4 matchups coming within the span of some weeks — the primary of which is on July 30.

New York led the way in which because the No. 1 crew within the energy ballot once more this week. Minnesota was proper behind in second. The nationwide voting panel selected Phoenix third and Atlanta fourth. The Dream moved up three locations. Las Vegas, Seattle and Indiana had been the subsequent three. Washington, Golden State and Chicago adopted. Los Angeles, Dallas and Connecticut rounded out the ballot.

The WNBA will play its annual in-season event over the subsequent few weeks. Each crew will play the opposite groups of their convention one time throughout that window. The West could have six video games with the addition of enlargement crew Golden State. The East will play 5. The groups with one of the best file in every convention will face off within the title recreation. The successful crew receives a $500,000 money prize pool to divvy up in addition to every participant on that squad will get $5,000 in cryptocurrency from Bitcoin.

Allisha Gray of Atlanta earned Player of the Week honors for the second time in her profession. The Dream guard, who additionally gained the award in June 2023, averaged 26.5 factors, 4.5 rebounds and 4 assists to assist Atlanta win each its video games final week on the highway over Los Angeles and Seattle. Other gamers receiving consideration included A’ja Wilson of Las Vegas, Napheesa Collier of Minnesota and Sabrina Ionescu of New York.

Indiana at Chicago, Saturday. Caitlin Clark should be sidelined with a quad pressure for this rematch between the Fever and Sky. The recreation will likely be broadcast on CBS in primetime, the primary for the community in WNBA historical past.

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