4 spot in the standings (and home-court advantage in a potential first round matchup). Washington currently sits one game behind Seattle for the No. However, the schedule is about get much busier as the Mystics have four games in the span of six days beginning Thursday in Dallas, followed by a home back-to-back against Seattle on Saturday and Sunday and wrapping against Las Vegas on Tuesday. The Mystics had only one game on the schedule this past week and they took care of business with a home win over the Liberty behind Elena Delle Donne’s 25 points. This Week’s Schedule: Thursday at DAL Saturday vs.This week sees the Storm on a three-game road trip with stops in Connecticut and Washington for a two-game set with the Mystics. Seattle has the biggest discrepancy between home wins (12-4) and road wins (6-6) in the league this season. The Storm went 1-2 over the past week, dropping two games on the road – at Chicago and at Phoenix in the highly-anticipated final regular season game between longtime friends and teammates Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi – before bouncing back with a home win over Atlanta on Sunday. This Week’s Schedule: Thursday at CON Saturday at WAS Sunday at WAS.Last Week’s Results: L at CHI 78-74 L at PHX 94-78 W vs.Connecticut opens a four-game homestand on Thursday against Seattle. The first of two wins over the Lynx this past week saw Alyssa Thomas post the first triple-double in franchise history as she finished with 15 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists in a 94-84 win. Similar to the Aces, the Sun have won five of their six games coming out of the All-Star break and are coming off a perfect 3-0 week with wins over New York and Minnesota. This week begins with the Commissioner’s Cup Championship in Chicago, before a quick trip to Indiana for a two-game set with a Fever team that has lost 12 straight games. After stumbling into the All-Star break, the Aces have bounced back nicely, winning five of their six games coming out of All-Star.
With their 84-66 win over Los Angeles on Saturday, the Aces joined the Sky as the only teams to reach 20 wins so far and clinch a playoff berth.
The win ignited a five-game win streak for the Sky and a run that saw the defending champs win 11 of 12 games to ascend to the top of the standings and steal the title of the hottest team in the league. Behind 25 points and eight assists from Courtney Vandersloot and a double-double from Candace Parker (17 points, 10 rebounds), the Sky completed the largest comeback in WNBA history with a 104-95 win.
The Aces appeared on their way to improving to 14-2 when they faced the Sky again on June 21, leading by as many as 28 points in the second quarter before the Sky came charging back. The Aces would open the season 13-2 to take a commanding lead in both the Commissioner’s Cup and overall league standings. Las Vegas won the first meeting 83-76 on May 28 in Chicago behind double-doubles from A’ja Wilson (22 points, 16 rebounds) and Dearica Hamby (14 points, 14 rebounds) to improve to 8-1 on the season. On Tuesday, the two teams will meet for the third time this season in the Commissioner’s Cup Championship (8:30 p.m. This past week, the Chicago Sky and Las Vegas Aces became the first two teams to clinch a berth in the 2022 WNBA Playoffs.
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