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This matchup is everything we as fans want to see in a Finals: The two best teams, both stacked with stars and each posing matchup challenges for the other, going head-to-head for the chance to call themselves champions.
The New York Liberty and Minnesota Lynx were the top two seeds in the WNBA regular season, and they have advanced to face off in the WNBA Finals starting Thursday night.
This is a Finals stacked with star power. There are three gold medalists from the Paris Olympics: 2023 MVP Breanna Stewart, 2024 MVP runner-up Napheesa Collier, and 3-time All-Star Sabrina Ionescu. That’s not to mention former MVP Jonquel Jones, 5-time All-Star and WNBA champion Courtney Vandersloot, four-time All-Star Kayla McBride and Courtney Williams, just to name a few.
Here’s everything you need to know about the 2024 WNBA Finals.
Are the WNBA Finals 5 or 7 games?
The WNBA Finals are a best-of-five series played in a 2-2-1 format. Because New York had the better regular season record (the best in the W), it will host Games 1 and 2 at the Barclays Center, then the series shifts to Minnesota for Games 3 and 4. If there is a Game 5, it will be back in Brooklyn.
How to watch the 2024 WNBA Finals?
Here is the broadcast schedule for the WNBA Finals:
Game 1: Lynx at Liberty, Thursday Oct. 10 (8 ET, ESPN)
Game 2: Lynx at Liberty, Sunday Oct. 13 (3 ET, ABC)
Game 3: Liberty at Lynx, Wednesday Oct. 16 (8 ET, ESPN)
*Game 4: Liberty at Lynx, Friday Oct. 18 (8 ET, ESPN)
*Game 5: Lynx at Liberty, Sunday Oct. 20 (8 ET, ESPN)
All times are Eastern (* = if necessary)
All games can be streamed on ESPN+
Who won the 2023 WNBA championship?
The Las Vegas Aces — behind strong play from A’Ja Wilson and Kelsey Plum — knocked off the New York Liberty, making it back-to-back WNBA championships for Sin City.
Las Vegas had been dominant all season, going 34-6 with the best offense and defense in the league. The Aces lost just one game through their playoff run, to the Liberty in the Finals.
New York Liberty vs Minnesota Lynx head-to-head record
Minnesota owned the regular season series this year, taking three of the four head-to-head games. That included when the…
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Publish date : 2024-10-09 17:15:21
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