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0 of 24 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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The WNBA playoffs will have a star-studded matchup between A’Ja Wilson and Caitlin Clark, thanks to a massive comeback by Golden State.
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playoffs → have → State
Down 10 with three minutes to go, the Valkryies went on a 14-0 run to beat the Los Angeles Sparks 76-75 Thursday night and move into to the No. 2 seed on the final day of the regular season.
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Valkryies → go → season
Golden State’s win and Indiana’s loss to Minnesota sets up a best-of-three series between the reigning champion Las Vegas Aces and the Fever.
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win → set → champion
The series beginning Sunday in Las Vegas will be a showcase between Wilson, the four-time WNBA MVP, and Clark, the 2024 rookie of the year and three-time All-Star.
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series → begin → year
The Aces, who have won three of the past four WNBA championships, beat the Phoenix Mercury 100-82, but dropped to the No. 3 seed with Golden State’s win.
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who → win → win
Indiana fell to the No. 6 seed with its 86-66 loss to Minnesota on Thursday.
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Indiana → fall → Thursday
Golden State plays the No. 7 seed Dallas Wings and star Paige Bueckers in the opening round.
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State → play → round
Minnesota clinched the top seed for the second straight season and will face eighth-seeded New York.
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Minnesota → clinch → York
The Atlanta Dream are the four seed after beating New York on Wednesday night and will face No. 5 seed Washington.
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Dream → beat → Washington
The Mystics beat the Chicago Sky 101-93 Thursday night and earned the fifth seed with Indiana’s loss to Minnesota.
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Mystics → beat → Minnesota
“Everybody in the playoffs are capable of winning on the road and stealing a series,” Atlanta coach Karl Smesko said.
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Smesko → win → series
“I definitely think it’s an advantage to have to play in front of your home crowd.”
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it → think → crowd
The Minnesota-New York series will be a rematch of the 2024 WNBA Finals, won by the Liberty in seven games.
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series → win → games
The Lynx played without star point guard Olivia Miles the final two games of the regular season due to a left calf injury.
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Lynx → play → injury
“You have to have a healthy dislike for one another and I think that exists,” Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve said.
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Reeve → have → one
So it makes for great cinema and hopefully some great games for us, particularly at Target Center.”
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it → make → Center
The Liberty also have two key players dealing with injuries.
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Liberty → have → injuries
Star Breanna Stewart missed Wednesday’s game with knee soreness and Jonquel Jones went down with an ankle injury in the third quarter.
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Jones → miss → quarter
“The margin for error throughout this regular season is incredibly small and you’ll see that in the playoffs,” Stewart said.
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Stewart → see → playoffs
“Like one through eight you don’t know who will be playing at the end of October, which is exciting.
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which → know → October
I feel like for us we’re going to get a fresh start when it comes Sunday.”
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it → feel → start
With New York finishing at 26-18, this is only the second time in league history that all the playoff teams have won at least 59% of their games.
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teams → finish → games
The 1998 playoffs, which only had four teams, had all four teams at 60% or better.
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teams → have → %
In the four major sports it’s rare to find the last place team in the playoffs with such a high win rate.
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it → ’ → rate
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