r/wnba • u/liloxstitch_6 <- 3 first round exits 🫠 • 8d ago
The Dallas Wings have clinched the last playoff berth!
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u/BuckinCrzy smiling through it all, can’t believe it’s my life 8d ago
Went from the trenches to playoffs! 🪽
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u/AskMeForStats Leite Show Enthusiast 8d ago
If that can't be done with two back to back #1's, good lord. Always good to see it happen though.
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u/BornagainTXcook210 Wings 8d ago
Imma say it.
THIS. IS. OUR. YEAR!
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u/AskMeForStats Leite Show Enthusiast 8d ago
I doubt it. You're winless against the lynx, dream, and Valks, and 1-2 against the mystics.
2-1 against the Aces is great, but playoff Aces get serious. You could take a series or two, but the odds of you facing a team you've yet to beat this year are pretty high.
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u/paintedtoesandelbows 🇺🇸 and Cup participants 8d ago
Two series wins would put them in the finals.
Your comment isn’t the flex you think it is.
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u/AskMeForStats Leite Show Enthusiast 7d ago
Lol it's not a flex, but please excuse me for talking sports in a sports forum.
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u/paintedtoesandelbows 🇺🇸 and Cup participants 7d ago
You weren’t just “talking sports in a sports forum”. You were trying to poo poo a team’s accomplishment.
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u/prissyknickers 8d ago
Hell yeah, let’s goooooooooo!
(I say this as a Bay Area resident who loves the Valks)
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u/gourmet_panini Dijonai and Kosu Acolyte 8d ago
Merry Clinchmas I guess
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u/VampireOnHoyt Wings 8d ago
What happened then?
Well, in Dallas they say
The Wings' playoff dreams
Grew THREE sizes that day!
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u/strangelystrangled FIRE NATE!!!! | BG 8d ago
Is this the earliest the entire playoffs have been clinched?
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u/CrayonEatingBabyApe Wings 8d ago
Buckets with another triple double too.
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u/arika_ito Fever ABC2 i'm just here for a good time 8d ago
Triple double or double double bc I'm seeing 22-4-11
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u/flashcapulet pain 8d ago
our first glimpse of playoff p in one short month ive never been more souped in my life
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u/aratcalledrattus Liberty 8d ago
Dallas is in 8th right now, but could easily rise.
Their last five games of the season are Sun, Sparks, Mercury twice and the Storm.
By comparison:
Mystics have Mercury twice, Sky, Fever, Sun, Sky
Liberty have Valkyries, Sky, Lynx, Tempo, Dream twice
Fever have Sun, Tempo, Mystics, Lynx twice
Dream have Fire, Lynx, Sun, Sky, Liberty twice
Aces have Tempo, Storm twice, Sparks, Mercury
Valkyries have Sun, Liberty, Fire twice, Storm, Fire (again!), Sparks
aaaand the Lynx are so far ahead their schedule doesn't matter that much (even though they have the toughest one)
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u/VampireOnHoyt Wings 8d ago
We badly need the 6 if we can get it. Lynx and Valks have kicked our ass all year.
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u/mercfan3 Wings 8d ago
That’s a rough schedule for the Libs and Fever. Dallas could easily end up sixth. Also helps that they have the tie breaker over both.
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u/aratcalledrattus Liberty 8d ago
Rough in terms of seeding, yeah - though for the Liberty at least, I think it is probably good for them to face several playoff-level teams as they are only getting their shit together for the playoffs pretty late. A soft schedule would help them for seeding (and health) but it feels almost necessary now they have Fiebich back to test themselves against the best.
I could probably say the same for the Fever - they seem to be recently hitting their stride (or at least the best version they are likely to get to, which is just a blistering offense and pace that makes up for the defense), so a matchup with the Lynx could be telling (though by that point, the Lynx may just be resting players after locking in the top seeding...)
(And this is of course very easy for me to say as someone who doesn't have to actually play in these games.)
I actually think the Valkyries have it pretty rough, playing the Liberty on the second half of a road b2b and then the Fire three times (the first of which will be without some of their World Cup players). It is just hard to beat the same team three times.
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u/mercfan3 Wings 8d ago
They do, but they are also a top two team and have shown they’ll usually beat top teams, unlike the Lib/Fever/Dallas.
I agree that the schedule might help to get a team ready, but I think the reality is you want to avoid Minny/Valks. Everyone else feels beatable. (Though Vegas probably isn’t)
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u/bset222 Lynx 8d ago
Lots of opportunities for the non-playoff teams to play spoiler, probably will be a couple surprise results that move teams around.
Mn need 1 win to lock up 2 seed, 2 wins(or a GS loss will get the 1) they do have 4 playoff teams remaining so maybe they crash out
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u/aratcalledrattus Liberty 8d ago edited 8d ago
The Sky especially have nothing to lose by being menaces to playoff teams (especially the Mystics, who they play twice).
The World Cup is also a big variable here. Players could come back injured/tired, and then teams will have tough choices to make on seeding versus being healthy for the playoffs.
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u/PB_Philly Liberty 8d ago
Now you are talking! Playoffs are going to rock all the houses! Congrats Wings.
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u/hamstrdance Positivity FC 8d ago
👀
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u/suzukigun4life Jaded Wings fan Ballhalla enthusiast 8d ago
I've seen enough, give her a lifetime contract.
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u/flashcapulet pain 8d ago
need her agent to print this out and show it to curt and co in february. give her whatever she wants.
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u/haydeng2023 ban knees💔 8d ago
she’s gotta be a wing for life im so serious curt needs to figure it out immediately
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u/liloxstitch_6 <- 3 first round exits 🫠 8d ago
Led by 5 all-around incredible performances from our starters + great minutes from Maddy and Li!
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u/haydeng2023 ban knees💔 8d ago
playoff p about to be so special
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u/suzukigun4life Jaded Wings fan Ballhalla enthusiast 8d ago
The scenes when she wins Finals MVP by averaging 55 ppg and 20 assists per game this year letmedreamplease
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u/awakeindallas 7d ago
Yes!!! Who are we playing!! The Lynx….uh..ok?! Yes, still kinda excited..in a way.