2018 WNBA season

2018 WNBA season
2018 WNBA season
League	Women's National Basketball Association
Sport	Basketball
Duration	May 18 – September 12, 2018
Games	34
Teams	12
Average attendance	6,721
TV partner(s)	ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, NBA TV
Draft
Top draft pick	A'ja Wilson
Picked by	Las Vegas Aces
Regular season
Top seed	Atlanta Dream
Season MVP	Breanna Stewart (Seattle)
Top scorer	Liz Cambage (Dallas)
Playoffs
Finals champions	Seattle Storm
Runners-up	Washington Mystics
Finals MVP	Breanna Stewart (Seattle)
WNBA seasons
	← 2017 2019 →

The 2018 WNBA season was the 22nd season of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The Minnesota Lynx are the defending champions. The regular season began on May 18, with the Phoenix Mercury hosting the Dallas Wings. The season ended with the Seattle Storm defeating the Washington Mystics 3-0 in the WNBA Finals. This was the third championship for the Storm. Seattle's Breanna Stewart was named regular season and finals MVP.

Draft

The Las Vegas Aces selected A'ja Wilson first in the 2018 WNBA Draft.^[2] The draft was televised nationally on the ESPN networks (Round 1 on ESPN2, Rounds 2 and 3 on ESPNU).

Retirement

On August 21, 2017, Plenette Pierson announced her retirement at the conclusion of the 2017 season. Pierson played 15 seasons and won three championships with the Detroit Shock and Minnesota Lynx.^[3]
On February 3, 2018, Jia Perkins announced her retirement from the WNBA. Perkins played 14 seasons and won one championship with the Minnesota Lynx.^[4]

Free agency

Free agency negotiations began on February 1.

Coaching changes


Off-season
Team	2017 season	2018 season
Seattle Storm	Gary Kloppenburg	Dan Hughes
New York Liberty	Bill Laimbeer	Katie Smith
Las Vegas Aces	Vickie Johnson	Bill Laimbeer
Atlanta Dream	Michael Cooper	Nicki Collen
Mid-season
Team	Outgoing coach	Incoming coach
Dallas Wings	Fred Williams	Taj McWilliams-Franklin

Transactions

Arena changes

In addition to the relocated Las Vegas Aces, two other teams announced permanent moves to new arenas for the 2018 season.

The Chicago Sky moved from Allstate Arena in suburban Rosemont, Illinois to the newly opened Wintrust Arena at the McCormick Place exhibition center on Chicago's Near South Side. The move was initially announced by the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, owner and operator of McCormick Place, on July 25, 2017.^[5] The Sky did not make their formal announcement until February 2, 2018.^[6]
The New York Liberty announced on February 8, 2018 that they would move their primary home from Madison Square Garden, where they had played since the league's first season in 1997, to the Westchester County Center in suburban White Plains, New York. The team planned to play 15 of its 17 home games in White Plains, with the remaining two at the Garden.^[7]

Regular season

All-Star Game

The 2018 WNBA All-Star Game was hosted by the Minnesota Lynx on July 28 at the Target Center. Coverage of the game began at 3:30pm. This is the first time the Lynx have hosted the annual event. This season a new selection format was used. Fans, coaches, media and players would all vote for players to be selected to the All-Star Game. The top 22 players receiving votes based on this weighting were selected to the All-Star Game. There was not a restriction on number of players from one conference. The top 2 vote getters were captains of the two All-Star teams and selected their teams from the pool of the remaining 20 players. The 22 All-Stars were revealed on July 17, 2018. The rosters were revealed on July 19, 2018.^[8]

ABC

July 28
3:30pm

Boxscore

Team Delle Donne 112, Team Parker 119
Scoring by quarter: 27–31, 23–23, 34–24, 35–34
Pts: Moore, Quigley 18 Rebs: Four players 8 Asts: Diggins-Smith 8		Pts: Toliver 23 Rebs: Three players 6 Asts: Bird 8

Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Attendance: 15,922
Referees: Maj Forsberg
Janetta Graham
Jeff Wooten

Standings

Source:^[9]

#	Eastern Conference v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
1	Atlanta Dream (2)	23	11	.676	–	13–4	10–7	12–4
2	Washington Mystics (3)	22	12	.647	1	12–5	10–7	12–4
3	Connecticut Sun (4)	21	13	.618	2	13–4	8–9	9–7
4	e – Chicago Sky	13	21	.382	10	7–10	6–11	6–10
5	e – New York Liberty	7	27	.206	16	4–13	3–14	6–10
6	e – Indiana Fever	6	28	.176	17	2–15	4–13	3–13

#	Western Conference v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
1	Seattle Storm (1)	26	8	.765	–	13–4	13–4	11–5
2	Phoenix Mercury (5)	20	14	.588	6	9–8	11–6	8–8
3	Los Angeles Sparks (6)	19	15	.559	7	11–6	8–9	9–7
4	Minnesota Lynx (7)	18	16	.529	8	9–8	9–8	9–7
5	Dallas Wings (8)	15	19	.441	11	10–7	5–12	7–9
6	e –Las Vegas Aces	14	20	.412	12	8–9	6–11	4–12

Notes

(#) – Conference Standing, Playoff Seeds shown to the right of team name

x – Qualified for playoffs

e – Eliminated from playoffs

Statistic leaders

The following shows the leaders for each statistic during the 2018 regular season.^[10]

Category	Player	Team	Statistic
Points per game	Liz Cambage	Dallas Wings	23.0 PPG
Rebounds per game	Sylvia Fowles	Minnesota Lynx	11.9 RPG
Assists per game	Courtney Vandersloot	Chicago Sky	8.6 APG
Steals per game	Maya Moore	Minnesota Lynx	1.7 SPG
Blocks per game	Brittney Griner	Phoenix Mercury	2.6 BPG
Field goal percentage	Sylvia Fowles	Minnesota Lynx	61.9% (237–383)
Three point FG percentage	Briann January	Phoenix Mercury	47.0% (77–182)
Free throw percentage	Diana Taurasi	Phoenix Mercury	92.5% (172–186)
Points per game	Team Stat	Connecticut Sun	87.6 PPG
Field goal percentage	Team Stat	Seattle Storm	46.8%

Schedule

2018 WNBA preseason

Preseason

Date	Matchup			Result	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance
Thu April 12	2018 WNBA draft: first round			ESPN2				New York City
Thu April 12	2018 WNBA draft: later rounds			ESPNU				New York City
Sun May 6	Washington Mystics	vs.	Minnesota Lynx	85–90 MIN	Robinson (18)	Tied (6)	Wright (4)	Wells Fargo Arena 4,203
	Atlanta Dream	@	Chicago Sky	78–61 ATL	Hayes (16)	Parker (8)	Montgomery (7)	Wintrust Arena
	China	@	Las Vegas Aces	63–98 LVA	Ting (22)	Tied (7)	Tied (5)	Mandalay Bay Events Center
Mon May 7	Chicago Sky	@	Indiana Fever	65–79 IND	Mavunga (18)	Tied (8)	Peterson (4)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 4,377
	Dallas Wings	vs.	New York Liberty	76–69 DAL	Stevens (19)	Stevens (10)	Zellous (4)	Mohegan Sun Arena
	Los Angeles	@	Connecticut Sun	65–68 CON	Thomas (17)	Tied (8)	Pondexter (3)	Mohegan Sun Arena
Tues May 8	Phoenix Mercury	@	Seattle Storm	69–73 SEA	Loyd (15)	Tied (6)	Tied (3)	KeyArena 3,502
	Los Angeles	vs.	New York Liberty	75–81 NYL	Nurse (19)	Gray (14)	Pondexter (5)	Mohegan Sun Arena 1,106
	Dallas Wings	@	Connecticut Sun	58–79 CON	Williams (18)	A. Thomas (12)	A. Thomas (5)	Mohegan Sun Arena 3,695
Fri May 11	Atlanta Dream	@	Connecticut Sun	58–74 CON	Tied (13)	Williams (6)	Tied (3)	Webster Bank Arena 1,610
Sat May 12	China	@	Los Angeles	61–82 LAS	Gray (17)	Wang Jaiqui (8)	Gray (10)	Hutto-Patterson Gym 1,650
	Indiana Fever	@	Washington Mystics	56–91 WAS	Tied (15)	Hawkins (7)	Tied (3)	Acierno Arena (University of Delaware) 3,323
	Chicago Sky	@	Minnesota Lynx	58–87 MIN	Fowles (17)	Fowles (9)	Tied (5)	Target Center 5,024
	Seattle Storm	@	Phoenix	61–84 SEA	Canada (17)	Lyttle (11)	Bird (5)	Talking Stick Resort Arena 4,535
Sun May 13	Las Vegas Aces	@	Dallas Wings	55–68 DAL	Stevens (12)	Wilson (12)	Chong (4)	College Park Center

2018 WNBA regular season

May

Date	Matchup			TV	Result	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance
Fri May 18	Dallas Wings	@	Phoenix Mercury	NBA TV, FSA+	78–86 PHO	Taurasi (26)	Bonner (12)	Diggins-Smith (9)	Talking Stick Resort Arena 11,210
Sat May 19	Chicago Sky	@	Indiana Fever	NBA TV, WNDY	82–64 CHI	Quigley (19)	Tied (8)	Tied (5)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,565
Sun May 20	Las Vegas Aces	@	Connecticut Sun	Twitter	65–101 CON	Young (23)	A. Thomas (17)	J. Thomas (6)	Mohegan Sun Arena 6,637
	Indiana Fever	@	Washington Mystics	NBA TV, NBCSWA	64–82 WAS	Achonwa (21)	Achonwa (12)	Delle Donne (7)	Capital One Arena 7,400
	Atlanta Dream	@	Dallas Wings	Twitter, FFSW-DAL+	78–101 DAL	Diggins–Smith (25)	Christmas–Kelly (10)	Davis (5)	College Park Center 5,907
	Los Angeles Sparks	@	Minnesota Lynx	ESPN2	77–76 LAS^{[permanent dead link]}	Sims (21)	Fowles (12)	Whalen (9)	Target Center 13,032
	New York Liberty	@	Chicago Sky	Twitter, The U Too, MSG+	76–80 CHI	Quigley (22)	Parker (8)	Hartley (6)	Wintrust Arena 7,922
	Phoenix Mercury	@	Seattle Storm	Twitter, KZJO-TV	87–82 PHO	Griner (29)	Stewart (15)	Bonner (7)	KeyArena 8,602
Tues May 22	Los Angeles Sparks	@	Indiana Fever	Twitter	87–70 LAS	Ogwumike (25)	Ogwumike (10)	Gray (8)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 4,742
Tues May 22	Las Vegas Aces	@	Washington Mystics	League Pass, Monumental	70–75 WAS	Delle Donne (23)	Delle Donne (11)	Allen (6)	Capital One Arena 4,509
Wed May 23	Atlanta Dream	@	Chicago Sky	LeaguePass	81–63 ATL	Hayes (22)	Breland (10)	Williams (6)	Wintrust Arena 6,147
	Dallas Wings	@	Minnesota Lynx	League Pass, FSNTH	68–76 MIN	Fowles (23)	Fowles (20)	Whalen (8)	Target Center 7,834
	Seattle Storm	@	Phoenix Mercury	League Pass	87–71 SEA	Loyd (29)	Stewart (11)	Tied (4)	Talking Stick Resort Arena 8,068
Thurs May 24	Los Angeles Sparks	@	Connecticut Sun	ESPN2	94–102 CON	Gray (21)	A. Thomas (9)	J. Thomas (8)	Mohegan Sun Arena 5,571
Thurs May 24	Washington Mystics	@	Indiana Fever	ESPN3, Monumental	93–84 WAS	Delle Done (26)	Delle Done (10)	T. Mitchell (3)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 4,415
Fri May 25	Minnesota Lynx	@	New York Liberty	LeaguePass, MSG+	78–72 MIN	Augustus (21)	Charles (12)	Robinson (5)	Westchester County Center 2,315
Fri May 25	Chicago Sky	@	Seattle Storm	LeaguePass, KZJO-TV, The U Too	91–95 (OT) SEA^{[permanent dead link]}	Loyd (29)	Howard (10)	Tied (9)	KeyArena 5,866
Sat May 26	Dallas Wings	@	Atlanta Dream	LeaguePass, FSSE-ATL	78–70 DAL	Diggins-Smith (24)	Cambage (14)	Tied (4)	McCamish Pavilion 4,749
Sat May 26	Indiana Fever	@	Connecticut Sun	LeaguePass	77–86 CON^{[permanent dead link]}	A. Thomas (21)	McCall (9)	Wheeler (9)	Mohegan Sun Arena 5,843
Sun May 27	Minnesota Lynx	@	Washington Mystics	LeaguePass, NBCSWA	78–90 WAS	Toliver (19)	Hines–Allen (13)	Cloud (8)	Capital One Arena 5,723
	Phoenix Mercury	@	Los Angeles Sparks	LeaguePass, SpecSN	72–80 LAS	Gray (23)	Ogwumike (8)	Gray (8)	Staples Center 11,201
	Seattle Storm	@	Las Vegas Aces	NBA TV, KZJO-TV	105–98 SEA	Wilson (27)	Stewart (9)	Loyd (9)	Mandalay Bay Events Center 7,662
Tues May 29	Minnesota Lynx	@	Atlanta Dream	Twitter	74–76 ATL	Hayes (20)	Fowles (13)	Robinson (6)	McCamish Pavilion 3,785
	Dallas Wings	@	New York Liberty	LeaguePass, MSG+	89–94 NYL	Charles (34)	Cambage (16)	Zellous (9)	Westchester County Center 1,516
	Washington Mystics	@	Seattle Storm	Twitter, KZJO-TV	77–81 SEA	Loyd (27)	Hines–Allen (11)	Bird (7)	KeyArena 5,235
Wed May 30	Washington Mystics	@	Phoenix Mercury	LeaguePass, Monumental	103–95 WAS	Toliver (30)	Hawkins (12)	Taurasi (7)	Talking Stick Resort Arena 8,188
Thurs May 31	Las Vegas Aces	@	Seattle Storm	LeaguePass, KZJO-TV	74–101 SEA	Tied (21)	Russell (8)	Bird (9)	KeyArena 5,235

June

Date	Matchup			TV	Result	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance
Fri June 1	Phoenix Mercury	@	Minnesota Lynx	ESPN2	95–85 PHO	Taurasi (29)	Griner (9)	Taurasi (6)	Target Center 8,830
	Connecticut Sun	@	Chicago Sky	ESPN3, The U Too, NBCSB	110–72 CON	Tied (20)	A. Thomas (13)	Vandersloot (7)	Wintrust Arena 4,131
	Washington Mystics	@	Las Vegas Aces	LeaguePass, ATTSN-RM, Monumental	73–85 LVA	Wilson (26)	Wilson (12)	Tied (4)	Mandalay Bay Events Center 5,575
Sat June 2	New York Liberty	@	Indiana Fever	LeaguePass, FSIND, MSG+	87–81 NYL	Nurse (34)	Stokes (12)	Wheeler (7)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 5,575
Sat June 2	Seattle Storm	@	Dallas Wings	LeaguePass, FSSW-DAL+	90–94 DAL	Stewart (28)	Howard (9)	Canada (9)	College Park Center 5,191
Sun June 3	Phoenix Mercury	@	Atlanta Dream	LeaguePass, FSSE-ATL	78–71 PHO	McCoughtry (21)	McCoughtry (10)	Taurasi (8)	McCamish Pavilion 3,796
	Connecticut Sun	@	Washington Mystics	LeaguePass, NBCSWA, NBCSB	88–64 CON	J. Thomas (25)	Williams (10)	A. Thomas (4)	Capital One Arena 5,176
	Minnesota Lynx	@	Los Angeles Sparks	LeaguePass, SpecSN	69–77 LAS	Parker (19)	Parker (10)	Gray (6)	Staples Center 13,500
	Las Vegas Aces	@	Chicago Sky	LeaguePass, The U Too	90–94 CHI	De Shields (25)	Parker (13)	Vandersloot (9)	Wintrust Arena 5,052
Tues June 5	Phoenix Mercury	@	New York Liberty	Twitter, MSG+	80–74 PHO	Griner (26)	Tied (8)	Taurasi (8)	Madison Square Garden 7,215
Tues June 5	Connecticut Sun	@	Atlanta Dream	LeaguePass, FSSO, NBCSB	77–82 ATL	Hayes (22)	A. Thomas (17)	A. Thomas (7)	McCamish Pavilion 2,830
Thurs June 7	Minnesota Lynx	@	Washington Mystics	LeaguePass, NBCSWA	88–80 WAS	Fowles (21)	Fowles (12)	Cloud (9)	Capital One Arena 8,587
	Connecticut Sun	@	New York Liberty	LeaguePass, MSG+, NBCSB	88–86 CON	Charles (24)	Tied (9)	J. Thomas (8)	Westchester County Center 1,581
	Seattle Storm	@	Los Angeles Sparks	ESPN2	88–63 SEA	Ogwumike (19)	Howard (9)	Bird (8)	Staples Center 9,204
Fri June 8	Atlanta Dream	@	Las Vegas Aces	LeaguePass, ATTSN-RM	87–83 ATL	Hayes (24)	Tied (9)	Allen (7)	Mandalay Bay Events Center 5,913
	Dallas Wings	@	Indiana Fever	LeaguePass	89–83 DAL	Diggins-Smith (35)	Diggins-Smith (12)	Diggins-Smith (6)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 5,675
	Chicago Sky	@	Phoenix Mercury	LeaguePass, The U Too	79–96 PHO	Williams (26)	Griner (8)	Taurasi (7)	Talking Stick Resort Arena 8,834
Sat June 9	Minnesota Lynx	@	Connecticut Sun	NBA TV, NBCSB	75–89 CON	Williams (22)	Fowles (14)	Tied (4)	Mohegan Sun Arena 6,771
Sun June 10	Indiana Fever	@	New York Liberty	LeaguePass, MSG	75–78 NYL	K. Mitchell (19)	Achonwa (10)	T. Mitchell (7)	Westchester County Center 1,537
	Chicago Sky	@	Los Angeles Sparks	LeaguePass, SpecSN	59–77 LAS	Can. Parker (24)	Che. Parker (12)	Faulkner (6)	Staples Center 8,239
	Las Vegas Aces	@	Phoenix Mercury	LeaguePass, FSA+	66–72 PHO	Taurasi (25)	Griner (15)	Plum (6)	Talking Stick Resort Arena 8,471
	Atlanta Dream	@	Seattle Storm	LeaguePass, KZJO-TV	67–64 ATL	Hayes (23)	Howard (15)	Tied (3)	Mohegan Sun Arena 6,771
Tues June 12	Las Vegas Aces	@	Indiana Fever	LeaguePass	101–92 LVA	Wilson (35)	Achonwa (15)	Young (9)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 5,437
	Phoenix Mercury	@	Dallas Wings	Twitter, FSSW-DAL+	75–72 PHO	Taurasi (21)	Lyttle (10)	January (6)	College Park Center 4,026
	Chicago Sky	@	Seattle Storm	LeaguePass, The U Too	85–96 SEA	Breanna Stewart (30)	Parker (10)	Tied (5)	KeyArena 4,353
	Atlanta Dream	@	Los Angeles Sparks	NBA TV, SpecSN	64–72 LAS	Parker (18)	Ogwumike (10)	Gray (7)	Staples Center 9,215
Wed Jun 13	Washington Mystics	@	Connecticut Sun	ESPN2	95–91 WAS	Delle Donne (36)	Ogwumike (13)	J. Thomas (5)	Mohegan Sun Arena
Wed Jun 13	Las Vegas	@	New York Liberty	ESPN3, MSG+	78–63 LVA	Charles (19)	Coleman (5)	Allen (7)	Westchester County Center 1,419
Thur Jun 14	Indiana Fever	@	Atlanta Dream	NBA TV, FSSO	67–72 ATL	Hayes (23)	Breland (13)	Wheeler (10)	McCamish Pavilion 6,561
Fri June 15	Los Angeles Sparks	@	Washington Mystics	LeaguePass, NBCSWA, SpecSN	97–86 LAS	Parker (23)	Sanders (11)	Parker (11)	Capital One Arena 5,289
	Las Vegas Aces	@	Dallas Wings	NBA TV, FSSW-DAL+	67–77 DAL	Cambage (28)	Cambage (18)	Diggins–Smith (6)	College Park Center 4,549
	Connecticut Sun	@	Seattle Storm	NBA TV, KZJO-TV, WCCT	92–103 SEA	Ogwumike (30)	Stewart (9)	J. Thomas (6)	KeyArena 7,094
Sat Jun 16	Atlanta Dream	@	Indiana Fever	LeaguePass, WNDY	64–96 IND	Vivians (21)	McCoughtry (8)	K. Mitchell (5)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,234
	New York Liberty	@	Minnesota Lynx	NBA TV, FSNTH, MSG+	71–85 MIN	Fowles (25)	Fowles (9)	Robinson (8)	Target Center 9,114
	Connecticut Sun	@	Phoenix Mercury	LeaguePass	72–89 PHO	Tuck (20)	Tied (9)	January (8)	Talking Stick Resort Arena 12,497
Sun Jun 17	Los Angeles Sparks	@	Chicago Sky	NBA TV, The U Too, SpecSN	81–72 LAS	Gray (21)	Tied (11)	Vandersloot (7)	Wintrust Arena 5,584
Sun Jun 17	Phoenix Mercury	@	Las Vegas	NBA TV, ATTSN-RM	92–80 PHO	Taurasi (28)	Coffey (12)	Taurasi (7)	Mandalay Bay Events Center 4,432
Tues Jun 19	Atlanta Dream	@	New York Liberty	LeaguePass, MSG+	72–79 NYL	McCoughtry (39)	McCoughtry (14)	Boyd (11)	Westchester County Center 1,627
	Chicago Sky	@	Washington Mystics	LeaguePass, NBCSWA, The U Too	60–88 WAS	Toliver (19)	Parker (9)	Toliver (8)	Capital One Arena 1,419
	Dallas Wings	@	Minnesota Lynx	LeaguePass, FSNTH GO	83–91 MIN	Moore (21)	Fowles (17)	Tied (7)	Target Center 9,114
	Las Vegas	@	Seattle Storm	Twitter, KZJO-TV	89–77 LVA	Stewart (27)	Wilson (16)	Loyd (7)	KeyArena 6,395
	Indiana Fever	@	Los Angeles Sparks	LeaguePass, SpecSN	55–74 LAS	Parker (15)	Achonwa (14)	Gray (7)	Staples Center 8,857
Fri Jun 22	Connecticut Sun	@	Atlanta Dream	LeaguePass, FSSE-ATL, NBCSB	70–75 ATL	McCoughtry (25)	Williams (10)	Tied (4)	McCamish Pavilion 4,047
	Los Angeles Sparks	@	Dallas Wings	LeaguePass, FSSW-DAL+	72–101 DAL	Cambage (20)	Powers (8)	Diggins–Smith (11)	College Park Center 5,672
	Washington Mystics	@	Chicago Sky	ESPN3, The U Too, Monumental	93–77 CHI	Delle Donne (30)	Sanders (11)	Vandersloot (7)	Wintrust Arena 5,831
	New York Liberty	@	Las Vegas	ESPN2	78–88 LVA	McBride (27)	Wilson (14)	Charles (5)	Mandalay Bay Events Center 5,478
	Minnesota Lynx	@	Phoenix Mercury	ESPN3, FSA+, FSNTH+	83–72 PHO	Tied (23)	Griner (13)	Taurasi (6)	Talking Stick Resort Arena 11,349
	Indiana Fever	@	Seattle Storm	ESPN2, KZJO-TV	63–72 SEA	Loyd (25)	Howard (9)	Bird (7)	KeyArena 8,142
Sun Jun 24	Seattle Storm	@	Dallas Wings	NBA TV, FSSW-DAL+	97–76 SEA	Stewart (28)	Stewart (12)	Bird (10)	College Park Center 4,084
	New York Liberty	@	Los Angeles Sparks	LeaguePass, SpecSN, MSG+	54–80 LAS	Williams (25)	Ogwumike (10)	Gray (11)	Staples Center 9,203
	Connecticut Sun	@	Indiana Fever	LeaguePass, FSIND, NBCSB	87–78 CON	Banham (20)	B. Jones (10)	Bentley (6)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 5,458
	Minnesota Lynx	@	Las Vegas	NBA TV, ATTSN-RM	88–73 MIN	Moore (23)	Fowles (10)	Whalen (9)	Mandalay Bay Arena
	Chicago Sky	@	Phoenix Mercury	LeaguePass, The U Too	88–97 CHI	Quigley (20)	Griner (13)	Vandersloot (12)	Wintrust Arena 4,741
Tues Jun 26	Phoenix Mercury	@	New York Liberty	LeaguePass, MSG+	83–69 PHO	Taurasi (27)	Griner (9)	Tied (7)	Westchester County Center 1,839
	Connecticut Sun	@	Washington Mystics	LeaguePass, NBCSWA, NBCSB	80–92 WAS	Delle Donne (25)	Ogwumike (11)	Toliver (8)	Capital One Arena 4,139
	Seattle Storm	@	Minnesota Lynx	LeaguePass, FSNTH GO	79–91 MIN	Moore (32)	Fowles (17)	Bird (9)	Target Center 8,634
	Dallas Wings	@	Los Angeles Sparks	Twitter, SpecSN	83–87 LAS	Parker (29)	Cambage (14)	Parker (7)	Staples Center 10,002
Wed Jun 27	Atlanta Dream	@	Chicago Sky	LeaguePass	80–93 CHI	DeShields (23)	DeShields (11)	Vandersloot (11)	Wintrust Arena 8,521
	Indiana Fever	@	Connecticut Sun	NBA TV, NBCSB	89–101 CON	Vivians (25)	Ogwumike (10)	J. Thomas (6)	Mohegan Sun Arena 5,112
	Dallas Wings	@	Las Vegas Aces	NBA TV, ATTSN-RM	97–91 DAL	McBride (38)	Wilson (15)	Tied (8)	Mandalay Bay Events Center 5,246
Thurs Jun 28	New York Liberty	@	Washington Mystics	NBA TV, NBCSWA, MSG+	77–80 WAS	Delle Donne (22)	Charles (7)	Charles (6)	Capital One Arena 4,473
Thurs Jun 28	Los Angeles Sparks	@	Seattle Storm	ESPN2	72–81 SEA	Tied (27)	Parker (11)	Bird (11)	KeyArena 8,447
Fri Jun 29	Phoenix Mercury	@	Indiana Fever	LeaguePass	95–77 PHO	Taurasi (25)	Bonner (9)	Turner (7)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,241
	Chicago Sky	@	New York Liberty	LeaguePass, MSG+, The U Too	103–99 CHI	Charles (24)	Dolson (6)	Vandersloot (11)	Westchester County Center 1,837
	Atlanta Dream	@	Minnesota Lynx	NBA TV, FSNTH GO	74–85 MIN	Moore (24)	Fowles (15)	Whalen (7)	Target Center 9,209
	Los Angeles Sparks	@	Las Vegas	LeaguePass, ATTSN-RM, SpecSN	78–94 LVA	Wilson (29)	Plum (9)	Beard (7)	Mandalay Bay Events Center 5,124
Sat Jun 30	Phoenix Mercury	@	Washington Mystics	LeaguePass, Monumental	84–74 PHO	Delle Donne (27)	Delle Donne (13)	Taurasi (9)	Capital One Arena 6,218

July

Date	Matchup			TV	Result	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance
Sun Jul 1	Minnesota Lynx	@	Dallas Wings	LeaguePass, FSSW-DAL+, FSNTH+	76–72 MIN	Moore (26)	Fowles (9)	Diggins–Smith (7)	College Park Center 4,448
	Las Vegas	@	Los Angeles Sparks	LeaguePass, SpecSN	71–87 LAS	Lavender (17)	Ogwumike (7)	Young (8)	Staples Center 12,003
	Atlanta Dream	@	Indiana Fever	LeaguePass, WNDY	87–83 ATL	Vivians (27)	Tied (7)	Sykes (7)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 5,277
	New York Liberty	@	Chicago Sky	LeaguePass, The U Too, MSG+	97–94 NYL	Tied (28)	Vaughn (11)	Faulkner (8)	Wintrust Arena 5,382
	Connecticut Sun	@	Seattle Storm	LeaguePass, KZJO-TV, NBCSB	70–84 SEA	Bentley (15)	Howard (8)	Bird (9)	KeyArena 9,307
Tues Jul 3	Seattle Storm	@	New York Liberty	LeaguePass, MSG+	77–62 SEA	Tied (21)	Stewart (8)	Bird (11)	Westchester County Center 1,749
	Chicago Sky	@	Dallas Wings	LeaguePass, FSSW-DAL+	85–108 DAL	Cambage (37)	Cambage (10)	Vandersloot (7)	College Park Center 4,012
	Indiana Fever	@	Minnesota Lynx	Twitter	71–59 MIN	Achonwa (17)	Brunson (12)	Brunson (6)	Target Center 8,632
	Connecticut Sun	@	Los Angeles Sparks	LeaguePass, SpecSN, WCCT	73–72 CON	Ogwumike (21)	Parker (8)	Banham (6)	Staples Center 6,280
Thurs Jul 5	New York Liberty	@	Washington Mystics	ESPN3, NBCSWA, MSG+	67–86 WAS	Charles (26)	Charles (12)	Cloud (10)	Capital One Arena 4,674
	Indiana Fever	@	Dallas Wings	ESPN3, FSSW-DAL+	63–90 DAL	Stevens (26)	Johnson (11)	Diggins–Smith (7)	College Park Center 4,043
	Los Angeles Sparks	@	Minnesota Lynx	ESPN2	72–83 MIN	Fowles (27)	Brunson (12)	Gray (8)	Target Center 9,303
	Chicago Sky	@	Las Vegas Aces	LeaguePass, The U Too, ATTSN-RM	80–84 LVA	McBride (28)	Swords (12)	Vandersloot (9)	Mandalay Bay Events Center 4,699
	Connecticut Sun	@	Phoenix Mercury	LeaguePass, FSA+	77–84 PHO	Taurasi (25)	Bonner (13)	Turner (5)	Talking Stick Resort Arena 8,599
Fri Jul 6	Seattle Storm	@	Atlanta Dream	LeaguePass, FSSE-ATL	95–86 ATL	Stewart (29)	Howard (11)	Bird (10)	McCamish Pavilion 3,935
Sat Jul 7	Washington Mystics	@	Los Angeles Sparks	LeaguePass, SpecSN, Monumental	83–74 WAS	Gray (23)	Ogwumike (13)	Ogwumike (5)	Staples Center 10,163
	Minnesota Lynx	@	Chicago Sky	LeaguePass, The U Too	63–77 CHI	Moore (16)	Fowles (13)	Vandersloot (9)	Wintrust Arena 6,139
	Connecticut Sun	@	Las Vegas Aces	LeaguePass, ATTSN-RM, WCCT	90–94 LVA	Wilson (34)	Wilson (14)	Plum (10)	Mandalay Bay Events Center 3,363
Sun Jul 8	Phoenix Mercury	@	Atlanta Dream	LeaguePass, FSSE-ATL, FSA+	70–76 ATL	Taurasi (19)	Breland (12)	McCoughtry (4)	McCamish Pavilion 3,952
	Dallas Wings	@	New York Liberty	LeaguePass, MSG	97–87 DAL	Diggins–Smith (32)	Cambage (12)	Gray (6)	Westchester County Center 1,719
	Washington Mystics	@	Seattle Storm	LeaguePass, KZJO-TV, Monumental	91–97 SEA	Delle Donne (29)	Stewart (10)	Toliver (6)	KeyArena 8,724
Tues Jul 10	Los Angeles Sparks	@	Seattle Storm	Twitter, KZJO-TV, SpecSN	77–75 (OT) LAS	Parker (21)	Stewart (13)	Parker (10)	KeyArena 9,686
	Phoenix Mercury	@	Dallas Wings	LeaguePass, FSSW-DAL+, FSA+	72–101 DAL	Griner (21)	Johnson (9)	Mitchell (8)	College Park Center 4,034
	Las Vegas Aces	@	Chicago Sky	LeaguePass, The U Too	98–74 CHI	McBride (18)	3 Tied (8)	Vandersloot (8)	Wintrust Arena 7,696
Wed Jul 11	New York Liberty	@	Connecticut Sun	NBA TV, NBCSB, MSG+	79–76 NYL	Charles (19)	Charles (11)	Boyd (8)	Mohegan Sun Arena 7,413
	Atlanta Dream	@	Washington Mystics	LeaguePass, Monumental	106–89 ATL	McCoughtry (26)	Breland (10)	Breland (7)	Capital One Arena 11,354
	Minnesota Lynx	@	Indiana Fever	LeaguePass, WNDY	87–65 MIN	Fowles (20)	Fowles (10)	Fowles (7)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 10,006
Thurs Jul 12	Dallas Wings	@	Los Angeles Sparks	LeaguePass, MSG+	92–77 DAL	Diggins–Smith (22)	Tied (7)	Diggins–Smith (11)	Staples Center 13,502
Fri Jul 13	Indiana Fever	@	Atlanta Dream	LeaguePass, FSSE-ATL	74–87 ATL	T. Mitchell (17)	Breland (8)	McCoughtry (7)	McCamish Pavilion 3,807
	Phoenix Mercury	@	Connecticut Sun	LeaguePass, NBCSB	87–91 CON	Taurasi (28)	Williams (10)	A. Thomas (10)	Mohegan Sun Arena 7,696
	Chicago Sky	@	Washington Mystics	LeaguePass, NBCSWA, The U Too	72–88 WAS	Tied (25)	Sanders (8)	Vandersloot (9)	Capital One Arena 5,858
	Las Vegas Aces	@	Minnesota Lynx	LeaguePass, FSNTH+	85–77 LVA	McBride (24)	Fowles (17)	McBride (9)	Target Center 9,813
Sat Jul 14	Dallas Wings	@	Seattle Storm	LeaguePass, KZJO-TV	84–91 SEA	Stewart (35)	Stewart (10)	Diggins–Smith (7)	KeyArena 9,686
Sun Jul 15	Washington Mystics	@	Atlanta Dream	LeaguePass, FSSE-ATL, Monumental	77–80 ATL	Delle Donne (23)	Delle Donne (11)	Toliver (6)	McCamish Pavilion 3,880
	Chicago Sky	@	New York Liberty	NBA TV, MSG	84–107 NYL	Charles (21)	Vaughn (7)	Boyd (10)	Westchester County Center 2,073
	Phoenix Mercury	@	Indiana Fever	NBA TV, WNDY, FSA+	101–82 PHO	Griner (36)	Griner (12)	Taurasi (7)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,302
	Los Angeles Sparks	@	Las Vegas Aces	LeaguePass, ATTSN-RM, SpecSN	99–78 LAS	Parker (34)	Parker (11)	Parker (9)	Mandalay Bay Events Center 4,810
	Connecticut Sun	@	Minnesota Lynx	NBA TV, FSNTH, WCCT	83–64 CON	Tuck (15)	Tied (8)	Clarendon (5)	Target Center 9,234
Tues Jul 17	New York Liberty	@	Dallas Wings	Twitter, FSSW-DAL+, MSG+	87–104 DAL	Cambage (53)	Cambage (10)	Diggins–Smith (7)	College Park Center 6,459
Tues Jul 17	Atlanta Dream	@	Connecticut Sun	LeaguePass, NBCSB	86–83 ATL	McCoughtry (24)	Breland (11)	J. Thomas (6)	Mohegan Sun Arena 5,555
Wed Jul 18	Seattle Storm	@	Chicago Sky	LeaguePass	101–83 SEA	Stewart (30)	Loyd (10)	Bird (11)	Wintrust Arena 10,024
Wed Jul 18	Indiana Fever	@	Minnesota Lynx	NBA TV, FSNTH GO	65–89 MIN	Fowles (30)	Fowles (16)	Larkins (8)	Target Center 17,933
Thur Jul 19	New York Liberty	@	Atlanta Dream	ESPN3, MSG+	68–82 ATL	Montgomery (24)	Tied (12)	Boyd (10)	McCamish Pavilion 3,074
	Washington Mystics	@	Dallas Wings	ESPN2	81–90 DAL	Cambage (35)	Cambage (17)	Toliver (9)	College Park Center 4,411
	Las Vegas Aces	@	Phoenix Mercury	LeaguePass	85–82 LVA	Taurasi (33)	Wilson (12)	Taurasi (6)	Talking Stick Resort Arena 8,587
Fri Jul 20	Seattle Storm	@	Connecticut Sun	NBA TV, NBCSB	78–65 SEA	Loyd (31)	Ogwumike (12)	Tied (5)	Mohegan Sun Arena 7,908
	Dallas Wings	@	Chicago Sky	NBA TV, The U Too	81–90 DAL	Tied (23)	Vandersloot (10)	Vandersloot (15)	Wintrust Arena 4,962
	Indiana Fever	@	Los Angeles Sparks	LeaguePass, SpecSN	78–76 LAS	Parker (24)	Parker (12)	Parker (7)	Staples Center 10,532
Sat Jul 21	Washington Mystics	@	New York Liberty	NBA TV, MSG, Monumental	95–78 WAS	Delle Donne (30)	Delle Donne (10)	Toliver (8)	Westchester County Center 2,005
Sat Jul 21	Minnesota Lynx	@	Phoenix Mercury	LeaguePass	80–75 MIN	Moore (38)	Brunson (11)	Tied (3)	Talking Stick Resort Arena 11,473
Sun Jul 22	Seattle Storm	@	Atlanta Dream	NBA TV, FSSE-ATL	74–87 ATL	Stewart (31)	Tied (8)	Bird (6)	McCamish Pavilion 4,916
	Connecticut Sun	@	Dallas Wings	LeaguePass, FSSW-DAL, WCCT	92–75 DAL	Cambage (25)	Cambage (10)	J. Thomas (9)	College Park Center 4,935
	Indiana Fever	@	Las Vegas Aces	LeaguePass, ATTSN-RM	74–88 LVA	Wilson (24)	Tied (10)	Pondexter (7)	Mandalay Bay Events Center 5,368
	Los Angeles Sparks	@	Chicago Sky	NBA TV, The U Too, SpecSN	93–76 LAS	Parker (23)	Parker (12)	Vandersloot (10)	Wintrust Arena 6,477
Tues Jul 24	Washington Mystics	@	Connecticut Sun	ESPN3, NBCSB, Monumental	68–94 CON	J. Jones (23)	Williams (10)	Williams (6)	Mohegan Sun Arena 5,125
	Seattle Storm	@	Indiana Fever	ESPN3	92–72 SEA	Tied (26)	Dupree (12)	Bird (11)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 5,908
	New York Liberty	@	Minnesota Lynx	ESPN2	82–85 MIN	Charles (32)	Charles (15)	Boyd (9)	Target Center 9,830
	Atlanta Dream	@	Los Angeles Sparks	Twitter, SpecSN	81–71 ATL	McCoughtry (19)	Parker (9)	Montgomery (6)	Staples Center 9,324
Wed Jul 25	Chicago Sky	@	Phoenix Mercury	LeaguePass	101–87 CHI	Bonner (30)	Bonner (13)	Vandersloot (11)	Talking Stick Resort Arena 10,338
Sat Jul 28	Team Delle Donne	@	Team Parker	ABC	112–119 CNP	Toliver (23)	Moore (8)	Tied (8)	Target Center 15,922
Tues Jul 31	Washington Mystics	@	Atlanta Dream	Twitter	86–71 WAS	Delle Donne (28)	Delle Donne (16)	Toliver (4)	McCamish Pavilion 3,648
	Chicago Sky	@	Dallas Wings	NBA TV, FSSW-DAL+, The U Too	92–91 DAL	Cambage (33)	Johnson (14)	Vandersloot (14)	College Park Center 3,696
	Seattle Storm	@	Phoenix Mercury	Twitter	102–91 SEA	Loyd (29)	Howard (10)	Tied (7)	Talking Stick Resort Arena 10,005

August

Date	Matchup			TV	Result	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance
Wed Aug 1	New York Liberty	@	Connecticut Sun	NBA TV, NBCSB, MSG+	77–92 CON	J. Jones (21)	A. Thomas (12)	Boyd (8)	Mohegan Sun Arena 6,412
Wed Aug 1	Phoenix Mercury	@	Las Vegas Aces	NBA TV, ATTSN-RM	104–93 PHO	Taurasi (37)	Bonner (14)	Taurasi (9)	Mandalay Bay Events Center 5,129
Thur Aug 2	Dallas Wings	@	Indiana Fever	NBA TV, FSIND, FSSW-DAL+	78–84 IND	Cambage (37)	Tied (9)	Wheeler (5)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 5,981
Thur Aug 2	Minnesota Lynx	@	Los Angeles Sparks	ESPN2	57–79 LAS	Parker (23)	Parker (10)	Gray (9)	Staples Center 9,542
Fri Aug 3	Chicago Sky	@	Atlanta Dream	LeaguePass, FSSE-ATL, The U Too	74–89 ATL	Vandersloot (21)	Breland (9)	Tied (7)	McCamish Pavilion 5,120
	Las Vegas Aces	@	Washington Mystics	None	LVA Forfeit	–	–	–	Capital One Arena –
	Minnesota Lynx	@	Seattle Storm	NBA TV, KZJO-TV	75–85 SEA	Tied (20)	Fowles (16)	Bird (11)	KeyArena 12,064
Sat Aug 4	Indiana Fever	@	New York Liberty	NBA TV, MSG	68–55 IND	Dupree (25)	Achonwa (13)	Wheeler (7)	Westchester County Center 2,225
Sat Aug 5	Las Vegas Aces	@	Connecticut Sun	LeaguePass, NBCSB	88–109 CON	J. Thomas (30)	Tied (7)	Williams (5)	Mohegan Sun Arena 6,791
	Washington Mystics	@	Dallas Wings	NBA TV, FSSW-DAL+, Monumental	76–74 WAS	Tied (16)	Powers (5)	Toliver (5)	College Park Center 5,623
	Phoenix Mercury	@	Los Angeles Sparks	NBA TV, SpecSN	75–78 LAS	Gray (24)	Parker (14)	January (9)	Staples Center 19,076
	Atlanta Dream	@	Minnesota Lynx	LeaguePass, FSNTH, FSSE-ATL	86–66 ATL	Hayes (28)	Fowles (10)	Sykes (6)	Target Center 9,333
Mon Aug 6	Seattle Storm	@	New York Liberty	NBA TV, MSG+	96–80 NYL	Stewart (32)	Howard (10)	Tied (7)	Madison Square Garden 12,488
Tues Aug 7	Las Vegas Aces	@	Atlanta Dream	NBA TV, FSSO	100–109 ATL	Tied (22)	Breland (11)	Plum (8)	McCamish Pavilion 4,033
	Seattle Storm	@	Indiana Fever	LeaguePass, FSIND	94–79 SEA	Dupree (22)	Stewart (12)	Tied (8)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,401
	Minnesota Lynx	@	Chicago Sky	Twitter, The U Too	85–64 MIN	Moore (31)	Fowles (11)	Robinson (11)	Wintrust Arena 6,388
	Washington Mystics	@	Phoenix Mercury	NBA TV, Monumental	103–98 WAS	Griner (35)	Griner (11)	Tied (6)	Talking Stick Resort Arena 7,769
Wed Aug 8	Los Angeles Sparks	@	New York Liberty	LeaguePass, MSG+, SpecSN	82–81 LAS	Charles (27)	Stokes (11)	Boyd (7)	Westchester County Center 2,481
Wed Aug 8	Connecticut Sun	@	Dallas Wings	NBA TV, FSSW-DAL	101–92 CON	Cambage (29)	Williams (10)	J. Thomas (9)	College Park Center 3,483
Thurs Aug 9	Seattle Storm	@	Washington Mystics	NBA TV, Monumental	77–100 WAS	Delle Donne (30)	Sanders (12)	Cloud (8)	Capital One Arena 6,808
	Los Angeles Sparks	@	Atlanta Dream	NBA TV, FSSO	73–79 ATL	Parker (20)	Parker (12)	Bentley (8)	McCamish Pavilion 4,235
	Minnesota Lynx	@	Las Vegas Aces	NBA TV, ATTSN-RM	89–73 MIN	Moore (34)	Fowles (19)	Wright (6)	Mandalay Bay Arena 4,497
Fri Aug 10	Connecticut Sun	@	Chicago Sky	LeaguePass, The U Too, NBCSB	86–97 CHI	Vandersloot (20)	Coates (10)	Vandersloot (15)	Wintrust Arena 5,976
Fri Aug 10	Indiana Fever	@	Phoenix Mercury	NBA TV, FSA+, FSIND	74–94 PHO	K. Mitchell (20)	Bonner (10)	Tied (4)	Talking Stick Resort Arena 8,860
Sat Aug 11	Dallas Wings	@	Atlanta Dream	NBA TV, FSSE-ATL, FSSW-DAL+	72–92 ATL	Diggins-Smith (26)	Williams (9)	Diggins-Smith (10)	McCamish Pavilion 4,937
Sat Aug 11	Indiana Fever	@	Las Vegas Aces	LeaguePass, ATTSN-RM	74–92 LVA	Plum (20)	Wilson (8)	Wheeler (5)	Mandalay Bay Events Center 5,213
Sun Aug 12	Atlanta Dream	@	New York Liberty	LeaguePass, MSG	86–77 ATL	Montgomery (30)	Stokes (10)	Charles (5)	Westchester County Center 2,362
	Chicago Sky	@	Connecticut Sun	LeaguePass, NBCSB	75–82 CON	Williams (22)	J. Jones (15)	J. Thomas (8)	Mohegan Sun Arena 7,687
	Dallas Wings	@	Washington Mystics	NBA TV, NBCSWA	80–93 WAS	Atkins (26)	Gray (12)	Toliver (7)	Capital One Arena 6,362
	Los Angeles Sparks	@	Phoenix Mercury	ESPN2	78–86 PHO	Bonner (31)	Griner (13)	Taurasi (14)	Talking Stick Resort Arena 10,618
	Seattle Storm	@	Minnesota Lynx	ESPN3, FSNTH	81–72 MIN	Fowles (28)	Stewart (17)	Tied (6)	Target Center 9,123
Tues Aug 14	Dallas Wings	@	Connecticut Sun	Twitter, NBCSB	76–96 CON	Diggins–Smith (17)	J. Jones (10)	Diggins–Smith (6)	Capital One Arena 6,362
	Chicago Sky	@	Minnesota Lynx	NBA TV, FSNTH GO, The U Too	91–88 CHI	Dolson (20)	Fowles (13)	Vandersloot (7)	Mohegan Sun Arena 7,687
	New York Liberty	@	Los Angeles Sparks	NBA TV, SpecSN, MSG+	66–74 LAS	Gray (26)	Parker (10)	Gray (5)	Staples Center 11,067
Wed Aug 15	Washington Mystics	@	Indiana Fever	NBA TV, Monumental	76–62 WAS	Delle Donne (25)	Sanders (13)	Cloud (7)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,636
Wed Aug 15	New York Liberty	@	Las Vegas Aces	NBA TV, ATTSN-RM, MSG+	91–88 CHI	Wilson (19)	Stokes (11)	Boyd (6)	Mandalay Bay Events Center 7,159
Fri Aug 17	Minnesota Lynx	@	Connecticut Sun	LeaguePass, NBCSB	79–96 CON	J. Jones (26)	Tied (8)	Tied (8)	Mohegan Sun Arena 7,089
	Los Angeles Sparks	@	Washington Mystics	NBA TV, Monumental, SpecSN	67–69 WAS	Delle Donne (16)	Tied (10)	Parker (7)	Capital One Arena 7,400
	Las Vegas Aces	@	Dallas Wings	LeaguePass, FSSW-DAL+	102–107 DAL	Cambage (43)	Cambage (13)	McBride (12)	College Park Center 6,209
	Atlanta Dream	@	Phoenix Mercury	LeaguePass	95–104 PHO	Bonner (31)	Griner (13)	Taurasi (14)	Talking Stick Resort Arena 10,618
	New York Liberty	@	Seattle Storm	NBA TV, KZJO-TV, MSG+	77–85 SEA	Stewart (22)	Tied (15)	Bird (6)	KeyArena 10,873
Sat Aug 18	Chicago Sky	@	Indiana Fever	NBA TV, FSIND	115–106 CHI	Dupree (30)	Achonwa (11)	Vandersloot(10)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 8,442
Sun Aug 19	Los Angeles Sparks	@	Connecticut Sun	Twitter, NBCSB, SpecSN	86–89 CON	J. Thomas (27)	Parker (10)	Tied (7)	Mohegan Sun Arena 8,040
	Atlanta Dream	@	Las Vegas Aces	ESPN3, ATTSN-RM	93–78 ATL	Wilson (21)	Hamby (8)	Montgomery (8)	Mandalay Bay Events Center 5,737
	New York Liberty	@	Phoenix Mercury	ESPN3, MSG+	85–96 PHO	Nurse (28)	Bonner (10)	Boyd (7)	Talking Stick Resort Arena 13,106
	Indiana Fever	@	Chicago Sky	ESPN3, The U Too	97–92 IND	DeShields (27)	Achonwa (9)	Vandersloot (7)	Wintrust Arena 7,118
	Dallas Wings	@	Seattle Storm	ESPN3, KZJO-TV	68–84 SEA	Johnson (16)	Russell (9)	Canada (5)	KeyArena 12,574
	Washington Mystics	@	Minnesota Lynx	ESPN2	83–88 MIN	Fowles (26)	Fowles (14)	Whalen (6)	Target Center 13,013

2018 WNBA postseason

First Round

Date	Time (ET)	Matchup			TV	Result	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance
Tues Aug 21	8:30 PM	Dallas Wings	@	Phoenix Mercury	ESPN2	83–101 PHO	Bonner (29)	Cambage (12)	Taurasi (12)	Wells Fargo Arena 4,976
Tues Aug 21	10:30 PM	Minnesota Lynx	@	Los Angeles Sparks	ESPN2	68–75 LAS	Gray (26)	Fowles (12)	Gray (6)	Staples Center 8,598

Second Round

Date	Time (ET)	Matchup			TV	Result	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance
Thur Aug. 23	6:30 PM	Los Angeles Sparks	@	Washington Mystics	ESPN2	64–96 WAS	Delle Donne (19)	Delle Donne (12)	Toliver (9)	Charles Smith Center 3,548
Thur Aug. 23	8:30 PM	Phoenix Mercury	@	Connecticut Sun	ESPN2	96–86 PHO	3 Tied (27)	Bonner (18)	J. Jones (7)	Mohegan Sun Arena 7,858

Semifinals

Date	Time (EST)	Matchup			TV	Result	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance
Sun Aug 26	3:00 PM	Washington Mystics	@	Atlanta Dream	ESPN2	87–84 WAS	Delle Donne (32)	Delle Donne (13)	Cloud (6)	McCamish Pavilion 5,086
Sun Aug 26	5:00 PM	Phoenix Mercury	@	Seattle Storm	ESPN2	87–91 SEA	Stewart (28)	Bonner (13)	Bird (10)	KeyArena 9,686
Tues Aug 28	8:00 PM	Washington Mystics	@	Atlanta Dream	ESPN2	75–78 ATL	Delle Donne (27)	Tied (14)	Tied (6)	McCamish Pavilion 3,813
Tues Aug 28	10:00 PM	Phoenix Mercury	@	Seattle Storm	ESPN2	87–91 (OT) SEA	Taurasi (28)	Tied (10)	Taurasi (8)	KeyArena 9,686
Fri Aug 31	8:00 PM	Atlanta Dream	@	Washington Mystics	ESPNNews, NBA TV	81–76 ATL	Hayes (23)	Tied (11)	Kristi Toliver (6)	Charles Smith Center 3,867
Fri Aug 31	10:00 PM	Seattle Storm	@	Phoenix Mercury	ESPNNews, NBA TV	86–66 PHO	Bonner (27)	Tied (11)	Bird (11)	Talking Stick Resort Arena 15,185
Sun Sep 2	3:00 PM	Atlanta Dream	@	Washington Mystics	ESPN2	97–76 WAS	Toliver (22)	Delle Donne (10)	Montgomery (10)	Charles Smith Center 3,722
Sun Sep 2	5:00 PM	Seattle Storm	@	Phoenix Mercury	ESPN2	84–86 PHO	Griner (29)	Griner (12)	Loyd (12)	Talking Stick Resort Arena 8,137
Tues Sep 4	8:00 PM	Washington Mystics	@	Atlanta Dream	ESPN2	86–81 WAS	Atkins (20)	Breland (12)	Natasha Cloud (5)	McCamish Pavilion 4,435
Tues Sep 4	10:00 PM	Phoenix Mercury	@	Seattle Storm	ESPNNews, NBA TV	94–84 SEA	Stewart (28)	Alysha Clark (13)	Griner (6)	KeyArena 8,992

WNBA Finals

Date	Time (ET)	Matchup			TV	Result	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance
September 7	9:00 PM	Washington Mystics	@	Seattle Storm	ESPNews	76–89 SEA	Tied (23)	Tied (7)	Bird (7)	KeyArena 11,486
September 9	3:30 PM	Washington Mystics	@	Seattle Storm	ABC	73–75 SEA	Stewart (19)	Howard (11)	Bird (4)	KeyArena 14,212
September 12	8:00 PM	Seattle Storm	@	Washington Mystics	ESPN2	98–82 SEA	Stewart (30)	Howard (14)	Bird (10)	EagleBank Arena 9,164

Playoffs


First round Single elimination (Aug. 21)			Second round Single elimination (Aug. 23)			Semifinals Best-of-5 (Aug. 26 – Sept. 4)			WNBA Finals Best-of-5 (Sept. 7 – Sept. 12)



						1	Seattle Storm	3

			4	Connecticut Sun	86	5	Phoenix Mercury	2

5	Phoenix Mercury	101	5	Phoenix Mercury	96				1	Seattle Storm	3

8	Dallas Wings	83							3	Washington Mystics	0

						2	Atlanta Dream	2

			3	Washington Mystics	96	3	Washington Mystics	3

6	Los Angeles Sparks	75	6	Los Angeles Sparks	64

7	Minnesota Lynx	68

Note: Teams re-seeded after second round and semi-finals.

Bold – Game or series winner
Italic – Team with home-court advantage

Awards

Reference:^[11]

Individual

Award		Winner	Team	Position	Votes/Statistic
Most Valuable Player (MVP)		Breanna Stewart^[12]	Seattle Storm	Forward	33 of 39
Finals MVP		Breanna Stewart^[13]	Seattle Storm	Forward	– of –
Rookie of the Year		A'ja Wilson^[14]	Las Vegas Aces	Power Forward	39 of 39
Most Improved Player		Natasha Howard^[15]	Seattle Storm	Forward	29 of 39
Defensive Player of the Year		Alana Beard^[16]	Los Angeles Sparks	Guard	16 of 39
Sixth Woman of the Year		Jonquel Jones^[17]	Connecticut Sun	Forward/center	20 of 38
Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award		Sue Bird^[18]	Seattle Storm	Guard	16 of 38
Peak Performers	Scoring	Liz Cambage	Dallas Wings	Center	23.0 PPG
	Rebounding	Sylvia Fowles	Minnesota Lynx	Center	11.8 RPG
	Assists	Courtney Vandersloot	Chicago Sky	Guard	8.6 APG
Coach of the Year		Nicki Collen^[19]	Atlanta Dream	Coach	37 of 39
Basketball Executive of the Year		Chris Sienko^[20]	Atlanta Dream	General manager	6 of 11

Team

Award		Guard	Guard	Forward	Forward	Center
All-WNBA	First Team	Diana Taurasi	Tiffany Hayes	Elena Delle Donne	Breanna Stewart	Liz Cambage
All-WNBA	Second Team	Skylar Diggins-Smith	Courtney Vandersloot	Candace Parker	Maya Moore	Brittney Griner
All-Defensive	First Team	Jasmine Thomas	Alana Beard	Jessica Breland	Natasha Howard	Brittney Griner
All-Defensive	Second Team	Tiffany Hayes	Ariel Atkins	Nneka Ogwumike	Rebekkah Brunson	Sylvia Fowles
All-Rookie Team		Kelsey Mitchell	Ariel Atkins	Diamond DeShields	Azurá Stevens	A'ja Wilson

Players of the Week

Week ending	Eastern Conference		Western Conference
Week ending	Player	Team	Player	Team
May 27	Alyssa Thomas	Connecticut Sun	Chelsea Gray	Los Angeles Sparks
June 3	Tina Charles	New York Liberty	Liz Cambage	Dallas Wings
June 10	Tiffany Hayes	Atlanta Dream	Brittney Griner	Phoenix Mercury
June 17	Elena Delle Donne	Washington Mystics	Breanna Stewart	Seattle Storm
June 24	Angel McCoughtry	Atlanta Dream	Maya Moore (2)	Minnesota Lynx
July 2	Elena Delle Donne (3)	Washington Mystics	Maya Moore (2)	Minnesota Lynx
July 9	Elena Delle Donne (3)	Washington Mystics	A'ja Wilson	Las Vegas Aces
July 16	Jessica Breland	Atlanta Dream	Candace Parker	Los Angeles Sparks
July 23	Tiffany Hayes (3)	Atlanta Dream	Liz Cambage (2)	Dallas Wings
August 6	Tiffany Hayes (3)	Atlanta Dream	Candace Parker (2)	Los Angeles Sparks
August 13	Elena Delle Donne (4)	Washington Mystics	Maya Moore (3)	Minnesota Lynx
August 20	Jonquel Jones	Connecticut Sun	DeWanna Bonner	Phoenix Mercury

Players of the Month

Month	Eastern Conference		Western Conference
Month	Player	Team	Player	Team
June^[21]	Elena Delle Donne	Washington Mystics	Diana Taurasi	Phoenix Mercury
July^[22]	Tiffany Hayes	Atlanta Dream	Breanna Stewart	Seattle Storm
August^[23]	Elena Delle Donne (2)	Washington Mystics	Diana Taurasi (2)	Phoenix Mercury

Rookies of the Month

Month	Player	Team
June^[24]	A'ja Wilson (3)	Las Vegas Aces
July^[25]
August^[26]

Coaches of the Month

Month	Coach	Team
June^[27]	Sandy Brondello	Phoenix Mercury
July^[28]	Nicki Collen (2)	Atlanta Dream
August^[29]	Nicki Collen (2)	Atlanta Dream

Coaches

Eastern Conference

Team	Head coach	Previous job	Years with team	Record with team	Playoff appearances	Finals Appearances
Atlanta Dream	Nicki Collen	Connecticut Sun (assistant)	1	23-11	1	0
Chicago Sky	Amber Stocks	Los Angeles Sparks (assistant)	2	35–43	0	0
Connecticut Sun	Curt Miller	Los Angeles Sparks (assistant)	3	56–46	2	0
Indiana Fever	Pokey Chatman	Chicago Sky	2	15–53	0	0
New York Liberty	Katie Smith	New York Liberty (assistant)	1	7–27	0	0
Washington Mystics	Mike Thibault	Connecticut Sun	6	104–100	5	1

Western Conference

Team	Head coach	Previous job	Years with team	Record with team	Playoff appearances	Finals Appearances	WNBA Championships
Dallas Wings	Fred Williams	Atlanta Dream	4	72–97	3	0	0
Las Vegas Aces	Bill Laimbeer	New York Liberty	1	14–20	0	0	0
Los Angeles Sparks	Brian Agler	Seattle Storm	4	75–54	3	2	1
Minnesota Lynx	Cheryl Reeve	Detroit Shock (assistant)	8	213–93	7	6	4
Phoenix Mercury	Sandy Brondello	Los Angeles Sparks (assistant)	5	103–67	5	1	1
Seattle Storm	Dan Hughes	San Antonio Stars	1	26–8	1	1	0

Notes:

Year with team includes 2018 season.
Records are from time at current team and are through the end the 2018 season.
Playoff appearances are from time at current team only.
WNBA Finals and Championships do not include time with other teams.
Coaches shown are the coaches who began the 2018 season as head coach of each team.

References

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