New York – Today, 1-1-1 totals 100.
The new format of the WNBA in the Best Round is to provide excitement, high bets and extra basketball intentions by giving each team at least one home game.
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In the battle, it is difficult for fans with dogs to put tingling pressure on fans. Three of the four first-round series will enter the championship full game, starting two games on Thursday night. No. 3 Dream Host No. 6 Indiana and No. 2 Ace Host No. 7 Storm. Free and fourth Mercury ended the first round with Game 3 in Phoenix on Friday.
“It’s a little crazy,” said senior liberty forward Breanna Stewart. “Hopefully for the fans and those who watch it, they can only enjoy it more. They see basketball often.”
The fourth series missed a legacy key third game when it was booking the first berth of the semifinal Wednesday night at No. 8 in the Golden State game 75-74.
Count Lynx's head coach Cheryl Reeve was as surprised as all of us.
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“We never thought it would be a two-game, never a point in time,” Reeve said. “They performed enough to win. Obviously, we hung there and made a basket that was more than they did.”
The conversion of the venue makes the table more comparable than keeping the first two games in a Better Seed house. Previously, the decision to play Game 3 was on the low-seeded team, which was a problem in itself. All four best series were swept in 2024, with only a few of the eight games going on late battles. One game played Game 3 in 2023, and in 2022, the WNBA lost its first year after an elimination.
“I think it’s a bit balanced,” sophomore Mercury head coach Nate Tibbetts said before the first game. “It gives both teams a real chance and both fans have a chance to take root for their team in the playoffs.”
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Five of the eight teams won at their home court in these playoffs. Mercury is the only team to defend its home court in Game 1. Despite putting the ball down, ACES head coach Becky Hammon takes this as an example.
“I don’t like it,” former player Aces head coach Becky Hammon said after winning the opener in Las Vegas. “You look at a team like Phoenix, put that one down and they're going to be all the pressure. I mean, it's hard to fly to New York right now.”
But that's the purpose of the playoffs. There is no simple setup. These are not the days when the first two seeds won automatically next to the semifinals. “Suppression is a privilege”, isn't they always saying it?
“Two home games [to start] Last year was unheard of for three series,” Alyssa Thomas said Wednesday: “To win the series, you have to win on the road. We won on the road tonight. It's a competitive game. ”
After a rough performance in Game 1, the Seattle Storm looks like another team in the second game at Seattle Climate Commitment Arena. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images)
(Steph Chambers by Getty Image)
Phoenix won favor in Game 2 Wednesday, as he beat Liberty in a shocking Barclays. The real pressure will be in Game 3 as each team flies back to Phoenix. Minnesota still has the first game of the semifinals to remember. Sunday's tip.
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Commissioner Cathy Engelbert said in the finals a year ago that the charter flight at the beginning of the 2024 season had transformed the league from 2-1 to 2-1, a change that has been wanted since the COVID-19-19 pandemic season. As the league continues to restructure its structure, it should consider the layout of the playoffs.
By 2030, it becomes particularly important that five more teams enter the league. Restoring a meeting-based format may be helpful, although it can reduce the added competitiveness by getting rid of it in the 2010s. The first week may be extended by one or two days because they know these games will indeed reach the third decision. The WNBA loves slate on Sunday afternoon, but can games turn in other prime time Windows in new media deals that begin in 2026?
One thing that the league nails on this is the appreciation of the fans. More people are participating in games, buying merchandise and supporting players than ever before. Season pass prices are rising, and this trajectory will pay for some long-term fans of the league. Families participating in the long-term pillar of this alliance will not be very tempting to participate.
These are understandable pains to grow. By insisting that each playoff team holds at least one playoff game, it recognizes not only its importance to the team, but also its importance to its foundation. Unfortunately, Indiana Hot’s popularity was when it was first played since 2016 a year ago, when it was unable to host the season’s playoffs.
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With Caitlin Clark rallied around the team, the fever sold out almost all the regular season. Businesses are taking part in avid party and game night specialty like the NBA Pacers or the NFL Colts. To maintain growth, fans' participation must be guaranteed.
Golden State fans were put on Violet to applaud their inaugural group as the buzzer rang out among the heartbreaking people Wednesday night. They led the league to the league and headed to San Jose for their “family” game when Chase Center was unable to play in the Laver Cup, which was planned to be held before the team existed. With Disney on the Ice and on the NBA, the league has safely withdrawn from its mobile playoff era.
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Not everyone sees this way.
“I think this conversation came out last year, when Indiana didn't get a game, they were frustrated,” Harmon said, who never dropped four seeds on his ACES team. “But for me, people just get it, you have to be better. Or move it to five [games]or it remains in 2-1 format, as it actually puts the higher seed at a huge disadvantage. ”
There will be three games at the home of the High Seed for almost a full week in the playoffs. The only downside is the impact on everyone's stress levels.