2022 wnba playoffs thread

the regular season wraps up today, been enjoying the hell out of the lv aces whom i have adopted as my team due to former san antonio and becky hammon reasons

just watched the minny-ct game which was sylvia fowles last game. her and sue bird retiring, taurasi has gotta be close behind feels like the end of an era. seatlle still has stewart and loyd (and now tina charles) so i think theyll be fine, but minny just missed the offs for the first time in like 10 or 11 years.

you can check the standings and see that theres only 5 legit title contenders, but it really feels tight between them all. i like vegas this year to get their first title if hamby is healthy bc they have probably the best 5-player lineup with gray-plum-young-hamby-wilson. storm, mystics, sky all have recent championship experience to rely on tho.

also chelsea gray is my favorite player in the whole w. shes got derozan's 1-on-1 midrange game and lamelo's passing vision. just a joy to watch when she has the ball in her hands.

also she does shit like this

CLUTCH GAWDDDDD.@cgray209 // #ALLIN pic.twitter.com/UGZLzN4kZa

— Las Vegas Aces (@LVAces) August 14, 2022

🥶🥶🥶@cgray209 // #ALLIN pic.twitter.com/hdpU3cxsPX

— Las Vegas Aces (@LVAces) August 14, 2022

Natasha Howard hits a BIG TIME 3️⃣ to help secure a playoff berth for the Liberty 😤 pic.twitter.com/C4tS03n863

— espnW (@espnW) August 14, 2022

lots of fun games today, glad you started the thread

i had meant to start it earlier but adhd

Y’all know what time it is 🤩 Get them brackets together and let us know your playoff predictions 🔮 pic.twitter.com/NxlU1IRxDr

— WSLAM (@wslam) August 16, 2022

i think itll be chalk in the first round, but based on nothing other than the anecdotal evidence of watching a couple of their games, i like the way connecticut did things and i think theyll get to the finals past chicago. aces ftw.

i would tend to agree that the aces look dominant this season

i went up to fort worth last month and saw the wings play the sky. chicago is very good too. it was a great game.

super excited for the playoffs

liberty gonna fuck around and beat the sky?

liberty had their chance? some bad fouls late but there’s still time

not rly sure what theyre doing offensively rn. the high pick with dolson and ionescu was doing something earlier. i like dolson as a pick n pop stretch 5.

lol and just like that....

god damn sabrina's got the clutch gene

WHAT ON EARTH MARINE JOHANNES pic.twitter.com/lCN7CtTi5F

— Steve Jones Jr. (@stevejones20) August 18, 2022

looooool on some jokic shit

that pass was wild

sky seem tired

there it is, nice

they all looked gassed af in the last few minutes, sabrina threw up a middy with like no lift in her legs and she still got it to fall bc shes the clutch god

yeah, sabrina’s ridiculous. this game is a nice start to the ‘offs.

i can’t imagine the mercury can hang with the aces if taurasi doesn’t play. i think the aces steamroll them, regardless

theyre scrapping early

chelsea gray's pickpocket game is elite

phx giving a'ja a lot of problems but the aces are so deep with offensive talent that it might not matter

god when the aces get rolling they pile it on

goodness gracious A'Ja Wilson pic.twitter.com/RoDU3nJDu6

— Steve Jones Jr. (@stevejones20) August 18, 2022

ok, had the game on the next room while making dinner, and it’s way closer than i thought it would be.
only actually watched the last two min of play but the mercury seem scrappy

The #POINTGAWDDDDD in action!@cgray209 // @kstokes41 #RaiseTheStakes pic.twitter.com/CGuFrC9brI

— Las Vegas Aces (@LVAces) August 18, 2022

she's a hooper

gray just killed it late. so good.

liberty have a lot of fun players

‘offs day 2. not sure what to expect from either game. i would expect the top seeds to advance ultimately, but after last night’s intrigue, i’m open to more chaos.

the sun have looked solid recently

holy shit, dallas wings player just heaved it from well beyond halfcourt at the 1Q buzzer and nailed it

SATOU AT THE BUZZER!! 😲 @satou_sabally

The @DallasWings are only down three as Sabally banks in a buzzer-beater to end the first quarter on @ESPNU pic.twitter.com/DPaVUDTgSs

— WNBA (@WNBA) August 19, 2022

highlight of the night for dallas bc theyve looked kinda listless all night

sitting down for mystics v storm. q1 nice so far.

there are sometimes where im like why dont the storm just dump it into stewart every time like she's 2000 era shaq

stewart is wrecking it and so is delle donne. i like this series. this is the game i was hoping for

JEWELL LOYD FOR THE LEAD!! 😬@seattlestorm lead 82-81 with 37.3 left in the game

📺 ESPN2 pic.twitter.com/oFUyamWtTW

— WNBA (@WNBA) August 19, 2022

ice water

lloyd buried them. mystics had their chance but that last minute turnover really sealed it. good game

delle donne's midrange game is so good, like carmelo but without holding the ball so long

storm could not stop her at all, they must feel great escaping with the win. very enjoyable game

lets see if the liberty can pull off the series upset today and---

lol nope holy shit

😬😬😬 chicago just lapped the liberty towards the end of the 3q

big basket to avoid being doubled up through three quarters

forgot it was an early game. yikes at the score

going on a road trip to seattle with my little brother for game 2 tomorrow

awesome! that’s gonna be a great game to see in person

yeah I'm pretty stoked! first time leaving the province in quite a while

i was at a soccer game last night so missed the chelsea gray show, but aces are cooking

i didnt have much hope that the bottom 3 seeds would do much, but dallas is making connecticut sweat right now, huge first half lead

what a quarter from the sun. 80% from the floor, wow. aces taking and missing a lot of jumpers

if aces can narrow this to single digits by half, they might have a shot tonight

can't get over alyssa thomas' shot form

it's shawn marion-like how I never think it will work but it usually goes in

thats all-wnba second team alyssa thomas for you

her shot is completely wild. will actually use her off hand to set it on her shooting hand then hoist

trying to make a run here.

3 ball keeping lv in this

kelseyyyyyyyyyy

ive never seen someone use a eurostep to heave at the halftime buzzer like that

plum!

if aces can narrow this to single digits by half, they might have a shot tonight

― terence trent d'ilfer (m bison), Thursday, September 15, 2022 8:35 PM (twenty minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

down 11 after that wild shot, not bad

what a shot. wife let out a yelp when it went in

chelsea gray is just unconscious

ive never seen anything like what she's doing as a shooter except from steph

aces d is just swiss cheesed up tonight

suns just slicing and dicing the aces’ d.

if aces can narrow this to single digits by half, they might have a shot tonight

― terence trent d'ilfer (m bison), Thursday, September 15, 2022 8:35 PM (twenty minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

down 11 after that wild shot, not bad

― terence trent d'ilfer (m bison), Thursday, September 15, 2022 8:56 PM (thirty-two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

it's a 6-point game with a minute left in the third

that last aces possession, so frustrating

idk how much composure the sun will show nor how much defensive resolve the aces have got, but yayyy meaningful 4th quarters in the finals

but, damn, they can make this happen

or maybe not ha

alyssa thomas first ever finals triple double

thomas ballin’ tonight

game starting to get out of hand

they tried to make a run, but "no dice"

boooooo

more finals!

couple hours away! really intrigued to see how hammon counteracts the D adjustments from game 3. putting bonner on gray really limited her ability to get to her spots, not to mention the hard double team trap they were doing to force turnovers. gotta think more a'ja pick n rolls to generate switches or space has to be more frequent this afternoon.

s'on

plum's been...rough

i say as she drains a corner 3

ok, just sitting down to watch. how are coach’s adjustments coming? sounded like the sun were cold at the beginning, but started to make shots

alyssa thomas is that gal is how i break it down

aces a lot more active defensively, forcing the issue rather than reacting to the sun's scheme

scrappy.

gray responding to the doubles well

Genuinely wondering if the new playoff format is impacting Finals totals given how dead legged both teams look and how many bunnies they're missing.

— Hardwood Paroxysm (@HPbasketball) September 18, 2022

this game is grimy, sun's style

so many missed shots for both teams. bonner gassed at the end of the 2nd.

chelsea vs. the world

Oh my @cgray209 😵

📺 @espn pic.twitter.com/8YyFoz5dvd

— WNBA (@WNBA) September 18, 2022

that play was ridiculous. she is a joy to watch

this is gonna be a hell of a 10 minutes

jesus that kelsey plum flagrant was brutal, aces were starting to assert some control and it was a 5-point swing on that play

aces have overall player a better game, just missing shots and making some really costly errors. hoping they can right the ship these last few mins

riquna williams is CLOSING this game

williams big shots. whew

WEWWWWWWWWWW ACESSSSSSS

CHELSEA FUCKING GRAY BABYYYYYYYY

beautiful game, awesome series