2018 WNBA season

2018 WNBA season
League	Women's National Basketball Association
Sport	Basketball
Duration	May 18 – September 12, 2018
Number of games	34
Number of teams	12
Average attendance	6,721 [1]
TV partner(s)	ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, NBA TV
Top draft pick	A'ja Wilson
Picked by	Las Vegas Aces
Season MVP	Breanna Stewart (Seattle)
Eastern champions	Atlanta Dream
Eastern runners-up	Washington Mystics
Western champions	Seattle Storm
Western runners-up	Phoenix Mercury
Finals champions	Seattle Storm
Runners-up	Washington Mystics
Finals MVP	Breanna Stewart (Seattle)
WNBA seasons
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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

Main article: 2018 WNBA 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

Main article: List of 2018 WNBA season 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

Main article: 2018 WNBA 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 Parker119
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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

Main article: 2018 WNBA playoffs

See also: 2018 WNBA Finals

	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
	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
	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
	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
July 9			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			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
	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]

Coaches

Eastern Conference

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

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.

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