More than half of the seeds for the 2024 WNBA playoffs are set with the Eastern Conference’s New York Liberty clinching the overall No. 1 seed on Tuesday night.
The rest of the postseason matchups will be determined when the regular season closes out on Thursday night.
The Liberty — who lost in last year’s WNBA Finals as the Las Vegas Aces repeated as champions — topped the Washington Mystics to earn home-court advantage throughout the playoffs for only the second time. New York is one of the league’s founding franchises but still seeking its first WNBA title.
“It was important for us, one of our goals we set out,” Liberty coach Sandy Brondello said of clinching the top seed. “We still have to take care of business in the playoffs, but getting home court, we have a great arena and great fans. We want to play in front of our fans as much as we can.”
The Minnesota Lynx clinched the No. 2 seed with their victory over the Connecticut Sun. The Lynx are the hottest team right now, winning 13 of 14 games since the league’s break for the Paris Olympics, and they’ll face the Phoenix Mercury in the opening round when the playoffs begin Sunday.