Why are the Sparks on the rise? Sabreena Merchant explains in her power rankings.
Parker’s 29 points were a career high, a fitting highlight in a season in which she became an All-Star for the first time in her nine-year WNBA career. Atlanta is now four games ahead of ninth-place Chicago, plus the Dream own the tiebreaker, putting them in a strong position to make the postseason for the first time since 2018.When the league office created the 2023 WNBA schedule, there was no way of knowing for certain that the Liberty and Aces would match up in the Commissioner’s Cup final.
Last season, when the Cup final was also on a Tuesday, the league built in days off on Monday and Wednesday but had most teams return to play Thursday. There was no deliberate showcase. Since Las Vegas and New York ended up meeting in the Commissioner’s Cup as well, it felt like the rest of the league took a full week off for a potential WNBA Finals preview.
On the one hand, it was weird. The Aces and Liberty met for two games that had wildly different stakes, and no one was sure how to approach each contest. New York gets to put up a banner for winning the Cup, but the Liberty fell further behind Las Vegas in their quest for the top seed heading into the postseason. Neither team was particularly happy with the split, and the other 10 teams in the league felt like an afterthought despite there still being so much to play for in the regular season.
On the other hand, if the league is still trying to manufacture a rivalry, two games in such close proximity definitely helped accelerate the process.
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