UNCASVILLE, Conn. — When the cheering had died down, and the fans had exited — in this case, a sellout crowd who’d just seen its Connecticut Sun fall short of a WNBA title once more, following a 78-71 Game 4 loss to the Las Vegas Aces — what remained of the 2022 WNBA Finals were […]
In many ways, the 2022 WNBA Finals, which tip off Sunday, are the culmination of a playoffs that predictably followed the regular season data. The matchup features the top two teams in the league by net rating, the Connecticut Sun (+9.5) and the Las Vegas Aces (+7.7). It’s the league’s best offensive team in the […]
It’s no surprise to see the Las Vegas Aces — led by franchise cornerstone and 2020 league MVP A’ja Wilson — playing in the WNBA semifinals, three wins away from a Finals bid. (Las Vegas dropped Game 1 of its series against the Seattle Storm on Sunday.) Ever since relocating from San Antonio in 2018 […]
The WNBA semifinals are set, and it is hard to argue that anything less than the true cream of the league has risen to the top. Yes, the seventh-seeded New York Liberty gave the Chicago Sky a Game 1 scare, and the sixth-seeded Dallas Wings countered the Connecticut Sun in Game 2 of their series. […]
It is virtually impossible to find a proper comparison for Han Xu, the 6-foot-10, 22-year-old center for the New York Liberty. Not one person I interviewed could do it. A big who can shoot threes? Sure, but there’s big and then there’s big — Han is several inches taller than almost everyone who guards her, […]