2026 WNBA First Round Playoff Preview

so without further ado we're not gonna waste anybody's time we're gonna get into the first series the 1-8 matchup the new york liberty versus the number ac new york liberty versus number one seed minnesota links um So Minnesota Lynx finished with the best record in the WNBA, second in net rating this year.

All these stats are WNBA.com.

So they were third in offensive rating, 112-1, and then they were fourth in defensive rating, 103-5.

So they had the second best net rating in basketball.

New York finished with the seventh best net rating in basketball, and they were the sixth in offense.

and they were seventh in defense.

So obviously in the regular season, Minnesota took the season series 2-1.

Obviously we know there's

a lot of – The Liberty took the –

Oh, yeah, yeah.

My bad.

Liberty.

I don't know why I said that.

Liberty took the series 2-1.

And there was a lot of – obviously we know regular season games are a lot different than playoff games.

Obviously we know Fee was only there for the last game.

which the Liberty won.

And then the Liberty had a lot of people in and out the rotation as well.

Feebich wasn't there.

I mean, they still don't have Satu, but Sabrina wasn't there for a lot of the year.

They've been dealing with a lot of lineup stuff.

So it'll be very, very interesting to see what these two teams put together.

Is there anything particular about this matchup that intrigues you?

No, bro.

I think...