WNBA preview: Lynx tries to be unbeaten, Caitlin Clark approaches the quad injury

The third week of WNBA action came and went, providing the five -day spectators of entertainment on the court and two days without play that allowed us to breathe. And, while the days out of day forced many WNBA fans to wait for more actions eager, the week’s program did not affect everyone equally.

“Cathy (Engelbert) added many games. Nine matches in 18 days; this is not really responsible for a curator,” said Mercury’s Satou Sabally After a loss of 77-89 on Saturday in the storm. Sabally’s comments took place the fourth game of Phoenix week, which led the team to reach ten games played before any other league member.

Each WNBA team is scheduled for a schedule of 44 records this regular season, and there is no reason to believe that nothing would cause the calendar to become shorter at any time. However, with so many league injuries, although not even a full month in the season, Sabally’s call should not be rejected. It is worth paying attention to how, or if, the commissioner can take advantage of the schedule of the margins in the coming years to prevent situations.

The Mercury Ploted by injuries will play only two games this week.

Commissioner’s Cup It was also one of the biggest stories of the week. Phoenix has registered four Cup games, although most teams have two or three games. Undoubtedly, Liberty and Lynx (both of them this regular season) sit in their respective conferences in the Cup classification. The coincidence is that both franchises are the two most recent champions in the Cup, with Minnesota winning last season and New York in 2023. They both used the titles of their curator’s Cup to set up the WNBA finals in these same seasons, but they finally took place. With the participants of the 2024 WNBA finals who appear on the way to relate to family stages, it is fair to ask if, in a realist, there is a team that could ruin these plans.

In the third week he also saw that various well -traveled veterans maintained their first season production to continue gathering a little unforeseen seasons in his career.

Erica WheeleThe reappearance of R after being a veteran piece of depth a season ago with fever was fun, as it has become a real offensive central point in its debut season with the storm, promised 10.0 points, 5.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists in two games last week while heading to the initial unit. On the heels of a 32 -point exhibition, Odyssey Sims Had another exceptional week and quietly thrives as a reliable guard next to Plum KelSey In its second stage with the sparks. And how about Bria HartleyWho, after two years outside the league, found his way to start all five and helped them to get their first wins?

Week 3 left us a lot to discuss, and this next round of games should not be different. The fourth week of the season will last most of the teams in the fourth schedules, at the point where the data of the first season are long enough to not be considered insignificant.

Here are five games this week to turn your calendars around.

Golden State Valkyries @ Los Angeles Sparks

(Monday, June 9 at 10:00 pm et on the pass of the WNBA League)

You may have the opportunity to win the Valkyries on national television about ACES on Saturday. Its section of 27 points of Las Vegas ended with a four -game skating and served as perhaps it Signing of the opening season of this franchise. And what better impulse to enter a tie -break tonight against the team that handed you your first defeat? But the viewers do not fit this only by what Golden State offers: the sparks bring a lot to the table. More information on Valkyries’ debut game, which is referred to above – Plum KelSey He recorded his first minutes of regular season for the sparks and combined a 37 -point memorable performance to bring the new season before the Valkyries sell this loss exactly a week later on the back of the rookies Carla Leite and Janelle Salaun. Plum ability to electrify as scorer and versatility on two bands of players as Dearic Hamby and Azurá Stevens Have the sparks an incredibly entertaining team, and the trilogy is obliged.

Indiana Fever @ Atlanta Dream

(Tuesday, June 10 at 19:30 et a espn3 and pass from the WNBA League)

Speaking of trilogies, and another? The fever and the dream dedicated to the battle twice during the first full week of the season, with both teams capturing a victory on the other’s home track. Both Indiana and Atlanta have had to withstand key injuries since then, but each one has managed to get on a fleet. Specifically, fever playing basketball .500 in the four games Caitlin Clark Noteworthy is the foul and its two -game winning streak goes to the Tuesday contest only adds to the drum. In the meantime, a healthy dream list is making a case to name the conversations when the championship contenders are discussed. Rhyne howard and Allisha Gray have the best seasons of your career while Brionna Jones and Brittney grins Check out one of the most difficult WNBA front against your play. The first two meetings provided top -notch basketball; The third should also.

Minnesota Lynx @ Seattle Storm

(Wednesday, June 11 at 10:00 pm et on the pass of the WNBA League)

Lynx looks like a team with a mission to fix the errors of how the WNBA finals last season concluded: they are at 9-0 with Naphesesa collier Again, mark MVP -like performances to start the season, Courtney Williams He is orchestrating the crime, while the remaining pieces fall perfectly in place. The results have equalized the best start of the franchise in the season since 2017, the last year they won a WNBA championship. Seattle played in Minnesota hard in the first place. And at the height of the attached victories, its veteran makeup could be a team construction ideal to reach the occasion of a great regular season game like this.

Los Angeles Sparks @ Minnesota Lynx

(Saturday, June 14 at 1 pm Et a CBS)

While Candace Parker and Sylvia Fowles had been retiring for a long time to represent Los Angeles and Minnesota, it is not difficult to think of them and the games of the WNBA finals who gave us in the mid -2010s when they saw the words “Lynx” and “Sparks” next to each other. Lynx, chryl reeve and Sparks Guard coach Odyssey Sims They are the only ones left of the aforementioned battles, but the two courts that will share the plant of several caliber performers. Minnesota served Los Angeles in a two -digit tank on the third day of the season. What can sparks do differently this time to make it uncomfortable for the lynx?

New York Liberty @ Indiana Fever

(Saturday, June 14 at 15:00 et a ABC)

We were attended to one of the most entertaining games, when freedom and fever met in Indiana on the second Saturday of the season. Both teams kept their two digits and appeared on their way to victories before allowing masses to rotate the impulse in the opposite direction. A fourth quarter of Jonquel JonesFree exit launches of Sabrina Ionescuand the winning defensive stop of Natasha Cloud game Caitlin Clark In the following possession he remained unbeaten in New York. The two scenarios in the center of resumption three weeks later by another nationally televised approach. And could mark Clark’s return from his quad injury. The fever was at a moment to record the victory during the first meeting, so a victory and possibly New York’s first loss feels a realistic potential result. However, dealing with the offense and defense number 1 of the League will be the task of Indiana.