Aces into the Semi-Finals
If you're not watching the WNBA Play-Offs, you're missing some amazing basketball.
It's not entirely a shock that the play-offs are going how they are. The final 8 teams that made the playoffs were all very evenly matched, stats-wise. Whatever happened between last season and this season to spread the talent around the W paid off.
New York, an 8 seed, knocked out #1 seed, Minnesota Lynx in just two games in the first round (sorry, Jilly). The veteran leadership on the Liberty seemed to really pay off, and despite looking like a juggernaut most of the regular season, in the last three weeks before the play-offs, the Lynx suddenly looked sluggish. No idea what happened, but I bet coach Cheryl Reeves was losing her mind.
Dallas and Golden State played into OT, with Dallas Wings' Arike Ogunbowale scoring something like 45 points entirely on her own as they won with 108 points. I was expecting Golden State to just put them to bed, and not so much.
Maybe more obvious was Atlanta taking the Mystics out in two games - the Atlanta Dream may well be in the Finals. That is a team that has just improved all season.
