Depending on how you sliced it, the Minnesota Lynx entered the game with their postseason hopes very much alive. A two-game Lynx win streak and recent slew of Atlanta Dream and Los Angeles Sparks losses have Minnesota just 1.0 GB of the seventh and eighth seeds. Coach Cheryl Reeve’s team would have their work cut out for them though, facing the strongest strength of schedule of the remaining competitive teams.
The Wings are close to clinching a playoff spot, while teams 7-11 are separated by one game.
Minnesota has the most difficult remaining schedule of the six teams still in the hunt, while Atlanta has the easiest.