The Washington Mystics won last night against the Indiana Fever, but it wasn’t enough for them to make the 2024 WNBA Playoffs. Therefore, it’s not an ideal situation for the Mystics’ immediate term future. While the late season playoff push was commendable, it was ultimately done with little to show for it. Here’s why.
Washington did secure one draft lottery pick last week, but it was their own, and they willingly hurt their lottery position by going on this playoff push. I get why, but just saying. And the loss to the Atlanta Dream last Sunday, effectively gave them a playoff spot and made them lose their chance of getting a second lottery spot — or at least the Mystics could have made the playoffs and go into the draft lottery with house money, meaning the Dream’s pick.