Medley, Florida – The last four of unrivaled women’s basketball take place while the regular season ended on Monday evening with eruption victories by the first two heads of the league.
The unequaled co-founder, Napheesa Collier, scored 29 points to help the owl lunar 1 beat his co-founder colleague Breanna Stewart and the Mist 92-58 in the first of the two games.
Chelsea Gray caught fire by finishing with 33 points to help the seeded No. 2 to beat the 74-46 vinyl in the second match. Angel Reese left the match in the third quarter with a “injury to the upper left” and did not return.
“No update on Angel. I hope we will have one soon. We send him our best wishes, “said Rose coach Nola Henry after the match.
The laces secured seeded n ° 3 in the playoffs, while the vinyl has ahead of the mist for the fourth and last place in the playoffs on a break in equality.
The vinyl and the mist finished with 5-9 records, but the 4-7 vinyl record against the playoff teams will introduce them to the playoffs, rubbing the 3-8 fog record in the category.
The vinyl apparently won its place in the playoffs before playing, keeping an eye on the game Lunar Owls-Mist before getting on the field.
“We sometimes understand that the ball does not fall, but we technically have one more game, then maybe another. So we have to focus on this, “said the Aliyah Boston vinyl center.
The money price – $ 50,000 for each player of the championship winning team – is certainly a major objective, while winning the first title of the League at the start of the qualifying series.
“It’s money on the line,” said Courtney Williams, Lunar Owls goalkeeper. “Whenever money is at stake, I think everyone has to increase the bet.”
Here is everything you need to know about the post-season games of Invalided next week:
When is the unmatched qualifying series?
Laces n ° 3 will face the n ° 2 rose in the first semi-final on March 16 at 7:30 p.m. he.
The lunar owls n ° 1 will face vinyl n ° 4 in the second semi-final on the same day, scheduled for a start at 8:30 p.m.
When is the unrivaled championship game?
The unrivaled final will take place on March 17.
How to watch unrivaled post-season matches?
The unrivaled qualifiers will be available on TNT and TRUTV on cable television, and available live on Max.
Who is? Here are the four unrivaled qualifying teams
N ° 1 lunar cabbage (13-1)
The Lunar Owls were the best team of the regular concern, outclassing the opponents of 170 points en route to the seeded n ° 1 in the playoffs. Naphesesa Collier, Skylar Diggins-Smith and Allisha Gray were the best league departure alignment, while Courtney Williams and Shakira Austin made crucial contributions to the bench. The mission of the Lunar Owls all at the time: win the first title of Invalided.
Rose n ° 2 (8-6)
Chelsea Gray and Angel Reese helped the rose overcome a start of 1-4 and to return to an unrivaled assertion with a sequence of four consecutive victories – which included a victory over the Lunar Owls on February 21. While the rose lost the rubber match against the Owls Lunar last Friday, they secured the seeded n ° 2 in the Playoff mixture with a Vinyl Lunday Night victory.
N ° 3 LACETS (7-7)
Kayla McBride, Alyssa Thomas and Tiffany Hayes helped the laces to start unrivaled with a 4-0 departure, but they had to sail in the injury bug this season. Thomas came back from a knee injury, while Jackie Young joined the team in mid-season after a leg injury. Kate Martin has not returned after a leg injury since mid-season. However, the trio of McBride, Thomas and Hayes could be well placed to cope with the owl lunar.
N ° 4 vinyl (5-9)
Dearica Hamby and Rhyne Howard were the best vinyl players, while Arike Ogunbowale missed several games with a right leg injury. Rae Burrell, Jordi Canada and Aliyah Boston also made contributions
The vinyl has won its last two games on February 21 and February 28, giving them just enough to reach the post-season field.
Who came out? Here are the two teams eliminated from the playoffs
N ° 5 MIST (5-9)
The mist – led by the co -founder of the League, Breanna Stewart, Jewell Loyd, Rickea Jackson, Courtney Vandersloot, Dijionai Carrington and Aaliyah Edwards – made a late boost for a place in the playoff series with a sequence of three games at the end of the last month, but was eliminated after a defeat eliminatory with owls on Monday evening.
N ° 6 Phantom (4-10)
The Phantom – with Sabrina Ionescu, Brittney Griner, Sutou Sabally, Marina Mabrey, Natasha Cloud and Katie Lou Samuelson – were eliminated from the playoff series last Friday. But they ended their season on a positive note on Saturday evening with an 80-74 victory against vinyl.
This article originally appeared on USA Today: Unparalleled playoffs: lunar owls, pink, laces, reach vinyl in the playoffs
