Medley, Florida – Invalided’s qualifiers are taking shape with only four nights remaining in the regular season.
The lunar owls of Napheesa Collier won the seeded n ° 1 in the eliminatory series unrivaled on Saturday. They won a 78-72 victory over vinyl in the first of the two games, then obtained help.
Skylar Diggins-Smith led the owl lunar with 27 points, Allisha Gray scored 17 points and the winning franc launch and necklace added 16 points and nine rebounds in the victory.
The Lunar Owls (10-1) needed the rose to lose the second match. They got a helping hand of the increased mist.
Breanna Stewart scored 22 points to help the mist beat the rose 71-62 despite Chelsea Gray marking 38 points, equaling the league summit by collar on February 8.
“It’s March Madness outside this bubble, and inside this bubble now. Everyone is fighting for a position, trying to win places in the playoff series, “said Diggins-Smith after the victory.
“People play their best basketball. Maybe some come back from an injury. People are punctuated. So, it will be competitive until the end, and this is the type of basketball we expected when we started. »»
The battle for the last three seeds of qualifying series will only heat in the last section.
The rose (6-5) is still in second place, followed by laces (5-6) in third place. The two teams will meet on Monday evening.
The mist won three consecutive games, from the last to fourth place with a 5-7 file.
“The way we played the last three games was huge,” said Misto Handy’s Mist Coach about Rose, Phantom and Lacets last week.
The vinyl, which started the day in third place, fell in fifth place with a 5-7 file after a defeat where Dererica Hamby had 31 points and 11 rebounds and Rhyne Howard scored 18 points.
Jordin Canada, who collected 11 points and eight assists in the defeat of vinyl, said that the club can always develop from its proximity against the lunar owls and their lace defeat one day earlier.
“Even if we have not obtained the victory today, I still feel like I am competing with the Buzzers. We have just started, and we have to continue this momentum in the next two games, “said Canada.
The Phantom is in last place at 3-8. They face the lunar owls in the second match on Monday.
Only four of the six unrivaled clubs will reach the playoffs.
After Monday’s matches, the last days of the first season of Invalided will take place on March 7, 8 and 10.
The two-day invalided playoffs start with semi-final matches on March 16 before the final of March 17.
“You will see the intensity resuming because everyone in this league is super competitive, and everyone wants to make the playoffs,” said Rose coach Nola Henry. “The level of intensity will simply increase.”
This article originally appeared on USA Today: Unparalleled classification, results: Lunar Owls secures the seed of the playoffs
