2026 WNBA Playoff Predictions
After a fun regular season, the WNBA Playoffs have arrived, and it could be such a fun year! While I usually feel pretty confident about a lot of my predictions, I believe that 6 of the 8 playoff teams could win the championship (sorry New York and Dallas, who I think have no chance), though I think the top-3 teams are most likely. There could be upsets, even if my predictions don’t always indicate this. For each series, I included analysis, one role player who could be an x-factor, and a prediction. First Round 1 Minnesota Lynx vs 8 New York Liberty For starters, I don’t believe that Minnesota’s 2-4 finish to the season was anything more than a weird stretch; I do not believe this is anything indicative of this team’s fate in the playoffs. Minnesota has 5 players who were all-stars in the last two years (including 3 All-Stars from this year), as well as a sixth woman who would be a starter for New York. While I could see Olivia Miles strug...