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Heading into the last day of games, all eight
playoffs teams were known, but three of the four opening round
matchups were still up in the air. Now there's a clear picture.
Minnesota, which clinched the No. 1 seed a few weeks ago, will
face Golden State in the opening round of the playoffs that
begins Sunday. The Lynx topped the Valkyries on Thursday night
in the regular-season finale for both teams to drop Golden State
to the eighth spot.
With the expansion team's loss, the Indiana Fever moved up to
the sixth seed. The franchise, which had its first season over
.500 since 2015, will face third-seeded Atlanta. That was
decided by the last game of the night when the Las Vegas Aces
won their 16th consecutive game, beating Los Angeles. The Aces
earned the two seed and will face Seattle, which moved up to
seventh with Golden State's loss.
Phoenix and New York are the four and five seeds and their first
round matchup was determined before Thursday night's games.
All four of the playoff series begin Sunday with Game 2 of the
best-of-three series shifting to the lower-seeded team's
homecourt on either Tuesday or Wednesday.
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