Summary

The 2026 WNBA playoffs will get underway on Sunday with a quadruple header that will feature Game 1 of all four first-round series. As a quick refresher, here's a look at the seeds and the first-round matchups , which weren't set until the final seconds of Thursday's regular season finale: Just seven games separate the Lynx and Liberty, the smallest gap between the Nos. 1 and 8 seeds since the league changed the playoff format in 2016 to include the top eight teams regardless of conference affiliation.

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