On paper, the WNBA playoffs began on Sunday, when all eight teams took to the court for a quadruple-header of Game 1s. But, in spirit, the postseason really began on Tuesday night, when the No. 6 Indiana Fever and No. 7 Seattle Storm pulled off big upsets over the No. 3 Atlanta Dream and No. 2 Las Vegas Aces , respectively, to push both first-round series to a deciding Game 3.
It was an absolutely electric night of basketball that saw shorthanded Fever -- who lost two-time All-Star Caitlin Clark and four other players to season-ending injuries this year -- win their first playoff game since 2015 by absolutely dismantling the Dream in front of 16,682 raucous fans at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. The Storm, meanwhile, pulled off a stunning fourth-quarter comeback to snap the Ac