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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Ella Brockway, Bryan Armen Graham, Stephanie Kaloi and Andrew Lawrence

WNBA 2026 playoff predictions: can the dynastic Aces – or anybody – deny the dominant Lynx?

Minnesota Lynx players Dorka Juhasz, Maya Caldwell, Napheesa Collier and Olivia Miles look on during an August game against the Golden State Valkyries at Chase Center in San Francisco.
Minnesota Lynx players Dorka Juhasz, Maya Caldwell, Napheesa Collier and Olivia Miles look on during an August game against the Golden State Valkyries at Chase Center in San Francisco. Photograph: Noah Graham/NBAE/Getty Images

How will we remember the WNBA’s 30th season?

At least big-picture, as the end of one era of the league and the beginning of another, in part because of Cathy Engelbert’s announcement earlier this month that she will step down as commissioner at the end of this year. It’s fair to say this season has been a microcosm of her up-and-down seven-year tenure: more growth than ever, excellent basketball, breakthroughs for a new generation of stars, and high highs, but also low lows – refereeing controversies and manufactured culture-war hysterics chief among them. EB

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