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Unrivaled Playoff Field Set After Plum Clinches Phantom’s Top Seed

The compact postseason features a Miami opener, Brooklyn semifinals with rapid ticket sales, then a Miami championship.

Overview

  • Kelsey Plum scored 35 points and hit the game-winner as Phantom finished 11-3 to secure the No. 1 seed, while Mist sealed No. 2 at 10-4 behind Breanna Stewart’s 28 in a 72-62 win over Vinyl.
  • The six-team, single-elimination bracket is finalized with byes to Phantom (No. 1) and Mist (No. 2), followed by Laces (No. 3), Rose (No. 4), Breeze (No. 5) and Vinyl (No. 6).
  • First-round games are Saturday in Miami: Laces vs. Vinyl at 8:30 p.m. ET and Rose vs. Breeze at 9:45 p.m. ET on truTV and Max.
  • Semifinals are Monday at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center—where roughly 90% of tickets have been sold, per league operations—with the final set for Wednesday back in Miami.
  • Postseason awards were announced: First Team All-Unrivaled honors went to Paige Bueckers, Chelsea Gray and Kelsey Plum, and Phantom’s Roneeka Hodges was named Coach of the Year.