Team USA Wins GOLD!🥇+ The WNBA’s Most Important Week Ever?

Team USA is back on top of the basketball world after defeating France 97-79 to win its fifth straight FIBA Women’s World Cup and 12th gold medal overall. We break down how the Americans erased a 14-point deficit, the veteran performances from Breanna Stewart, Jackie Young and Chelsea Gray, Caitlin Clark’s momentum-changing moments off the bench and the second-half adjustments that ultimately overwhelmed France.

Then, attention turns immediately back to the WNBA for what could be the most consequential week of the regular season. The eight playoff teams are set, but almost everything else remains up for grabs. With just four games remaining, seeds 3 through 8 are separated by only three games, home-court advantage is still on the line and a handful of head-to-head matchups could completely reshape the playoff bracket. We look at the biggest games, tiebreakers and questions facing every contender as the postseason approaches.

Plus, Napheesa Collier is finally back in the Lynx lineup. Minnesota was already one of the WNBA’s best teams without her, so does adding an MVP-caliber player make the Lynx the clear championship favorite—or will they have to prove they can finally turn regular-season dominance into a title?