Sports! 🏀 The NBA/WNBA Thread

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Thursday, 15 June 2023: NBC 9 KUSA-TV Denver's live coverage of the championship parade of the 2023 NBA Champions Denver Nuggets.

 

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Brian Windhorst of ESPN reporting that the Washington Wizards and Los Angeles Clippers are working on a potential trade to sending Chris Paul back to the Clippers, but there's also the possibility the Los Angeles Lakers and maybe Golden State Warriors might grab him.

 

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The Wizards acquiring Paul and fellow Suns guard Landry Shamet including a package of draft picks while the Suns acquired All-Star guard Bradley Beal.

 

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BREAKING NEWS ALERT: Damian Lillard requesting trade from Portland Trailblazers to the defending Eastern Conference champion Miami Heat.

It's being reported the Trailblazers are working to accomodating Lillard's preferred destination.

 

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Defending WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces defeated Connecticut Sun yesterday afternoon very easily 102-84 winning their 14th consecutive home game in a row.

 

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Sunday, 2 July 2023: Seattle Storm vs New York Liberty
Carter Subaru Court at Climate Arena
Seattle, Washington


Starting Five of the Seattle Storm:

 

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*Connecticut Sun defeat Atlanta Dream 82-71.

*Minnesota Lynx won 73-70 against Los Angeles Sparks.

*Phoenix Mercury defeated Chicago Sky 80-62: I watched the game last night on NBA TV.

*Defending WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces throttled Seattle Storm by double digits last night 79-63. Aces are the fifth WNBA team to win 20 out of 22 games: previous four WNBA teams, who accomplished this feat won the WNBA championship.

 

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*Washington Mystics defeated Phoenix Mercury 84-69.

*New York Liberty up 13-9 with 7:12 remaining in the 1st Quarter on YES TV.

 

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@Abhorsen @bintananth @Buba @Ibanez @TheRomanSlayer
CBS Sports Network reporting Jaylen Brown signing five-year $304 million supermax contract remaining in Boston.

 

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*Dream 84
Liberty 95
*Breanna Stewart scores 33 points leading the Liberty to their fourth consecutive win in a row.

 

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*Storm 83
Sky 74

*Mystics 62
Wings 90

*Lynx 88
Liberty 83

 

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*Lynx 87
Sun 83

*Mystics 73
Dream 80

*Storm 85
Fever 62

*Mercury 85
Sky 104

*Liberty 87
Sparks 79

*Wings 91
Aces 104

 

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Congratulations to the defending WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces for getting their 30th victory in the 2023 WNBA Season after defeating Chicago Sky 94-87 last night.

 

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*(Eastern Conference)
#2 Liberty (30-7)
#3 Sun (25-12)
#6 Dream (17-20)
#7 Mystics (17-20)
#9 Sky (15-22)
#10 Fever (12-25)

*(Western Conference)
#1 Aces (32-6)
#4 Wings (20-17)
#5 Lynx (19-19)
#8 Sparks (16-21)
#11 Storm (11-26)
#12 Mercury (9-28)

 

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Coming Up: I will be posting WNBA Playoff updates very soon. Be on the lookout for it!

 

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2023 WNBA Playoff Brackets:
*(Round One: Best of 3)
#1 Las Vegas Aces win series (2-0) against #8 Chicago Sky.
#4 Dallas Wings win series (2-0) against #5 Atlanta Dreams.
#2 New York Liberty win series (2-0) against #7 Washington Mystics.
#3 Connecticut Sun win series (2-1) against #6 Minnesota Lynx.

*(Semifinals: Best of 5)
#1 Las Vegas Aces: Defending WNBA Champions vs #4 Dallas Wings.
*(Aces lead series 1-0)

#2 New York Liberty vs #3 Connecticut Sun
*(Sun lead series 1-0)

*(WNBA Finals: Best of 5)
TBD

 

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2023 WNBA Playoff Brackets as of October 10, 2023:

*WNBA Playoffs Semifinals 2023 (Best of 5):
#1 Las Vegas Aces win series (3-0) against #4 Dallas Wings.
#2 New York Liberty win series (3-1) against #3 Connecticut Sun.

*(WNBA Finals: Best of 5)
#1 Las Vegas Aces vs #2 New York Liberty
(Aces lead series 1-0)

*Game 1: Aces won 99-82
Sunday, 8 October 2023
October 8, 2023

*Game 2: Michelob Ulta Arena
Wednesday, 11 October 2023
Las Vegas, Nevada
5:00 PM PST

*Game 3: Barclays Center
Sunday, 15 October 2023
Brooklyn, New York State
3:00 PM EST

*Game 4 (if necessary): Barclays Center
Wednesday, 18 October 2023
Brooklyn, New York State
8:00 PM EST

*Game 5 (if necessary): Michelob Ulta Arena
Friday, 20 October 2023
Las Vegas, Nevada
5:00 PM PST

 

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Defending WNBA Champion #1 Las Vegas Aces easily and handily throttled #2 New York Liberty in a blowout victory 104-76: Leading the Aces was Aja Wilson, who had 26 points; Jackie Young scored 24 points; Kelsey Plum had 23 points and Chelsea Gray rounded out the double-digit scorers with 14 points. Wilson and Gray also recorded double-doubles in Game 2 of the 2023 WNBA Finals including Wilson had 15 rebounds along with Gray having 11 assists.

Game 3 is on Sunday afternoon at 2:00 PM CST and the Aces are one game away from repeating as WNBA Champions: making it the first time since 2002 when the Los Angeles Sparks won back-to-back WNBA Championships. We're going to find out if the Liberty can avoid getting swept and humiliated, because they're going to need ALL of the luck that they can get at this moment and from the way I'm seeing things trending, the Aces are poised to sweep the Liberty handily.

 

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Special congratulations to the Las Vegas Aces on winning back-to-back WNBA Championships, making them the first WNBA franchise to win back-to-back WNBA Championships since the Los Angeles Sparks did it in 2001 and 2002.

 

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Monday, 23 October 2023: Defending back-to-back WNBA Champion Las Vegas Aces holding championship parade on Fox 5 KVVU-TV Las Vegas.