There are five games on tap for Friday, Aug. 15 and each one will have an impact on the WNBA playoff picture.
The games are scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. EDT and will be broadcast on ION. Fans looking to watch these WNBA games can do so for free by using DIRECTV, which offers a free trial. FuboTV offers up to $30 off your first month. SlingTV doesn’t offer a free trial but has promotional offers available.
In the five games taking place on Friday, four of them feature six of the eight teams that currently hold a spot in the playoffs while the fifth games features the Los Angeles Sparks, who are currently half a game behind the Seattle Storm for eighth in the standings and the final playoff spot.
The Storm are playing their second straight game against the Atlanta Dream, but this contest will be in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The Dream won the first meeting in Seattle for their sixth straight win, while the Storm suffered their sixth straight loss.
The Las Vegas Aces take a five-game winning streak into Phoenix to face a Mercury squad that is one game up on the Aces and in fourth in the standings, meaning this would be a first round playoff matchup if the postseason started Friday.
The Washington Mystics are 1.5 games back of a playoff spot and take on the Indiana Fever, who hold a half game lead on the Golden State Valkyries for sixth. The seventh-place Valkyries are in Chicago to face the Sky on Friday.
WNBA Schedule for Friday, Aug. 15
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