{"id":230636,"date":"2026-02-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/25\/playoff-seeding-on-the-line-during-fridays-unrivaled-regular-season-finale-the-gist\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T00:00:00","slug":"playoff-seeding-on-the-line-during-fridays-unrivaled-regular-season-finale-the-gist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/25\/playoff-seeding-on-the-line-during-fridays-unrivaled-regular-season-finale-the-gist\/","title":{"rendered":"Playoff seeding on the line during Friday\u2019s Unrivaled regular-season finale | The GIST"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The GIST: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVPLTMjjxno\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Unrivaled is <em>rocking<\/em><\/a> straight into today\u2019s regular-season finale with four games hitting the hardwood starting at 1 p.m. ET. And that\u2019s only the beginning of the high-stakes hoopla because the first round of the single-elimination playoffs tips off tomorrow.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Before it starts raining threes, let\u2019s set the stage as the innovative 3v3 league inches closer to crowning its second-ever champion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\ud83d\udccc Playoff seeding on the line today: <\/strong>All <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unrivaled.basketball\/standings\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">six postseason berths<\/a> have already been claimed, but today\u2019s games will decide who earns first-round byes to the semifinals and which teams must battle it out in tomorrow\u2019s first round. There\u2019s plenty to play for\u2026 unless you\u2019re the already-eliminated Hive and Lunar Owls, who match up in today\u2019s first game. That one\u2019s for pride.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\ud83d\udc7b Phantom control their own destiny: <\/strong>Led by the dynamic one-two punch of Kelsey Plum and Aliyah Boston, the Ghost Gang has been on an absolute tear, winning their last six games. If they can make it seven straight tonight at 7:30 p.m. ET against Rose, they\u2019ll lock up the No. 1 seed and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.com\/event\/30006449B50D51C9\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">punch their ticket<\/a> to the Big Apple. It\u2019s been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0BYUf8QDCZU\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">waiting for them<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\udf27\ufe0f From there, our money\u2019s on second-place Mist to snag that other bye. They\u2019re sporting a three-game win streak ahead of their 2:15 p.m. ET tilt vs. Vinyl <em>and<\/em> boast two of basketball\u2019s best <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/7r1ZJKu_rdA\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">two-way players<\/a> in Allisha Gray and Breanna Stewart. A terrific tandem, indeed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\n  n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\n  document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '1716705275141133'); \/\/ Insert your pixel ID here.\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n      <\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegistsports.com\/article\/playoff-seeding-on-the-line-during-fridays-unrivaled-regular-season-finale\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The GIST: Unrivaled is rocking straight into today\u2019s regular-season finale with four games hitting the hardwood starting at 1 p.m. ET. And that\u2019s only the beginning of the high-stakes hoopla because the first round of the single-elimination playoffs tips off tomorrow. Before it starts raining threes, let\u2019s set the stage as the innovative 3v3 league [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":230637,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6805],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-230636","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-womens"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}