{"id":247524,"date":"2026-06-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/10\/an-update-on-the-wnba-commissioners-cup-the-gist\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T00:00:00","slug":"an-update-on-the-wnba-commissioners-cup-the-gist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/10\/an-update-on-the-wnba-commissioners-cup-the-gist\/","title":{"rendered":"An update on the WNBA Commissioner\u2019s Cup | The GIST"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The GIST: <\/strong><em>Every<\/em> game matters when it comes to the WNBA Commissioner\u2019s Cup with only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wnba.com\/standings\/commissioners-cup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the top team in each conference<\/a> advancing to the June 30th final. And now that we\u2019re officially halfway through group play, the true Cup contenders are beginning to emerge.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\ud83c\udfc6 The top teams: <\/strong>Powered by Breanna Stewart\u2019s 25.6 points per tourney game on average, the NY Liberty boast three Cup victories. Yes, the one-loss Atlanta Dream and Indiana Fever both authored wins in the last two days, but the Eastern Conference feels like the Big Apple\u2019s to lose.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On the flip side, the Western Conference is shaping up to be a two-horse race between the Minnesota Lynx and Las Vegas Aces. The Dallas Wings <em>were<\/em> knocking on the door too\u2026until last night\u2019s 100\u201376 shellacking at the hands of the juggernaut Lynx.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\ud83c\udf7f Tournament games <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wnba.com\/schedule?season=2026&amp;month=all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">continue all week<\/a>, <\/strong>but two are must-watch:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\ud83d\uddfd NY Liberty vs. \ud83d\udca4 Atlanta Dream \u2014 Tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. ET: <\/strong>Having already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/recap?gameId=401856969\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">handled the Fever<\/a> in Cup play, a Liberty win would further boost NY\u2019s title game odds \u2014 but they\u2019ll have to limit double-double queen Angel Reese on the glass. Easier said than done.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\ud83c\udccf Las Vegas Aces vs. \ud83d\udd25 Portland Fire \u2014 Tomorrow at 10 p.m. ET: <\/strong>At first glance, this one should be an, ahem, ace in the hole for Vegas. However, this Fire contingent has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.portlandmercury.com\/the-portland-fire\/the-portland-fire-wants-to-annoy-the-rest-of-the-wnba\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">proven to be a tough out<\/a>, especially when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theixsports.com\/the-ix-basketball-newsroom\/wnba\/carla-leite-is-reinventing-herself-with-the-portland-fire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">breakout star Carla Leite<\/a> is cooking.<\/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><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegistsports.com\/article\/update-wnba-commissioners-cup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The GIST: Every game matters when it comes to the WNBA Commissioner\u2019s Cup with only the top team in each conference advancing to the June 30th final. And now that we\u2019re officially halfway through group play, the true Cup contenders are beginning to emerge. \ud83c\udfc6 The top teams: Powered by Breanna Stewart\u2019s 25.6 points per [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":247525,"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-247524","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\/247524","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=247524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}