{"id":259445,"date":"2026-08-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/24\/seven-of-eight-wnba-postseason-spots-clinched-the-gist\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T00:00:00","slug":"seven-of-eight-wnba-postseason-spots-clinched-the-gist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/24\/seven-of-eight-wnba-postseason-spots-clinched-the-gist\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven of eight WNBA postseason spots clinched | The GIST"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The GIST: <\/strong>It isn\u2019t a summer weekend without statements made on and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DcXTzYWuMzE\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsi=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">off the court<\/a> in the WNBA. As much as some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7534362\/2026\/08\/23\/enes-kanter-freedom-ejected-natasha-cloud-sky-fever-wnba\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">try to distract<\/a>, here\u2019s the latest from the hardwood with just over a month until the postseason begins.<\/p>\n<p>\u2705 <strong>Atlanta Dream, Indiana Fever, NY Liberty, and Washington Mystics clinch playoff berths: <\/strong>All four join the league-leading Minnesota Lynx, surging Golden State Valkyries, and reigning champ Las Vegas Aces in the eight-team postseason field.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>That leaves just one spot still TBD (along with seeding), with two squads \u2014 the Dallas Wings and Portland Fire \u2014 still in contention to claim it. Buckle up.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\ud83e\udd13 <strong>Minnesota\u2019s Olivia Miles continues to shine: <\/strong>The clear Rookie of the Year frontrunner, Miles is also making an MVP case, breaking yet another record over the weekend. The 2026 No. 2 overall pick became <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DcWpMFfDyVS\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the fastest player<\/a> to reach 700+ career points and 200+ assists, achieving the mark in just 36 games. Catch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/sports\/basketball\/olivia-miles-the-spectacle-wnba-lynx-3bdd0059\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Spectacle<\/a> back in action vs. the Valkyries tonight at 8 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf39 <strong>Portland introduces mascot, Rose: <\/strong>A new <del>bombshell<\/del> mascot has entered the villa. The 2026 expansion team unveiled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DcZwH4cAzug\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsi=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rose the Glitter-Breathing Dragon<\/a> yesterday, the latest diva in an already stacked lineup of WNBA mascots. 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As much as some try to distract, here\u2019s the latest from the hardwood with just over a month until the postseason begins. \u2705 Atlanta Dream, Indiana Fever, NY Liberty, and Washington Mystics clinch playoff berths: All four [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":259446,"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-259445","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\/259445","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=259445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}