{"id":265491,"date":"2026-10-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/02\/one-series-deciding-game-3-remains-ahead-of-wnba-second-round-the-gist\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T00:00:00","slug":"one-series-deciding-game-3-remains-ahead-of-wnba-second-round-the-gist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/02\/one-series-deciding-game-3-remains-ahead-of-wnba-second-round-the-gist\/","title":{"rendered":"One series-deciding Game 3 remains ahead of WNBA second round | The GIST"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The GIST: <\/strong>If you need us this weekend, don\u2019t \u2014 the WNBA playoffs are occupying every brain cell. After an adrenaline-pumping Game 3 last night, another series-deciding tilt looms tonight before the best-of-five second round tips off on Sunday. It\u2019s all hoops, all the time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\ud83c\udccf Las Vegas Aces eliminate Indiana Fever: <\/strong>A\u2019ja Wilson <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ohnohedidnt24\/status\/2105867548696748440?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">is all about the moment<\/a>. The Aces icon authored a 36-point, 10-rebound masterpiece in last night\u2019s 94\u201383 series-clinching dub. But not even the unprecedented four-time MVP wins alone: Chelsea Gray\u2019s clutch buckets down the stretch sealed the deal to help Vegas advance to their eighth straight semifinal.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u2b07\ufe0f Now, the Aces await the victor of <strong>tonight\u2019s 9 p.m. ET win-or-go-home Game 3<\/strong>\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\ud83d\udc9c Golden State Valkyries vs. \ud83e\udebd Dallas Wings: <\/strong>Golden State couldn\u2019t miss in Game 1, then Dallas impressed from three in the sequel: Powered by Arike Ogunbowale\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ecdNHZoyCBo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hot hand<\/a>, the Wings shot 52% from beyond the arc, the best mark vs. the defense-driven Valks this season. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Oe5txA0nwt4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Back in Ballhalla<\/a>, watch for the Valkyries to lean into their identity, while the Wings aim to rinse and repeat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\ud83d\udcad Atlanta Dream vs. \ud83d\uddfd NY Liberty \u2014 Game 1 Sunday at TIME: <\/strong>The Dream are in uncharted territory after winning a first-round series for the first time since 2018. As expected, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Dd-DVrGjud7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2026 Defensive Player of the Year<\/a> Angel Reese elevated this star-studded roster. But the Liberty\u2019s championship pedigree is impossible to ignore, and Breanna Stewart\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WQZNWHqrxJo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">been <em>hooping<\/em><\/a>. 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After an adrenaline-pumping Game 3 last night, another series-deciding tilt looms tonight before the best-of-five second round tips off on Sunday. It\u2019s all hoops, all the time. \ud83c\udccf Las Vegas Aces eliminate Indiana Fever: A\u2019ja Wilson is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":265492,"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-265491","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\/265491","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=265491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265491\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}