East No. 6-seed Fever plays two games against No. 3-seed Connecticut in a best-of-3 series that begins Sunday

The WNBA playoffs are in. If you’ve been following the news, here’s what you need to know.

The playoffs feature the eight teams with the best records in the 12-team league, regardless of division. The teams with the best records have two home games in the best-of-three first-round series. If a third game is needed, it is played at the other team’s home game.

Caitlin Clark’s Indiana Fever team plays Sunday at 2 p.m. CT at the Connecticut Sun on ABC and plays there again on Wednesday (6:30 p.m., ESPN). If a third game is needed, it would be next Friday night in Indianapolis.

Washington defeated Indiana on Thursday night before a WNBA season-record crowd of 20,711 at Washington’s Capital One Arena. Clark played just 20 minutes as Indiana tried not to overload its starters.

The rookie from Iowa had eight points and eight assists to finish her regular season with averages of 19.2 points, 8.4 assists and 5.7 rebounds. Clark made 122 three-pointers and had 337 assists, WNBA single-season records.

Indiana was 20-20, its first season without a loss since 2016, the last time it made the playoffs.

The Fever lost their first three games against Connecticut (28-12) this season, then defeated the Sun 84-80 in Indianapolis on August 28.

WNBA Playoffs First Round Pairings

No. 8 Atlanta vs. No. 1 New York

No. 5 Seattle vs. No. 4 Las Vegas (Megan Gustafson, Kate Martin of Iowa)

No. 7 Phoenix vs. No. 2 Minnesota (Bridget Carleton, Iowa State)

No. 6 Indiana (Caitlin Clark, Iowa) vs. No. 3 Connecticut

WNBA Playoffs First Round TV Schedule

Always Central.

Sunday September 22 (match 1)

Atlanta to New York, afternoon (ESPN)

Indiana vs. Connecticut, 2 p.m. (ABC)

Phoenix at Minnesota, 4 p.m. (ESPN)

Seattle at Las Vegas, 9 p.m. (ESPN)

Tuesday September 24 (match 2)

Atlanta at New York, 6:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Seattle at Las Vegas, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Wednesday September 25 (match 2)

Indiana vs. Connecticut, 6:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Phoenix at Minnesota, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Thursday September 26 (match 3)

*New York near Atlanta, TBA (ESPN2)

*Las Vegas to Seattle, TBA (ESPN2)

Friday September 27 (match 3)

*Connecticut near Indiana, TBD (ESPN2)

*Minnesota at Phoenix, TBD (ESPN2)

*If necessary

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