WNBA Champ 2018- My Prediction...

[bballnut90]

Sparks are a long shot. Who knows how Nneka will be which means their only reliable offense comes from Parker and Gray. Sims is a shell of the threat she was a year ago, Beard isn’t an offensive threat, and each of Lavender/Carson/Vadeeva/Williams are very up and down.

Title is Seattle’s to lose. They have 4 excellent players and they play well together. Wouldn’t count out Phoenix either with this recent streak their on.

My prediction is:
R1
Sparks beat Lynx on another Gray buzzer beater
Phoenix easily handles Dallas

R2
Washington beats LA in a close one
Phoenix beats Connecticut again in the 2nd round just like last year

R3
Storm beat Phoenix in 4. If it goes 5, Phoenix wins.
Atlanta beats Washington in 4

R4
Storm/Phoenix beat Atlanta in 3. Dream run out of gas with no Angel.

4/4 so far. Next round should be interesting...Phoenix/Seattle will be a heck of a series.

 

[Striper69]

Ok...so I wuz wrong.

 

[Carnac]

I'm going with Diana tonight. I hope it doesn't jinx her. Geno will be in attendance.

Good call Milford. Dee was just being Dee. You think she may have been showing off for Geno? She sent a lot of folks home unhappy and bewildered last night. One and done in the post season for the Sun this year. They had me fooled. I thought they could at least win 1 home game before bowing out. Simply put, this was not the Sun's year. The Mercury has played very well of late. IF they can stay in sync for 2 more weeks, they can win it all. Dee was making it look real easy the last two games.

Dee: "(Dewanna Bonner) came to me in the locker room at halftime and told me to stop being passive," Griner said. "It kind of hit me. I started being more aggressive. Encouraging me and getting on me to go a little harder."

"Seattle is the No. 1 team in the league. Breanna Stewart has had a fantastic season," Phoenix coach Sandy Brondello said. "They have a really strong five and good bench that can come in. We haven't played Seattle with the lineup we have. We know it's a five-game series. We'll focus on that first game."

The Sparks shot their wad against the Lynx, then had nothing left for the Mystics after a grueling game that was not decided until late in the 4th quarter, and the long 5 hour cross country flight. They were tired. Nneka and Candace were not 100%.

Parker was the only Sparks player in double figures, the rest of the team was ice cold. Gray, Williams and Ogwumike were a combined 6 for 30 from the field. That's not going to get it done. Meanwhile EVERY starter for the Mystics scored in double figures along with Tierra Hawkins off the bench.

 

[Carnac]

4/4 so far. Next round should be interesting...Phoenix/Seattle will be a heck of a series.

Congratulations. I was right there with you (3/3) until the Sparks crashed and burned. I though they could take the Mystics. The Lynx and that 5 hour cross country flight that took a lot out of them. By game time yesterday, they had nothing left. I'll bet everyone of them slept on all the way back on the flight to LA.

 

[Carnac]

Ok...so I wuz wrong.

Yeah, that was a very shaky and weak limb you went out on.