WNBA · Playoffs 2022updated 02:00 UTC

Chicago vs New York

First round of the 2022 WNBA playoffs: the series, and each team's eight main players, how they are playing, against this opponent and in past playoffs.

First round · Best of 3 · first to 2 wins

Chicago Sky against New York Liberty

Seed 2Chicago SkyChicago2 wins
Seed 7New York LibertyNew York1 win

Chicago won 2⁠–⁠1

Head to head

2022 regular season: Chicago 3, New York 1 (games won)

Earlier playoff meetings

None since 2021.

The betting market before each game

Before game 1: Chicago 85⁠–⁠88% to win the series (16 betting sites)
Before game 2, New York leading 1⁠–⁠0: about even, Chicago 50⁠–⁠56% to win the series (17 betting sites)
Before game 3, series tied 1⁠–⁠1: Chicago 73% to win the series (16 betting sites)

Each from that game's last prices before it started. The market's view, not our pick.

Our picks in this series

We did not publish WNBA picks before 2026.

The players

Each team's eight main players, by minutes played in this series; an injured regular keeps her place. Tap a player for her last ten games, her record against this opponent and her past playoff series.

Numbers are averages per game: Min = minutes played, Pts = points, Reb = rebounds, Ast = assists. The change row compares this series with her regular season; “same” means within about a tenth.

Chicago Sky

Courtney VanderslootGuardMinPtsRebAstSeries29.014.35.78.0Season26.511.83.96.5ChangesameupupupPlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.
Kahleah CopperSmall forwardMinPtsRebAstSeries28.318.74.71.3Season28.815.75.72.3ChangesameupdowndownPlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.
Emma MeessemanMinPtsRebAstSeries25.98.03.71.3Season28.612.45.53.8ChangesamedowndowndownPlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.
Azura StevensForward/CenterMinPtsRebAstSeries22.414.05.30.0Season22.010.63.90.8ChangesameupupdownPlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.
Rebekah GardnerShooting guardMinPtsRebAstSeries17.96.33.72.0Season21.78.43.31.3ChangedowndownsameupPlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.
Julie AllemandGuardMinPtsRebAstSeries11.91.30.32.7Season16.13.01.63.4ChangedowndowndowndownPlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.
Dana EvansGuardMinPtsRebAstSeries5.83.50.51.0Season11.54.30.81.2ChangedowndownsamesamePlayed 2 of 3 games in this series.

New York Liberty

Sabrina IonescuGuardMinPtsRebAstSeries31.014.36.04.3Season32.317.47.16.3ChangesamedowndowndownPlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.
Natasha HowardPower forwardMinPtsRebAstSeries27.614.76.71.0Season29.915.17.32.3ChangesamesamesamedownPlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.
Stefanie DolsonCenterMinPtsRebAstSeries26.56.33.72.7Season23.08.14.81.8ChangeupdowndownupPlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.
Betnijah Laney-HamiltonShooting guardMinPtsRebAstSeries24.311.34.03.3Season28.311.23.32.8ChangedownsameupupPlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.
Marine JohannesShooting guardMinPtsRebAstSeries23.05.72.34.3Season25.510.01.73.4ChangesamedownupupPlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.
Rebecca AllenSmall forwardMinPtsRebAstSeries16.54.33.01.3Season20.97.03.41.2ChangedowndownsamesamePlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.
Sami WhitcombGuardMinPtsRebAstSeries14.73.70.32.0Season21.46.52.42.3ChangedowndowndownsamePlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.
Han XuCenterMinPtsRebAstSeries9.95.32.70.3Season16.88.53.60.9ChangedowndowndowndownPlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.