DIME
WNBANBA
Get the picksJoin

WNBA · Playoffs 2023updated

The whole 2023 bracket

New York vs Washington

First round of the 2023 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

New York Liberty against Washington Mystics

  • Seed 2New York LibertyNew York2 wins
  • Seed 7Washington MysticsWashington0 wins

New York won 2⁠–⁠0

  1. Game 1Washington at New YorkFri Sep 15 · New York won 90–75
  2. Game 2Washington at New YorkTue Sep 19 · New York won 90–85

Head to head

2023 regular season: New York 2, Washington 2 (games won)

Earlier playoff meetings

None since 2021.

The betting market before each game

  • Before game 1: New York 86⁠–⁠89% to win the series (22 betting sites)
  • Before game 2, New York leading 1⁠–⁠0: New York 95⁠–⁠96% to win the series (22 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.

New York Liberty

Washington Mystics