WNBA · Playoffs 2023updated

The whole 2023 bracket

Connecticut vs Minnesota

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

Connecticut Sun against Minnesota Lynx

  • Seed 3Connecticut SunConnecticut2 wins
  • Seed 6Minnesota LynxMinnesota1 win

Connecticut won 2⁠–⁠1

  1. Game 1Minnesota at ConnecticutWed Sep 13 · Connecticut won 90–60
  2. Game 2Minnesota at ConnecticutSun Sep 17 · Minnesota won 82–75
  3. Game 3Connecticut at MinnesotaWed Sep 20 · Connecticut won 90–75

Head to head

2023 regular season: Connecticut 3, Minnesota 1 (games won)

Earlier playoff meetings

None since 2021.

The betting market before each game

  • Before game 1: Connecticut 85⁠–⁠87% to win the series (21 betting sites)
  • Before game 2, Connecticut leading 1⁠–⁠0: Connecticut 93⁠–⁠94% to win the series (20 betting sites)
  • Before game 3, series tied 1⁠–⁠1: Connecticut 67% to win the series (20 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.

Connecticut Sun

Minnesota Lynx