WNBA · Playoffs 2024updated 02:05 UTC

New York vs Atlanta

First round of the 2024 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 Atlanta Dream

Seed 1New York LibertyNew York2 wins
Seed 8Atlanta DreamAtlanta0 wins

New York won 2⁠–⁠0

Head to head

2024 regular season: New York 3, Atlanta 1 (games won)

Earlier playoff meetings

None since 2021.

The betting market before each game

Before game 1: New York 94⁠–⁠95% to win the series (16 betting sites)
Before game 2, New York leading 1⁠–⁠0: New York 97⁠–⁠98% 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.

New York Liberty

Breanna StewartPower forwardMinPtsRebAstSeries35.016.58.52.5Season32.720.48.53.5ChangesamedownsamedownPlayed 2 of 2 games in this series.
Sabrina IonescuGuardMinPtsRebAstSeries32.826.53.07.0Season32.118.24.46.2ChangesameupdownupPlayed 2 of 2 games in this series.
Betnijah Laney-HamiltonShooting guardMinPtsRebAstSeries31.27.51.05.0Season30.311.84.23.3ChangesamedowndownupPlayed 2 of 2 games in this series.
Jonquel JonesCenterMinPtsRebAstSeries28.214.510.03.0Season29.914.29.03.2ChangesamesameupsamePlayed 2 of 2 games in this series.
Leonie FiebichForwardMinPtsRebAstSeries23.515.01.51.0Season20.96.73.01.8ChangeupupdowndownPlayed 2 of 2 games in this series.
Courtney VanderslootGuardMinPtsRebAstSeries16.04.03.03.5Season22.36.42.64.8ChangedowndownsamedownPlayed 2 of 2 games in this series.
Kayla ThorntonSmall forwardMinPtsRebAstSeries15.00.03.00.5Season20.25.52.60.7ChangedowndownsamesamePlayed 2 of 2 games in this series.
Nyara SaballyCenterMinPtsRebAstSeries10.53.03.50.0Season13.54.94.00.6ChangedowndowndowndownPlayed 2 of 2 games in this series.

Atlanta Dream

Rhyne HowardPoint guardMinPtsRebAstSeries34.416.55.53.5Season33.917.34.43.1ChangesamesameupsamePlayed 2 of 2 games in this series.
Allisha GrayShooting guardMinPtsRebAstSeries33.417.54.02.0Season33.215.64.42.7ChangesameupsamedownPlayed 2 of 2 games in this series.
Tina CharlesMinPtsRebAstSeries29.313.06.51.5Season29.814.99.62.3ChangesamedowndowndownPlayed 2 of 2 games in this series.
Jordin CanadaPoint guardMinPtsRebAstSeries27.15.51.07.5Season31.210.63.55.8ChangedowndowndownupPlayed 2 of 2 games in this series.
Naz HillmonPower forwardMinPtsRebAstSeries23.97.56.50.5Season21.75.74.81.3ChangesameupupdownPlayed 2 of 2 games in this series.
Nia CoffeyPower forwardMinPtsRebAstSeries11.23.52.01.0Season13.33.32.41.2ChangedownsamesamesamePlayed 2 of 2 games in this series.
Maya CaldwellSmall forwardMinPtsRebAstSeries9.01.01.51.0Season16.25.21.81.1ChangedowndownsamesamePlayed 2 of 2 games in this series.
Haley JonesForward/GuardMinPtsRebAstSeries8.84.01.00.5Season17.83.92.22.1ChangedownsamedowndownPlayed 2 of 2 games in this series.