WNBA · Playoffs 2024updated

The whole 2024 bracket

Minnesota vs Connecticut

Semifinal 2 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.

Semifinal 2 · Best of 5 · first to 3 wins

Minnesota Lynx against Connecticut Sun

  • Seed 2Minnesota LynxMinnesota3 wins
  • Seed 3Connecticut SunConnecticut2 wins

Minnesota won 3⁠–⁠2

  1. Game 1Connecticut at MinnesotaSun Sep 29 · Connecticut won 73–70
  2. Game 2Connecticut at MinnesotaTue Oct 1 · Minnesota won 77–70
  3. Game 3Minnesota at ConnecticutFri Oct 4 · Minnesota won 90–81
  4. Game 4Minnesota at ConnecticutSun Oct 6 · Connecticut won 92–82
  5. Game 5Connecticut at MinnesotaTue Oct 8 · Minnesota won 88–77

Head to head

2024 regular season: Minnesota 1, Connecticut 2 (games won)

Earlier playoff meetings

  • 2023 First round: Connecticut won 2⁠–⁠1

The betting market before each game

  • Before game 1: Minnesota 61⁠–⁠67% to win the series (16 betting sites)
  • Before game 2, Connecticut leading 1⁠–⁠0: Connecticut 51⁠–⁠59% to win the series (16 betting sites)
  • Before game 3, series tied 1⁠–⁠1: Connecticut 52⁠–⁠56% to win the series (16 betting sites)
  • Before game 4, Minnesota leading 2⁠–⁠1: Minnesota 74⁠–⁠79% to win the series (15 betting sites)
  • Before game 5, series tied 2⁠–⁠2: Minnesota 59% 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.

Minnesota Lynx

Connecticut Sun