WNBA · Playoffs 2024updated 01:08 UTC

New York vs Minnesota

Finals 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.

Finals · Best of 5 · first to 3 wins

New York Liberty against Minnesota Lynx

Seed 1New York LibertyNew York3 wins
Seed 2Minnesota LynxMinnesota2 wins

New York won 3⁠–⁠2

Head to head

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

Earlier playoff meetings

None since 2021.

The betting market before each game

Before game 1: New York 74⁠–⁠79% to win the series (16 betting sites)
Before game 2, Minnesota leading 1⁠–⁠0: New York 62⁠–⁠69% to win the series (16 betting sites)
Before game 3, series tied 1⁠–⁠1: New York 69⁠–⁠72% to win the series (16 betting sites)
Before game 4, New York leading 2⁠–⁠1: New York 86⁠–⁠89% to win the series (16 betting sites)
Before game 5, series tied 2⁠–⁠2: New York 70% 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 forwardMinPtsRebAstSeries39.218.610.83.4Season32.720.48.53.5ChangeupsameupsamePlayed 5 of 5 games in this series.
Sabrina IonescuGuardMinPtsRebAstSeries37.012.45.45.4Season32.118.24.46.2ChangeupdownupdownPlayed 5 of 5 games in this series.
Jonquel JonesCenterMinPtsRebAstSeries36.417.87.62.2Season29.914.29.03.2ChangeupupdowndownPlayed 5 of 5 games in this series.
Leonie FiebichForwardMinPtsRebAstSeries35.513.05.03.0Season20.96.73.01.8ChangeupupupupPlayed 5 of 5 games in this series.
Betnijah Laney-HamiltonShooting guardMinPtsRebAstSeries28.88.22.82.2Season30.311.84.23.3ChangesamedowndowndownPlayed 5 of 5 games in this series.
Kayla ThorntonSmall forwardMinPtsRebAstSeries11.41.61.00.0Season20.25.52.60.7ChangedowndowndowndownPlayed 5 of 5 games in this series.
Nyara SaballyCenterMinPtsRebAstSeries10.94.84.00.0Season13.54.94.00.6ChangedownsamesamedownPlayed 5 of 5 games in this series.
Courtney VanderslootGuardMinPtsRebAstSeries10.53.62.21.6Season22.36.42.64.8ChangedowndownsamedownPlayed 5 of 5 games in this series.

Minnesota Lynx

Napheesa CollierForwardMinPtsRebAstSeries40.619.08.22.6Season34.720.49.73.4ChangeupsamedowndownPlayed 5 of 5 games in this series.
Kayla McBrideShooting guardMinPtsRebAstSeries38.417.82.43.2Season31.715.02.63.2ChangeupupsamesamePlayed 5 of 5 games in this series.
Bridget CarletonForwardMinPtsRebAstSeries34.68.44.21.2Season29.99.63.82.2ChangeupdownsamedownPlayed 5 of 5 games in this series.
Courtney WilliamsShooting guardMinPtsRebAstSeries31.413.84.86.2Season26.511.14.75.5ChangeupupsameupPlayed 5 of 5 games in this series.
Alanna SmithCenterMinPtsRebAstSeries29.58.66.42.8Season26.510.15.63.2ChangeupdownupsamePlayed 5 of 5 games in this series.
Natisha HiedemanPoint guardMinPtsRebAstSeries13.44.61.21.8Season15.24.91.62.4ChangedownsamesamedownPlayed 5 of 5 games in this series.
Cecilia ZandalasiniShooting guardMinPtsRebAstSeries9.62.01.40.6Season12.14.61.21.1ChangedowndownsamesamePlayed 5 of 5 games in this series.
Myisha Hines-AllenCenterMinPtsRebAstSeries13.63.03.30.7Season18.77.84.72.6ChangedowndowndowndownHer season includes 24 games for another team.Played 3 of 5 games in this series.