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WNBA · Playoffs 2026updated

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Atlanta vs Washington

First round of the 2026 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

Atlanta Dream against Washington Mystics

  • Seed 4Atlanta DreamAtlanta0 wins
  • Seed 5Washington MysticsWashington0 wins

Series starts

Betting market: Atlanta 73⁠–⁠76% to win the series

From Pinnacle's game 1 prices (the bookmaker we use as the reference), bookmaker's margin removed; 34 betting sites had prices. The market's view, not our pick.

  1. Game 1Washington at Atlanta
  2. Game 2Atlanta at Washington
  3. Game 3Washington at AtlantaFri Oct 2 · start time to be announcedIf needed

Next game: game 1

Chance to win game 1, by the betting market, with the bookmaker's margin removed: Atlanta 71%, Washington 29%.

From Pinnacle's odds: Atlanta 1.35, Washington 3.25 (checked ). Odds of 1.50 mean a bet of 1 returns 1.50 in total if it wins.

Injuries before game 1

Atlanta

  • Out Brionna Jones · left leg

Washington

Nobody is listed as injured.

From the league's official injury report, published .

Head to head

2026 regular season: Atlanta 1, Washington 2 (games won)

Earlier playoff meetings

None since 2021.

Our picks in this series

No settled picks yet

The players

Each team's eight main players, by minutes per game with the team this season. 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.

Atlanta Dream

Washington Mystics