The semifinals of the WNBA Playoffs move into Game 3 on Friday, October 9 with Dream vs. Liberty at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2 and Valkyries vs. Aces at 9:30 p.m. ET on Peacock.
The higher seeds in both series took care of business at home, with Atlanta and Golden State heading on the road with 2-0 leads in the best-of-five series.
Playoff lives are on the line tonight, so the Liberty and Aces may lean on their current and former league MVPs in C A'ja Wilson and F Breanna Stewart. The two WNBA legends have now combined for seven MVP awards following the recent announcement of Wilson claiming her third straight after another historic campaign.
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WNBA Playoffs Predictions, Picks Today for PrizePicks – Friday, October 9
The Liberty roll into this one as slight favorites to protect home court and extend the series. With that said, the Dream defeated them in both regular-season meetings at Barclays Center and are now 4-1 against New York this season, including four straight as they look to complete the sweep tonight.
Action then shifts to Las Vegas. After sweeping the regular-season series 3-0 against Golden State, the Aces have struggled to break down the league’s top defense in the postseason. The reigning champions return home as solid favorites to extend the set at least one more game.
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Liberty F Breanna Stewart vs. Aces: 32.5 Pts + Rebs
- Stewart’s historic Game 2 performance wasn't enough to get the Liberty over the hump. She finished with a 35-point double-double and shot an extremely efficient 52.4% from the floor.
- The 32-year-old now has two double-doubles in four postseason games and is averaging 7.5 rebounds.
- Stewart ranks second among remaining postseason players with 27.3 PPG and is shooting an efficient 50% from the field despite a high volume of 17.0 field goal attempts per game.
- She holds the second-highest PPG average in elimination games at 24.1 points and averages 9.2 rebounds in these do-or-die situations.
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Aces C A'ja Wilson vs. Liberty: 27.5 Points
- Wilson leads all postseason players with 144 points — that's good for 28.8 PPG across five playoff outings.
- The Valkyries have made scoring as difficult as possible for the MVP, holding Wilson to 47.2% from the field in the first two games. For context, she shot 61.8% in the first round against the Indiana Fever.
- Wilson is averaging 25.4 points in her last 10 home playoff games and has scored 28+ against the Valkyries in just two of their five combined regular-season and postseason matchups.
- Wilson's scored 28 or more points in only four of her 11 career elimination games. Her most recent came in Game 3 of the first round, when she went off for 38 vs. the Fever.
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Two teams could clinch their spots in the WNBA Finals tonight, though the home sides will have at least something to say about that. Both the Aces and Liberty begin their quest to become the first team in league history to come back from 2-0 deficits. Can the stars align both on and off the floor?
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