2022 WNBA Finals: Schedule, scores, TV channel, watch on-line, begin occasions as Aces take 2-0 lead

The 2022 WNBA Finals continued on Tuesday evening with Recreation 2 between the Las Vegas Aces and Connecticut Solar. There wasn’t a lot drama on this one, as the Aces led by double digits for almost all of the second half en path to an 85-71 win and a 2-0 sequence lead. The Aces are actually only one win away from the primary title in franchise historical past, and historical past says they’re going to get it; groups that take a 2-0 lead within the Finals are 15-0 all-time. 

After incomes the No. 1 general seed within the common season, the Aces beat the Phoenix Mercury within the first spherical and the Seattle Storm within the semi-finals. The Solar, in the meantime, have gone the space in each rounds to date, taking down the Dallas Wings and defending champion Chicago Sky. 

One other new playoff format has debuted this 12 months, because the league has scrapped the first- and second-round byes in favor of a typical three-round bracket format. The primary spherical was best-of-three, and the semifinals and Finals might be best-of-five. The semifinals and Finals will use a typical 2-2-1 format, with the upper seed internet hosting Video games 1, 2 and 5, if crucial, and the decrease seed internet hosting Video games 3 and 4, if crucial. 

2022 WNBA playoff bracket

This is a take a look at the complete schedule:

Finals (best-of-five)

Sunday, Sept. 11 (Recreation 1)

• Aces 67, Solar 64 (Aces lead 1-0)

Tuesday, Sept. 13 (Recreation 2)

• Aces 85, Solar 71 (Aces lead 2-0)

Thursday, Sept. 15 (Recreation 3)

• No. 1 Las Vegas Aces at No. 3 Connecticut Solar — 9 p.m. ET | ESPN

Sunday, Sept. 18 (Recreation 4)*

• No. 1 Las Vegas Aces at No. 3 Connecticut Solar — 4 p.m. ET | ESPN

Tuesday, Sept. 20 (Recreation 5)*

• No. 3 Connecticut Solar at No. 1 Las Vegas Aces — 9 p.m. ET | ESPN

* If crucial

Semifinals (best-of-five)

Sunday, Aug. 28 (Recreation 1s)

• Storm 76, Aces 73 (Storm lead 1-0)
• Solar 68, Sky 63 (Solar lead 1-0)

Wednesday, Aug. 31 (Recreation 2s)

• Sky 85, Solar 77 (Sequence tied 1-1)
• Aces 78, Storm 73 (Sequence tied 1-1)

Sunday, Sept. 4 (Recreation 3s)

• Sky 76, Solar 72 (Sky lead 2-1)
• Aces 110, Storm 98 — OT (Aces lead 2-1)

Tuesday, Sept. 6 (Recreation 4s)

• Solar 104, Sky 80 (Sequence tied 2-2)
• Aces 97, Storm 92 (Aces win 3-1)

Thursday, Sept. 8 (Recreation 5)

• Solar 72, Sky 63 (Sky win 3-2)

First spherical (best-of-three)

Wednesday, Aug. 17 (Recreation 1s)

• Liberty 98, Sky 91 (Liberty lead 1-0) 
• Aces 79, Mercury 63 (Aces lead 1-0)

Thursday, Aug. 18 (Recreation 1s)

• Solar 93, Wings 68 (Solar lead 1-0)
• Storm 86, Mystics 83 (Storm lead 1-0)

Saturday, Aug. 20 (Recreation 2s)

• Sky 100, Liberty 62 (Sequence tied 1-1)
• Aces 117, Mercury 80 (Aces win sequence 2-0)

Sunday, Aug. 21 (Recreation 2s)

• Wings 89, Solar 79 (Sequence tied 1-1)
• Storm 97, Mystics 84 (Storm win sequence 2-0)

Tuesday, Aug. 23 (Recreation 3)

• Sky 90, New York Liberty 72 (Sky win sequence 2-1)

Wednesday, Aug. 24 (Recreation 3)

• Solar 73, Wings 58 (Solar win sequence 2-1)