2022 WNBA Finals: Scores, schedule, bracket, TV channel, watch on-line, begin instances

September 12, 2022

The 2022 WNBA Finals bought underway on Sunday with a dramatic Sport 1 between the Las Vegas Aces and Connecticut Solar. After grabbing the lead late within the third quarter, the Aces clung to their benefit the remainder of the best way and escaped with a 67-64 win when DeWanna Bonner’s last-second 3-pointer got here up quick. Sport 2 is ready for Tuesday night 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 gap in each rounds thus far, taking down the Dallas Wings and defending champion Chicago Sky. 

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

2022 WNBA playoff bracket

Here is a have a look at your complete schedule:

Finals (best-of-five)

Sunday, Sept. 11 (Sport 1)

  • Aces 67, Solar 64 (Aces lead 1-0)

Tuesday, Sept. 13 (Sport 2)

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

Thursday, Sept. 15 (Sport 3)

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

Sunday, Sept. 18 (Sport 4)*

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

Tuesday, Sept. 20 (Sport 5)*

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

* If mandatory

Semifinals (best-of-five)

Sunday, Aug. 28 (Sport 1s)

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

Wednesday, Aug. 31 (Sport 2s)

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

Sunday, Sept. 4 (Sport 3s)

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

Tuesday, Sept. 6 (Sport 4s)

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

Thursday, Sept. 8 (Sport 5)

  • Solar 72, Sky 63 (Sky win 3-2)

First spherical (best-of-three)

Wednesday, Aug. 17 (Sport 1s)

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

Thursday, Aug. 18 (Sport 1s)

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

Saturday, Aug. 20 (Sport 2s)

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

Sunday, Aug. 21 (Sport 2s)

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

Tuesday, Aug. 23 (Sport 3)

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

Wednesday, Aug. 24 (Sport 3)

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