Overview
- The eight playoff teams are set while seven clubs have been eliminated, leaving the last week purely about final seedings and home-court assignments.
- Minnesota (31-9) still controls the race for No. 1 and can clinch the top seed with two wins or with a combination of its wins and Golden State losses.
- Golden State can only reach No. 1 by winning all four remaining games while Minnesota loses at least three, making that path narrow despite the Valkyries’ easy schedule.
- Las Vegas (27-13) can move to No. 2 because it owns the head-to-head tiebreaker over Golden State and faces four eliminated opponents in the last week.
- Indiana’s closing two-game series with Minnesota over three days and multiple players returning quickly from the FIBA World Cup create short-rest risks that could reshuffle seeds and first-round matchups.