Overview

• Minnesota has won its last three games without Napheesa Collier to increase its lead to 6½ games at the top of the standings
• Las Vegas has won six of its past seven contests behind A’ja Wilson’s MVP-caliber play, capped by a 32-point, 20-rebound outing against Connecticut
• The Indiana Fever have gone 6–2 over their last eight games without Caitlin Clark while the New York Liberty remain up and down without Breanna Stewart, who plans to return by month’s end
• The Seattle Storm have dropped five straight and fallen to ninth in the latest AP power poll after a three-point loss to the Sparks
• ESPN ratings are up slightly from last season; ABC viewership has grown 17%; the Golden State Valkyries have sold out every home game, drawing over 18,000 fans per contest