The eight-team WNBA postseason field was confirmed on Tuesday night.
The Seattle Storm clinched the eighth and final WNBA playoff spot with a win over the Golden State Valkyries.
Seattle’s win eliminated the Los Angeles Sparks, but the Sparks still played a massive role in the playoff race.
Los Angeles’ victory over the Phoenix Mercury confirmed the Mercury would not be a top-three seed.
Seattle became the eighth and final team to lock in a playoff spot with its win over Golden State.
The Storm will be the No. 8 seed and face the top-seeded Minnesota Lynx in the first round.
Seattle’s win shifted around the spots directly in front of it as well. Golden State dropped to the No. 7 seed while the Indiana Fever moved up to the No. 6 seed.
Golden State has a chance to reclaim the No. 6 seed with a win over the Lynx on Thursday. Indiana doesn’t have any games left and lost the regular-season series with the Valkyries.
The race for the No. 4 and No. 5 seed is technically still alive because the New York Liberty and Phoenix Mercury each have one game remaining, but both teams face already-eliminated teams.
The same situation is in play for the No. 2 seed. The Las Vegas Aces will finish ahead of the Atlanta Dream as long as both teams beat already-eliminated sides. Atlanta plays the Connecticut Sun on Wednesday and the Aces face the Sparks on Thursday.
Both the Aces and Dream are assured of starting on the opposite end of the bracket as the Lynx.
Phoenix’s loss to the Sparks on Tuesday put the Mercury two games back of the Aces and Dream.
The Sparks were knocked out of playoff contention on Tuesday, but they could still play spoiler against the Aces on Thursday if they are motivated to do so.