The GIST: Time flies when you\u2019re having fun\u2026and when the first round is only a best-of-three series. Just a few short days after the WNBA playoffs tipped off, all four series could be decided before our next newsletter with tickets to the best-of-five semifinals on the line. Let\u2019s hoop to it.<\/p>\n
\ud83e\udd75 No. 6 Indiana Fever force series-deciding Game 3: If your back\u2019s against the wall, find yourself a Kelsey Mitchell. The dynamic Fever guard dropped 19 points to lead Indy<\/a> to a convincing 77\u201360 win over the No. 3 Atlanta Dream and stave off elimination last night. The dub sets up what should be a spicy decisive Game 3, tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n \u26c8\ufe0f There\u2019s a (Seattle) Storm coming after the No. 7 squad kept their season alive with last night\u2019s 86\u201383 upset win over the No. 2 Las Vegas Aces. Skylar Diggins made it rain for Seattle<\/a>, who forced a winner-take-all Game 3 back in Vegas tomorrow at 9:30 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n \ud83d\uddfd No. 5 NY Liberty\u2019s success could hinge on Breanna Stewart\u2019s left knee: The reigning champs (up 1-0) dodged a bullet when Stewie\u2019s MRI came back \u201crelatively clean<\/a>\u201d yesterday, but the three-time champ is still a game-time decision for tonight\u2019s 8 p.m. ET Game 2 tilt against perennial MVP candidate Alyssa Thomas and the No. 4 Phoenix Mercury.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udc31 No. 1 Minnesota Lynx look poised to sweep: Fresh off Sunday\u2019s dominant 29-point Game 1 win over the No. 8 Golden State Valkyries, Minny looks virtually unstoppably ahead of tonight\u2019s 10 p.m. ET Game 2. That said, the Lynx will have to silence a displaced Ballhalla crowd<\/a>, not to mention the league\u2019s Most Improved Player<\/a>, Veronica Burton.<\/p>\n