{"id":500683,"date":"2026-03-03T06:24:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T06:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/500683\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T06:24:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T06:24:11","slug":"phantom-f-aliyah-boston-out-for-unrivaled-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/500683\/","title":{"rendered":"Phantom F Aliyah Boston out for Unrivaled playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Published on Mar. 2, 2026<\/p>\n

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Aliyah Boston, the Unrivaled Defensive Player of the Year, will miss the league’s playoffs due to a right lower extremity injury. Boston, who plays for the WNBA’s Indiana Fever, was a key player for the top-seeded Phantom BC team that will face the sixth-seeded Vinyl in the playoff semifinals.<\/p>\n

Why it matters<\/p>\n

Aliyah Boston is one of the top players in the Unrivaled 3-on-3 league, and her absence will be a major blow to Phantom BC’s chances of winning the championship. The Unrivaled playoffs feature the best talent in the league competing for the title.<\/p>\n

The details<\/p>\n

Boston, 24, was named the Unrivaled Defensive Player of the Year on Saturday after averaging 18.9 points, 9.7 rebounds and 2.1 blocks in 14 games. She also made the all-league second team. Phantom BC, the top seed, will face the sixth-seeded Vinyl in the playoff semifinals on Monday in Brooklyn, New York.<\/p>\n

Boston was injured on February 28, 2026.The Unrivaled playoff semifinals will be held on March 3, 2026.The Unrivaled championship game will be played on March 5, 2026.
\n The players<\/p>\n

Aliyah Boston<\/p>\n

A 24-year-old forward for the WNBA’s Indiana Fever who was named the Unrivaled Defensive Player of the Year and made the all-league second team.<\/p>\n

Phantom BC<\/p>\n

The top-seeded team in the Unrivaled 3-on-3 league playoffs.<\/p>\n

Vinyl<\/p>\n

The sixth-seeded team in the Unrivaled 3-on-3 league playoffs.<\/p>\n

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\n What\u2019s next<\/p>\n

The winner of the Phantom BC vs. Vinyl semifinal will advance to the Unrivaled championship game on March 5, 2026.<\/p>\n

The takeaway<\/p>\n

Aliyah Boston’s injury is a major blow to Phantom BC’s chances of winning the Unrivaled 3-on-3 league championship, as she was one of the top players in the league this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published on Mar. 2, 2026 Got story updates? Submit your updates here. \u203a Aliyah Boston, the Unrivaled Defensive…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":488174,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[99,434],"class_list":["post-500683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/488174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}