WNBA 2024 SEASON UPDATE;
AMERICAN WOMEN’S PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE: is a professional League that began play in 1997.There initially 12teams in total, Six in each Conference;Eastern and Western Conference.
– Two-time Defending WNBA Champion Las Vegas Aces Host Phoenix Mercury on Opening Night.
– Regular Season Features New Format to the Commissioner’s Cup.
The WNBA has released its game schedule for the 2024 regular season, which will commence on Tuesday, May 14. The league’s 28th regular season will conclude on Thursday, Sept. 19, followed by the WNBA Playoffs presented by Google.
The regular season will feature a record-high 40 games per team for the second consecutive season, with each team playing 20 home games and 20 road games. In addition, the WNBA Commissioner’s Cup presented by Coinbase will have a new format that includes a two-week stretch in June where the league’s schedule consists entirely of Commissioner’s Cup games.
The WNBA will unveil its complete television and streaming schedule at a later date.
WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert excitedly said “Free agency and the 2024 WNBA Draft are sure to create excitement, and the new format to the Commissioner’s Cup will provide fans a great opportunity to see the best players in the world compete for bragging rights and prize money early in the season.”
All 12 teams will be in action during the opening week of the season as part of WNBA Tip-Off 2024 presented by CarMax. The new season will begin with four games on Tuesday, May 14, highlighted by the two-time defending champion Las Vegas Aces and their four 2023 All-Stars – Chelsea Gray, Kelsey Plum, A’ja Wilson and Jackie Young – hosting WNBA career points leader Diana Taurasi and the Phoenix Mercury (10 p.m. ET).
Earlier that night, the 2024 season gets underway when the New York Liberty, which reached the WNBA Finals presented by YouTube TV last season behind 2023 Kia WNBA MVP Breanna Stewart, 2023 All-WNBA Second Team selection Sabrina Ionescu and seven-time WNBA assists leader Courtney Vandersloot, visit the Washington Mystics, led this past season by two-time Kia WNBA MVP Elena Delle Donne and 2023 WNBA All-Defensive First Team selection Brittney Sykes (7 p.m. ET).
Also on opening night, 2023 Kia WNBA Rookie of the Year Aliyah Boston and the Indiana Fever, which owns the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 WNBA Draft presented by State Farm, will visit the Connecticut Sun, led by 2023 Kia WNBA MVP runner-up and all-time triple-doubles leader Alyssa Thomas (8 p.m. ET).
In addition, the Seattle Storm, led by 2023 WNBA scoring leader and All-Star Game MVP Jewell Loyd and 2023 All-Defensive Second Team selection Ezi Magbegor, will host the Minnesota Lynx, led by 2023 All-WNBA First Team member Napheesa Collier and 2023 All-Rookie Team selections Dorka Juhász and Diamond Miller (10 p.m. ET).
Action continues on Wednesday, May 15, when the league’s four remaining teams tip off their 2024 seasons. Three-time WNBA All-Star Kahleah Copper and the Chicago Sky will visit the Dallas Wings, who reached the WNBA Semifinals last year behind 2023 Kia WNBA Most Improved Player Satou Sabally and three-time All-Star Arike Ogunbowale, who has ranked among the league’s top five scorers in each of her five seasons (8 p.m. ET).
Also on Wednesday, 2023 All-Stars Allisha Gray, Rhyne Howard and Cheyenne Parker will lead the Atlanta Dream into Los Angeles to meet the Sparks, owners of the second overall pick in the 2024 WNBA Draft presented by State Farm, who were led last season by eight-time All-Star and 2023 All-WNBA Second Team selection Nneka Ogwumike and WNBA All-Defensive First Team pick Jordin Canada (10 p.m. ET).
