WNBA Heat Check, Minnesota Lynx 10-0 in Their Last 10

Form is the story the standings tell slowly and the last ten games tell fast. Right now the fast version of WNBA is easy to summarize: Minnesota Lynx are rolling, Los Angeles Sparks are reeling, and the gap between those two feelings is enormous.

Who's hot

Start with Minnesota Lynx. They have won 10 of their last 10, and they have not been sneaking past anyone: the points margin over that stretch is +106, which breaks down to about 94.4 scored and 83.8 allowed per game. That is the arithmetic of a team winning on merit, not on bounces.

The chase belongs to Atlanta Dream, who have gone 9-1 with a +134 margin of their own.

Keep Indiana Fever in the conversation too, at 9-1 over their last 10.

For scale, the league as a whole is averaging 88.9 points a game over this window, Minnesota Lynx are clearing that bar by 5.5 a night all on their own.

The deep freeze

At the bottom of the temperature map sit Los Angeles Sparks: 0-10 in their last 10, -101 on points margin. That is about 10.1 a game in the wrong direction, and no lineup shuffle fixes it overnight.

Toronto Tempo are not far behind on the misery index at 1-9.

The middle of the table is where the real congestion lives: Las Vegas Aces (5-5) and Chicago Sky (5-5) are separated by almost nothing, and one good weekend reshuffles the whole neighborhood.

At a glance

Here is the warm half of the form table, last ten games for every club:

One more thing

One reading tip before you go: points margin travels better than record. A fat margin with a modest record usually means the wins are coming; the reverse usually means they are not.

Next up on the slate: Los Angeles Sparks against Connecticut Sun. Check back after that one goes final.