WNBA Streak Watch
Streak Watch in WNBA: Minnesota Lynx at 12 and Counting
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Every result in WNBA feeds a streak somewhere, and a few of them have now grown big enough to deserve names. Everything below comes straight off the results; nothing fancier than counting.
As of this morning, seven different teams are riding runs of three or more in one direction or the other, a busy board by any standard.
Riding high
Minnesota Lynx just keep stacking, twelve wins in a row, the best active streak going. At some point a run stops being a coincidence and starts being a statement, and they are somewhere past that point.
Indiana Fever carry a 8-game winning run of their own.
Add Atlanta Dream to the list too, 7 in a row.
The skids
Los Angeles Sparks cannot find the exit: nine consecutive losses and counting. The schedule keeps coming regardless, which is either mercy or cruelty depending on the next opponent.
Toronto Tempo are on a slide of their own at 7 straight losses.
And Connecticut Sun are quietly carrying a 5-game slide of their own.
At a glance
For the record, here is everything currently running at three-plus:
| Team | Active streak |
|---|---|
| Minnesota Lynx | won 12 straight |
| Los Angeles Sparks | lost 9 straight |
| Indiana Fever | won 8 straight |
| Atlanta Dream | won 7 straight |
| Toronto Tempo | lost 7 straight |
One more thing
The longest run on the board sits at 12 games, and runs that size have a way of bending a whole week's storylines around them, every broadcast, every pregame note, every nervous manager quote.
A streak is history with good posture: impressive to look at, honest about the past, silent about tonight. Markets know this, which is why streaking teams get funny prices.
The schedule cooperates, too, Minnesota Lynx face Las Vegas Aces next, so this story gets its next chapter almost immediately.