WNBA Streak Watch
WNBA Streak Watch, Minnesota Lynx's Run Hits 14
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Streaks are the league's pulse. You can read the whole mood of WNBA off who keeps stacking wins and who cannot find the exit, and this morning's board, counted straight from the results table, has some runs worth talking about.
As of this morning, three different teams are riding runs of three or more in one direction or the other, a busy board by any standard.
Riding high
The longest active run belongs to Minnesota Lynx: 14 consecutive wins. Nobody stays hot forever, but while it lasts, every night has looked like a rerun of the same comfortable movie.
The skids
Los Angeles Sparks cannot find the exit: twelve consecutive losses and counting. The schedule keeps coming regardless, which is either mercy or cruelty depending on the next opponent.
It is not much prettier for Toronto Tempo, losers of 9 straight.
The fine print
The longest run on the board sits at 14 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.
Streaks end, that is the one thing every single one of them does. They tell you where a team has been, loudly, and nothing at all about where the next game is going.
The schedule cooperates, too, Minnesota Lynx face Washington Mystics next, so this story gets its next chapter almost immediately.