Streak Watch in WNBA: Dallas Wings at 4 and Counting

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.

There are six clubs carrying streaks of three games or longer at the moment, which tells you something about how streaky this stretch of the calendar has been.

Riding high

Dallas Wings have won four straight, the longest active run in the league. Winning streaks change how a club carries itself, every bounce feels earned, every close game feels like it belongs to them until somebody proves otherwise.

Golden State Valkyries carry a 4-game winning run of their own.

And Las Vegas Aces make it a crowd with 3 consecutive wins.

Going the wrong way

The skid to watch belongs to Toronto Tempo, losers of four in a row. Runs like this always end eventually; the only question is how much damage gets done before they do.

It is not much prettier for Chicago Sky, losers of 3 straight.

And Connecticut Sun are quietly carrying a 3-game slide of their own.

At a glance

Every active streak of three or more, in one place:

The fine print

The longest run on the board sits at 4 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.