WNBA Streak Watch, Toronto Tempo's Run Hits 8

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, five different teams are riding runs of three or more in one direction or the other, a busy board by any standard.

Riding high

Las Vegas Aces have won seven 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.

Behind them, Atlanta Dream have quietly won 5 in a row.

Washington Mystics join the party at 4 straight.

Going the wrong way

Toronto Tempo cannot find the exit: eight 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 Seattle Storm, losers of 5 straight.

At a glance

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

One more thing

The longest run on the board sits at 8 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.