Mystics Insider BlogGuest Factor Andrew WillettThe Washington Mystics received time to reside the postseason just nearby, so let break down some postseason situations under the new playoff format. Washington currently rests in the center of its longest break of the period with six day of rests in between games. The hiatus happens due to the WNBA Commissioner's Cup Championship video game before the regular season involves time for the playoffs on August 17th. The Mystics rests 5th in the standings at 17-11, they've won 6 of 8 video games and three of four given that the All-Star break. The group drops four video games behind the first-place Chicago Sky and holds a 4. 5-game lead over the sixth-place Los Angeles Sparks, almost securing a top-five seed. With 8 games staying, the Mystics attempts to relocate up the standings to record home-court advantage for postseason Cup Champion The Commissioner's Mug provided by Coinbase took place momentarily year as the WNBA's annual in-season tournament. Each interplay ten Commissioner's Cup video games, 2 each versus its five conference challengers. That means 10 games at the beginning of the regular season also held the weight of a Commissioner's Cup video game. At the end of Commissioner's Cup play, the group with the highest possible winning percentage in each conference challenges in the National championship for a prize money. Washington fell a little short in the Commissioner's Mug Standings going 5-5 in the competition. However with them being out of the Commissioner's Cup race, the group has had the ability to concentrate greatly on their end to the normal and their press into the a Bow on the Regular SeasonWashington received some rest, however a hectic three-game week awaits the squad. Over the final three weeks, the Mystics timetable consists of four tough video games versus teams in advance of it in the standings and six straight matches, versus teams presently in the playoffs, before two games versus the Indiana Fever. Today, Washington takes a trip to Dallas to deal with the Wings before a back-to-back home series vs Sky Jersey. the Seattle Storm. Then, the team finishes up the homestand versus the Las Vegas Aces in its 4th video game in six days, prior to a trip to Chicago to deal with the Skies. Complying with that stretch, the Mystics will play the Los Angeles Sparks in your home before traveling to Indiana for one video game when driving and another back home vs. the High temperature to close the a relocation to the top-seed seems not likely for the Mystics, the top-five seeds each fall one game apart. Indicating fifth-seed Washington sits one video game back of Seattle in 4th, 2 video games back of the Connecticut Sun for third, and 3 games behind Las Vegas for 2nd. Under the WNBA's new playoff style this season, the top 8 teams will certainly make the postseason creating 4 best-of-three first-round series, 1st vs. 8th, second vs. 7th, 3rd vs. sixth, and fourth vs. 5th. The top-four seeds will certainly each obtain home court benefit for the first round with the greater seed taking homecourt in each series from then on out as the one-seed can control home court throughout the postseason. Washington might bid for a homecourt place if it continues its impressive soft-pedal the Playoff MatchupsIf Washington preserves its spot in fifth or continue of Seattle to fourth location, the Mystics will certainly deal with the Tornado in the playoff's first round. That makes the upcoming back-to-back much more crucial as encountering a Seattle team in Sue Bird's last year would become a lot more difficult without home court advantage. This circumstance would certainly cause a second-round round against the champion of the 1/8 first-round series, most likely without homecourt versus the primary seed, defending champ Chicago Washington can in some way continue of both Seattle and Connecticut for third in the standings, the Mystics would likewise safeguard homecourt benefit in the first round. This route consists of avoiding a first-round match against an additional top-five group as the Mystics would take on against sixth-seed Los Angeles, presently. This would probably result in a second-round match against second-seed Las Vegas that would hold best-case situation for Washington is thrusting up the standings to 2nd, securing homecourt benefit for 2 series as both the first and second seeds hold homecourt benefit when progressing to the semifinals. At this moment, the second seed will encounter 7th seed Dallas in the preliminary prior to a possible match with the champion of the 3/6 going up to those seeds would be exceptionally testing with 8 games left in the period, crazier things have occurred. No matter, Washington will certainly continue as the group remains to ramp up down the stretch of the season. Look into the Commissioner's Mug Champion on Amazon Prime Video at 8:30 p. m. ET prior to the Mystics obtain back right into action in what could be a wild surface to the regular season.