WNBA Power Rankings: Dream ride four-game winning streak to move up in Week 3 edition

The Minnesota Lynx and New York Liberty stay unbeaten atop ESPN's WNBA Power Rankings arsenic the league transitions into Commissioner's Cup play with the commencement of June. They are favored to conscionable successful the tourney last for the 2nd twelvemonth successful a enactment connected July 1.

The Atlanta Dream, meanwhile, are winners of 4 successful a enactment for the longest streak down Minnesota and New York.

The Dream won't look the Liberty and Lynx until June 17 and 27, respectively, but person played impressively. Guards Rhyne Howard and Allisha Gray erstwhile again pb Atlanta successful scoring, combining for 61 points successful Friday's comeback triumph implicit the Seattle Storm. Free cause additions Brionna Jones and Brittney Griner are besides averaging treble figures successful scoring.

Griner (knee) has been constricted recently, playing lone 15 minutes astatine Seattle aft missing the erstwhile 2 games. But forwards Nia Coffey and Naz Hillmon -- some known for maximizing immoderate minutes they get -- person helped capable the gaps with Griner not astatine 100%.

New Dream manager Karl Smesko has orchestrated an violative turnaround: Atlanta is 2nd successful scoring (85.9 points per game) pursuing a last-place decorativeness successful 2024 (77.0). Guard Jordin Canada (knee), who hasn't been capable to play yet, should beryllium a beardown summation erstwhile she returns aft averaging 10.6 points and 5.8 assists past season.

"[Smesko's] strategy has been moving well. You get a batch of unfastened shots," Gray told ESPN. "I consciousness similar present we person the cardinal pieces that we request to instrumentality america to that adjacent level."

1. Minnesota Lynx (7-0)

Previous ranking: 1

Next 7 days: vs. PHO (June 3), @ DAL (June 8)

Minnesota bushed Seattle, Phoenix and Golden State past week. Still, the Lynx are not impressed with however they person played. Napheesa Collier, who missed Friday's adjacent triumph implicit the Mercury due to the fact that of a genu injury, told ESPN's Kendra Andrews that the 82-77 triumph implicit the Storm connected May 27 was the Lynx's lone "good game" of the play -- a reflection of the attraction to item they are demanding of themselves.

2. New York Liberty (7-0)

Previous ranking: 2

Next 7 days: @ WAS (June 5)

New York bushed Golden State successful back-to-back meetings, handled concern against Washington, past finished the week with its archetypal 100-point crippled of the season, flattening Connecticut by 48 successful what was the second-largest borderline of triumph successful WNBA history. The triumph made league past successful 2 much ways: The Liberty's 53 tract extremity attempts are the fewest successful a 100-point crippled and their 19 3-pointers necktie their ain grounds acceptable earlier this season.

Jonquel Jones recorded double-doubles successful each 4 wins, which included a season-high 18 rebounds against the Mystics.

3. Atlanta Dream (5-2)

Previous ranking: 5

Next 7 days: @ CON (June 6)

Atlanta, which won astatine Seattle and Los Angeles past week, is benefitting from the violative prowess of its starring scorers -- Howard (20.5 PPG), Gray (19.1) and Griner (16.7) were each apical 10 successful scoring for Unrivaled's 3-on-3 league earlier this year.

Gray is having the champion statistical play of her WNBA career, averaging 21.4 points, 4.6 assists and 5.1 rebounds. And Howard's scoring (17.6 PPG) is astir identical to her past 2 seasons, with her assists (5.0 APG) and rebounds (5.6 RPG) connected the up.

4. Phoenix Mercury (5-2)

Previous ranking: 4

Next 7 days: @ MIN (June 3), vs. GS (June 5), vs. SEA (June 7)

With guardant Alyssa Thomas (calf) sidelined and defender Kahleah Copper (knee) and guardant Natasha Mack (back) yet to marque their play debuts, we haven't seen the Mercury astatine afloat strength. But similar Atlanta, Phoenix is disconnected to a beardown start. Last week featured wins implicit Chicago and Los Angeles and a nonaccomplishment to undefeated Minnesota connected a buzzer-beater by Natisha Hiedeman. The Mercury's starring scorer, Satou Sabally, totaled 70 points and 28 rebounds betwixt the 3 games.

They person besides made immoderate moves implicit the past 7 days, waiving defender Sevgi Uzun -- who is playing for Turkey successful EuroBasket aboriginal this period -- and signing 2023 first-round prime Haley Jones to a hardship declaration aft spending her archetypal 2 seasons with Atlanta.

5. Las Vegas Aces (4-2)

Previous ranking: 7

Next 7 days: @ GS (June 7)

A'ja Wilson mightiness person been other motivated to look erstwhile Aces teammates Kelsey Plum and Dearica Hamby erstwhile Los Angeles visited Las Vegas past Friday. Wilson had 35 points and 6 assists, some play highs, positive 13 rebounds successful the Aces' 96-81 victory. Las Vegas past avenged its early-season nonaccomplishment to Seattle, holding disconnected the Storm down 19 points from Wilson connected Sunday.

The reigning WNBA MVP leads Las Vegas successful points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks.

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A'ja Wilson throws down 35 points successful Aces' win

A'ja Wilson has a game-high 35 points and 13 rebounds successful the Aces' 96-81 triumph implicit the Sparks.

6. Washington Mystics (3-4)

Previous ranking: 10

Next 7 days: @ IND (June 3) vs. NY (June 5), vs. CON (June 8)

Last week, the Mystics bushed the Fever astatine a neutral-site crippled held successful Baltimore, past fell astatine location to the Liberty. All things considered, it has been a coagulated commencement for a squad that was expected to conflict this season.

Veteran defender Brittney Sykes leads Washington successful points, assists, steals and blocks, portion rookie guardant Kiki Iriafen leads successful rebounds.

7. Seattle Storm (3-4)

Previous ranking: 3

Next 7 days: vs. DAL (June 3), @ PHO (June 7)

After winning 3 successful a enactment the week prior, Seattle mislaid 3 consecutive implicit this past week: astatine Minnesota, vs. Atlanta and astatine Las Vegas. The location nonaccomplishment to the Dream was peculiarly frustrating for the Storm, who led by 17 points aboriginal successful the 3rd 4th earlier letting that borderline constrictive to 3 heading into the 4th and yet losing 94-87. And portion they rallied backmost from their ain 17-point spread against the Aces, the Storm couldn't adjacent the spread successful the 75-70 defeat.

8. Chicago Sky (2-4)

Previous ranking: 13

Next 7 days: vs. IND (June 7)

The Sky climbed retired of past spot with their archetypal 2 wins of the season: back-to-back victories implicit the Wings. Center Kamilla Cardoso had a career-high 23 points successful the archetypal matchup astatine home, portion defender Arial Atkins led the mode with 26 astatine Dallas.

Those wins followed a five-point nonaccomplishment astatine Phoenix, truthful things mightiness beryllium looking up for Chicago.

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Chicago Sky vs. Dallas Wings - Game Highlights

Watch the Game Highlights from Chicago Sky vs. Dallas Wings, 05/29/2025

9. Indiana Fever (2-4)

Previous ranking: 6

Next 7 days: vs. WAS (June 3), @ CHI (June 7)

It was a unsmooth week for Indiana: The quality that Caitlin Clark (quad) would miss astatine slightest 2 weeks was followed by losses to Washington and Connecticut, the second of which was the Sun's lone triumph of the season. Clark's chap guards Sydney Colson (leg) and Sophie Cunningham (ankle) were injured against Connecticut. Neither is expected to beryllium retired long, but the Fever inactive signed defender Aari McDonald via hardship exception.

10. Golden State Valkyries (2-4)

Previous ranking: 8

Next 7 days: @ PHO (June 5) vs. LV (June 7), @ LA (June 9)

The enlargement Valkyries had to look the WNBA's champion teams past week, losing doubly astatine New York and erstwhile astatine location to Minnesota. But determination were positives: The 2nd matchup against the Liberty was overmuch person -- a five-point borderline compared to 28 successful the archetypal gathering -- and the Valkyries stayed adjacent to the Lynx successful each 4th but the third, erstwhile Golden State was outscored 17-8.

11. Los Angeles Sparks (2-6)

Previous ranking: 9

Next 7 days: @ DAL (June 6), vs. GS (June 9)

The Sparks mislaid 3 successful a enactment -- vs. Atlanta, astatine Las Vegas and vs. Phoenix -- giving up an 18-point first-half pb against the Mercury to autumn 85-80 connected Sunday. The bigger issue, though, is the presumption of guardant Rickea Jackson, who was not with the squad the past 2 games due to the fact that of idiosyncratic reasons. A WNBA all-rookie enactment successful 2024, Jackson missed 3 games earlier this play portion successful the concussion protocol earlier returning to play 12 minutes against the Dream connected May 27. She has appeared successful lone 3 of the Sparks' 8 games.

12. Dallas Wings (1-6)

Previous ranking: 11

Next 7 days: @ SEA (June 3) vs. LA (June 6), vs. MIN (June 8)

Dallas got its archetypal triumph of the play past week with a season-high 109 points against Connecticut but past dropped back-to-back games against Chicago. Rookie defender Paige Bueckers was placed successful concussion protocol pursuing the May 29 nonaccomplishment and missed the 2nd gathering with the Sky. She is expected to beryllium retired astatine slightest 1 much game.

13. Connecticut Sun (1-6)

Previous ranking: 12

Next 7 days: vs. ATL (June 6), @ WAS (June 8)

The Sun bushed the Fever 85-83 connected Friday down Marina Mabrey's 26 points, but the solemnisation of the season's archetypal triumph didn't past long. Connecticut mislaid 100-58 astatine New York 2 days aboriginal -- the Sun changeable 31.1% portion allowing the Liberty to marque 62.3% of their attempts. Connecticut has mislaid by 20 oregon much points 4 times successful 7 games.