The postponement of the 2020 WNBA season came in April as the world grappled with COVID-19. In June, an adjusted season was set. There were many new regulations and precautions including only a 12-player roster, playing only at the IMG Academy in Florida, and 22-game regular season.
Players were able to opt-out due to health risks or being heavily involved in social justice advocacy. This left some teams, like the Washington Mystics, missing key players such as Tina Charles and Delle Donne.
Dates for the entirety of regular and postseason spread across about a three-month span. The regular season began July 25 and playoffs began Sept. 15. The first and second rounds of playoffs were single elimination games followed by series of five for the semifinals and the finals.
As there were no major hiccups amongst the regular season, other than a few false-positive coronavirus tests, this past week, game one of the semifinals between the Minnesota Lynx and the Seattle Storm was postponed. The WNBA postponed the Monday game “out of an abundance of caution” due to inconclusive results of some Storm players.
After results were conclusive, the next day, the first game of the Lynx-Storm series was played. The other semifinal matchup was the Las Vegas Aces versus the Connecticut Sun. First seeded Las Vegas Aces and second-seeded Seattle Storm will go head to head in the finals starting Oct. 2 at 7 p.m. Games will be streamed live on EPN2 and ABC.
