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WNBA 2026 playoff predictions: can the dynastic Aces – or anybody – deny the dominant Lynx?

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Our writers pick the champion, key players and dark horses as the WNBA postseason tips off on Sunday At least big-picture, as the end of one era of the league and the beginning of another , in part because of Cathy Engelbert’s announcement earlier this month that she will step down as commissioner at the end of this year.

It’s fair to say this season has been a microcosm of her up-and-down seven-year tenure: more growth than ever, excellent basketball, breakthroughs for a new generation of stars, and high highs, but also low lows – refereeing controversies and manufactured culture-war hysterics chief among them. EB

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