Catch your breath yet after a whirlwind first week, WNBA fans? The 2024 season kicked off in memorable fashion. from to to made their professional debuts and impacted their respective teams right away. Superstars from to to picked up from where they left off in 2023.
Under-the-radar players from to to raised eyebrows early. A game went to double-overtime Friday, two triple-doubles were tallied on the first two days of the season, and several other contests had close finishes. And we're not even a full week in.
The top quarter of the league -- the two-time defending champion , last year's runners-up in the and perennial contenders in the -- looked pretty much as expected, collectively going 7-0. But newer-look teams that made big moves in the offseason have had mixed results. The asserted themselves early and are the only other undefeated squad heading into Week 2.
After an 0-2 start, the -- who could emerge as the league's newest superteam by summer's end -- beat the on Sunday for . The gave the Aces a tough go Tuesday before beating the Atlanta Dream in a Saturday evening thriller, marking new head coach Nate Tibbetts' first career win. That same night, new coach Teresa Weatherspoon also earned career victory No.
1 as the Sky won at the . The injury bug hit the likes of Dallas, Seattle, Washington and Phoenix over the past few days. The Wings will be without (broken foot) for , while and both missed Sunday's meeting with ankle injuries they suffered Friday.
The Mystics were .