UNCASVILLE, Connecticut — The WNBA schedule is often filled with quirks, and the 2022 postseason is no different. It's a complicated endeavor to squish games into broadcast windows and arena availability, hence why the stretch of off days between certain games seems out of whack this week.
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Yet, with the Sun keeping the series alive on Thursday night, there are two full days from Game 3 until Game 4 on Sunday. All in rural Connecticut even though teams just traveled across the country on the rest day. That short turnaround threw some players off guard, possibly because of the juxtaposition.
The Finals schedule isn’t much too different than 2021 — other than being held earlier because of the FIBA World Cup next week — but it is a switch from the five Finals preceding it.Team front offices often have to plan around already scheduled events at their arenas since they do not own them. They have been kicked off their home court for stretches and for elimination playoff games .
The 2021 schedule was Sunday-Wednesday-Friday-Sunday. That’s three non-weeknight tipoffs. With one day between Game 2 in Phoenix and Game 3 in Chicago, the league stepped in and paid for a charter flight between cities for that trip only. There are 1,721 miles between arenas and two time zones instead of three.
No teams were as far apart in distance than the Aces and Sun. The WNBA plans out dates in advance and this year had to fit the season in before the World Cup tips off on Sept. 20. As it is, players in the USA Basketball pool who are here in Connecticut might be late already and certainly will miss the first game if it goes a full five.It’s more than likely the league is partly at the whims of its longtime broadcast partner when it comes to playoff scheduling.
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