Win and the Dream would be in. They would clinch a matchup with the Liberty in the best-of-three first round, with the first two in Brooklyn. Lose and they could still get in with help on this final night. “We absolutely packed for a week,” Dream coach Tanisha Wright said before the game.

The WNBA postseason field is finalized after the conclusion of the regular season Thursday. A'ja Wilson and the defending champion Las Vegas Aces are back in the playoffs along with seven other teams.

WNBA regular season, one of the most consequential in league history is in the books. After a rather anti-climactic final night on Thursday, all of the playoff seeds have been determined and the first-round playoff matchups are set.

The WNBA playoffs are now set as the Las Vegas Aces, led by A'ja Wilson, aim for a three-peat. As scores of rockets flew from Lebanon toward northern Israel on Friday, officials with the U.S. and other international leaders urged Hezbollah and Israel to seek diplomatic paths to de-escalate the conflict.

While the New York Liberty has clinched first place and home court throughout the WNBA playoffs, the Atlanta Dream needs a win to help secure the eighth and final playoff spot.

The stage is set for an electrifying WNBA postseason, following a nail-biting race to the playoffs that culminated with the Atlanta Dream securing the eighth seed in a decisive victory over the top-seeded New York Liberty.