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 Mystics Expert BlogGuest Contributor Andrew WillettThe Washington Mystics solidified its position as the fifth-seed at 20-14 and a true competitor with a week to precede the WNBA Playoffs. Recently,  the Mystics adhered to a crucial victory over the Seattle Storm with an impressive gain the Las Vegas Aces. However,  the team lost to the Chicago Sky and Los Angeles Sparks with Washington's resurgence attempts dropping just back-to-back losses came off the best stretch of basketball the Mystics played all period. Washington won 9 of its last 12 video games,  do without consecutive losses considering that June 23rd. With the playoffs beginning on August 17th,  postseason situations cut loose as Washington will play a home and home collection with the Indiana Fever to liquidate the normal Bets Are OffThe Mystics removed the Aces 83-73 to secure the routine period move of Las Vegas,  the 3rd Mystics sweep of a challenger this season. Washington's 3-0 document against Las Vegas equated to not only the first season-series triumph over the Aces given that 2019 yet the first move over the Aces franchise business since 2015 when its group was the San Antonio Stars. The win gave Washington its initial 20+ win period because 2019,  a large renovation over last year's 12-20 gain Las Vegas was a group initiative as every Mystics who located the flooring scored a minimum of five factors. The well balanced effort began with the well-rounded play of Natasha Cloud that recently got to 1000 job helps. The heart-and-soul of the team put with each other one more sensational video game with a team-high 16 factors and nine helps together with four boards and 2 takes. She dropped 7+ helps for the 8th time in her last 10 video games as she still leads the WNBA at 7.3 APG. She additionally leads the WNBA with 20 7+ help video games and 28 5+ assist games this period,  one of the most in a solitary season in her ,  the team scored 77+ points for a 5th straight video game and 75+ in eight of its last 10. The 83 points originated from playing with each other and taking treatment of the basketball as Washington aided on 25 of 31 made field goals and only dedicated nine turn overs. The Mystics boosted to 17-4 when out-assisting its opponents and 8-1 when dedicating less than 10 turn overs. Defensively,  the Mystics held the finest crime in the WNBA-- very first in the WNBA at 89.7 factors per video game and an offensive rating of 108.8-- to simply 73 factors and 14 fourth-quarter factors. The game boiled down to the final framework when the Aces tied the video game at 68 with 6:24 to play. Washington responded with a 13-0 run over the following five mins to close the game on a 15-5 run. Not only did the team out-rebound the Aces 38-30,  however it out-scored Las Vegas in the paint 30-22 to boost to 18-5 in such till the FinishThe Mystics dropped to the Chicago Sky 93-83 when driving without Elena Delle Donne as the game left hand fast. The Mystics tracked 27-11 very early and by as lots of as 26,  but the group maintained combating. Washington brought it as close as 10 behind a 17-4 go to close the game,  including a 13-0 run over a two-minute period. The Los Angeles video game boiled down to the last ownership as a controversial no-call ended the afternoon event 79-76 with the Triggers triumphing. Again,  Washington discovered itself trailing by double-digits as early as the second quarter and by as several as 13. Yet the fight and determination radiated with as the group had a full Mystics lineup with EDD back in the layer. Tracking by 8 with 5:52 to play in the fourth quarter,  the Mystics brought the game within 1 in simply two minutes. After that,  once again the Mystics had two opportunities to either connection or take the lead in the last 17 secs yet the basketball gods would not have losses did not take place without some great private efficiencies as two of Washington's bigs combined to typical 37 factors and 13 rebounds. Myisha Hines-Allen and Shakira Austin both blew up onto the scene. Hines-Allen went down a season-high and team-best 21 points to accompany 6 rebounds and 4 helps on 8/15 capturing including 3/5 from 3 and 2/2 from the totally free throw line,  playing a significant function in the comeback effort versus Chicago. Then,  against LA,  she scored 20 points and accumulated 6 rebounds on 6/11 from the floor and 2/3 from range. The Chicago getaway equaled her most points given that going down 32 at Las Vegas on 6/5/21 and her three three-pointers made linked her season-best collection on 6/10/22 at Minnesota. She put with each other back-to-back 20+ point video games for the very first time this season and the very first time because she did it in 4 consecutive games from 9/6/20 -9/ 12/20. Following her up,  Shakira Austin remained to play her finest basketball as an expert with 17 factors and 4 boards in just 21:42 of action against Chicago on absurd performance. She shot 6/7,  a blistering 85.7% from the field as well as striking 5 of 7 free tosses. Then,  versus the Stimulates,  she tipped up also additionally going down 16 points and 10 rebounds on 6/9 shooting plus 2 assists,  1 steal,  and 1 block. Not just did she drop her 3rd straight 15+ scoring video game,  however she collected her 4th double-double of the period,  linking Alessandra Santos de Oliveira for the second-most by a Mystics novice in franchise history. She additionally holds the novice lead for many 5+ rebound video games this period at 26,  passing Murriel Page for the second-most such video games in a single period by a Mystics novice. She has actually warmed up enormously,  balancing 13.2 PPG and 7.7 RPG over her last six video games and presently rests ninth in the WNBA in basket stepping up for the Mystics was Evina Westbrook against Chicago as she installed a career-high 10 factors on 3/4 capturing and her two three-pointers made on 3 attempts amounted to one of the most in a video game in her career. After that,  versus Los Angeles,  Ariel Atkins involved play. She blazed a trail from the start Nastja Claessens Jersey,  scoring the team's initial seven factors en path to a 20-point,  six-rebound trip on 7/17 capturing. She reacted with a big-time performance after her touch of double-digit racking up video games broke at 20 games. This season,  Atkins scored in double numbers in 31 of 33 appearances,  tied for the second most in the WNBA and reached 20+ in 6 ScenariosWith a week to go in the normal season,  Washington locked up at the very least a top-five seed as it holds a three-game lead over the sixth-seed Dallas Wings with the head-to-head tiebreaker. The only other team to watch on would certainly be the Seattle Storm at 4th in the standings and a half-game ahead of Washington. 2 situations exist where the Mystics can go up to the 4th seed and take home-court advantage in the first-round. If Washington triumphes while Seattle goes down 2 of its final three video games versus the Chicago Sky,  Minnesota Lynx,  and Las Vegas Aces,  Washington leaps Seattle. Or if Seattle sheds all three,  Washington can split with Indiana and still rest 4th in the standings. Regardless,  Washington will certainly face the Seattle Storm in the preliminary of the WNBA AheadWashington will certainly play 2 video games today-- one when driving prior to finishing at home-- both against the Indiana Fever. Yet initially,  Washington will get some much-deserved remainder as the group does not play until Friday night when the Mystics will play its final road game of the 2022 routine season in Indiana at 7 p.m. ET. Then,  as the whole W covers up the normal season on Sunday,  the Mystics will close the routine season right where it began: playing the Indiana Fever at Enjoyment and Sports Field. That game will air on ESPN3 and the NBC Sports Washington/Monumental Sports Network at 3 p.m. ET. Both games will certainly likewise broadcast on Facebook.

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