July 16, 2026

Wings Go for Six Straight and a Liberty Sweep on Prime Video, Plus a Rematch of the WNBA's Longest Game

Paige Bueckers and the Dallas Wings put a season-best five-game winning streak on the line against a Liberty team they've already beaten twice, with Bueckers fresh off her first career Player of the Week nod. Earlier, the Portland Fire return to Washington 18 days after the four-overtime 124-123 epic that tied the longest game in WNBA history. Last night, the Valkyries pushed their franchise-record streak to eight, the Lynx pulled away from the Sparks after Olivia Miles left hurt, and the short-handed Sky held off the Storm.

New York Liberty (13-11) at Dallas Wings (16-8): the streak meets the slump

Tipoff 9:00 PM ET / 6:00 PM PT at College Park Center in Arlington, Texas. National stream: Prime Video (included with Amazon Prime; also on the Wings' broadcast schedule). It is the third and final meeting of the season and the first in Arlington, after Dallas took both ends of a Brooklyn back-to-back, 91-76 on May 24 and 88-77 on July 7 (WNBA.com).

The Wings (16-8, fourth overall and 2.5 games back of Minnesota) are riding their longest winning streak since 2023, and a sixth straight would be their longest since 2015 (CBS Sports). Bueckers was named Western Conference Player of the Week on Tuesday for the first time in her career after averaging 23.6 points, 7.4 assists and 5.8 rebounds over the 5-0 week. She leads Dallas at 20.7 points and 6.3 assists a game, and the roster around her is deep: Jessica Shepard (15.0 points, 11.6 rebounds, three triple-doubles this season), Arike Ogunbowale, and Azzi Fudd. Sunday's 96-91 win over Chicago, in which Dallas trailed by 10 in the third, produced three Wings double-doubles in the same game for the first time since 2018.

"We're still continuing to find our identity," Bueckers said. "We're not perfect, and (the win over Chicago) wasn't even close to our best game. But we stuck together, dug in, found a way to win, and I think that's really been the key" (WNBA.com).

The Liberty (13-11) are sliding the other way: three straight losses, five of six, and seven of ten, clinging to the eighth and final playoff spot. They fell 93-91 in Toronto on Sunday when Breanna Stewart's contested layup with 8.6 seconds left rimmed out; Sabrina Ionescu scored 28 and Stewart 22. New York has trailed by at least 13 in five of its last seven and lost all five, and the split is stark, 8-2 against the East but just 5-9 against the West, with Dallas a big part of that. Stewart (20.4 PPG), Ionescu, and Jonquel Jones are all available.

"It's a matter of will and want," Ionescu said after the Toronto loss (WNBA.com).

Injuries: New York is without forward Satou Sabally (concussion protocol, missing her seventh straight since a June 23 hit in Las Vegas; she began her career in Dallas) and Leonie Fiebich (left foot soreness, third straight out, no timetable) (Yahoo Sports). Dallas is without Alanna Smith (lower leg) and Costanza Verona and Haley Jones (coach's decisions); Bueckers is off the injury report and available (ESPN). The Wings are 7-3 at home; oddsmakers have Dallas around -1.5 with a total near 176 (SI).

Portland Fire (10-14) at Washington Mystics (12-10): a rematch of the longest game

Tipoff 7:00 PM ET / 4:00 PM PT at CareFirst Arena in Washington, D.C. National TV: NBA TV, plus Monumental Sports Network (MNMT) in the D.C. market, Fox 12 Plus in Portland, and WNBA League Pass.

Eighteen days ago these teams played the game of the WNBA season. Washington beat Portland 124-123 in four overtimes on June 28, a night of 21 ties and 12 lead changes that matched the longest game in league history; Sonia Citron scored 32 (WNBA.com, Covers). Washington leads the season series 1-0 heading into the rematch.

The Mystics (12-10) have settled into coach Sydney Johnson's defense-first identity, winning four of five and sitting third in the league in defensive rating. They held Toronto to 35.4% shooting in Tuesday's 79-62 win behind Kiki Iriafen's 25 points and 14 rebounds and Shakira Austin's 17 and 10. "We have a team and we're pouring into everyone," Johnson said, "and when you do that consistently every day, we shouldn't be surprised that they're able to show up and perform" (WNBA.com).

Portland (10-14) has dropped five of seven and is last in the league in defensive rating, and coach Alex Sarama has noted his group has struggled specifically against athletic post players, a problem against Iriafen and Austin. Carla Leite leads the Fire at 15.3 points and 5.8 assists; she had 18 in Tuesday's 90-87 loss in Connecticut, where Bridget Carleton's game-tying three at the buzzer was off (Offshore Sportsbooks). The Fire are 4-8 on the road.

Injuries: Portland is out Megan Gustafson (personal) and Sania Feagin (ACL, season), with Teja Oblak questionable (illness); Washington has no one on the injury report (FOX Sports, theScore). Washington is favored by 5.5 with a total around 163.5 (SI).

Last night

Valkyries 88, Fever 75. Golden State ran its franchise-record streak to eight and became the second team in WNBA history to sweep a 5-0 road trip, joining the 2021 Storm. Gabby Williams scored 16, Kaitlyn Chen had all 14 of her points in the second half, and Tiffany Hayes added 13. Kelsey Mitchell led Indiana with 20, and Caitlin Clark scored 13 on 4-of-14 shooting in 26 minutes under her minutes restriction. The Valkyries (18-7) are one game back of the 19-6 Lynx (AP).

Lynx 96, Sparks 87. Kayla McBride scored 10 of her game-high 24 in the fourth quarter, and Nia Coffey sparked the pulling-away run, but rookie Olivia Miles left in the fourth with an injury and did not return (she missed two games earlier this month with a strained calf). Nneka Ogwumike tied Lisa Leslie as the Sparks' all-time leading scorer in the loss (Twin Cities, ESPN).

Sky 95, Storm 90. Azura Stevens scored 18 of her 20 in the first half and Sydney Taylor added 17 as short-handed Chicago won its first game back from a west-coast trip. The Sky played without Kamilla Cardoso (right knee, her first absence all season) and Skylar Diggins (knee, fourth straight). Flau'jae Johnson led Seattle with 25 (AP).