Basketballer Satou Sabally has in the WNBA with the Phoenix Mercury already the Playoffs reached. Now she also helped her sister and her national team colleague Leonie Fiebich to qualify for the playoffs.
At 85:79 against the Indiana Fever the older of the Sabally sisters came to 13 points, 2 rebounds and a template. With Phoenix, she had already secured participation in the championship finals four days earlier.
Fiebich and injured Nyara Sabally with New York in the playoffs
Mercury’s victory over Indiana meant that the defeat of the defending champion New York Liberty had no worse effects for him.
The German national basketball players Leonie Fiebich and Nyara Sabally lost 58:66 against the Golden State Valkyries, but are no longer to be displaced from a place in the top 8.
Nyara Sabally also lacked New York against Golden State, the Berliner has had problems with the knee for some time. Fiebich did not get a particularly good evening and only hit one of her six attempts at three points.
Plactions ensure tension until the end of the main round
The main round in the WNBA ends on September 11th, after which the best eight teams will continue in the playoffs. The placements are still relatively unclear, from second to five teams from Las Vegas, Atlanta, Phoenix and New York are close together. Two places are also vacant in the race behind.
The format this season is somewhat adapted. In the first round that begins on September 14th, one applies Best-of-thread. The finals will be in mode for the first time this season as in the NBA Best-of-Seven played out, so four victories for winning the title are necessary.