Records fell, MVP cases hardened, and the Commissioner's Cup final is officially set. The WNBA is delivering every week right now. Here is everything that mattered from June 13 through June 19, 2026.
Week Snapshot
| Story | Why It Mattered |
|---|---|
| Caitlin Clark won East Player of the Week | Indiana went 3-0 during the award window, and Clark totaled 76 points, 20 assists, and 13 rebounds |
| A'ja Wilson kept rolling | Wilson powered Las Vegas into the Commissioner's Cup final and stayed in the MVP lead pack |
| Liberty vs. Aces is set | New York hosts Las Vegas in Brooklyn on June 30 |
| Olivia Miles kept rewriting rookie expectations | The Lynx rookie scored a career-high 31 points and has become Minnesota's offensive engine |
| Angel Reese kept lifting Atlanta | Reese's rebounding has helped turn the Dream into one of the East's best stories |
| Marina Mabrey made history | Mabrey tied the WNBA single-game record with nine made threes in Toronto's comeback win |
Clark's MVP Case Is Getting Loud
Caitlin Clark picked up her first Eastern Conference Player of the Week honor of the 2026 season after leading Indiana to a 3-0 week over Washington, Chicago, and Connecticut.
The numbers were loud: 76 points, 20 assists, and 13 rebounds across those three games. Her best performance came against Chicago, when she posted 32 points and 10 assists in a 114-106 overtime win. She followed it with 25 points, five made threes, and five assists against Connecticut, another reminder that the Fever's offense bends around her gravity.
The award was the fourth Player of the Week honor of Clark's career, putting her in rare Fever company with Tamika Catchings. Indiana has steadied after an uneven start and now looks like a real East threat again.
The Fever are a legitimate contender. And Clark is the reason.
A'ja Wilson Is Historic Again
A'ja Wilson had already made history before this week even started. On June 9 she became the fastest player in WNBA history to reach 6,000 career points, doing it in 278 games and beating Diana Taurasi's record of 291 games. She did it with a 34-point, 12-rebound, 9-assist performance against Seattle.
During the June 13-19 window, Wilson kept rolling. She powered Las Vegas through the final stretch of Commissioner's Cup play, including a 33-point, 10-rebound performance against Phoenix that helped the Aces punch their ticket to Brooklyn.
She remains one of the league's defining players and one of the clearest MVP candidates on the board. Every week brings another reminder that the Aces always have the best individual player in almost any matchup.
Commissioner's Cup Final Is Set: Liberty vs. Aces
Mark June 30 on your calendar.
The New York Liberty, who went undefeated in Commissioner's Cup play with a +68 point differential, will host the Las Vegas Aces in Brooklyn for the championship. The Aces punched their ticket with an 86-76 win over Phoenix, Wilson putting up 33 points and 10 rebounds to lock it in.
This matchup has everything: two of the league's highest-profile franchises, Breanna Stewart against A'ja Wilson, and $30,000 per player on the line plus a Cup MVP award. It is also the closest thing to a WNBA Finals preview the league can give fans right now.
The Liberty did have their eight-game winning streak snapped by Washington on June 19, so this is not a team entering the final untouched. But New York still earned home court for the Cup final, and Las Vegas still has Wilson. Something has to give.
Minnesota Is Still Rolling, and Olivia Miles Is Making History
The Minnesota Lynx sit at 12-3 and remain one of the hottest teams in the league after beating the Golden State Valkyries on June 19 to snap Golden State's four-game win streak. Minnesota is scoring at an elite clip, has one of the league's best offensive profiles, and keeps stacking quality wins.
The engine is Olivia Miles. The second overall pick exploded for a career-high 31 points against the Los Angeles Sparks this week, shooting 12-of-15 from the floor and becoming the first Lynx rookie with a 30-point game since 2010. She is averaging 19.0 points and 5.7 assists, and she already looks like one of the league's most creative offensive players.
The Rookie of the Year race between Miles and Paige Bueckers is genuinely one of the best storylines in the league. Both are rewriting expectations. Only one gets the trophy.
Angel Reese Is Thriving in Atlanta
The Angel Reese trade from Chicago to Atlanta is looking more like a steal by the week.
Reese is one of the league's most dominant rebounders and the possession engine behind a Dream team that has become a real East contender. In Atlanta's blowout win over Toronto, she posted 15 points and 17 rebounds, including a career-high 11 offensive boards, and recorded her ninth double-double of the season.
Her 59 career double-doubles through 76 games are the most through that point in WNBA history. She looks rejuvenated as the clear centerpiece of a team that was built around her, and Atlanta is better for it.
Marina Mabrey Puts Toronto on the Map
The most jaw-dropping individual performance of the week came from an unexpected source. Toronto Tempo's Marina Mabrey scored a career-high 37 points and tied the WNBA single-game record with nine made three-pointers as the expansion Tempo rallied past the Connecticut Sun 101-97.
Toronto overcame a 16-point second-half deficit, and Mabrey poured in 21 points in the fourth quarter to make it happen. She finished 9-of-12 from three with four rebounds and four assists, the kind of heater that can put an expansion team on the national highlight reel overnight.
The Tempo are 8-8, and nights like this make them feel far more dangerous than a typical first-year team.
Worth noting: Chelsea Gray of the Aces also tied the 3-point record earlier in June. Two players tying the WNBA single-game three-point record in the same month is a wild little piece of league history.
Standings Snapshot
| Team | Record |
|---|---|
| Minnesota Lynx | 12-3 |
| Las Vegas Aces | 11-4 |
| New York Liberty | 11-5 |
| Golden State Valkyries | 10-5 |
| Indiana Fever | 9-5 |
| Atlanta Dream | 9-4 |
| Toronto Tempo | 8-8 |
The top of the league is loaded. Minnesota keeps setting the pace, Las Vegas and New York are headed for a Commissioner's Cup showdown, Indiana has stabilized around Clark, and Atlanta has become a problem nobody should want to see in a playoff series.
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