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toad455
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Posted: 09/04/18 11:17 pm ::: Finals Schedule |
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Due to a conflict at Key Arena, Game 1 will be moved to Friday, Sept. 7. Sadly, the game will now air on ESPNews.
SCHEDULE: WNBA FINALS 2018 PRESENTED BY YOUTUBE TV
Game 1 — Washington @ Seattle: Friday, 9 PM ET, ESPNews
Game 2 — Washington @ Seattle: Sunday, 3:30 PM ET, ABC
Game 3 — Seattle @ Washington: Wednesday, September 12, 8 PM ET, ESPN2
Game 4* — Seattle @ Washington: Friday, September 14, 8 PM ET, ESPN2
Game 5* — Washington @ Seattle: Sunday, September 16, 8 PM ET, ESPN2
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toad455
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Posted: 09/04/18 11:32 pm ::: |
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For those wondering what's on ESPN/ESPN2 on Friday. ESPN has the US Open & ESPN2 has College Football. It was either switch to Friday so Seattle plays at Key Arena, or play the game on Thursday at Alaska Airlines Arena and air it on ESPN2.
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toad455
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Posted: 09/05/18 9:16 am ::: |
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So the Mystics' games will be played at EagleBank Arena in George Mason University. Bigger arena but it's in Fairfax, Virginia.
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Richyyy
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Posted: 09/05/18 10:46 am ::: |
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toad455 wrote: |
So the Mystics' games will be played at EagleBank Arena in George Mason University. Bigger arena but it's in Fairfax, Virginia. |
For what it's worth, the Mystics are running a free shuttle service from the Vienna metro station to the arena. They're doing what they can.
Apparently a Game 5 would've been back at Capital One if they'd had homecourt, which just makes the timing of the renovations more disappointing. Presumably they left them as late as possible to still be finished in time for the Wizards, which rather shafted the Mystics for their playoff run. |
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toad455
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Posted: 09/05/18 10:51 am ::: |
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Happy to hear about the shuttle service. Prefer the bigger arena for the Finals, hopefully the Mystics fans can get the 10k and sellout Eagle Bank.
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Posted: 09/05/18 10:57 am ::: |
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Richyyy wrote: |
toad455 wrote: |
So the Mystics' games will be played at EagleBank Arena in George Mason University. Bigger arena but it's in Fairfax, Virginia. |
For what it's worth, the Mystics are running a free shuttle service from the Vienna metro station to the arena. They're doing what they can.
Apparently a Game 5 would've been back at Capital One if they'd had homecourt, which just makes the timing of the renovations more disappointing. Presumably they left them as late as possible to still be finished in time for the Wizards, which rather shafted the Mystics for their playoff run. |
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Posted: 09/05/18 11:14 am ::: |
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toad455 wrote: |
For those wondering what's on ESPN/ESPN2 on Friday. ESPN has the US Open & ESPN2 has College Football. It was either switch to Friday so Seattle plays at Key Arena, or play the game on Thursday at Alaska Airlines Arena and air it on ESPN2. |
Since before the playoffs started, the WNBA wanted to move Game 1 away from Sept 6 to avoid conflict with the NFL opener.
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pilight
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Posted: 09/05/18 11:19 am ::: |
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bcdawg04 wrote: |
toad455 wrote: |
For those wondering what's on ESPN/ESPN2 on Friday. ESPN has the US Open & ESPN2 has College Football. It was either switch to Friday so Seattle plays at Key Arena, or play the game on Thursday at Alaska Airlines Arena and air it on ESPN2. |
Since before the playoffs started, the WNBA wanted to move Game 1 away from Sept 6 to avoid conflict with the NFL opener. |
Why did they ever schedule it there to begin with? We've known when the NFL opener was going to be since forever.
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Richyyy
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Posted: 09/05/18 11:22 am ::: |
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bcdawg04 wrote: |
toad455 wrote: |
For those wondering what's on ESPN/ESPN2 on Friday. ESPN has the US Open & ESPN2 has College Football. It was either switch to Friday so Seattle plays at Key Arena, or play the game on Thursday at Alaska Airlines Arena and air it on ESPN2. |
Since before the playoffs started, the WNBA wanted to move Game 1 away from Sept 6 to avoid conflict with the NFL opener. |
They weren't going to move it from Thursday if the game was in Washington though, despite EagleBank Arena appearing to be free that day. So avoiding the NFL clash may not have been considered as important as having the game on a proper TV channel.
And if they didn't want that clash they really should've thought about it months ago. The NFL starts on basically the same week every year, and they've done the Thursday-night opener for a while now. This isn't new. |
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toad455
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Posted: 09/05/18 11:31 am ::: |
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ESPN & ABC basically have nothing to air on Sundays once the NFL season starts. There's typically bowling on ESPN and that's it. I think ESPN likes having the WNBA once the NFL starts.
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Posted: 09/05/18 11:41 am ::: |
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pilight wrote: |
bcdawg04 wrote: |
toad455 wrote: |
For those wondering what's on ESPN/ESPN2 on Friday. ESPN has the US Open & ESPN2 has College Football. It was either switch to Friday so Seattle plays at Key Arena, or play the game on Thursday at Alaska Airlines Arena and air it on ESPN2. |
Since before the playoffs started, the WNBA wanted to move Game 1 away from Sept 6 to avoid conflict with the NFL opener. |
Why did they ever schedule it there to begin with? We've known when the NFL opener was going to be since forever. |
Well, I can't explain the WNBA's thinking here. As of the first week of August, though, there was talk about the WNBA wanting to move Game 1 away from Sept 6.
If the WNBA and ESPN wanted Game 1 on Thursday, it would be on Thursday.
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Richyyy
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Posted: 09/05/18 12:15 pm ::: |
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On a different note, there's absolutely no mention on the Mystics site, the EagleBank Arena site, or on TicketMaster, that Game 4 is an 'if necessary' game. Shouldn't they at least mention that, and maybe offer a note about what happens to your money if the game ultimately doesn't exist? |
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toad455
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Posted: 09/05/18 2:00 pm ::: |
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Mystics only drew 3,700+ each for their two games at the Smith Center. I hope the fans show up for the finals and they get close to 10k.
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Posted: 09/05/18 2:40 pm ::: |
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toad455 wrote: |
Mystics only drew 3,700+ each for their two games at the Smith Center. I hope the fans show up for the finals and they get close to 10k. |
Game #4 was officially announced as sold-out
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Posted: 09/05/18 2:42 pm ::: |
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SportsGuru wrote: |
toad455 wrote: |
Mystics only drew 3,700+ each for their two games at the Smith Center. I hope the fans show up for the finals and they get close to 10k. |
Game #4 was officially announced as sold-out |
Then an official sell out is 3722 people
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Posted: 09/05/18 2:49 pm ::: |
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pilight wrote: |
SportsGuru wrote: |
toad455 wrote: |
Mystics only drew 3,700+ each for their two games at the Smith Center. I hope the fans show up for the finals and they get close to 10k. |
Game #4 was officially announced as sold-out |
Then an official sell out is 3722 people |
There were empty seats on the side for both games.
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