Aces Look for 2–0 Lead in WNBA Finals
The return of Monday Night Football was as exciting as ever last night, with the Seahawks pulling off an upset of the Broncos that featured plenty of head-scratching plays by Denver in what became must-watch TV.
While we wait for football to return Thursday night, we’ve got plenty to look forward to until then. Game 2 of the WNBA Finals is tonight, with huge implications for the winner in this best-of-five series. Plus, there’s high-profile Champions League action, and baseball’s pennant races heat up.
Here’s what I’m watching today.
A quick note: Due to COVID-19, sports schedules are fluid and subject to change.
MUST WATCH:
Connecticut Sun at Las Vegas Aces
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Both these teams have gotten this far because of their elite offenses, but Game 1 of the WNBA Finals was an old-fashioned defensive battle that saw neither team top 70 points. In the end, MVP A’ja Wilson and postseason star Chelsea Gray were just too good in Game 1, powering Las Vegas to a 1–0 series lead despite an uncharacteristic off night for Kelsey Plum. That allowed the Aces to win despite a season-low scoring output, as detailed by Ben Pickman. Now, a critical Game 2 looms as the Aces go for a commanding series lead, and the Sun look to avoid having their backs against the wall for the remainder of the series.
9 p.m. ET, ESPN, watch on fuboTV
READ MORE:
- Aces Escape Sun’s ‘Sludgy’ Defense to Win Game 1 (Ben Pickman)
- WNBA Finals Preview: Everything to Know for Sun vs. Aces (Ben Pickman)
- A’ja Wilson Wins WNBA MVP Award Over Breanna Stewart (Madeline Coleman)
LINEUP:
• Champions League: Ajax at Liverpool | Liverpool’s UCL campaign started with a thud last week against Napoli, which makes this match against an always-pesky Ajax side all the more important. Can the Reds get back on track at Anfield today? If they don’t, their path out of the group stage could be treacherous. 3 p.m. ET, Paramount+
• Milwaukee Brewers at St. Louis Cardinals | Tom Verducci isn’t counting out the Brewers yet in the playoff race, but Milwaukee has ground to make up against a difficult schedule if it wants to get back to the postseason. It starts tonight in St. Louis against the Cardinals and Albert Pujols, who continues his push for 700 home runs. 7:45 p.m. ET, Bally Sports Wisconsin/Midwest, watch on fuboTV
• Women’s volleyball: No. 9 Stanford at No. 2 Nebraska | This is a huge top-10 showdown in the world of college volleyball between two perennial powers. Between them, Stanford and Nebraska have won more than a third of the total national championships in the sport’s history. Can the Cornhuskers continue their undefeated season? 8 p.m. ET, Big Ten Network, watch on fuboTV
• San Diego Padres at Seattle Mariners | Seattle’s magical season continued Sunday with a ninth-inning home run by Julio Rodríguez to help overcome his team blowing a four-run lead in the top of the frame. Wins like that one move the Mariners closer to home field advantage in the first round of the playoffs. Meanwhile, the Padres are looking to hold off the Brewers and get into the postseason. They’ll send Yu Darvish to the mound tonight. 9:40 p.m. ET, Bally Sports San Diego/Root Sports NW/MLB Network, watch on fuboTV
HIDDEN GEM:
Champions League: Barcelona at Bayern Munich
This is the headliner of the third match day of the group stage. It’s a battle between two of the biggest clubs in Europe who got off to strong starts to the UCL campaign last week. Bayern had little trouble dispatching Inter Milan on the road, while Barça got a hat trick from Robert Lewandowski in its opener against Viktoria Plzen. Can Lewandowski, the former Bayern forward, give Barcelona the edge today in Munich? The winner today takes full control of Group C.
3 p.m. ET, Paramount+/Univision, watch on fuboTV
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