Chicago Sky WNBA playoff picture: Updated standings, schedule, scenarios for Angel Reese to make postseason

It's now or never for the Chicago Sky.

As the 2024 season winds down, Chicago is one of three teams in contention for the final spot in the WNBA Playoffs. At one point, the Sky appeared poised for the postseason but the team has stumbled since the Olympics and star rookie Angel Reese is out for the remainder of the season with a wrist injury.

With four games remaining in the regular season, can the Sky hold on to make the playoffs? Here is an updated look at Chicago's place in the WNBA standings, its remaining schedule, and playoff-clinching scenarios.

Standings through Thursday, Sept. 12.

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Chicago Sky updated WNBA playoff picture, standings

With five games remaining in the 2024 WNBA season, the Sky are eighth in the WNBA standings with a 13-23 record. The top eight seeds advance to the playoffs.

X: Clinched playoffs

Eliminated from WNBA playoffs contention: Wings, Sparks

If the WNBA season ended today…

The No. 8 Sky would face the No. 1 Liberty in a best-of-three playoff series.

Chicago can only finish eighth in the standings while New York is poised to clinch the top seed. The Sky lost three of four meetings with the Liberty in the 2024 season.

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Chicago Sky remaining schedule

Three of the Sky's five remaining games come against teams that have clinched a spot in the 2024 WNBA Playoffs. The other two games are against teams in contention for the No. 8 seed.

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Chicago Sky WNBA playoff clinching scenarios

With five games remaining, the Sky hold the eighth and final spot in the WNBA Playoffs. Chicago is in contention with Atlanta and Washington for the WNBA's eighth seed.

The Sky currently hold the head-to-head tiebreaker with the Dream (2-1) but not the Mystics (1-2). Chicago plays each of those teams once more before the season ends.

Winning head-to-head meetings with direct competition will give the Sky's playoff hopes a great boost, but the race for the final playoff spot could come to the final day of the season, which falls on Thursday, Sept. 19.

The 2024 WNBA Playoffs begin on Sunday, Sept. 22.

WNBA playoff tiebreakers

The WNBA has five playoff seeding tiebreakers in place if two teams finish with the same record:

1. Better record in head-to-head games
2. Better winning percentage within own conference
3. Better winning percentage against all teams with .500 or better record at the end of the season
4. Better point differential in head-to-head games
5. Coin toss

If there are more than two teams tied for the same seed, the tiebreakers are similar but have a slightly different twist:

1. Better winning percentage among all head-to-head games involving tied teams
2. Better winning percentage against teams within the conference (if all teams are from the same conference) or better record against teams in the opposite conference (if one or more teams are in different conferences)
3. Better winning percentage against all teams with a .500 or better record at the end of the season
4. Better point differential in games involving tied teams
5. Coin toss