WNBA playoffs have arrived, and the month-long sprint to crown a new champion begins on Sunday, when all four first-round matchups will begin. Those best-of-three series, in which the lower seed can force a deciding Game 3 at home,

Caitlin Clark will make her first appearance in the WNBA playoffs in the arena where she started her professional career

Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever will meet the Connecticut Sun in the first round of the 2024 WNBA playoffs.

INDIANAPOLIS — Year 1 of the Clark & Reese Show has been unlike anything the WNBA has ever seen. Sure, this season’s final chapter is still unscripted with the playoffs set to start Sunday. But the rookie seasons and attention Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese have had makes the league’s outlook extremely bright beyond this postseason.

USA Today's Lindsay Schnell explains how impressive Caitlin Clark has been in helping to secure the sixth seed in the WNBA playoffs.

The Indiana Fever limped into the playoffs by losing three of their final four games, and are underdogs entering their first-round series against the third-seeded Connecticut Sun.