Twitter to stream 20 WNBA games in 2019
By Kim Doss
League announces streaming availability for the season
With the new deal between CBS Sports and the WNBA and expanded coverage on ESPN/ABC, the 2019 season will feature 76 regular season games available live either via TV or streaming. Twenty of those games will be streamed on Twitter, the league announced on Wednesday.
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The league joined with Twitter to make live games available on the social media network in 2017. This season, they will kick off on Saturday, May 25 at 7:30 p.m. ET on @WNBA. The opening game will feature the Washington Mystics and Connecticut Sun.
The schedule will feature primarily mid-week games, with most scheduled on Tuesday evenings. In addition to four mid-day games, the slate also includes two doubleheaders. On Tuesday, July 30, a Phoenix Mercury-Washington Mystics match-up at 7 p.m. will be followed by a 10 p.m. contest between the Dallas Wings and Las Vegas Aces. A second doubleheader will feature the Chicago Sky facing off against the Atlanta Dream at 7 p.m. and the Mercury against the Aces at 10 p.m. on Aug. 20.
Eighteen of the 20 games will feature at least one playoff team from 2018 with the defending champion Seattle Storm appearing four times.
| Date | Visitor | Home | Time (ET) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, May 25 | Washington Mystics | Connecticut Sun | 7:30 p.m. |
| Sunday, May 26 | L.A. Sparks | Las Vegas Aces | 8 p.m. |
| Tuesday, June 4 | Minnesota Lynx | Seattle Storm | 10 p.m. |
| Tuesday, June 11 | Seattle Storm | Indiana Fever | 7 p.m. |
| Wednesday, June 19 | Indiana Fever | Atlanta Dream | 11 a.m. |
| Tuesday, June 25 | Seattle Storm | Las Vegas Aces | 10 p.m. |
| Tuesday, July 2 | Chicago Sky | Las Vegas Aces | 3 p.m. |
| Tuesday, July 9 | L.A. Sparks | Dallas Wings | 1 p.m. |
| Wednesday, July 17 | Atlanta Dream | Chicago Sky | 12 p.m. |
| Tuesday, July 23 | L.A. Sparks | Atlanta Dream | 7 p.m. |
| Tuesday, July 30 | Phoenix Mercury | Washington Mystics | 7 p.m. |
| Tuesday, July 30 | Dallas Wings | Las Vegas Aces | 10 p.m. |
| Tuesday, Aug. 6 | Minnesota Lynx | Atlanta Dream | 7 p.m. |
| Wednesday, Aug. 7 | New York Liberty | Chicago Sky | 8 p.m. |
| Tuesday, Aug. 13 | Atlanta Dream | Las Vegas Aces | 10 p.m. |
| Tuesday, Aug. 20 | Chicago Sky | Atlanta Dream | 7 p.m. |
| Tuesday, Aug. 20 | Phoenix Mercury | Las Vegas Aces | 10 p.m. |
| Tuesday, Aug. 27 | Connecticut Sun | Seattle Storm | 10 p.m. |
| Tuesday, Sept. 3 | Washington Mystics | New York Liberty | 7 p.m. |
| Friday, Sept. 6 | Dallas Wings | Washington Mystics | 7 p.m. |
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