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The Seattle Storm are the 2020 WNBA champions. Breanna Stewart scored 26 points as Seattle swept the Las Vegas Aces with a 92-59 rout in Game 3 of the WNBA Finals. The 33-point margin of victory is the largest in a WNBA postseason game. Stewart was the unanimous WNBA Finals MVP, winning her second title in her first season back from an Achilles injury that forced her to miss all of the 2019 season. Sue Bird won her fourth WNBA title, all with Seattle. She also was the starting point guard for the Storm's championships in 2004, '10 and '18. Seattle is the first team to complete three sweeps in the WNBA Finals. Per Elias Sports Bureau, the Storm, who were the No. 2 seed but season-long favorite this season, are the sixth team in WNBA history to go undefeated in a single postseason (6-0), joining the 2013 Minnesota Lynx (7-0), 2010 Storm (7-0), 2002 Los Angeles Sparks (6-0), 2000 Houston Comets (6-0) and 1997 Comets (2-0). Jump to: Schedule | How to watch  WNBA playoffs coverageAgeless Bird the consummate champion: Ten days before her 40th birthday, point guard Sue Bird steered the Storm to their fourth title, breaking records along the way. Read Stewart, Storm sweep Aces: Breanna Stewart won her second WNBA title and WNBA Finals MVP award as No. 2 seed Seattle completed a sweep of No. 1 seed Las Vegas with a 92-59 victory. The 33-point margin of victory was the largest in WNBA Finals history. Read Loyd dedicates title to Kobe: "This year has been a lot for me," Seattle star Jewell Loyd told ESPN's Holly Rowe while fighting back tears. "This is for Kobe, Gigi, the Bryant family and for Breonna Taylor. We had a lot of emotions coming into this game." Read Seattle takes 2-0 lead: Sue Bird's double-double, the Storm's WNBA Finals-record 33 assists and three players with at least 20 points put Seattle a win away from sweeping Las Vegas. Read Storm win Game 1: Behind career highs and record-breaking performances from Breanna Stewart, Sue Bird and Jewell Loyd, Seattle beat Las Vegas 93-80 in Game 1. Read Bird breaks assists record: Seattle point guard Sue Bird had a milestone Game 1 with a WNBA Finals- and overall playoff-record 16 assists. Read Roundtable: Rebecca Lobo and LaChina Robinson help us break down the WNBA Finals, and Mechelle Voepel and Kevin Pelton make their predictions. Read WNBA Finals preview: When the Finals open Friday, does the Aces' 2-0 regular-season mark against the Storm matter? Seattle seeks its fourth title; Las Vegas is after its first. Read Storm lose Whitcomb: Guard Sami Whitcomb, who averaged 8.1 points and 16.5 minutes coming off the bench in all 25 games this season, left the WNBA bubble and will miss the WNBA Finals as she returns to Australia to be with her wife for the birth of their first child. Read Semifinals: Breanna Stewart had 31 points as Seattle swept Minnesota to book a spot in the WNBA Finals. Angel McCoughtry's 29 points helped Las Vegas force a Game 5. Read Knee injury sidelines Aces' Hamby: The WNBA's Sixth Woman of the Year the past two seasons, Dearica Hamby is not expected to play again this season because of a right knee injury. Read
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WNBA playoffs scheduleAll games to be played at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. WNBA Finals
Best-of-five
Friday, Oct. 2
Game 1: Seattle 93, Las Vegas 80 Sunday, Oct. 4
Game 2: Seattle 104, at Las Vegas 91 Tuesday, Oct. 6
Game 3: Seattle 92, Las Vegas 59 Semifinals
Sunday, Sept. 20
Game 1: No. 7 Connecticut 87, No. 1 Las Vegas 62
Game 1: No. 4 Minnesota at No. 2 Seattle (postponed) Tuesday, Sept. 22
Game 2: No. 1 Las Vegas 83, No. 7 Connecticut 75
Game 1: No. 2 Seattle 88, No. 4 Minnesota 86 Thursday, Sept. 24
Game 2: No. 2 Seattle 89, No. 4 Minnesota 79
Game 3: No. 7 Connecticut 77, No. 1 Las Vegas 68 Sunday, Sept. 27
Game 4: No. 1 Las Vegas 84, No. 7 Connecticut 75
Game 3: No. 2 Seattle 92, No. 4 Minnesota 71 Tuesday, Sept. 29
Game 5: No. 1 Las Vegas 66, No. 7 Connecticut 63 Second round
Thursday, Sept. 17
Single elimination
No. 4 Minnesota 80, No. 5 Phoenix 79
No. 7 Connecticut 73, No. 3 Los Angeles 59 First round
Tuesday, Sept. 15
Single elimination
No. 7 Connecticut 94, No. 6 Chicago 81
No. 5 Phoenix 85, No. 8 Washington 84
How to watch the WNBA playoffsEvery game of the WNBA postseason -- a potential 19 games -- is available across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and the ESPN App. Don't have ESPN? Click here to subscribe to ESPN+.
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