What if?

What if Las Vegas Aces had won?

Real result: Seattle Storm beat Las Vegas Aces 86–83 · the game

History snaps back fast: the belt is back on its real path by September 18, 2025, 2 days later.

The alternate belt: Fever

What if Minnesota Lynx had won?

Real result: Seattle Storm beat Minnesota Lynx 65–62 · the game

History snaps back fast: the belt is back on its real path by July 8, 2012, 21 days later, after 1 reign that never happened.

The alternate belt: Aces

What if Minnesota Lynx had won?

Real result: Los Angeles Sparks beat Minnesota Lynx 94–76 · the game

History snaps back fast: the belt is back on its real path by July 20, 2016, 26 days later, after 7 reigns that never happened.

The alternate belt: Mystics → Sky → Lynx → Sun → Dream → Liberty → Lynx

What if Los Angeles Sparks had won?

Real result: Utah Starzz beat Los Angeles Sparks 89–77 · the game

It takes a while: the belt is back on its real path by June 17, 2001, 312 days later, after 2 reigns that never happened.

The alternate belt: Comets → Sparks

What if Connecticut Sun had won?

Real result: Chicago Sky beat Connecticut Sun 101–95 · the game

History snaps back fast: the belt is back on its real path by September 30, 2021, 2 days later.

The alternate belt: Sky

What if Las Vegas Aces had won?

Real result: New York Liberty beat Las Vegas Aces 87–73 · the game

History snaps back fast: the belt is back on its real path by October 18, 2023, 3 days later.

The alternate belt: Mercury

What if Houston Comets had won?

Real result: Cleveland Rockers beat Houston Comets 74–71 · the game

History snaps back fast: the belt is back on its real path by August 15, 1998, 14 days later.

The alternate belt: Liberty

What if Minnesota Lynx had won?

Real result: Washington Mystics beat Minnesota Lynx 79–75 · the game

History snaps back fast: the belt is back on its real path by October 6, 2013, 59 days later, after 11 reigns that never happened.

The alternate belt: Sky → Sparks → Storm → Aces → Storm → Lynx → Sparks → Mercury → Sparks → Mercury → Lynx

What if New York Liberty had won?

Real result: Las Vegas Aces beat New York Liberty 70–69 · the game

It takes a while: the belt is back on its real path by May 31, 2024, 226 days later, after 2 reigns that never happened.

The alternate belt: Sky → Sun

What if Seattle Storm had won?

Real result: Las Vegas Aces beat Seattle Storm 74–73 · the game

It takes a while: the belt is back on its real path by May 10, 2026, 234 days later, after 1 reign that never happened.

The alternate belt: Valkyries

What if Las Vegas Aces had won?

Real result: Indiana Fever beat Las Vegas Aces 89–73 · the game

History snaps back fast: the belt is back on its real path by September 23, 2025, 2 days later.

The alternate belt: Fever

What if Indiana Fever had won?

Real result: Las Vegas Aces beat Indiana Fever 90–68 · the game

History snaps back fast: the belt is back on its real path by September 26, 2025, 3 days later.

The alternate belt: Aces

What if Las Vegas Aces had won?

Real result: Indiana Fever beat Las Vegas Aces 90–83 · the game

History snaps back fast: the belt is back on its real path by September 30, 2025, 2 days later.

The alternate belt: Mercury

What if Indiana Fever had won?

Real result: Las Vegas Aces beat Indiana Fever 107–98 · the game

It takes a while: the belt is back on its real path by June 21, 2026, 264 days later, after 9 reigns that never happened.

The alternate belt: Wings → Dream → Aces → Sparks → Sun → Dream → Fever → Liberty → Mystics

What if Las Vegas Aces had won?

Real result: Chicago Sky beat Las Vegas Aces 84–83 · the game

History snaps back fast: the belt is back on its real path by August 15, 2026, 14 days later, after 1 reign that never happened.

The alternate belt: Lynx

What if Chicago Sky had won?

Real result: Phoenix Mercury beat Chicago Sky 106–101 · the game

The belt never finds its way back. Today it would belong to Las Vegas Aces, not Portland Fire.

The alternate belt: Fever → Wings → Mercury → Aces

What if Phoenix Mercury had won?

Real result: Atlanta Dream beat Phoenix Mercury 96–82 · the game

The belt never finds its way back. Today it would belong to Las Vegas Aces, not Portland Fire.

The alternate belt: Sun → Dream → Fever → Wings → Mercury → Aces

What if Atlanta Dream had won?

Real result: Washington Mystics beat Atlanta Dream 79–74 · the game

The belt never finds its way back. Today it would belong to Las Vegas Aces, not Portland Fire.

The alternate belt: Fever → Wings → Mercury → Aces

What if Washington Mystics had won?

Real result: Las Vegas Aces beat Washington Mystics 86–76 · the game

History snaps back fast: the belt is back on its real path by August 13, 2026, 2 days later.

The alternate belt: Aces

What if Las Vegas Aces had won?

Real result: Minnesota Lynx beat Las Vegas Aces 92–87 · the game

History snaps back fast: the belt is back on its real path by August 30, 2026, 15 days later, after 2 reigns that never happened.

The alternate belt: Dream → Fire

What if Minnesota Lynx had won?

Real result: Golden State Valkyries beat Minnesota Lynx 80–66 · the game

The belt never finds its way back. Today it would belong to Atlanta Dream, not Portland Fire.

The alternate belt: Dream

What if Golden State Valkyries had won?

Real result: Portland Fire beat Golden State Valkyries 90–82 · the game

The belt never finds its way back. Today it would belong to Golden State Valkyries, not Portland Fire.