The WNBA’s Dominant Top Tier Has Emerged

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Each Thursday this season, Sports Illustrated’s Ben Pickman is diving deep into the WNBA story lines you need to know.

Summer may have just begun, but it’s not hard to wonder what the fall might look like in the WNBA. Thus far, three teams—the Storm, Aces and Sun—have played in a tier among themselves, which, if it holds up, would bode poorly for the remainder of the league.

The three juggernauts have lost only eight combined times, with Seattle’s last-second loss to the Wings as the only defeat that didn’t come to another team in the aforementioned group. The three have been stellar on both ends, with each currently ranking No. 1 (Aces), 2 (Storm) and 3 (Sun) in…