The New York Liberty and Las Vegas Aces are set to face off in the WNBA Commissioner's Cup Championship game on June 30. This marks the third appearance in the tournament's final for the Liberty in the last four seasons. They secured their spot with a perfect 6-0 record in qualifying games.
The Las Vegas Aces, who finished qualifying with a 6-1 record, will be without star player A'ja Wilson due to a leg injury. This game is a rematch of the 2023 Commissioner's Cup Championship, which the Liberty won.
The championship game is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. It will be exclusively streamed on Prime Video, requiring an Amazon Prime subscription. New subscribers can access a 30-day free trial.
This year's Commissioner's Cup features a prize purse of $500,000. Players on the winning team will each receive up to $30,000, while players on the runner-up team will earn up to $10,000. Throughout the tournament, teams select a charity to support. The Liberty championed the African American Policy Forum, and the Aces represented the Public Education Foundation.
The WNBA Commissioner's Cup is an in-season tournament where select regular-season games count towards both the overall league standings and the tournament standings. All 15 WNBA teams participate, playing between six and seven divisional games each as part of the tournament. Games played between June 1 and June 17 determined the standings, with the top team from each division advancing to the Championship game.