Can Lynx get home-court edge throughout playoffs?

Coach Cheryl Reeve said the Lynx want to have the best record in the WNBA at the end of the regular season. That way, they will have the home-court advantage as long as they stay alive in the playoffs.

Here is the way the race to the best record shapes up:

Lynx 17-5 --- .... 12 games left, six home, six away

Indiana 17-7 1 ... 10 games left, four home, six away

Connecticut 15-8 2.5 ... huge game with Lynx on Tuesday, Sun get Minny at home

San Antonio 13-9 4 ... two games left with Lynx, but have to get really hot to catch them

Lynx sked ... 12 games

Away (six games)/ Conn (15-8), Wash (5-16), Tulsa (1-21), San Antonio (13-9), NY (13-11), Pho (13-10) ... Those teams are a combined 50-75, a 40 winning pct. ... Three, maybe four tough road games, but Lynx are 8-3 away, best road mark in league ... at worst Lynx go 3-3 and with 4-2 home mark finish 24-10 ... San Antonio would have to go 11-1 to match that. Very unlikely.

Overall Lynx final 12 opponents are 101-159 (counting records twice of teams they play twice such as Tulsa) for winning pct. of 38.8. Not a daunting sked.

Indiana sked ... 10 games

Home (four games)/ Wash (5-16), Atl (11-12), Wash (5-16), Atl (11-12) ... These teams are 32-56, a 36.0 winning pct. .. Fever has played Atlanta once on road and lost. ... Should go 4-0

Away (six games)/ San Antonio (13-9), LA (9-13), Atl (11-12), Conn (15-8), Chi (10-14), NY (13-11) ... These teams are 71-67 combined, a 51.4 winning pct. Indiana Could easily go 2-4, and with 4-0 home mark, would finish 23-11, one game behind Lynx.

San Antonio and Los Angeles could really help the Lynx if they beat Indiana when the Fever visit those two cities. Atlanta also will have a big influence on how the Fever finish. The Dream still have three game left with Indiana.

All this is heady stuff for the Lynx, who have never finished higher than a tie for third in the Western Conference.

Connecticut sked .,.. 11 games

Home (five games)/ Lynx (17-5), Atl (11-12), Pho (13-10), Indiana (17-7), NY (13-11) ... Teams are 71-45, a 61.2 winning pct., Tough home sked. Maybe could go 3-2.

Away (six games)/ NY (13-11), Atl (11-12), Tulsa (1-21), San Antonio (13-9), Wash (5-16), Atl (11-12) ... Teams are 44-81, a 35.2 winning pct. ... Should go 4-2, and with 3-2 home record, finish 22-12.