While the order of finish is yet to be determined, the four teams in the WNBA's Eastern Conference are set. Indiana joined Connecticut, Detroit and New York in the playoffs thanks to Chicago's loss to New York on Sunday.

Connecticut currently leads Detroit by a game and New York by a game and a half. Connecticut and Detroit each have three games left and New York has four games remaining. If my math is correct, Indiana could still finish third if the Fever wins out and New York loses the rest of its game since Indiana won the season series against the Liberty.

The Sun also own the head-to-head tiebreaker against New York but would lose the first tiebreaker to Detroit. The good news for Connecticut is that Detroit and New York play each other on Sept. 14 so one of its main competitors is guaranteed a loss.

In the West, Minnesota became the first team to be eliminated. San Antonio, Seattle and Los Angeles have secured playoff spots. Sacramento leads defending champion Phoenix by two games and Houston by three games with three games left for all three teams. Since Sacramento won two of the three regular-season games against Phoenix, the only way the Mercury can avoid being the first defending champion in WNBA to miss the playoffs the following season would be to win all of its remaining games and have Sacramento lose of three of its games. Considering that Sacramento's remaining games are against Seattle, Houston and San Antonio, it is a plausible scenario.