Best-of describes the maximum
WNBA’s 2026 postseason FAQ identifies a best-of-seven Finals. One side needs four victories to win such a series, so it can finish after four, five, six or seven games. A television calendar showing seven possible appointments does not establish that every one must take place. It lists the space available if the earlier results leave the championship unresolved.
Read the asterisk on the fixture list
The league’s published 2026 postseason schedule marks Finals Games 5,6 and 7 with an asterisk. Those are the appointments that may become unnecessary if a team clinches earlier. Retain the conditional status in a personal calendar. Otherwise, an old saved listing can look like a missing broadcast when the sporting series has already ended.
Home court alternates in a particular pattern
The league’s format announcement specifies a 2–2–1–1–1 Finals structure. The higher seed hosts Games 1,2,5 and 7, with the opponent hosting 3,4 and 6. If the series ends early, some allocated home games never occur. Home-court advantage describes the possible series layout, not a promise of a fixed number of home appearances for each finalist.
Other rounds need a different threshold
The 2026 first round is best-of-three and the semi-finals best-of-five. Those require two and three victories respectively. A viewer should not apply the Finals four-win target to an opening-round series. Labeling an archive by round, teams and game number makes this distinction clearer than numbering every postseason programme consecutively.
Update from results rather than keeping every placeholder
Before opening a future appointment, check the actual series state on the official bracket. Keep the scheduled date if the game remains needed; remove a conditional placeholder once it cannot happen. For replays, use the completed-game list rather than a preseason maximum. This method follows the competition’s result without assuming that an application error or absent channel caused an unplayed game to disappear.