offense

Washington Mystics guard Lucy Olsen jumps in the air and is about to shoot a left-handed layup. None of her teammates or the New York Liberty defense have caught up to her, and only two seconds have come off the shot clock.

The Washington Mystics want to play fast on offense. Is it working?

By Jenn Hatfield / June 14, 2025

Here’s what the data shows, 10 games into the Sydney Johnson era

Washington Mystics players and coaches stand in a large circle near the center of the practice court.

2025 WNBA season preview: Washington Mystics

By Jenn Hatfield / May 5, 2025

Under first-year head coach Sydney Johnson, a young Mystics team plans to get out and run

USC guard JuJu Watkins looks at and listens to head coach Lindsay Gottlieb during a game.

USC needs to make bigger adjustments as teams learn how to plan for JuJu Watkins

By Cameron Ruby / November 24, 2024

USC’s offense has struggled to get Watkins clean looks in multiple games this season

Utah head coach Lynne Roberts is shown in profile as she answers questions from reporters at Big 12 media day. She is seated in an armchair and holds a microphone in her right hand.

In Lynne Roberts era, Los Angeles Sparks hope for better offense, return to championship form

By Cameron Ruby / November 24, 2024

Roberts: ‘We’re going to do just fine. We’re going to compete. I want to win now’

Washington Mystics guard Ariel Atkins shoots a left-handed jump shot as a Minnesota Lynx defender tries to avoid making contact from behind.

‘It had been coming’: Explaining the Washington Mystics’ growth in their past 11 games

By Jenn Hatfield / July 11, 2024

On June 10, the Mystics were 0-12. Since then, they’ve had a winning record

A photo of the Atlanta Dream's sellout crowd inside State Farm Arena on June 21, 2024.

‘I don’t have the answers’: Atlanta Dream’s slide continues in front of record home crowd

By Hunter Cruse / June 22, 2024

Tanisha Wright is still figuring out how to get the Dream to click

Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark stands with her hands on her hips and looks straight ahead.

What Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark has worked through to improve offensively

By Tony East / June 15, 2024

Clark: ‘I think my game is starting to change a little bit’

Atlanta Dream head coach Tanisha Wright stands on the sideline and watches the game with her hands loosely clenched at chest level.

What’s wrong with the Atlanta Dream’s offense?

By Hunter Cruse / June 8, 2024

Is Atlanta’s system maximizing star Rhyne Howard’s talents?

Washington Mystics forward Elena Delle Donne and guard Brittney Sykes lock eyes and shout. Guard Natasha Cloud pats Delle Donne on the chest.

What clinching a playoff berth means to injury-plagued Washington Mystics

By Jenn Hatfield / September 8, 2023

‘This has been a storm of a season’

With the arena dark for pregame introductions, Washington Mystics guard Brittney Sykes smiles and high-fives her teammates as her name is called.

‘Now look what I can do’: How Brittney Sykes has realized her potential with Washington Mystics

By Jenn Hatfield / July 31, 2023

‘I’m in a place where what I see in the mirror, somebody else sees’