With less than a month left in the WNBA regular season, the Minnesota Lynx have a firm lock on the top seed in the playoffs . The rest of the postseason picture is still up in the air, with more than half the league jockeying for positioning.

Minnesota has looked like the best team all season even with star forward Napheesa Collier sidelined for the past few weeks with a right ankle sprain . The Lynx have won five straight and hold a 6 1/2-game lead in the standings heading into Tuesday night's game at New York.

The Lynx look in great shape to have home-court advantage throughout the playoffs, which could be key since they lost a decisive Game 5 in overtime to the Liberty in the WNBA Finals last year.

Atlanta, New York, Phoenix and Las Vegas are all within 1 1/2 games of one ano

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