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NEW YORK -- The WNBA changed its playoff format this season to ensure the best teams advanced and to create more of a buzz for the postseason.While the playoffs dont tip-off until Wednesday, the change definitely made for an exciting finish to the regular season. Half of the eight seeds werent determined until the final day of the regular season Sunday and only one game separated fifth place from eighth.This format is great as every game counts, said Atlantas Elizabeth Williams. We literally didnt know our seeds until the last game. I like the one and done, its kind of like March Madness in that respect.Williams one and done reference was in regards to the first two rounds of the playoffs, which will be single elimination contests with fifth-seeded Indiana hosting No. 8 Phoenix and seventh-seed Seattle playing at No. 6 Atlanta on Wednesday. The second round begins Saturday with New York and Chicago waiting -- and it will also be single elimination.The eight teams with the best record qualified for the playoffs, regardless of conference affiliation. And they were seeded according to their record.It definitely gives you a feeling that anyone has a chance to win, said Seattle guard Sue Bird. In the past if you were the four-seed in the conference you knew youd have a really tough time getting out of the opening round against the No. 1.Teams will be reseeded after every round. And while it turned out that four teams from both the Eastern and Western Conferences made the playoffs, the top teams with the best two records were both from the Western Conference. However, they wont play until potentially the WNBA Finals.The new WNBA playoff format is extremely fan-friendly, because were able to showcase across the best eight teams, full-stop, regardless of conference, said ESPN vice president for womens sports programming Carol Stiff.Minnesota and Los Angeles had the best marks all season long and earned them byes until the semifinals. The Lynx are looking to become the leagues first back-to-back champions since Los Angeles repeated in 2001-02.Thats the last time that the Sparks won a title, a drought they are trying to end.We know its going to be a series as opposed to one game, Sparks coach Brian Agler said of getting the bye. Its unchartered waters for everybody and I like it. I think it adds an element of urgency and an element of suspense throughout the season.Aglers team last played on Sept. 16 and wont play against until the 28th of the month.The dynamic will create an extremely competitive atmosphere, said Los Angeles Nneka Ogwumike. 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He is 18-20 in his career with three saves and a 3. Sam Gaviglio Jersey . But now that hes in the NHL, the Calgary Flames centre showed big improvement in that department by scoring the winner in the eighth round of a 5-4 shootout victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Monday.Wins are more important than tries for milestone man Israel Folau, wholl become the second-fastest player to 50 Tests when he takes the park against Scotland.By the time he runs on to Murrayfield on Saturday (Sunday 1.30am AEDT) for the second Test of the Wallabies Spring Tour, it will have been three years, four months and 21 days since Folau made his debut against the Lions.Only teammate Michael Hooper has reached the mark in a shorter time - edging Folau by a day when he notched his 50th in the 2015 World Cup semi-final win over Argentina.Its gone so quick ... the journey has been great. I didnt expect to play for the Wallabies when I started my career let alone get to wear the jersey 50 times, Folau said in Edinburgh on Tuesday.I will enjoy the week, take it one day at a time, soak it all in and enjoy it with the guys around me.Folau will be able to soak up the week safe in the knowledge hes returning to his best following a devastating, tackle-busting display in the Wallabies Spring Tour-opening victory over Wales.Certainly, his hard running and offloading has caught the eye of this weeks opponents, Scotland.That Folau is on a career-worst eight-game tryless streak will provide scant relief for Scotlands defensive line, with the former NRL champion unlucky not to crosss the line against Wales.dddddddddddde ran for a game-high 156m, broke the line five times, was an ever-present offloading threat and threw the last pass for Reece Hodge to score in the first half.But one thing was missing - that elusive try, which has evaded Folau since the final Test against England in June.The tries are probably a bonus for me, Folau said.Its always good when you cross the tryline for a meat pie, but the focus is always about the team.I thought the guys really played well so I was happy with how I contributed to the team.Wales kicked early and deep to try to pin Australia in their own half - a tactic that backfired as Folau made easy metres on kick returns, and the Wallabies back row constantly recycled possession.Folau doesnt expect to the remaining northern hemisphere teams on the Spring Tour to take a similar approach.Maybe not as much as what we got on the weekend, but I certainly know that therell be plenty of kicking, he said.(Scotland have) some great kickers in their side that can put the ball in good places.Its going to be challenging whatever we get (and) whoever takes the back field there is going to do a good job. 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