WNBA Garbage Time Triggers

Which staffs pull their starters fastest once a game is out of reach — when they're winning big and when they're losing big — and what that does to the props. Starters on a quick-hook team tend to go under; their bench tends to go over. Click a row for each player.

WNBA · 2026 · winning big · 12 teams · quickest hook first

Team	Blowouts	Starters Pulled	Starters PTS Over	Bench PTS Over
DALLAS WINGSDAL	1328% of games	after 3.2 min	46%vs 54%	67%vs 19%
PORTLAND FIREPOR	614% of games	after 3.6 min	67%vs 59%	33%vs 14%
CHICAGO SKYCHI	614% of games	after 3.9 min	63%vs 48%	40%vs 38%
GOLDEN STATE VALKYRIESGS	2242% of games	after 4.0 min	41%vs 44%	44%vs 44%
SEATTLE STORMSEA	614% of games	after 4.1 min	56%vs 51%	40%vs 46%
MINNESOTA LYNXMIN	1533% of games	after 4.1 min	51%vs 51%	50%vs 27%
LAS VEGAS ACESLV	2243% of games	after 4.3 min	63%vs 53%	33%vs 34%
INDIANA FEVERIND	2043% of games	after 4.5 min	61%vs 55%	40%vs 35%
LOS ANGELES SPARKSLA	716% of games	after 4.7 min	63%vs 60%	33%vs 56%
ATLANTA DREAMATL	2141% of games	after 4.9 min	53%vs 50%	47%vs 41%
NEW YORK LIBERTYNY	1530% of games	after 5.1 min	55%vs 51%	47%vs 42%
WASHINGTON MYSTICSWSH	1227% of games	after 5.1 min	63%vs 55%	40%vs 24%