The Minnesota Lynx will host the Dallas Wings on Tuesday, June 9, with tipoff set for 8 p.m. ET. That puts Wings Vs Lynx squarely on the opening-day calendar for a 2026 WNBA season that begins under a new collective bargaining agreement and a new media rights deal.
For fans looking for the exact start time, that is the number that matters: 8 p.m. ET on Tuesday. It is a clean starting point in a season that already feels different because the league has reset its labor deal and is now moving through a more complicated broadcast landscape, even as viewers try to sort out where each game will land.
The matchup also sits inside a deeper wave of change around the league. The rookie class is headlined by Dallas top pick Azzi Fudd, Minnesota's Olivia Miles and Washington's Lauren Betts, giving the season a fresh set of names to follow alongside the teams already expected to shape the race.
That is part of what makes Tuesday matter beyond one game. The defending champion Las Vegas Aces are trying to keep their dynasty alive with a fourth title in five years, and the league's newest stars are arriving at the same time the schedule, the rights landscape and the championship picture are all shifting at once.
All times are Eastern and were accurate as of Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at 6:09 a.m. ET. The next item on the board is simple: Lynx against Wings at 8 p.m. ET, the kind of tipoff that starts answering how this new WNBA season will look once the ball goes up.
