Melbourne Boomers, Adelaide Lightning, Perth Lynx, and UC Capitals prepare for ultimate showdown in WNBL semi-finals

It took until the last quarter of the last game, on the last day of the regular season to decide the makeup of the WNBL's final four, which came as no surprise after an action-packed four months.

In a season where COVID-19 wreaked havoc on fixtures and championship contender Perth started its quest a month after other teams, then endured weeks on the other side of the country, #WNBL22 had another dramatic twist to come.

It began mid last week when the final round launched and Adelaide Lightning (4th) kept UC Capitals (3rd) to their lowest score of the year – 50 points. 

Three days later, the Melbourne Boomers (1st) annihilated the Caps in a battle for the double chance.

Southside Flyers upset Adelaide a few hours later, then on Sunday afternoon Townsville Fire stunned Perth (2nd) and the Boomers snapped up their spot at the top of the ladder.

Finals tip off this Thursday night with a double header, the Boomers hosting Adelaide in Melbourne before Perth has home-court advantage in the opening game of its best-of-three semi-final series against the Capitals.

It's an achievement just to reach post-season action after the pandemic up-ended the 2021-22 schedule.

Head of WNBL Christy Collier-Hill, who began in the role in January, says off the back of a hub campaign in north Queensland in late 2020, this home-and-away season has been far from smooth.

«The first half of the WNBL season was really impacted by COVID and at one stage there was around 18 games that had either been postponed, rescheduled or cancelled,» she told ABC NewsRadio.

«The league started with all teams playing 21 games as part of the fixture and it actually ended up with six of the eight teams finishing on 17 games and the other two teams finishing on 16 games.

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