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WNBA rival alerts

The WNBA season is short, the games are close and the rivalries are personal, so every possession matters a little more. Hate Watch sends you the moments you would rather not miss: the block, the airball, the foul-out, the lead that disappears.

What you get alerts for

The WNBA gets the same alerts as the NBA, and most of them are about one player at a time. You can get an alert when your target:

• Gets blocked;
• Misses a free throw, or misses a shot;
• Turns it over;
• Has a brick night, which is a bad shooting game, or is scoreless at the half;
• Gets a technical foul or is ejected, or fouls out;
• Commits a foul, if you want every one.

Two alerts are about the team instead: the opponent's star going off, and the opponent going on a run. The thresholds are set for the WNBA's scoring: a star counts at 30 points, and a run at 12-0.

Which ones buzz your phone

Push notifications by default include a block, a technical foul or ejection, a foul-out and the opponent's star going off. Missed free throws, turnovers, brick nights, scoreless halves and opponent runs go to the feed without a buzz, and missed shots and ordinary fouls are off. You can change any of them in Settings, for the whole league or for one player.

When the game ends

When a team you track loses, you get the loss alert, with lines for how: they lost on a go-ahead score in the last 10 seconds or in overtime, they blew a lead of 12 points or more, they lost as a heavy favorite, or they lost to a team with a much worse record. If a player scored 30 or more against them, the alert says so. In the standings, you hear when a team drops, is eliminated, or when a rival in your target's conference clinches the league's best record. The WNBA has no divisions, so that is the title to watch.

Picking a target

Fever and Sky, Liberty and Aces: the league has no shortage of rivalries, and the playoffs run into the fall. With a short season, tracking one player is often more fun than tracking a whole team, because their bad night is easy to enjoy and the per-player settings let you pick exactly which failures you hear about. Search for a team or a player and tap Track.

For how the three alert settings work and what the loss alert adds, see how rival alerts work.

Free. No account. Push alerts need the iPhone or Android app.

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