It is now official that Madina Okot and her Atlanta Dream side will take on the Washington Mystics in the first round of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) playoffs scheduled to begin this weekend.Download our Mozzart Sport app for more newsThis comes after Indiana Fever suffered a blowout 86-66 loss to the Minnesota Lynx early Friday morning, a result that handed Mystics the fifth seed, and a best-of-three match-up against Dream, who on Thursday, 24 September, clinched fourth spot.##NAJAVA_MECA_9984752##Mystics, who finished with an identical 28–16 record to Fever, finished a place above the latter due to their 2-1 advantage on head-to-head.“Your Atlanta Dream will face the Washington Mystics this Sunday in Game 1 of the WNBA Playoff,” Dream posted on the timelines on Friday, announcing their first game scheduled for Monday 0200 East African Time.President Ruto watches as Madina Okot leads Dream to fourth playoff seedAs per the playoff format, Dream, being the higher seeds, will have home-court advantage in the first round, and will begin by hosting Game One.Should the series extend past two games (Dream travel away for Game Two on Thursday, 1 October), Karl Smesko’s side will look to close the round at their State Farm Arena on Friday, 2 October.Dallas Mavericks President Masai Ujiri to construct multimillion indoor arena in KenyaDream, who are still yet to win a WNBA Championship in their 18 years of existence, are into their fourth consecutive playoff appearance, and 12th post-season berth in franchise history.For Okot, playoff basketball will present another new chapter for the 22-year-old Kenyan, who is only in her rookie season in the WNBA.Snow, Balala make positive starts at Rwanda OpenThe former Zetech University player, who was on Thursday watched on by Kenya’s President William Ruto in Dream’s final regular season game in New York, made a big leap to the WNBA in April, following her historic first-round draft acquisition from University of South Carolina.Against the 2019 WNBA Champions, Dream will need to be extra vigilant, having lost two of their three meetings this season to Mystics.##NAJAVA_MECA_9984853##In the case Dream get through the first round, then a best-of-five semifinal will await against the winners of the Lynx – New York Liberty series.