Brittney Griner Shows Extreme Confidence Heading Into WNBA Playoffs

Griner has two-word message about team's championship hopes

"Everybody's ready," Griner said after Atlanta's blowout win on Monday night.

"When you get into the Finals, every single time, it's always that extra player that you're not thinking of. It's always that sixth, seventh player, and I think we have that, honestly," the two-time scoring champ explained. "From starting-five to everybody on that bench, we're ready to come in and do what we need to do."

"Coach has done an amazing job on challenging each and every one of us," she added. "He really focuses on getting better himself, and you can see it. When you got a coach like that, we all ready to go play for him."

Peaking at the right time

The Dream were able to overcome this year's league-wide injury bug and appear to be getting healthy at just the right time to make a deep playoff run.

Guards Rhyne Howard, Jordin Canada and Allisha Gray have only shared the floor 15 times this season and all were listed as active this week; which is definitely a welcome sign for head coach Karl Smesko and their fans.

"It's definitely nice to be going into the playoffs and everybody's available to play," Smesko admitted during Monday's press conference. "I think that's a huge advantage. It seems like there's a couple teams that have struggled with injuries all year, and now they're getting everybody back at the right time."

Atlanta is guaranteed a top-three seed as it jockeys with the Las Vegas Aces, who would need to drop one of their last two games to the Sky or the Sparks, for the Dream to move up in the standings.

We'll see how that ultimately plays out, but Griner's team has to feel confident in its ability to make some noise in the postseason no matter where they slot in the bracket.