Unrivaled is headed for the Big Apple, as Saturday's first round of heated playoff competition set the stage for the 3x3 league's off-campus semifinals at Brooklyn's Barclays Center on Monday night.
Tipping off the 2026 postseason with an upset, No. 6-seed Vinyl BC took down the No. 3 Laces 82-69 on Saturday, with Rhyne Howard and Dearica Hamby combining for 55 points to send the 2025 runners-up to the semis.
Continuing the upset trend, No. 5 Breeze BC then knocked out reigning champion No. 4 Rose BC 69-50, fueled by Paige Bueckers's game-leading 29 points and fellow Unrivaled rookie star Dominique Malonga's 14-point, 17-rebound double-double.
Top seeds Phantom BC and Mist BC now await the first-round winners in New York, though the No. 1 Phantom won't benefit from their bye as much as they'd hoped.
The team announced Sunday that Unrivaled's 2026 Defensive Player of the Year Aliyah Boston is out with a right lower extremity injury.
Boston now joins guard Dana Evans on the season-ending injury list as development player pool replacements Aziaha James and Makayla Timpson will round out the Phantom roster in Brooklyn.
How to watch the 2026 Unrivaled semifinals
The 2026 Unrivaled semifinals tip off in NYC at 7:30 PM ET on Monday night, when the No. 6 Vinyl will take on the No. 1 Phantom.
Then at 8:45 PM ET, the No. 2 Mist will face off against the No. 5 Breeze for the final spot in Wednesday's champtionship game.
Both semis will air live on TNT.
