In addition to securing two impressive wins in Los Angeles and the No. 3 seed for the upcoming WNBA playoffs, the Connecticut Sun accomplished something else during their brief trip to Hollywood:

They got a good sense of what postseason basketball is all about.

“That is what a series feels like,” Sun head coach Curt Miller said between games against the the Sparks. “It’s great practice for the playoffs. The advantage of going forward with this after a couple of games in a row against the same team prepares us for the playoffs.”

And so while Sunday’s regular-season finale against the Minnesota Lynx at Mohegan Sun Arena (1 p.m., Ch. 8) offers little in terms of importance for the Sun (24-11), it does provide Connecticut one more chance to fine-tune its game before its best-of-three first-round series against the sixth-seeded Dallas Wings begins on Thursday.

The Lynx (14-21), meanwhile, are still fighting for their playoff lives. With the final two berths on the line Sunday, Minnesota must win ... and that still might not be enough.

New York and Phoenix are both 15-20 and can clinch the final two seeds with wins. The Liberty host the Atlanta Dream (14-21), who are also in a must-win situation, and the Mercury host the Chicago Sky (25-10). Should either lose and Minnesota win, tiebreakers will determine which teams play on and which teams have their seasons end.

Connecticut fans may also get to witness the final game of Sylvia Fowles’ legendary career. The 6-foot-6 Fowles, who helped the Lynx win WNBA titles in 2015 and 2017, is retiring after 15 seasons. She will depart as the WNBA’s career leader in field-goal percentage, rebounds and double-doubles, and is coming off a double-double (13 points, 12 rebounds) in Friday night’s loss to Seattle.

“It’s been a joy,” Fowles said Friday night when she was honored in Minnesota. “I never thought that I’d be here in this moment, the impact that I made across this league. I had the stars aligned for me because I had a lot of people who kept me in my place and held me to high standards.”

• The WNBA announced dates, times and television destinations for the first-round matchups. Game 1 of the Connecticut-Dallas series will be Thursday night at Mohegan Sun Arena (8 p.m., ESPNU), with Game 2 also at Mohegan Sun on Sunday, Aug. 21 (noon, ABC). Game 3, if necessary, will be on Wednesday, Aug. 24, at College Park Center in Arlington, Texas, (time and TV info to be determined).