The Phoenix Mercury completed the semifinal field for the 2025 WNBA Playoffs with their Friday win over the New York Liberty.
Phoenix set up a semifinal matchup with the top seed Minnesota Lynx. The Indiana Fever and Las Vegas Aces square off in the other semifinal.
The second round kicks off on Sunday with games in Las Vegas and Minnesota.
Game 1: Sunday, September 21 (3 p.m. ET, ABC)
Game 2: Tuesday, September 23 (9:30 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Game 3: Friday, September 26 (Time TBD, ESPN2)
Game 4: Sunday, September 28 (3 p.m. ET, ABC)
Game 5: Tuesday, September 30 (Time TBD)
Game 1: Sunday, September 21 (5 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Game 2: Tuesday, September 23 (7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Game 3: Friday, September 26
Game 4: Sunday, September 28
Game 5: Tuesday, September 30
All games can be live-streamed on the ESPN app.
Las Vegas enters the semifinal as a bigger favorite to advance to the WNBA Finals than Minnesota.
The Aces take on the upset-minded Fever, who knocked out the third-seeded Atlanta Dream in three games.
Indiana won two of the three regular-season meetings with the Aces, so there’s a chance the series is more competitive than many people expect.
The Fever and Aces haven’t met, though, since Las Vegas started its winning run in August. The Aces have a single loss since August 3, which occurred in Game 2 of the first-round series with the Seattle Storm.
Phoenix took out the reigning champion New York Liberty in the first round and now gets the top-seeded Lynx in the semifinals.
Minnesota produced the WNBA’s best regular-season record and swept the Golden State Valkyries in the first round.
The Lynx have the edge in form and rest over the Mercury, who have to travel on short rest to Minnesota to open the semifinal series on Sunday.
Minnesota went 3-1 against the Mercury in the regular season. The Lynx earned two of those victories by double digits.
Either one of Las Vegas or Minnesota participated in the WNBA Finals in each of the last three seasons.
The WNBA is guaranteed to have a new champion since the Liberty were knocked out by the Mercury.
