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Here is the 2025 WNBA Playoff Bracket

September 12, 2025

WNBA just concluded their regular season with all the seedings completed. Below are your WNBA Playoff Bracket for the 1st round of the WNBA Playoff.

1 – Minnesota Lynx vs 8 – Golden State Valkyries
2 – Las Vegas Aces vs 7 – Seattle Storm
3 – Atlanta Dream vs 6 – Indiana Fever
4 – Phoenix Mercury vs 5 – New York Liberty

Round One of the WNBA Playoffs will kick off this Sunday, Sept. 14th. It will be a best-of-three-game series, the 2nd round will be a best-of-five, and the Finals is a best-of-seven-game series.

A Liberty Sweep: Winners of the 2025 WNBA All-Star 3-Point Contest and Skills Challenge

July 20, 2025

The 2025 WNBA All-Star, hosted by the Indiana Fever, is in the book and it was a Liberty Sweep as both the winners of the 3-Point Contest and Skills Challenge are NY Liberty teammates Natasha Cloud and Sabrina Ionescu.

Skills Challenge

For the Skills Challenge, NY Liberty Natasha Cloud took the prize for having the fastest time in both rounds of the contest; just 34.1 secs in the first round and 35.5 secs in the final round. Erica Wheeler was just 1.1 seconds slower in the finals.

1st Round

  • Natasha Cloud – 34.1 secs
  • Erica Wheeler – 36.5 secs
  • Allisha Gray – 39.4 secs
  • Courtney Williams – 42.0 secs
  • Skylar Diggins – 44.3 secs

Finals

  • Natasha Cloud – 35.5 secs
  • Erica Wheeler – 37.5 secs

You can watch full 2025 WNBA Kia Skills Challenge including Natasha Cloud’s performance below;

3-Point Contest

In the 3-Point Contest, Sabrina Ionescu took home the title after tying with defending champ, Allisha Gray with 25 points, but in the Finals, Sabrina Ionescu scored 30 points of a possible 40 points and ran away with the title.

Here’s Sabrina after winning the contest;

1st Round

  • Sabrina Ionescu – 25 points
  • Allisha Gray – 25 points
  • Kelsey Plum – 22 points
  • Lexie Hull – 20 points
  • Sonia Citron – 19 points

2nd and Final Round

  • Sabrina Ionescu – 30 points
  • Allisha Gray – 22 points

    • You can watch the full 2025 WNBA STARRY 3-Point Contest including Sabrina Ionescu’s performance below;

    NY Liberty routs Indiana Fever Sans Caitlin Clark (98 – 77)

    July 17, 2025

    The New York Liberty did defeat the Indiana Fever with a score of 98-77. The Fever were without their star point guard Caitlin Clark due to a right groin injury she sustained the previous night against the Connecticut Sun.

    It was a close game at the start until Liberty ran way with the game building a 15-point lead by the end of first half and never look back. Liberty’s largest lead was 26 points (48 – 74) in the 3rd quarter.

    Breanna Stewart lead the NY with 24 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists, Sabrina Ionescu added 15 points and 9 assists.

    Fever’s leading scorer is Kelsey Mitchell with 16 points, followed by Sophie Cunningham, who moved up to start the game with 12 points and Damiris Dantas added another 11 points. NY Liberty’s win halt’s Indiana’s 3 game winning streak against the Atlanta Dream, Dallas Wings and Connecticut Suns.

    This will be Fever’s last game as they prepare for the WNBA All-Star Weekend. After the break, they will face the Liberty once again, Wednesday night.

    Cheryl Reeve and Sandy Brondello Named Head Coaches for the 2025 WNBA All-Star Game

    July 6, 2025

    Cheryl Reeve of the Minnesota Lynx and Sandy Brondello of the New York Liberty were selected as the head coaches for the WNBA All-Star Game. Reeve and Brondello respective team owned the two best records in the league; Minnesota (15-2) and New York (12-5).

    ESPN: “Because the coach with the best record was paired with the player with the most fan votes, Reeve will coach Team Clark and go up against Collier, the centerpiece of her dominant Minnesota team.”

    Cheryl Reeve and Sandy Brondello are not stranger to each other, since they “Minnesota Lynx” and “New York Liberty” face in last year’s 2024 WNBA Commissioner’s Cup and then later matchup in the 2024 WNBA Finals. Lynx defeated the Liberty for the 2024 WNBA Commissioner’s Cup, while the Liberty took home the 2024 WNBA Championship.

    WNBA announces the 2025 WNBA All-Star Starters

    July 1, 2025

    The two All-Star captains, Caitlin Clark and Napheesa Collier will draft their respective rosters by selecting first from the remaining eight players in the pool of starters and then from the pool of 12 reserves.

    WNBA is scheduled to announce that 12 All-Star reserves on July 6, and looking at the fan voting results, I have a good idea on who the 12 All-Star reserves will be.

    Here are the number of vote that each All-Star starters received;

    1. Caitlin Clark (IND) – 1,293,526
    2. Napheesa Collier (MIN) – 1,176,020
    3. Aliyah Boston (IND) – 1,174,669
    4. A’ja Wilson (LVA) – 986,662
    5. Breanna Stewart (NYL) – 972,434
    6. Paige Bueckers (DAL) – 805,471
    7. Sabrina Ionescu (NYL) – 583,428
    8. Satou Sabally (PHX) – 456,025
    9. Allisha Gray (ATL) – 441,346
    10. Nneka Ogwumike (SEA) – 398,608

    Indiana Fever hand New York Liberty their first loss in the season (102 – 88)

    June 15, 2025

    It was Caitlin Clark’s first game since being sidelined due to a left quadriceps strain injury, and it was the return that a lot of CC fans had been expecting. Caitlin Clark was flirting with a triple-double; with 32 points, 8 rebounds, and 9 assists, she accounted for 54 of Indiana’s points through her scoring and assists.

    In a two-minute stretch in the first quarter, she scored a total of 12 points: an and-1, followed by three straight triples—a 33-footer, a 27-footer 21 seconds later, and then a 31-footer 22 seconds after that. This brought the Gainbridge Fieldhouse sellout crowd (17,274) to a frenzy.

    Clark got a lot of help from fellow superstar Kelsey Mitchell, who added 22 points. Lexie Hull contributed 14 points, and Aliyah Boston had a double-double with 10 points, 11 rebounds, and 6 assists. Sydney Colson was big off the bench with 10 points and 6 assists.

    The win is payback for their 90-88 loss to the Liberty on May 24th, the last game Caitlin Clark played before sitting out the next five games. The New York Liberty are now 9-1 for the season.

    On the Liberty side, Sabrina Ionescu led the team with a season-high 34 points and 4 assists. Breanna Stewart added 24 points and 5 rebounds. New York is missing the services of Jonquel Jones, who is out with an ankle injury, and Leonie Fiebich due to her overseas commitment for Germany in the EuroBasket competition.

    Checkout the game highlights below;

    The Indiana Fever will host the Connecticut Sun this Tuesday, while the NY Liberty will be hosting the Atlanta Dream, also this Tuesday.

    Fever suffer their second home loss to the Liberty (90 – 88)

    May 25, 2025

    The Indiana Fever suffered another heartbreaking home loss, falling to the New York Liberty after clawing back from a 15-point deficit. Despite a dominant third quarter where the Fever outscored the Liberty 30-13, they couldn’t maintain the momentum, managing only 12 points in the fourth quarter while the Liberty scored 22. Sabrina Ionescu sealed the win for New York with two crucial free throws at the end of the game. The win will keep the Liberty unbeaten 4 games into the season, while the Fever will have a 2 – 2 standing.

    Jonquel Jones led the Liberty with a double-double of 26 points and 12 rebounds. Sabrina Ionescu contributed 23 points, 5 rebounds, and 4 assists, while Breanna Stewart and Natasha Cloud each added 16 points.

    For the Indiana Fever, Caitlin Clark had another challenging shooting night, going 6-of-19 from the field, including 2-of-12 from three-point range. Despite her struggles, she spearheaded the third-quarter surge with a four-point play and a buzzer-beating shot to end the quarter. Clark finished with 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 10 assists. Aliyah Boston delivered another stellar performance, tallying 27 points and 13 rebounds. Kelsey Mitchell and Lexie Hull each chipped in 15 points. Natasha Howard, the hero of their previous game, was limited to 6 points and 8 rebounds.

    The Indiana Fever will travel to Washington this Thursday evening, while the Liberty will host the Golden State Valkyries on Wednesday night.

    WNBA release the full broadcast & streaming schedule

    March 24, 2025

    You can checkout the full schedule here.

    For Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever, 41 of their 44 games will be on national TV, while thirty-three Las Vegas Aces games and Thirty-two New York Liberty games will be nationally televised or streamed.

    WNBA published an article regarding the WNBA schedule.

    New York Liberty defeats Minnesota Lynx in OT to win their first WNBA Championship (67 – 62)

    October 21, 2024

    New York Liberty defeated the Minnesota Lynx in a classic Game 5 OT to take home the franchise first WNBA Championship. It was a low scoring ballgame, which is understandable, since both team have a defensive mindset right out of the gate. By the end of regulation, both team only managed to score 60 points, compare to the last 4 games, where the winning team scores at least 80 points.

    Breanna Stewart has a chance to tie the game but misses both of the free throw with 38 secs remaining in regulation but Minnesota Lynx failed to capitalize on the possession and gave Breanna Stewart another chance to redeem herself by sinking bother of her free throw to tie and send the game to over time. Then in OT, Liberty took over by limiting Lynx to just 2 points while scoring 7 points; a 23-footer three point jumper by Leonie Fiebich, a two point lay-up by Nyara Sabally of a steal and a 2-for-2 free throw by Breanna Stewart to seal the game.

    Like in the previous game, Minnesota Lynx was able to limit New York Liberty’s stars; Breanna Stewart just scored 13 points but was a monster on the boards, grabbing a game high 15 rebounds. Sabrina Ionescu just scored 5 points but impacted the game by keeping her teammates involved in the game by dishing 8 assists with 7 rebounds and 2 steals. Jonquel Jones, who won the WNBA Finals MVP, scored a team high 17 points and grabbed 6 rebounds.

    Prior to the 2024 WNBA season, NY Liberty is one of the eight original franchises of the league that has yet to win a championship and the team have been in the WNBA Finals 5 times before winning it all this year.

    NY Liberty takes Game 3 behind Sabrina Ionescu’s step-back 3 with 1 sec left (80 – 77)

    October 17, 2024

    If Minnesota Lynx stole Game 1 from the New York Liberty, it appears that NY Liberty did the same to the Lynx by stealing Game 3 of the WNBA Finals behind Sabrina Ionescu’s step-back 3 dagger. Liberty came back down-15 in the first qtr and crawl their way back for more than three qtr.

    But before Sabrina Ionescu heroics took place, it was Breanna Stewart to anchored Liberty’s comeback scoring 30 points, 11 rebounds and blocking 4 shots. Jonquel Jones and Leonie Fiebich added 13 points a piece. Sabrina Ionescu ended the game with 10 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists, before burying the Lynx with that dagger three, Ionescu was 2-7 from behind the line.

    Before the game, WNBA named Sabrina Ionescu as part of the All-WNBA second team.

    Four Minnesota Lynx players scored double-digits point; Napheesa Collier lead the Lynx with 22 points, 9 rebounds and 5 steals. Bridget Carleton scored 14 points, Kayla Mcbride added 19 points and Courtney Williams, the hero of Game 1, contributed 12 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists.

    Game 4 will be this Wednesday, Oct 16, 2024 at the Target Center Minneapolis. NY Liberty will have a chance to wrap-up the finals for the franchise’s first WNBA Championship.

    New York Liberty evens the series behind Stewart and Laney-Hamilton (80 – 66)

    October 14, 2024

    Doug Feinberg – AP Basketball Writer via WNBA;

    Breanna Stewart wasn’t going to let history repeat itself.

    With the Minnesota Lynx making another fourth quarter run, the two-time league MVP refused to let the New York Liberty lose again.

    Stewart scored 21 points and had a WNBA Finals record seven steals to help the Liberty beat the Lynx 80-66 on Sunday in Game 2 of the WNBA Finals.

    Just like Game 1, New York built a double-digit lead in the first half, only to see it evaporate. This time they didn’t completely collapse, holding on to even the series 1-1 as it shifts to Minnesota for Game 3 on Wednesday night.

    New York Liberty made sure that Minnesota Lynx won’t be stealing this game, even after the Lynx erasing the Liberty’s 9-point lead early in the 4th qtr, to just 2 points. But from the 3:40 mark in the final qtr the New York Liberty went on a 12 to nothing run to build a 14-point cushion to end the game.

    There are four Liberty players who scored double-digits points, you have the regulars like Breanna Stewart who lead the team in almost every category, she had 21 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 7 steals and 1 block. Sabrina Ionescu, because of the “Caitlin Clark” treatment that she received, was not able to score in the 2nd half but was a big contributor in the first half. She added 15 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.

    Then you also have the towering Jonquel Jones who was also a monster on the boards and got some timely tip in to help secure the W for the Liberty. Jones scored 14 points, a game-high 9 rebounds and 2 steals. Then there’s Betnijah Laney-Hamilton, who was the unlikely-hero of the team by draining 4 pressure packed three-pointers, she end up with 20-points with 2 rebounds and 2 assists.

    The next two games of the WNBA Finals will be hosted by the Minnesota Lynx. Game 3 will be this Wednesday, Oct 16, 2024 at the Target Center Minneapolis.

    Minnesota Lynx stole Game 1 of the WNBA Finals from the the top-seeded New York Liberty in OT (95-93)

    October 12, 2024

    ESPN;

    The Lynx, who trailed by as many as 18 points, are the first team in WNBA postseason history to win a game after trailing by 15-plus points in the final 5 minutes of regulation.

    Game 1 of the 2024 WNBA Finals will forever be a classic. This was a game that New York Liberty should have won, or must win. Since this is just a best of 5 series, one win could swing the whole series and this is a great start for the Lynx.

    Three Lynx players scored 20-plus points; Courtney Williams, who went berserk in the 4th quarter and made a 4-point play in the last 5.5 seconds left in regulation, scored 23 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists. Napheesa Collier finished the game with 21 points, 8 rebounds, 6 blocks and 3 steals. Kyla McBride added 22 points and 4 rebounds.

    Game 2 will still be at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY this Sunday, Oct 13, 2024.

    New York Liberty sweeps Atlanta Dream, advances to 2nd round of the 2024 WNBA Playoffs (91 – 82)  

    September 25, 2024

    ESPN News Services;

    They moved one step closer as Sabrina Ionescu tied a franchise playoff record with 36 points to help the Liberty beat the Atlanta Dream 91-82 on Tuesday night and advance to the semifinals of the WNBA playoffs.

    The Liberty shouldn’t have any problem advancing to the 2nd round, since the Dream barely qualified for the playoffs. They need to move past the Las Vegas Aces to advance to the 2024 WNBA Finals.

    The first game of the 2nd round of the WNBA Playoffs will on Sunday, September 29, 2024 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY.

    2024 WNBA Playoff Bracket, First Round starts on the 22nd of September

    September 22, 2024

    Now that the 40 games WNBA regular season is done, we now have the complete picture of the 2024 WNBA Playoffs.

    • New York Liberty (1st) vs Atlanta Dream (8th)
    • Minnesota Lynx (2nd) vs Phoenix Mercury (7th)
    • Connecticut Sun (3rd) vs Indiana Fever (6th)
    • Las Vegas Aces (4th) vs Seattle Storm (5th)

    This is the mechanics of the 2024 WNBA Playoffs;

    Top eight teams with the highest winning percentage (regardless of conference) will qualify for playoffs. Bracket is NOT divided by East/West. First Rounds will be 2-1 (first two games hosted by the higher seed). Semi-Finals and Finals will be 2-2-1 (higher seed hosting the first two games and final game, if necessary).

    First Rounds will start this Sunday, September 22, 2024.