Three teams have secured their spot in the WNBA semifinals.
The Indiana Fever are headed to the next round after winning their first playoff series in 10 years. The sixth-seeded Fever, who lost five players to season-ending injuries this season, including Caitlin Clark, rallied on the road Thursday to eliminate the third-seeded Atlanta Dream in three games.
Also on Thursday, the Las Vegas Aces beat the Seattle Storm on a game-winning shot from Jackie Young with 12 seconds remaining.
The Aces will host the Fever on Sunday (3 p.m. ET, ABC) in Game 1.
On Wednesday, the top-seeded Minnesota Lynx became the first team to clinch a spot in the semifinals after rallying from a 17-point deficit to sweep the Golden State Valkyries on the road. Minnesota will play the winner of Friday’s New York Liberty–Phoenix Mercury Game 3 (9 p.m. ET, ESPN2).
The WNBA semifinals, which start Sunday, is a best-of-five 2-2-1 setup, with the higher seed hosting Games 1, 2 and 5.
For the first time, the WNBA Finals — which are scheduled to open Oct. 3 — will expand to a best-of-seven series (2-2-1-1-1) in which the higher seed would host Games 1, 2, 5 and 7.
We’ll update each series as games are played and each round as matchups are decided.
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First Round | Semifinals | WNBA Finals
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FIRST ROUND
Game 1: Lynx 101, Valkyries 72
Game 2: Lynx 75, Valkyries 74
Game 1: Aces 102, Storm 77
Game 2: Storm 86, Aces 83
Game 3: Aces 74, Storm 73
Game 1: Dream 80, Fever 68
Game 2: Fever 77, Dream 60
Game 3: Fever 87, Dream 85
Game 1: Liberty 76, Mercury 69
Game 2: Mercury 86, Liberty 60
Game 3: Liberty at Mercury, Friday, 9 p.m. ET, ESPN2
SEMIFINALS
No. 1 seed Minnesota has advanced to the semifinals and will play the winner of the Phoenix-New York series. No. 6 seed Indiana has also advanced.
Sunday, Sept. 21
Game 1: Indiana at Las Vegas, 3 p.m. ET (ABC)
Game 1: Phoenix/New York at Minnesota, 5 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Tuesday, Sept. 23
Game 2: Phoenix/New York at Minnesota, 7:30 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Game 2: Indiana at Las Vegas, 9:30 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Friday, Sept. 26
Game 3: Minnesota at Phoenix/New York, 7:30 p.m. ET (ESPN2)
Game 3: Las Vegas at Indiana, 9:30 p.m. ET (ESPN2)
Sunday, Sept. 28
Game 4*: Las Vegas at Indiana, 3 p.m. ET (ABC)
Game 4*: Minnesota at New York/Phoenix, TBD (TBD)
Tuesday, Sept. 30
Game 5*: Phoenix/New York at Minnesota (TBD)
Game 5*: Indiana at Las Vegas (TBD)
* If necessary
WNBA FINALS
Friday, Oct. 3
Game 1: 8 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Sunday, Oct. 5
Game 2: 3 p.m. ET (ABC)
Wednesday, Oct. 8
Game 3: 8 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Friday, Oct. 10
Game 4: 8 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Sunday, Oct. 12
Game 5*: 3 p.m. ET (ABC)
Wednesday, Oct. 15
Game 6*: 8 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Friday, Oct. 17
Game 7*: 8 p.m. ET (ESPN)
* If necessary
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