{"id":169759,"date":"2025-09-26T03:37:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T03:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/169759\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T03:37:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T03:37:06","slug":"wnba-semifinals-heading-for-games-3-and-4-with-both-series-tied","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/169759\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA semifinals heading for Games 3 and 4 with both series tied"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The GIST: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DPB3rTGj9dl\/?igsh=bzlyMTBnYTlsdmxq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Forget the Jo Bros<\/a>, this weekend is all about WNBA hoops. Game 3s will grace our screens tonight, followed by a double dose of Game 4s on Sunday. Yes, with both best-of-five series knotted at one, that means the Finals matchup could be set before our next newsletter. Burnin\u2019 up.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udccf Las Vegas Aces vs. \ud83e\udd75 Indiana Fever \u2014 Tonight at 7:30 p.m. ET: This series started with back-to-back lopsided games in Vegas, featuring a disparity in superstar productivity. In the Fever\u2019s convincing Game 1 win, Indy guard Kelsey Mitchell exploded for a playoff career-high 34 points, while the Aces\u2019 four-time WNBA MVP A\u2019ja Wilson was held to just 16 points.<\/p>\n<p>Game 2 was an entirely different story: Wilson put up 25 points alongside a playoff career-high five steals, and Mitchell managed only 13 points. Sure, playoff games aren\u2019t won singlehandedly, but a team\u2019s top player can define the series, for better or for worse.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc31 Minnesota Lynx vs. \ud83e\ude90 Phoenix Mercury \u2014 Tonight at 9:30 p.m. ET: The Mercury\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DO_2a1okTzk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">20-point Game 2 comeback<\/a> flipped this series on its head. And while Phoenix proved resilient, the Lynx\u2019s lack of composure in the second half \u2014 including a pivotal 65-second third-quarter stretch featuring four (of their 17) turnovers \u2014 was uncharacteristic.<\/p>\n<p>Now, momentum is squarely with the Mercury, especially with the next two games in Arizona. Both teams boast depth, defense, and star power, meaning Game 3 will come down to execution\u2026just like the second half of Game 2. Pop that corn.<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The GIST: Forget the Jo Bros, this weekend is all about WNBA hoops. Game 3s will grace our&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":169760,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,82,630],"class_list":{"0":"post-169759","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-wnba"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}