{"id":188930,"date":"2025-09-29T03:13:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T03:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/188930\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T03:13:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T03:13:11","slug":"wnba-playoff-bracket-picture-2025-after-mercury-advance-to-finals-fever-lynx-go-to-g5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/188930\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA Playoff Bracket Picture 2025 After Mercury Advance to Finals, Fever-Lynx Go to G5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The Phoenix Mercury have advanced to the WNBA Finals after defeating the first-place Minnesota Lynx 86-81 in Game 4 of their best-of-five semifinals series on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Earlier in the day, the Indiana Fever forced Game 5 against the Las Vegas Aces with a 90-83 home victory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Here&#8217;s a look at how the playoffs have transpired thus far.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">First Round (Best-of-Three)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">No. 1 seed Minnesota Lynx 2, No. 8 seed Golden State Valkyries 0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">No. 2 seed Las Vegas Aces 2, No. 7 seed Seattle Storm 1<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">No. 6 seed Indiana Fever 2, No. 3 seed Atlanta Dream 1<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">No. 4 seed Phoenix Mercury 2, No. 5 seed New York Liberty 1<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Semifinals (Best-of-Five)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">No. 4 seed Phoenix Mercury 3, No. 1 seed Minnesota Lynx 1<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">No. 2 seed Las Vegas Aces 2, No. 6 seed Indiana Fever 2<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">This article will be updated soon to provide more information and analysis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Make Bleacher Report one of your preferred sources on Google by selecting Bleacher Report on the &#8220;source preferences&#8221; page\u00a0<a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" 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