{"id":200646,"date":"2025-10-04T01:46:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T01:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/200646\/"},"modified":"2025-10-04T01:46:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T01:46:07","slug":"wnba-finals-2025-mercury-vs-aces-news-live-updates-from-game-1-as-mvp-aja-wilson-becky-hammon-seek-third-championship-in-4-seasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/200646\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA Finals 2025: Mercury vs. Aces news, live updates from Game 1 as MVP A&#8217;ja Wilson, Becky Hammon seek third championship in 4 seasons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[<a href=\"#how-to-watch-mercury-vs-aces-in-game-1-of-the-2025-wnba-finals\" data-jump-link=\"\" data-ylk=\"slk:How to watch;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">How to watch<\/a> | <a href=\"#2025-wnba-finals-game-1-live-blog\" data-jump-link=\"\" data-ylk=\"slk:Live blog;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Live blog<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>The <a data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/wnba\/article\/wnba-playoffs-2025-finals-dates-changes-to-postseason-format-schedule-scores-and-more-153750562.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:2025 WNBA Finals;cpos:3;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2025 WNBA Finals<\/a> have arrived, with the Las Vegas Aces and Phoenix Mercury set to face off at Michelob Ultra Arena Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>The No. 4 seed Mercury are well rested after <a data-i13n=\"cpos:4;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/wnba\/article\/wnba-playoffs-phoenix-mercury-raise-postseason-standard-as-minnesota-lynx-face-an-offseason-of-uncertainty-060524939.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:eliminating the top-seeded Minnesota Lynx;cpos:4;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">eliminating the top-seeded Minnesota Lynx<\/a> on Sunday in four games, while the No. 2 seed Aces were <a data-i13n=\"cpos:5;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/wnba\/article\/wnba-playoffs-fevers-next-woman-up-mentality-got-them-to-the-doorstep-of-the-finals-and-theyre-already-hungry-for-more-071133048.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:pushed to the brink by the underdog Indiana Fever;cpos:5;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pushed to the brink by the underdog Indiana Fever<\/a> on Tuesday night in a Game 5 overtime thriller.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p><a data-i13n=\"cpos:6;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/watch\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:[Yahoo Sports TV is here! Watch live shows and highlights 24\/7];cpos:6;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">[Yahoo Sports TV is here! Watch live shows and highlights 24\/7]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a data-i13n=\"cpos:7;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/wnba\/article\/from-500-to-the-finals-how-the-las-vegas-aces-took-ownership-and-took-off-in-pursuit-of-their-third-title-in-4-years-012751859.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Aces&#039; path to the Finals at one point looked impossible;cpos:7;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aces&#8217; path to the Finals at one point looked impossible<\/a> \u2014 they struggled through the first half of the season, but got hot at the right time in August to rattle off a 16-game win streak to end the regular season. Now they&#8217;re in dynasty-building mode, trying to win their third championship in four seasons. The Mercury, meanwhile, lost in the 2021 Finals, and last won a championship in 2014. Their star, <a data-i13n=\"cpos:8;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/wnba\/article\/wnba-playoffs-phoenix-mercury-star-alyssa-thomas-brings-her-signature-competitive-fire-back-to-the-finals-002907053.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Alyssa Thomas, has played in 54 career playoff games;cpos:8;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alyssa Thomas, has played in 54 career playoff games<\/a>, but she&#8217;s still searching for her first WNBA championship.<\/p>\n<p>Date: Friday, October 3<br \/>Start time: 8 p.m. ET<br \/>Location: Michelob Ultra Arena | Las Vegas, Nevada<br \/>TV channel, live stream: ESPN<\/p>\n<p>2025 WNBA Finals Game 1 live blog<\/p>\n<p>Follow along with Yahoo Sports for live updates, highlights and more from Game 1 of the 2025 WNBA Finals:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[How to watch | Live blog] The 2025 WNBA Finals have arrived, with the Las Vegas Aces and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":200647,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[15447,20395,4,450,451,2839,2114,4677,115530,1077,3,5551,72774,452,453,434,69743],"class_list":{"0":"post-200646","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-breaking-news","8":"tag-alyssa-thomas","9":"tag-arena","10":"tag-breaking-news","11":"tag-breakingnews","12":"tag-headlines","13":"tag-indiana-fever","14":"tag-las-vegas","15":"tag-las-vegas-aces","16":"tag-michelob-ultra","17":"tag-minnesota-lynx","18":"tag-news","19":"tag-phoenix-mercury","20":"tag-the-mercury","21":"tag-top-stories","22":"tag-topstories","23":"tag-wnba","24":"tag-wnba-championship"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}