Three of the four semifinalists are set in the 2025 WNBA playoffs. The shorthanded and sixth-seeded Fever -- who are missing multiple players due to season-ending injuries, including Caitlin Clark -- upset and eliminated the third-seeded Atlanta Dream on Thursday night in a decisive first-round Game 3. After that, the Aces beat the Storm, 74-73, in a thrilling Game 3 to punch their own ticket to the semis.

The Fever and Aces join the Lynx in the semifinals, with one game left to determine the final participant: Mercury vs. Liberty on Friday.

That game will conclude the best-of-three first round and the best-of-five semifinals will begin on Sunday.

Minnesota, who knocked out the eighth-seeded Golden State Valkyries in the first round, entered the playoffs as the No. 1 seed after being

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