The WNBA semifinals are set and a new champion is guaranteed after all four remaining teams were challenged in the opening round.
Minnesota, Las Vegas and Phoenix have all made it this far in the past few years, while Indiana, even without the injured Caitlin Clark, won a playoff series for the first time in a decade. The Lynx will face the Mercury, and the Aces will play the Fever in best-of-five series that begin Sunday.
The Lynx are looking for their first championship since 2017. Minnesota reached the WNBA Finals last year before losing to New York in overtime in a decisive Game 5. The Lynx were the only team to sweep their first-round series, but were pushed hard by Golden State.
They'll face a confident Phoenix squad that knocked out the Liberty in three games. Minnesota, which ha