The Phoenix Mercury are headed to the WNBA Finals. The Indiana Fever and Las Vegas Aces will play one more game to determine which team will face the Mercury.
No. 4 seed Phoenix overcame a 14-point deficit to eliminate the top-seeded Minnesota Lynx with an 86-81 victory Sunday and advance to the Finals for the first time since 2021.
The Lynx were dominant in the regular season but lost back-to-back playoff games in Phoenix, including a controversial ending to Game 3 on Friday, when star Napheesa Collier was injured. Collier missed Sunday's deciding game, as did Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve, who was suspended after getting ejected Friday and blasting officials in her postgame news conference.
On the other side of the bracket, the Fever beat the Aces 85-77 to force their semifin