WNBA · Playoffs 2024updated 01:08 UTC

Minnesota vs Phoenix

First round of the 2024 WNBA playoffs: the series, and each team's eight main players, how they are playing, against this opponent and in past playoffs.

First round · Best of 3 · first to 2 wins

Minnesota Lynx against Phoenix Mercury

Seed 2Minnesota LynxMinnesota2 wins
Seed 7Phoenix MercuryPhoenix0 wins

Minnesota won 2⁠–⁠0

Head to head

2024 regular season: Minnesota 3, Phoenix 1 (games won)

Earlier playoff meetings

None since 2021.

The betting market before each game

Before game 1: Minnesota 88⁠–⁠90% to win the series (16 betting sites)
Before game 2, Minnesota leading 1⁠–⁠0: Minnesota 94⁠–⁠95% to win the series (14 betting sites)

Each from that game's last prices before it started. The market's view, not our pick.

Our picks in this series

We did not publish WNBA picks before 2026.

The players

Each team's eight main players, by minutes played in this series; an injured regular keeps her place. Tap a player for her last ten games, her record against this opponent and her past playoff series.

Numbers are averages per game: Min = minutes played, Pts = points, Reb = rebounds, Ast = assists. The change row compares this series with her regular season; “same” means within about a tenth.

Minnesota Lynx

Napheesa CollierForwardMinPtsRebAstSeries39.040.05.54.0Season34.720.49.73.4ChangeupupdownupPlayed 2 of 2 games in this series.
Bridget CarletonForwardMinPtsRebAstSeries35.712.05.04.0Season29.99.63.82.2ChangeupupupupPlayed 2 of 2 games in this series.
Kayla McBrideShooting guardMinPtsRebAstSeries34.517.52.54.0Season31.715.02.63.2ChangesameupsameupPlayed 2 of 2 games in this series.
Alanna SmithCenterMinPtsRebAstSeries25.59.54.03.0Season26.510.15.63.2ChangesamesamedownsamePlayed 2 of 2 games in this series.
Courtney WilliamsShooting guardMinPtsRebAstSeries24.710.04.07.0Season26.511.14.75.5ChangesamedowndownupPlayed 2 of 2 games in this series.
Natisha HiedemanPoint guardMinPtsRebAstSeries18.06.02.05.5Season15.24.91.62.4ChangeupupsameupPlayed 2 of 2 games in this series.
Myisha Hines-AllenCenterMinPtsRebAstSeries14.45.54.01.5Season18.77.84.72.6ChangedowndowndowndownHer season includes 24 games for another team.Played 2 of 2 games in this series.
Cecilia ZandalasiniShooting guardMinPtsRebAstSeries6.11.00.50.0Season12.14.61.21.1ChangedowndowndowndownPlayed 2 of 2 games in this series.

Phoenix Mercury

Natasha CloudPoint guardMinPtsRebAstSeries36.424.55.510.0Season33.311.54.16.9ChangesameupupupPlayed 2 of 2 games in this series.
Sophie CunninghamShooting guardMinPtsRebAstSeries31.76.54.53.5Season27.88.43.92.0ChangeupdownupupPlayed 2 of 2 games in this series.
Kahleah CopperSmall forwardMinPtsRebAstSeries29.714.54.52.5Season32.321.14.52.3ChangesamedownsamesamePlayed 2 of 2 games in this series.
Brittney GrinerCenterMinPtsRebAstSeries29.517.05.50.0Season28.717.86.62.3ChangesamesamedowndownPlayed 2 of 2 games in this series.
Monique BillingsPower forwardMinPtsRebAstSeries13.94.03.50.5Season22.87.45.81.4ChangedowndowndowndownHer season includes 20 games for another team.Played 2 of 2 games in this series.
Natasha MackCenterMinPtsRebAstSeries13.27.03.50.5Season15.53.85.01.1ChangedownupdowndownPlayed 2 of 2 games in this series.