WNBA · Playoffs 2025updated 01:58 UTC

Phoenix vs New York

First round of the 2025 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

Phoenix Mercury against New York Liberty

Seed 4Phoenix MercuryPhoenix2 wins
Seed 5New York LibertyNew York1 win

Phoenix won 2⁠–⁠1

Head to head

2025 regular season: Phoenix 3, New York 1 (games won)

Earlier playoff meetings

2021 First round: Phoenix won 1⁠–⁠0

The betting market before each game

Before game 1: New York 60⁠–⁠64% to win the series (23 betting sites)
Before game 2, New York leading 1⁠–⁠0: New York 81⁠–⁠84% to win the series (23 betting sites)
Before game 3, series tied 1⁠–⁠1: Phoenix 57% to win the series (23 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.

Phoenix Mercury

Alyssa ThomasCenterMinPtsRebAstSeries34.616.38.78.7Season31.315.48.89.2ChangeupsamesamesamePlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.
Satou SaballyForwardMinPtsRebAstSeries33.615.79.03.0Season26.616.35.92.5ChangeupsameupsamePlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.
Kahleah CopperSmall forwardMinPtsRebAstSeries33.313.74.30.3Season26.915.62.91.5ChangeupdownupdownPlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.
Monique Akoa MakaniGuardMinPtsRebAstSeries25.56.02.72.7Season21.57.72.22.7ChangeupdownsamesamePlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.
DeWanna BonnerPower forwardMinPtsRebAstSeries24.410.07.01.0Season23.69.84.21.2ChangesamesameupsameHer season includes 9 games for another team.Played 3 of 3 games in this series.
Sami WhitcombGuardMinPtsRebAstSeries21.97.32.02.3Season23.99.12.62.5ChangesamedowndownsamePlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.
Natasha MackCenterMinPtsRebAstSeries18.42.73.01.0Season18.34.75.80.9ChangesamedowndownsamePlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.
Kathryn WestbeldMinPtsRebAstSeries11.45.32.00.7Season18.45.12.50.9ChangedownsamedownsamePlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.

New York Liberty

Sabrina IonescuGuardMinPtsRebAstSeries35.415.75.34.7Season31.418.24.95.7ChangeupdownsamedownPlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.
Natasha CloudPoint guardMinPtsRebAstSeries34.312.73.73.0Season29.010.13.75.1ChangeupupsamedownPlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.
Breanna StewartPower forwardMinPtsRebAstSeries31.718.05.73.0Season30.618.36.53.5ChangesamesamedownsamePlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.
Leonie FiebichForwardMinPtsRebAstSeries30.35.03.71.3Season28.18.73.51.7ChangesamedownsamesamePlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.
Jonquel JonesCenterMinPtsRebAstSeries29.95.711.02.3Season26.813.68.12.7ChangeupdownupsamePlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.
Kennedy BurkeSmall forwardMinPtsRebAstSeries17.44.72.30.3Season21.78.12.41.3ChangedowndownsamedownPlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.
Emma MeessemanMinPtsRebAstSeries13.54.35.32.0Season25.913.45.13.2ChangedowndownsamedownPlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.
Rebekah GardnerShooting guardMinPtsRebAstSeries5.01.00.30.0Season12.33.71.80.6ChangedowndowndowndownPlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.