WNBA · Playoffs 2025updated 01:07 UTC

Minnesota vs Phoenix

Semifinal 1 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.

Semifinal 1 · Best of 5 · first to 3 wins

Minnesota Lynx against Phoenix Mercury

Seed 1Minnesota LynxMinnesota1 win
Seed 4Phoenix MercuryPhoenix3 wins

Phoenix won 3⁠–⁠1

Head to head

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

Earlier playoff meetings

2024 First round: Minnesota won 2⁠–⁠0

The betting market before each game

Before game 1: Minnesota 85⁠–⁠89% to win the series (23 betting sites)
Before game 2, Minnesota leading 1⁠–⁠0: Minnesota 90⁠–⁠92% to win the series (23 betting sites)
Before game 3, series tied 1⁠–⁠1: Minnesota 70⁠–⁠74% to win the series (22 betting sites)
Before game 4, Phoenix leading 2⁠–⁠1: Phoenix 80⁠–⁠83% to win the series (24 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

Kayla McBrideShooting guardMinPtsRebAstSeries39.221.33.83.0Season31.314.22.33.5ChangeupupupdownPlayed 4 of 4 games in this series.
Courtney WilliamsShooting guardMinPtsRebAstSeries34.919.35.86.3Season28.713.64.96.2ChangeupupupsamePlayed 4 of 4 games in this series.
Bridget CarletonForwardMinPtsRebAstSeries31.94.05.01.3Season27.96.53.62.0ChangeupdownupdownPlayed 4 of 4 games in this series.
Napheesa CollierForwardMinPtsRebAstSeries36.419.77.02.0Season32.322.97.33.2ChangeupdownsamedownPlayed 3 of 4 games in this series.
Alanna SmithCenterMinPtsRebAstSeries23.66.36.02.5Season26.59.65.12.9ChangedowndownupsamePlayed 4 of 4 games in this series.
Natisha HiedemanPoint guardMinPtsRebAstSeries19.26.81.32.5Season18.99.11.92.8ChangesamedowndownsamePlayed 4 of 4 games in this series.
Jessica ShepardPower forwardMinPtsRebAstSeries17.54.84.01.8Season20.98.07.32.6ChangedowndowndowndownPlayed 4 of 4 games in this series.
Maria KliundikovaMinPtsRebAstSeries11.83.54.31.0Season11.04.43.00.6ChangesamedownupsamePlayed 4 of 4 games in this series.

Phoenix Mercury

Alyssa ThomasCenterMinPtsRebAstSeries38.320.38.39.5Season31.315.48.89.2ChangeupupsamesamePlayed 4 of 4 games in this series.
Kahleah CopperSmall forwardMinPtsRebAstSeries34.516.02.51.5Season26.915.62.91.5ChangeupsamesamesamePlayed 4 of 4 games in this series.
Satou SaballyForwardMinPtsRebAstSeries34.119.56.31.8Season26.616.35.92.5ChangeupupsamedownPlayed 4 of 4 games in this series.
Sami WhitcombGuardMinPtsRebAstSeries27.38.53.03.8Season23.99.12.62.5ChangeupsamesameupPlayed 4 of 4 games in this series.
DeWanna BonnerPower forwardMinPtsRebAstSeries24.95.36.51.5Season23.69.84.21.2ChangesamedownupsameHer season includes 9 games for another team.Played 4 of 4 games in this series.
Monique Akoa MakaniGuardMinPtsRebAstSeries21.45.52.52.5Season21.57.72.22.7ChangesamedownsamesamePlayed 4 of 4 games in this series.
Natasha MackCenterMinPtsRebAstSeries13.63.54.50.8Season18.34.75.80.9ChangedowndowndownsamePlayed 4 of 4 games in this series.
Kathryn WestbeldMinPtsRebAstSeries12.43.53.30.5Season18.45.12.50.9ChangedowndownupsamePlayed 4 of 4 games in this series.