WNBA · Playoffs 2025updated 01:07 UTC

Las Vegas vs Phoenix

Finals 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.

Finals · Best of 7 · first to 4 wins

Las Vegas Aces against Phoenix Mercury

Seed 2Las Vegas AcesLas Vegas4 wins
Seed 4Phoenix MercuryPhoenix0 wins

Las Vegas won 4⁠–⁠0

Head to head

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

Earlier playoff meetings

2022 First round: Las Vegas won 2⁠–⁠0
2021 Semifinals: Phoenix won 3⁠–⁠2

The betting market before each game

Before game 1: about even, Las Vegas 49⁠–⁠57% to win the series (24 betting sites)
Before game 2, Las Vegas leading 1⁠–⁠0: Las Vegas 65⁠–⁠73% to win the series (24 betting sites)
Before game 3, Las Vegas leading 2⁠–⁠0: Las Vegas 67⁠–⁠74% to win the series (22 betting sites)
Before game 4, Las Vegas leading 3⁠–⁠0: Las Vegas 97⁠–⁠98% 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.

Las Vegas Aces

Chelsea GrayShooting guardMinPtsRebAstSeries36.711.85.37.3Season31.111.23.95.4ChangeupsameupupPlayed 4 of 4 games in this series.
A'ja WilsonPower forwardMinPtsRebAstSeries36.128.511.84.0Season31.223.410.23.1ChangeupupupupPlayed 4 of 4 games in this series.
Jackie YoungSmall forwardMinPtsRebAstSeries34.520.35.06.0Season30.416.54.55.1ChangeupupupupPlayed 4 of 4 games in this series.
Jewell LoydShooting guardMinPtsRebAstSeries31.313.85.50.5Season28.311.23.21.8ChangeupupupdownPlayed 4 of 4 games in this series.
Dana EvansGuardMinPtsRebAstSeries22.110.51.02.8Season17.76.61.12.2ChangeupupsameupPlayed 4 of 4 games in this series.
NaLyssa SmithPower forwardMinPtsRebAstSeries19.23.55.80.5Season21.27.65.10.7ChangesamedownupsameHer season includes 17 games for another team.Played 4 of 4 games in this series.
Megan DiLeoCenterMinPtsRebAstSeries11.11.01.00.3Season11.33.01.80.3ChangesamedowndownsamePlayed 4 of 4 games in this series.
Kierstan BellSmall forwardMinPtsRebAstSeries7.42.50.50.0Season12.24.21.80.7ChangedowndowndowndownPlayed 4 of 4 games in this series.

Phoenix Mercury

Alyssa ThomasCenterMinPtsRebAstSeries36.714.010.08.3Season31.315.48.89.2ChangeupsameupsamePlayed 4 of 4 games in this series.
Kahleah CopperSmall forwardMinPtsRebAstSeries34.722.83.80.5Season26.915.62.91.5ChangeupupupdownPlayed 4 of 4 games in this series.
DeWanna BonnerPower forwardMinPtsRebAstSeries28.812.37.00.5Season23.69.84.21.2ChangeupupupdownHer season includes 9 games for another team.Played 4 of 4 games in this series.
Monique Akoa MakaniGuardMinPtsRebAstSeries26.69.02.33.8Season21.57.72.22.7ChangeupupsameupPlayed 4 of 4 games in this series.
Satou SaballyForwardMinPtsRebAstSeries29.721.76.03.0Season26.616.35.92.5ChangeupupsamesamePlayed 3 of 4 games in this series.
Sami WhitcombGuardMinPtsRebAstSeries19.52.30.81.5Season23.99.12.62.5ChangedowndowndowndownPlayed 4 of 4 games in this series.
Kathryn WestbeldMinPtsRebAstSeries11.11.31.80.5Season18.45.12.50.9ChangedowndowndownsamePlayed 4 of 4 games in this series.
Natasha MackCenterMinPtsRebAstSeries11.02.54.00.5Season18.34.75.80.9ChangedowndowndownsamePlayed 4 of 4 games in this series.