My thoughts are the following: I believe the Indiana Fever and the Minnesota Lynx will both win Game 4 and force a Game 5 in their respective WNBA playoff semifinal series. Game 4 will be played on Sunday. It will be a ton of fun. Tune into ABC in the afternoon and ESPN in the evening to watch!

The Phoenix Mercury shocked everyone and are now ahead in the series 2-1. Kah, AT, and Sabally DID that!! What an exciting game! Just hope that Phee is ok by Sunday! I see this series going to 5 games. #WNBA #WNBASky

She's just SO GOOD. A true pleasure to watch in the WNBA playoffs. #WNBA

Oh no. Not getting ejected. The Minnesota Lynx's head coach Cheryl Reeve has been ejected from this WNBA playoff semifinal game 3. #WNBA

OMG. REBOUND THE BALL. WHAT ARE YOU DOING, MINNESOTA? #WNBA

3 minutes left in the 4th and this game is a game. #WNBA #MNvsPHX

What a great game.

The #Lynx guards have been outstanding tonight: - Natisha Hiedeman, 19 points and 3 assists - Courtney Williams, 14 points, 3 rebounds and 3 asslsts - Kayla McBride, 9 points, 5 assists and 2 steals

Phoenix has gotten realllly aggressive in the in the last few minutes and it's working for them. Their defense has been suffocating and forcing Minnesota to make mistakes.

What kinda thrust was that, Coach Reeve? #WNBA #MNvsPHX

Gotta start giving these games a bigger window than two hours. Almost never enough anymore. #WNBA

WNBA Semi-Final Game #2 - The Minnesota Lynx vs the Phoenix Mercury - Which team will take a 2-1 series lead? Let's continue to watch these WNBA playoffs and come stay as we watch this game together and offer my takes and opinions on this game. This game is on ESPN2 and on WNBA League Pass.

THA #POINTGAWDDDDD now has the 6th-most three-pointers made in WNBA playoff history! 👌

Fever have almost as many offensive boards (15) as Las Vegas does total rebounds (18)

I love that we're getting an ad with Lisa Leslie followed by one with Dawn Staley. #WNBA #LVvsIN

In a series with so many key lefties, appropriate that Katie Douglas is in attendance. For those who are too young to remember, one of the most left-handed basketball players you could ever possibly witness. #WNBA

WNBA Semi-Final Game #1 - The @lvaces.bsky.social vs the Indiana Fever - Which team will take a 2-1 series lead? Come join me on Bluesky as we watch this game together and offer my takes and opinions on this game. This game is on ESPN2 and on Sportsnet 360 for Canadians. #WNBA

Hey 👋 to my Bluesky followers. I don't have a large following here and so I'm going to try to build it up. I personally HATE the fact that I have to reintroduce myself again & try to get a decent amount of followers after I already did on Threads and before that, it was on X, so here we go!

The schedule for Games 3 and 4 of the semifinals: Game 3 — Friday #2 Las Vegas at #6 Indiana, 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2 #1 Minnesota at #4 Phoenix, 9:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2 Game 4 — Sunday #2 Las Vegas at #6 Indiana, 3 p.m. ET on ABC #1 Minnesota at #4 Phoenix, 8 p.m. ET on ESPN #WNBAPlayoffs

Kimmel: "Can you imagine? This country has become so authoritarian the Germans are like, 'Come here'"

The Mercury beat the Lynx in overtime, 89-83 after being down 20. Sam Bam with 13 points and the clutch 3 to force OT. Alyssa just 2 boards shy of a triple-double. 65 of the Lynx' 83 points were scored by 3 players. Alanna 1 board shy of a double-double. Series is 1-all. #WNBA #PHXvsMN

NEW: Sandy Brondello is out as Liberty head coach, Noelle Quinn is out for the Storm, and both franchises need new head coaches. Here are 6 coaching candidates they should consider: www.sbnation.com/wnba/1081545...

Congratulations to Nneka Ogwumike of the Seattle Storm for being named the recipient of the 2025 Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award 👏 Ogwumike is the first player in league history to win the award four times! #WelcometotheW

Final: Lynx 82, Mercury 69 Lynx outscore the Merc 42-22 in the 2nd half to turn this one into a no-doubter. Masha Kliundikova came off the bench in the 4th and proceeded to get a hand on every ball. Absolute x-factor in this one. Courtney led all scorers w/ 23 and added 8 reb, 7 ast, 5 stl

Underwhelming first half from the Lynx, who are getting torched in the paint, trail 47-40 heading into the locker room. AT has been incredible w/ 16 pts on 8-of-14 FG w/ 3 ast, 3 reb

5 full games of this matchup PLEASE. AT/Phee at the peak of their powers is a dream. #WNBASky

JUST IN: The Seattle Storm announced today that Head Coach Noelle Quinn’s contract will not be renewed for the 2026 season.

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The #WNBA had officially named Las Vegas Aces star A’ja Wilson the 2025 WNBA MVP. She is the first player ever to win it four times. The voting breakdown for MVP:

Here's the voting breakdown for the MVP.

I’m thrilled for A’ja Wilson but why would this be leaked? www.espn.com/wnba/story/_...

Atlanta Dream forward Naz Hillmon named the 2025 #WNBA Sixth Player of the Year, the first player to win the award with the Dream.

#4 Phoenix Mercury take down #5 New York Liberty 79-73 in Game 3, claiming the series 2-1. The semifinals are set: - #1 Minnesota Lynx vs. #4 Phoenix Mercury - #2 Las Vegas Aces vs. #6 Indiana Fever #WNBAPlayoffs

We will have new WNBA champions.

Thomas now has the first 20-point triple-double in WNBA Playoffs history.

Of the eight players who saw meaningful action for the Mercury tonight, six were new to the team this season. This was one of the great roster rebuilds in WNBA history.

6:35 to go in the 4th and the Storm are somehow still in this. #WNBA #SEAvsLV

HALFTIME: The Las Vegas Aces lead 33-26 over the Seattle Storm. Seattle scored 7 points in the 2nd period and was outscored 19-7. Erica Wheeler leads the team with 7 points. Ezi and Skylar each with 5. Nneka & Malonga are struggling. A'ja Wilson 13 points, Jackie Young 9, Chelsea Gray 7 pts. #WNBA

The Kelsey Mitchel led Fever beat the Dream to advance, 87-85. Aliyah with the double-double and the game winner! Caitlin and Sophie appeared on court in a non-playing capacity. Jordin with a double-double. The Dream wake up to a bad finish and a trip to Cancun. #WNBA #INvsATL

Indiana becomes the first lower seed to win a first-round series since the WNBA went back to series in 2022.

Indiana is playing harder, but ATL has stepped it up with the game on the line. This game is intense! #WNBA

This honestly has the makings of a pretty good rivaly if both teams can keep their rosters together.

Don't get me wrong. Indiana is TOUGH and have battled adversity ALL season long, but Atlanta is sleeping right now. No urgency early third quarter. Two point game.

One of the most highly requested blog posts of mine is the WNBA Player Off-Season Tracker in which we track (Andrew) where WNBA players are playing overseas. The 2025-2026 WNBA Off-Season Player Tracker is LIVE: https://wbasketballblog.com/2025/09/18/2025-26-wnba-offseason-player-tracker/ #WNBA

A’ja Wilson’s on top 👏 top 👏 top 👏 She’ll block your shot 👏 shot 👏 shot 👏 Got the paint on lock 👏 lock 👏 lock 👏 1st in Blocks Per Game 1st in Defensive Win Shares 1st in Defensive Rating 1st in Defensive Rebounds A’ja is the 3x WNBA Defensive Player of the Year!

Good afternoon, Bluesky family! A new and often HIGHLY searched blog post is now LIVE and it's all c/o of Andrew! The 2025-2026 WNBA Off-Season Player Tracker. wbasketballblog.com/2025/09/18/2... Andrew is a fellow blog contributor. Follow him at @valhalla.basketball for Valkyries coverage.

For those who want a WNBA-centric offseason playing tracker, we will be updating one here on @whoopsblogger2.bsky.social's website: wbasketballblog.com/2025/09/18/2...

Minnesota Lynx were 0-76 and WNBA teams were 1-91 all-time in the postseason when trailing by 14+ points after three quarters. But, alas, Minnesota won tonight.

Minnesota's 28 points were its lowest first-half total in any game in the last two season