WNBA playoff bracket: Aces complete sweep of Mercury for third title in four years

The Aces are one win away from their third title in four seasons

By Isabel Gonzalez

Oct 10, 2025 at 10:31 pm ET • 2 min read

Keytron Jordan, CBS Sports

The Las Vegas Aces are WNBA champions once again. The Aces swept the Mercury, 4-0, in the 2025 WNBA Finals to capture their third title in four seasons. A'ja Wilson won WNBA MVP during the regular season and then followed it up with a WNBA Finals MVP performance against Phoenix. Wilson hit the game-winning shot in Game 3 and then posted 31 points in the closeout win.

To reach the Finals, the Aces won a thrilling Game 5 in overtime against the Indiana Fever in the semifinals. The loss ended an underdog run for the sixth-seeded and injury-plagued Fever. Las Vegas, the No. 2 seed, will have home-court advantage in the best-of-seven WNBA Finals.

The Mercury ousted the top-seeded Minnesota Lynx in the semifinals in four games. They are searching for their first WNBA title since 2014. The Aces, meanwhile, are looking for their third title in the past four seasons.

The first round saw multiple thrilling games, and three of the four series went to a decisive Game 3. The shorthanded Fever ousted the third-seeded Atlanta Dream in a significant upset, knocking the Dream out on their home floor. The Aces won a tight Game 3 over the Seattle Storm after seeing their 17-game winning streak get snapped in a Game 2 loss in the first round. The Mercury knocked out the reigning champion New York Liberty, taking them down despite dropping the opening game of their series in overtime.

Below is a look at the matchups and the full schedule for the 2025 playoffs.

WNBA playoff bracket

Teams played a best-of-three series in the first round, a best-of-five series in the semifinals, and -- in a new change this year -- will play a best-of-seven affair in the Finals.

In 2024, the first round had a 2-1 format, which meant the higher seed got the first two games at home, while the lower seed only got to host if they made it to Game 3. This year it is a 1-1-1 format, with Games 1 and 3 hosted by the higher seed while the lower seed hosts Game 2.

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