Tag Archives: WNBA

Eight Teams, Eight Questions: A Guide To The 2025 WNBA Playoffs

Eight Teams, Eight Questions: A Guide To The 2025 WNBA Playoffs

The 2025 WNBA playoffs begin on Sunday. Here are some questions I’m asking about each team, paired by first-round matchup. If you, the person reading this, are not much of a reader, we also discussed a few of these questions on the most recent episode of Nothing But Respect. (1) Minnesota Lynx: So how do you beat the Lynx? They may have answered that …

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Why I voted Napheesa Collier over A’ja Wilson for WNBA MVP

Why I voted Napheesa Collier over A’ja Wilson for WNBA MVP

CHICAGO — Napheesa Collier knew what she needed to do Thursday night to capture history. The Lynx star calculated how many 3s she needed to achieve a milestone only one other player has. And Collier went out and did it. She went 3-for-4 from 3-point range in a win against the Valkyries, and punctuated her impressive MVP campaign by joining …

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WNBA Playoffs 2025: Schedule, format, how to watch, and more

WNBA Playoffs 2025: Schedule, format, how to watch, and more

The 2025 WNBA Playoffs tips off on Sunday, September 14 with an all-day quadruple-header beginning at 1 p.m. ET and running through the afternoon until the final game starts at 10 p.m. ET. The top eight teams make the WNBA playoffs based on overall standings rather than by conference. Prior to 2022, the postseason featured a format in which the …

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WNBA Playoff Bracket 2025: Full Seeding & Matchups

WNBA Playoff Bracket 2025: Full Seeding & Matchups

The WNBA regular season is over and the postseason has arrived. Angel Reese and Paige Buekcers will be watching on television, while an injured Caitlin Clark has a front row seat as the Fever made the playoffs for the second straight season. Napheesa Collier, A’ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart and Alyssa Thomas have all led teams to the playoffs after a …

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Breaking Down Every First-Round Matchup of the WNBA Playoffs

Breaking Down Every First-Round Matchup of the WNBA Playoffs

The 2025 WNBA playoffs are here. Eight teams are left. One—the Lynx—looks exactly like the dominant machine everyone expected in May. The rest arrive with more open questions than answers. Series by series, here is what you need to know about each team’s season and how they stack up in the first round. What you need to know about Minnesota’s …

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WNBA Star Sophie Cunningham Has Blunt Advice For Angel Reese

WNBA Star Sophie Cunningham Has Blunt Advice For Angel Reese

WNBA star Angel Reese made headlines a few days ago when she declared that her Chicago Sky team needs to make changes or risk her leaving. This week, Indiana Fever star Sophie Cunningham weighed in on Reese’s strong words. “I’m not settling for the same s−−− we did this year,” Reese said in a recent interview. “We have to get …

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