The 2025 WNBA regular season is in the books.
The highly-anticipated 2025 WNBA playoffs have arrived and the first-round matchups are officially locked in. It came down to the final game of the season to determine the seedings and matchups.
Will the defending champion New York Liberty repeat, following in the footsteps of the back-to-back champion Las Vegas Aces in 2022-23? Can the Minnesota Lynx claim the title they say was stolen from them in 2024 for their first since 2017? Or will the Atlanta Dream or Golden State Valkyries hoist the WNBA championship trophy for the first time in franchise history?
The journey to the title starts Sunday. Here's a look at the first round of the 2025 WNBA playoffs (all best-of-three series), including projected starting lineups, head-to-head records and X-factors for each matchup:
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