Eight teams will advance to the 2025 WNBA playoffs, with the regular season concluding Sept. 11 and the postseason beginning Sept. 14. The Connecticut Sun, Dallas Wings and Chicago Sky have been eliminated from contention. The Las Vegas Aces recovered from a middling start and an Aug. 2 loss to Minnesota by winning 11 straight games, positioning themselves to host first-round games. A'ja Wilson has produced multiple 30-point performances and recorded a historic 30-point, 20-rebound game. The Minnesota Lynx opened the season strongly, started 9-0, won 17 of their first 19 games, and stayed resilient while Napheesa Collier missed time.
How they made it: The Aces didn't look like a contender, much less a playoff team, for the first two months of the season. Las Vegas suffered a three-game losing streak in mid-June and was .500 at the All-Star break. But after suffering a 53-point home loss to Minnesota -- which set the WNBA record for largest road win -- on Aug. 2, the Aces have won 11 consecutive games to become the second team to clinch a playoff bid this season. And now they're in a good position to host first-round games.
Key stat: A'ja Wilson has scored at least 30 points in five of the 11 straight victories as the MVP race heats up. On Aug. 10, the reigning MVP became the first player in WNBA history to have a 30-point, 20-rebound game.
On Aug. 12, the Lynx became the first team to clinch a playoff spot. Key stat: For the first three months of the regular season, the Lynx didn't drop back-to-back games, a streak that ended last week with road losses against New York and Atlanta. Those occurred while Collier was out, but Minnesota went 5-2 while she was sidelined for three weeks with an ankle injury.
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