Sixteen days remain in the WNBA regular season, with two playoff berths secured and three teams eliminated. The Minnesota Lynx, Atlanta Dream, Las Vegas Aces, Phoenix Mercury and New York Liberty are competing for playoff seeding and home-court advantage. Five teams, all within four games, are vying for the final three playoff spots. If the playoffs started Tuesday, the Seattle Storm, Golden State Valkyries and Indiana Fever would be the sixth through eighth seeds, while the Los Angeles Sparks and Washington Mystics would miss the cut. Seattle endured a six-game August losing streak that dropped the team below .500, but has since won four of five, including a Washington victory punctuated by Nneka Ogwumike's buzzer beater.
Sixteen days left in the WNBA regular season. Two playoff berths secured. Three teams eliminated. The 2025 WNBA playoff picture is taking shape. The top teams in the league -- the Minnesota Lynx, Atlanta Dream, Las Vegas Aces, Phoenix Mercury and New York Liberty -- are fighting for playoff seeding and home-court advantage. But elsewhere in the WNBA standings, five teams, all within four games of each other, are realistically vying for the final three spots.
Playoff outlook: Seattle has largely been defined by its inconsistencies this season, and a six-game losing streak to start August -- a stretch in which each game was decided by 10 points or fewer and the team fell below .500 -- put the Storm in danger of falling out of the playoff picture. But the team has recovered with four wins in its past five games, including its victory over Washington punctuated by Nneka Ogwumike's buzzer beater.
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