As a reminder, the top eight teams make the playoffs, regardless of conference standings. From there, they are placed into a standard eight-team bracket. The first round of the playoffs is a best-of-three, while the semifinals are a best-of-five and the Finals, as of this season, are a best-of-seven.

Following Thursday's Mercury game, Satou Sabally called out the WNBA's schedule, something that led to a response from Patrick Beverley.

The explosion of the WNBA over the past few years has been impossible to miss. While the arrival of Caitlin Clark, fresh off of her stint as the biggest star in college sports after her career at Iowa, was a leading contributor, she’s far from the only player fueling the league’s impressive growth.

The WNBA announced Wednesday its full schedule for the 2025 playoffs, which will tip off on Sept. 13 and extend as far as Oct. 17.

The Dream, second in the WNBA, are having one of their most memorable regular seasons to date. With eight wins in its last ten games, Atlanta remains firmly in the playoff picture, and remains one of the league’s most balanced squads.

The WNBA is seeing a massive growth in popularity, and a lot of that is due to young superstars Caitlin Clark and Paige Bueckers. Clark's style of play has been immensly popular since her days at Iowa, while Bueckers has lit the WNBA on fire in her rookie campaign, putting up one of the better rookie seasons we've seen in recent memory.

With three weeks left in the regular season and three rounds of postseason play ahead, the new record will continue to rise.

The recent Las Vegas Aces' back-to-back titles in 2022 and 2023 led by three-time MVP A'ja Wilson, the 2024 defending champion New York Liberty's All-Stars Breanna Stewart and Sabrina Ionescu have become brand marketing attractions transcending women's hoops.

Off Season’s expansion into the WNBA has been a “natural evolution,” says Kristin Juszczyk, the “biggest fan” of the league’s culture and community.

The WNBA Playoffs are on the horizon, and the standings are more contentious than ever. Here's what teams have risen and fallen this week.