WNBA Finals 2025: Aces vs. Mercury schedule, highlights, more - ESPN

The 2025 WNBA Finals open Friday as the No. 2 seed Las Vegas Aces host the No. 4 Phoenix Mercury in Game 1 (8 p.m. ET, ESPN).

The Aces won back-to-back titles in 2022 and 2023 and seek their third WNBA title in four seasons. The Mercury are back in the championship series for the first time since 2021. Phoenix won WNBA titles in 2007, 2009 and 2014.

A big three — Alyssa Thomas, Satou Sabally and DeWanna Bonner for Phoenix and regular-season MVP A'ja Wilson, Jackie Young and Chelsea Gray for Las Vegas — power both teams.

For the first time, the Finals is a best-of-seven series (2-2-1-1-1), with Las Vegas, as the higher seed, hosting Games 1, 2, 5 and 7.

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All tip-offs ET

Game 1: Friday, 8 p.m. (ESPN)
Game 2: Sunday, 3 p.m. (ABC)
Game 3: Wednesday, Oct. 8, 8 p.m. (ESPN)
Game 4: Friday, Oct. 10, 8 p.m. (ESPN)
Game 5*: Sunday, Oct. 12, 3 p.m. (ABC)
Game 6*: Wednesday, Oct. 15, 8 p.m. (ESPN)
Game 7*: Friday, Oct. 17, 8 p.m. (ESPN)

* If necessary

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