WNBA semifinals: Game 4 winners, highlights, analysis - ESPN

The Phoenix Mercury are headed to the WNBA Finals. The Indiana Fever and Las Vegas Aces will play one more game to determine which team will face the Mercury.

No. 4 seed Phoenix overcame a 14-point deficit to eliminate the top-seeded Minnesota Lynx with an 86-81 victory Sunday and advance to the Finals for the first time since 2021.

The Lynx were dominant in the regular season but lost back-to-back playoff games in Phoenix, including a controversial ending to Game 3 on Friday, when star Napheesa Collier was injured. Collier missed Sunday's deciding game, as did Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve, who was suspended after getting ejected Friday and blasting officials in her postgame news conference.

On the other side of the bracket, the Fever beat the Aces 85-77 to force their semifinal series to Game 5 on Tuesday (9:30 p.m. ET, ESPN2).

Here's how Phoenix won, and what to expect in the decisive Indiana-Las Vegas game.

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Final: Phoenix 86, Minnesota 81

What the win means for Phoenix

The jubilation of winning the series and advancing to the franchise's first WNBA Finals in four years also comes with a sigh of relief. The Mercury got off to a slow start, missing their first six field goal attempts, giving the injury-laden Lynx a sign of life it didn't appear to have after Friday's game. But another fourth-quarter comeback saved Phoenix from a return trip to Minnesota and a deciding Game 5.

Down by 14 points in the first half and 13 points entering the fourth, Phoenix dominated the final quarter for a third consecutive game. Behind five 3-pointers,