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Sports Illustrated
Dan Falkenheim

Breaking Down Every First-Round Matchup of the WNBA Playoffs

The 2025 WNBA playoffs are here. Eight teams are left. One—the Lynx—looks exactly like the dominant machine everyone expected in May. The rest arrive with more open questions than answers. Series by series, here is what you need to know about each team’s season and how they stack up in the first round.

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