The 2025 WNBA Finals will begin Friday featuring the second-seeded Las Vegas Aces (30-14) facing off versus the fourth-seeded Phoenix Mercury (27-17). With this past season being the longest in league history—each team played 44 games—it’s only fitting that these Finals could be the longest ever, since they’re the first to be a best-of-seven series.
Phoenix is making its sixth Finals appearance, which is tied for second-most in WNBA history, and it is seeking a record-tying fourth championship. Punching a ticket to the Finals makes the franchise the only one to reach the championship round in all four decades of the league’s existence. The Aces are in the Finals for the fourth time, and they won two of those prior trips.
