2024 WNBA playoffs

Phoenix Mercury guard Sophie Cunningham holds the ball on her right side on the perimeter. Minnesota Lynx forward Napheesa Collier is in a defensive stance and guarding her tightly.

Underdog Phoenix Mercury see season end after two straight battles with Minnesota

By Tia Reid / September 27, 2024

Year 1 of the Nate Tibbetts era ends in a first-round playoff sweep

Minnesota Lynx forward Napheesa Collier (24) puts her arm and three fingers in the air, Phoenix Mercury guard Diana Taurasi (3) in the foreground

Napheesa Collier keeps making history, and buckets, for the Minnesota Lynx

By Terry Horstman / September 27, 2024

Collier goes off for 80 points in first-round sweep of Phoenix

Sabrina Ionescu being interviewed after a game

Locked On Women’s Basketball: Updates from Los Angeles and New York

By The Next / September 25, 2024

‘The evolution of Sabrina Ionescu from elite player … to complete superstar was there last night’

Sabrina Ionescu walks back to the locker room and slaps a fan's hand.

‘Spider-Woman’ Ionescu dominates, carrying Liberty into WNBA semifinals

By Jackie Powell / September 25, 2024

Ionescu had multiple New York moments in the Liberty’s 91-82 victory over the Atlanta Dream

Napheesa Collier (24) runs down the cout in front of the Phoenix Mercury's bench during the WNBA Playoffs

Napheesa Collier’s performance takes center stage in Game 1

By Terry Horstman / September 25, 2024

Collier: ‘I feel like I don’t really pace myself’

Nneka Ogwumike walks off the court with Skylar Diggins-Smith, hands on hips and staring pensively down towards the ground.

After difficult fourth quarter, Seattle Storm face elimination

By Bella Munson / September 24, 2024

Nneka Ogwumike: ‘We have to put together four quarters of high energy, and that’s a mindset, not a skill set’

Players going for the ball

How the Aces defense turned it up to 10 in the fourth quarter of Game 1

By Matthew Walter / September 23, 2024

A fourth quarter defensive clinic and a spark from the bench led the Aces to a Game 1 victory over the Storm

Connecticut Sun forward Alyssa Thomas and center Olivia Nelson-Ododa clench their fists and yell in celebration during a playoff game against the Indiana Fever.

6 takeaways for the Connecticut Sun from their Game 1 win

By Gabby Alfveby / September 23, 2024

Stephanie White: ‘Everybody stepped up. And that’s what it’s gonna take’

Sabrina Ionescu , Betnijah Laney-Hamilton, Jonquel Jones and Leonie Fiebich walk off the floor to the bench

A lineup change and history were made in the Liberty’s playoff win over Dream

By Jackie Powell / September 23, 2024

Liberty make statement in Game 1 of first round series against Atlanta

In a series with 10 Olympians, what will it take for the Las Vegas Aces to advance?

By Matthew Walter / September 22, 2024

The Aces will need all hands on deck to beat the Seattle Storm in this star-studded first round series