Including Game 2, the Storm and Aces have equally split their six games in 2025. The winner of Game 3, which takes place in Vegas on Thursday at 9:30 p.m. ET, will face the winner of the series between the No. 3 Atlanta Dream and No. 6 Indiana Fever, which also was pushed to a Game 3 on Tuesday night.

NEW YORK, Sept. 22, 2025 – Seattle Storm forward Nneka Ogwumike has been named the recipient of the 2025 Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award, the WNBA announced today. Ogwumike becomes the first player in league history to win the award four times, having previously earned the honor in three consecutive seasons from 2019 to 2021.

Erica Wheeler missed a go-ahead jumper from the free throw line with five seconds remaining, and Seattle couldn't get a second shot away before the buzzer as the Storm lost 74-73 to the Las Vegas Aces to be eliminated from the WNBA playoffs.

As the Las Vegas Aces prepared for Game 2 of the 2025 WNBA semifinals against the Indiana Fever on Tuesday night, head coach Becky Hammon, fresh off a 30–14 regular-season campaign, addressed news that the New York Liberty would not renew coach Sandy Brondello’s contract.

The Seattle Storm face the Las Vegas Aces on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025 (9/18/25) in Game 3 of the first round of the WNBA playoffs at Michelob ULTRA Arena.

The Las Vegas Aces defeated the Seattle Storm 74-73 on Thursday in a decisive Game 3, behind a dominant 38-point performance from A'ja Wilson.