The WNBA semifinals are set. Here are the matchups, schedule and how to watch originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The 2025 WNBA playoffs are down to four teams.

The No. 1 seed Minnesota Lynx host the Phoenix Mercury in Game 1 of their WNBA semifinal series after recording the only sweep of the first round by beating the Golden State Valkyries in two games.

On Friday, the WNBA announced the five finalists for MVP. The winner will be revealed on Sunday at 11:30 a.m. ET, ahead of the start of the semifinals. Wilson is the favorite, but Collier and Thomas are likely to receive first-place votes as well. Should Wilson win, she would become the first four-time MVP in league history.

With four teams remaining in the WNBA playoffs, here are some of the players worth rooting for to win their first, or another, championship.

One day after Alanna Smith was named the WNBA Co-Defensive Player of the Year, star forward Napheesa Collier has been named a finalist for the 2025 MVP award. Collier is a finalist along with A'Ja Wilson (Las Vegas Aces), Alyssa Thomas (Phoenix Mercury), Kelsey Mitchell (Indiana Fever) and Allisha Gray (Atlanta Dream).

Napheesa Collier made a go-ahead 18-footer with 1:24 left on the way to 24 points, and the top-seeded Minnesota Lynx rallied from a 17-point third-quarter deficit to beat the Golden State Valkyries 75-74 and move on in the WNBA playoffs.

In a recent appearance on the "Women's Sports Weekly" podcast, one of ESPN's top broadcasters chose Caitlin Clark as his favorite WNBA player to cover.

The WNBA will have a new champion this season, as the 2024 league champion New York Liberty were eliminated from the postseason with their 79-73 loss to the Pho