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.

The Las Vegas Aces saw their 17-game winning streak end on Tuesday in dramatic fashion, as the Seattle Storm picked up an 86-83 victory to force a Game 3 in the best-of-three first round series.

Nneka Ogwumike of the Seattle Storm has now reached 275 games with 15+ points in her career which places her third on the WNBA all-time list behind only Diana Taurasi and Candace Parker.

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.

The WNBA offseason began in earnest over the last week with the conclusion of the first round of the playoffs and the first two coaching changes. The Seattle Storm let Noelle Quinn go on Sunday while the New York Liberty fired Sandy Brondello on Tuesday.

After the season ended, it was revealed that former Stanford basketball legend and current Storm superstar Nneka Ogwumike was the recipient of this year's Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award—awarded to the player who most exemplifies the ideals of sportsmanship on the court.