The first round of the 2025 WNBA playoffs continued Tuesday night as the Seattle Storm and Indiana Fever kept their seasons alive with Game 2 home wins. The Storm snapped the Las Vegas Aces’ 17-game winning streak with a comeback victory. The seventh-seeded Storm used a strong fourth quarter to force a deciding Game 3, getting a combined 50 points from Skylar Diggins and Nneka Ogwumike.

The Fever, meanwhile, staved off elimination against the Atlanta Dream. The Fever won at home to keep their injury-plagued season going, forcing a decisive Game 3 back in Atlanta on Thursday night.

The New York Liberty and Minnesota Lynx have 1-0 leads on the other side of the bracket. The Phoenix Mercury will need to win a road game against the defending champion Liberty on Wednesday to stay alive, while the top-seeded Lynx will look to end the inaugural season of the Golden State Valkyries.

The best-of-three first round will wrap up on Friday or earlier, and the best-of-five semifinals will begin on Sunday (Sept. 21).

The Lynx entered the playoffs as the No. 1 seed after being the WNBA’s most dominant team throughout the 44-game regular season. The Lynx, looking for their fifth championship in team history and their first since 2017, will have home-court advantage throughout the playoffs.

WNBA Playoff Bracket

Here are the four first-round matchups and seeding:

• No. 1 Lynx vs. No. 8 Valkyries
• No. 2 Aces vs. No. 7 Storm
• No. 3 Dream vs. No. 6 Fever
• No. 4 Mercury vs. No. 5 Liberty

Teams will play a best-of-three series in the first round, a best-of-five series in the semifinals, and a best-of-seven affair in the Finals, a new change this year.

First-round Schedule, Scores (Best-of-three)

All times Eastern

Sunday, Sept. 14

• Game 1: Lynx 101, Valkyries 72 (Lynx lead 1-0)
• Game 1: Dream 80, Fever 68 (Dream lead 1-0)
• Game 1: Liberty 76, Mercury 69 OT (Liberty lead 1-0)
• Game 1: Aces 102, Storm 77 (Aces lead 1-0)

Tuesday, Sept. 16

• Game 2: Fever 77, Dream 60 (Series tied 1-1)
• Game 2: Storm 86, Aces 83 (Series tied 1-1)

Semifinals Schedule (Best-of-five)

Sunday, Sept. 21

• Game 1: TBD vs. TBD, 3 p.m. – ABC
• Game 1: TBD vs. TBD, 5 p.m. – ESPN

Finals Schedule (Best-of-seven) Friday, Oct. 3

• Game 1, 8 p.m. – ESPN

View all details at CBS Sports.