Overview

• Game 1 starts at 8 p.m. ET at Michelob ULTRA Arena on ESPN, with streaming on ESPN platforms and Fubo.
• The championship expands to a best-of-seven with a 2-2-1-1-1 format, opening in Las Vegas on Oct. 3 and 5 before shifting to Phoenix on Oct. 8 and 10.
• Oddsmakers make Las Vegas a slight series favorite (roughly -125 to -130), and both teams enter with clean injury reports.
• The No. 2 Aces advanced by edging Seattle and surviving an overtime Game 5 against Indiana, while the No. 4 Mercury upset New York and top-seeded Minnesota.
• A’ja Wilson’s MVP campaign meets Alyssa Thomas’s two-way impact, with Jackie Young, Chelsea Gray and Kahleah Copper poised as swing factors as the series plays out under a looming Oct. 31 CBA deadline.