Overview

• The postseason begins Sunday with four Game 1s: Minnesota vs. Golden State, Las Vegas vs. Seattle, Atlanta vs. Indiana, and Phoenix vs. New York.
• Top-seeded Minnesota rides Napheesa Collier’s rare 50-40-90 campaign into the bracket after a league-best regular season.
• Las Vegas enters on a 16-game winning streak behind scoring leader A’ja Wilson and draws a first-round rematch with Seattle after a 2-2 regular-season split.
• Defending champion New York starts its title defense fully healthy, opening on the road against Phoenix after the Mercury took the season series 3-1 when the Liberty were shorthanded.
• No. 3 Atlanta hosts injury-hit Indiana, which is without Caitlin Clark and several others, while expansion Golden State makes the playoffs in its inaugural season and shifts its Game 2 to San Jose due to a Chase Center conflict.