A'ja Wilson, Napheesa Collier and Alyssa Thomas, the presumptive top three candidates for the MVP award, headline the Associated Press 2025 All-WNBA first team.

The winners of the two semifinals series face each other in the best-of-seven WNBA Finals, the first seven-game series in league history. In a seven-game series, the first team to four wins will be crowned as the 2025 WNBA Champions.

The 2025 WNBA season was the longest in league history at 44 games per team. There's a good chance the 2025 Finals is the longest ever, too. In addition to altering the first-round schedule, the league extended the Finals from a best-of-five series to a best-of-seven.

The Mercury and Liberty will meet in the first round of the 2025 WNBA playoffs, and there are three reasons Phoenix could pull off an upset.

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The WNBA revealed the date for when they will announce the winner of the MVP Award for the 2025 regular season.

The Indiana Fever will face the Atlanta Dream in the first round of the WNBA Playoffs; the best-of-3 series begins Sunday in Atlanta. Here's USA TODAY's ranking of the 10 best players in the 2025 WNBA playoffs. Citron revealed part of her offseason plan. Beverley thinks the tough love from Philly fans destroyed Ben Simmons' confidence.

Without further ado, here are CBS Sports' 2025 WNBA awards picks: