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The Minnesota Lynx enter the 2025 WNBA playoffs as the clear betting favorites to win the championship.
Minnesota is a +105 favorite at the BetMGM <a href="https://sports.betmgm.com/en/sports">online sportsbook</a>, meaning it has an implied probability of 48.78% to win the title. At these odds, a $10 bet would net a $10.50 profit if the Lynx won the WNBA Finals.
The Lynx, who suffered a 3-2 series loss to the New York Liberty in last year’s WNBA Finals, started the season with the fourth-best odds of winning it all. They were +400 in mid-May, trailing the Liberty (+225), Las Vegas Aces (+275), and Indiana Fever (+300).
Minnesota has been the best team in the league all year, getting off to a 9-0 start before eventually claiming the No. 1 overall seed by a comfortable margin. However, the Lynx didn’t pass the Liberty as <a href="https://sports.betmgm.com/en/blog/wnba/wnba-championship-odds-bm23/">WNBA championship odds</a> favorites until August.
At their current odds, the Lynx will begin the postseason as bigger championship favorites than the Liberty were at this time last year. New York started Round 1 with a +120 price tag of winning the title. Las Vegas, meanwhile, was -145 to win the championship at the start of the 2023 playoffs.
The Liberty and Aces begin as the biggest threats to the Lynx’s first championship since 2017. Both teams are trading at +350, giving them an implied probability of 22.22%. 
As the No. 5 seed, New York would have to face Minnesota in the semifinals. The Aces wouldn’t have to face the Lynx until the WNBA Finals, as they are on opposite sides of the bracket.
New York won its first title in franchise history last year, but has dealt with multiple injuries in its encore season. The Aces, who won the championship in 2022 and 2023, are the hottest team in the league ahead of the playoffs after making a change to their starting lineup.
The Atlanta Dream and Phoenix Mercury have been the biggest risers in the championship market after both teams started with a 40/1 value in the preseason. Atlanta is +800, while Phoenix comes in at +1600.
Rounding out the playoff picture, the Seattle Storm (+4000), Golden State Valkyries (+12500), and Indiana Fever (+20000) are all considered long shots to win it all.
This year’s postseason will begin on Sunday, with Game 1 of all four Round 1 matchups slated to take place.
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WNBA Championship Odds 2025
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<li style="font-weight: 400">Lynx +105</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">Liberty +350</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">Aces +350</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">Dream +800</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">Mercury +1600</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">Storm +4000</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">Valkyries +12500</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">Fever +20000</li>
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Visit the BetMGM sportsbook throughout the season for updated WNBA futures, including <a href="https://sports.betmgm.com/en/sports/basketball-7/betting/usa-9/wnba-402">WNBA Finals odds</a>. You can also view updated <a href="https://sports.betmgm.com/en/blog/latest-sports-betting-promotions-offers-betmgm-2/">sportsbook promos</a>, including a First Bet Offer for eligible new customers.

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Lynx Enter Postseason as Championship Favorites

Press Release

– First Round of WNBA Playoffs Presented by Google Moves to 1-1-1 Configuration –
– Regular-Season Schedule Increases to 44 Games Per Team –
NEW YORK, Oct. 10, 2024 – The WNBA announced today that the WNBA Board of Governors has approved a new, best-of-seven format for the WNBA Finals presented by YouTube TV, effective with the 2025 season, replacing the best-of-five format.  The Board has also approved a 1-1-1 setup for the best-of-three First Round of the WNBA Playoffs presented by Google, with the higher seed hosting Games 1 and 3 and its opponent hosting Game 2 – a change from the higher seed hosting Games 1 and 2 and its opponent hosting Game 3.
In addition, the regular-season schedule will increase to 44 games per team starting next season, when the expansion Golden State Valkyries begin play as the league’s 13th franchise.  Teams have played 40 regular-season games in each of the last two seasons.
“We are seeing an incredible demand for WNBA basketball, as reflected in the number of cities pursuing expansion franchises, fans attending games and engaging with our social and digital platforms in record fashion, and game broadcasts and streams being consumed like never before,” said WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert.  “The incredible demand for WNBA basketball makes this the ideal time to increase the regular season to 44 games per team and expand the WNBA Finals presented by YouTube TV to a best-of-seven series,” said WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert.  “These changes will create more opportunities to watch the best players in the world compete at the highest level and give our fans a championship series format that they are accustomed to seeing in other sports.”
“The new 1-1-1 structure for the First Round of the WNBA Playoffs presented by Google will guarantee a home game for both teams in a series, which was a priority based on discussions with the WNBA’s team presidents, head coaches, general managers and the Competition Committee,” said Bethany Donaphin, WNBA Head of League Operations.
Beginning with the league’s 29th season in 2025, the WNBA Finals presented by YouTube TV will have a 2-2-1-1-1 structure in which the higher seed will host Games 1, 2, 5 and 7, and its opponent will host Games 3, 4 and 6.  The bracket-style postseason will continue to have three rounds of series play and maintain the format of best-of-three in the First Round and best-of-five in the Semifinals, followed by the new best-of-seven Finals.
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