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When will the Indiana Fever know their WNBA playoffs opponent?

Despite losing five players to season-ending injuries -- including star point guard Caitlin Clark -- the Indiana Fever are heading to the 2025 WNBA playoffs. Under first-year head coach Stephanie White, the Fever (23-20) have improved on last season's 20-20 mark, maintaining one of the WNBA's top three offenses and improving from the league's 11th-ranked defense to its eighth-best unit.

But the injuries to Clark, Sophie Cunningham and others -- combined with increased competitiveness around The W -- means Indiana may well be a lower seed this season.

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The WNBA regular season ends Thursday; the Fever's season finale though takes place Tuesday night, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse against the #1 seed Minnesota Lynx. Intriguingly, Indiana may avoid Minnesota in the first round with a loss tonight...or if the Golden State Valkyries defeat the Seattle Storm, who are vying for the final available playoff spot.

Fever are locked into 7 seed with a loss tonight or Golden State win. Fever can’t know their first-round opponent until Thursday and play before the Valkyries today, so impossible for them to control any desired outcome with a win or loss.

— Tony East (@TonyREast) September 9, 2025

If the season ended today, with the Fever locked in to the #7 seed, Indiana would face the Atlanta Dream -- though the Las Vegas Aces have the tiebreaker over Atlanta and would usurp the Dream as the #2 seed with two more victories. Either way, the Fever will not know where they're going until the season ends on Thursday.