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2010 WNBA Playoffs
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| Dates | August 25 – September 16, 2010 |
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| Final positions | |
| Champions | Seattle Storm (2nd title) (Finals Champion) |
| East champion | Atlanta Dream (Coach: Marynell Meadors) |
| West champion | Seattle Storm (Coach: Brian Agler) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Attendance | 10,822 per game |
| Standings | |
|---|---|
| Eastern Conference | Western Conference |
| 1st Washington | 1st Seattle |
| 2nd New York | 2nd Phoenix |
| 3rd Indiana | 3rd San Antonio |
| 4th Atlanta | 4th Los Angeles |
The 2010 WNBA Playoffs is the postseason for the Women's National Basketball Association's 2010 season.
Format
- The top 4 teams from each conference qualify for the playoffs.
- All 4 teams are seeded by basis of their standings.
- The series for rounds one and two are in a best-of-three format with Games 1 and 3 on the home court of the team with the higher seed. In previous years, the higher seed would play the first game on the road, then games 2 and (if needed) 3 at home.
- The series for the WNBA Finals is in a best-of-five format with Games 1, 2 and 5 on the home court of the team with the higher seed.
Tiebreak procedures
Two-team tie
- Better record in head-to-head games.
- Better winning percentage within own conference.
- Better winning percentage against all teams with .500 or better record at the end of the season.
- Better point differential in games head-to-head.
- Coin toss.
Three or more-team tie
- Better winning percentage among all head-to-head games involving tied teams.
- Better winning percentage against teams within conference (for first two rounds of playoffs) or better record against teams in the opposite conference (for Finals).
- Better winning percentage against all teams with a .500 or better record at the end of the season.
- Better point differential in games involving tied teams.
- Coin toss.
Playoff qualifying
Eastern Conference
| Seed | Team | W | L | Tiebreaker | Clinched | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Playoff berth | Conf. Homecourt | |||||||
| 1 | Washington Mystics | 22 | 12 | 3–2 vs. NYL | August 15 | August 22 | ||
| 2 | New York Liberty | 22 | 12 | 2–3 vs. WAS | August 14 | — | ||
| 3 | Indiana Fever | 21 | 13 | — | August 13 | — | ||
| 4 | Atlanta Dream | 19 | 15 | — | August 14 | — | ||
Western Conference
| Seed | Team | W | L | Tiebreaker | Clinched | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Playoff berth | Playoffs Homecourt | |||||||
| 1 | Seattle Storm | 28 | 6 | — | July 22 | August 10 | ||
| 2 | Phoenix Mercury | 15 | 19 | — | August 13 | — | ||
| 3 | San Antonio Silver Stars | 14 | 20 | — | August 22 | — | ||
| 4 | Los Angeles Sparks | 13 | 21 | 4–0 vs. MIN | August 20 | — | ||
Bracket
| Conference Semi-Finals Best-of-3 | Conference Finals Best-of-3 | WNBA Finals Best-of-5 | ||||||||||||
| E1 | Washington | 0 | ||||||||||||
| E4 | Atlanta | 2 | ||||||||||||
| E2 | New York | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Eastern Conference | ||||||||||||||
| E4 | Atlanta | 2 | ||||||||||||
| E2 | New York | 2 | ||||||||||||
| E3 | Indiana | 1 | ||||||||||||
| E4 | Atlanta | 0 | ||||||||||||
| W1 | Seattle | 3 | ||||||||||||
| W1 | Seattle | 2 | ||||||||||||
| W4 | Los Angeles | 0 | ||||||||||||
| W1 | Seattle | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Western Conference | ||||||||||||||
| W2 | Phoenix | 0 | ||||||||||||
| W2 | Phoenix | 2 | ||||||||||||
| W3 | San Antonio | 0 | ||||||||||||
Note: italics denote home-court advantage; bold denotes series winner.
Eastern Conference
Conference semifinals
(1) Washington Mystics vs. (4) Atlanta Dream
August 25
7:00pm |
| Atlanta Dream 95, Washington Mystics 90 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 17–19, 31–14, 20–25, 27–32 | ||
| Pts: McCoughtry (28) Rebs: de Souza, Lyttle (9) Asts: Price (8) |
Pts: Coleman (18) Rebs: Currie (11) Asts: Harding (5) | |
Verizon Center, Washington D.C.
Attendance: 10,322 Referees: Michael Price, Tony Dawkins, Cameron Inouye |
August 27
7:30pm |
| Washington Mystics 77, Atlanta Dream 101 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 21–17, 7–33, 15–25, 34–26 | ||
| Pts: Ajavon (20) Rebs: Currie, Langhorne (7) Asts: Ajavon (3) |
Pts: Castro Marques, McCoughtry (21) Rebs: Lyttle (10) Asts: Lehning (9) | |
| Atlanta won the series 2–0 | ||
- Regular-season series
The Washington Mystics won 3–1 in the regular-season series:
(2) New York Liberty vs. (3) Indiana Fever
August 26
7:00pm |
| Indiana Fever 73, New York Liberty 85 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 22–21, 25–27, 12–18, 14–19 | ||
| Pts: Catchings (18) Rebs: Davenport (8) Asts: Catchings (6) |
Pts: Pondexter (28) Rebs: McWilliams-Franklin (10) Asts: McCarville (7) | |
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
Attendance: 14,624 Referees: Sue Blauch, Jeff Smith, Daryl Humphrey |
August 29
8:00pm |
| New York Liberty 67, Indiana Fever 75 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 8–21, 19–18, 19–25, 21–11 | ||
| Pts: Pondexter (24) Rebs: McCarville (11) Asts: Mitchell, Pondexter (2) |
Pts: Catchings (17) Rebs: Catchings (13) Asts: Douglas (5) | |
Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN
Attendance: 7,535 Referees: Kurt Walker, Roy Gulbeyan, Felicia Grinter |
September 1
7:30pm |
| Indiana Fever 74, New York Liberty 77 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 26–21, 21–25, 19–17, 8–14 | ||
| Pts: Douglas (24) Rebs: Catchings (6) Asts: Douglas (4) |
Pts: Pondexter (30) Rebs: McWilliams-Franklin (11) Asts: McWilliams-Franklin, Mitchell, Pondexter (4) | |
| New York won the series 2–1 | ||
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
Attendance: 16,682 Referees: Eric Brewton, Denise Brooks, Lamont Simpson |
- Regular-season series
The teams were tied 2–2 in the regular-season series:
Conference finals
(2) New York Liberty vs. (4) Atlanta Dream
September 5
7:00pm |
| Atlanta Dream 81, New York Liberty 75 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 27–21, 17–18, 12–17, 25–19 | ||
| Pts: McCoughtry (21) Rebs: Lyttle (13) Asts: Lehning (5) |
Pts: Pondexter (24) Rebs: McWilliams-Franklin (11) Asts: Mitchell (6) | |
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
Attendance: 14,248 Referees: Michael Price, Cameron Inouye, Clarke Stevens |
September 7
7:30pm |
| New York Liberty 93, Atlanta Dream 105 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 21–32, 23–23, 29–18, 20–32 | ||
| Pts: Pondexter (36) Rebs: McWilliams-Franklin (6) Asts: Pondexter (9) |
Pts: McCoughtry (42) Rebs: de Souza (6) Asts: Castro Marques (5) | |
| Atlanta won the series 2–0 | ||
- Regular-season series
The teams were tied 2–2 in the regular season series
June 11, 2010
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