2010 WNBA Playoffs

The 2010 WNBA Playoffs is the postseason for the Women's National Basketball Association's 2010 season.

2010 WNBA Playoffs
DatesAugust 25 September 16
ChampionsSeattle Storm (2nd title) (Finals Champion)
East championAtlanta Dream (Coach: Marynell Meadors)
West championSeattle Storm (Coach: Brian Agler)
Attendance10,822 per game
Standings
Eastern ConferenceWestern Conference
1st Washington1st Seattle
2nd New York2nd Phoenix
3rd Indiana3rd San Antonio
4th Atlanta4th Los Angeles

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.

Two-team tie

  1. Better record in head-to-head games.
  2. Better winning percentage within own conference.
  3. Better winning percentage against all teams with .500 or better record at the end of the season.
  4. Better point differential in games head-to-head.
  5. Coin toss.

Three or more-team tie

  1. Better winning percentage among all head-to-head games involving tied teams.
  2. Better winning percentage against teams within conference (for first two rounds of playoffs) or better record against teams in the opposite conference (for Finals).
  3. Better winning percentage against all teams with a .500 or better record at the end of the season.
  4. Better point differential in games involving tied teams.
  5. 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

(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 20
Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA
Attendance: 7,890
Referees: Eric Brewton, Amy Bonner, Kevin Sparrock
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:

(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 20
Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA
Attendance: 9,045
Referees: Sue Blauch, Scott Twardoski, Lamont Simpson
Regular-season series

The teams were tied 22 in the regular season series

Western Conference

(1) Seattle Storm vs. (4) Los Angeles Sparks

August 25
11:00pm
Los Angeles Sparks 66, Seattle Storm 79
Scoring by quarter: 15–25, 18–18, 15–16, 18–20
Pts: Ferdinand-Harris (18)
Rebs: Milton-Jones (8)
Asts: Toliver (5)
Pts: Cash (20)
Rebs: Jackson (9)
Asts: Bird (12)
KeyArena, Seattle, WA
Attendance: 10,589
Referees: Lamont Simpson, Denise Brooks-Clauser, Roy Gulbeyan
August 28
3:00pm
Seattle Storm 81, Los Angeles Sparks 66
Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 27–16, 22–18, 17–12
Pts: Jackson (24)
Rebs: Jackson (9)
Asts: Cash (5)
Pts: Thompson (18)
Rebs: Milton-Jones (9)
Asts: Thompson (5)
Seattle won the series 2–0
STAPLES Center, Los Angeles, CA
Attendance: 8,326
Referees: Michael Price, Cameron Inouye, Tom Mauer
Regular-season series

The Seattle Storm won 5–0 in the regular-season series:

(2) Phoenix Mercury vs. (3) San Antonio Silver Stars

August 26
9:00pm
San Antonio Silver Stars 93, Phoenix Mercury 106
Scoring by quarter: 16–25, 23–21, 24–31, 30–29
Pts: Hammon (19)
Rebs: Young (9)
Asts: Snow, Hammon (4)
Pts: Dupree (32)
Rebs: Dupree (8)
Asts: Taurasi (10)
US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ
Attendance: 8,927
Referees: Scott Twardoski, Kurt Walker, Brenda Pantoja
August 28
1:00pm
Phoenix Mercury 92, San Antonio Silver Stars 73
Scoring by quarter: 30–15, 18–15, 20–21, 24–22
Pts: Taurasi (23)
Rebs: Dupree (11)
Asts: Taylor (12)
Pts: Hammon (21)
Rebs: Young (9)
Asts: Hammon (7)
Phoenix won the series 2–0
AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX
Attendance: 6,763
Referees: Clarke Stevens, Daryl Humphrey, Sue Blauch
Regular-season series

The teams were tied 2–2 in the regular-season series:

(1) Seattle Storm vs. (2) Phoenix Mercury

September 2
10:00pm
Phoenix Mercury 74, Seattle Storm 82
Scoring by quarter: 14–23, 19–24, 22–17, 19–18
Pts: Taylor (16)
Rebs: Dupree (11)
Asts: Johnson (7)
Pts: Jackson (23)
Rebs: Jackson (17)
Asts: Bird (10)
KeyArena, Seattle, WA
Attendance: 9,686
Referees: Sue Blauch, Daryl Humphrey, Kurt Walker
September 5
3:00pm
Seattle Storm 91, Phoenix Mercury 88
Scoring by quarter: 22–24, 18–24, 21–23, 30–17
Pts: Cash (23)
Rebs: Cash, Jackson, Little (8)
Asts: Bird (8)
Pts: Taurasi (28)
Rebs: Smith (7)
Asts: Johnson (12)
Seattle won the series 2–0
US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ
Attendance: 9,010
Referees: Eric Brewton, Denise Brooks, Roy Gulbeyan
Regular-season series

The Seattle Storm won 5–0 in the regular-season series:

WNBA Finals

Seattle Storm vs. Atlanta Dream

September 12
3:00pm
Atlanta Dream 77, Seattle Storm 79
Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 22–17, 14–20, 24–20
Pts: McCoughtry, Marques (19)
Rebs: Lyttle (14)
Asts: Price (3)
Pts: Jackson (26)
Rebs: Little (11)
Asts: Bird (8)
KeyArena, Seattle, WA
Attendance: 15,084
Referees: Daryl Humphrey, Denise Brooks, Michael Price
September 14
9:00pm
Atlanta Dream 84, Seattle Storm 87
Scoring by quarter: 21–19, 26–30, 18–20, 19–18
Pts: McCoughtry, Marques (21)
Rebs: McCoughtry (9)
Asts: Miller (8)
Pts: Jackson (26)
Rebs: Little (9)
Asts: Bird (5)
KeyArena, Seattle, WA
Attendance: 13,898
Referees: Eric Brewton, Cameron Inouye, Scott Twardoski
September 16
8:00pm
Seattle Storm 87, Atlanta Dream 84
Scoring by quarter: 28–24, 15-20, 24-16, 20-24
Pts: Cash (18)
Rebs: Jackson (9)
Asts: Bird (7)
Pts: McCoughtry (35)
Rebs: de Souza (14)
Asts: C. Miller (5)
Seattle won the series 30
Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA
Attendance: 10,522
Referees: Sue Blauch, Lamont Simpson, Kurt Walker
Regular-season series

The Seattle Storm won 2–0 in the regular-season series:

References

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