2007 WNBA Playoffs explained

Year:	2007
WNBA Playoffs
Dates:	August 23 – September 16, 2007
Winners:	Phoenix Mercury (Finals Champion)
Continental Cup Title:	East champion
Continental Cup Qualifiers:	Detroit Shock (Coach: Bill Laimbeer)
Continental Cup Title1:	West champion
Continental Cup Qualifiers1:	Phoenix Mercury (Coach: Paul Westhead)
Prev Season:	2006
Next Season:	2008

Standings
Eastern Conference	Western Conference
1st Detroit	1st Phoenix
2nd Indiana	2nd San Antonio
3rd Connecticut	3rd Sacramento
4th New York	4th Seattle

The 2007 WNBA Playoffs was the postseason for the Women's National Basketball Association's 2007 season which ended with the Western Conference champion Phoenix Mercury defeating the Eastern Conference champion Detroit Shock 3-2.

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 2 and 3 on the home court of the team with the higher seed.
• 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.
• Reseeding (as used in the Stanley Cup playoffs) is not in use: therefore, all playoff matchups are predetermined via the teams' seedings.

Playoff qualifying

Eastern Conference

The following teams clinched a playoff berth in the East:

1. Detroit Shock (24–10)
2. Indiana Fever (21–13)
3. Connecticut Sun (18–16)
4. New York Liberty (16–18)

Western Conference

The following teams clinched a playoff berth in the West:

1. Phoenix Mercury (23–11)
2. San Antonio Silver Stars (20–14)
3. Sacramento Monarchs (19–15)
4. Seattle Storm (17–17)

Bracket

This was the outlook for the 2007 WNBA playoffs. Teams in italics had home court advantage. Teams in bold advanced to the next round. Numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's original playoffs seeding in their respective conferences. Numbers to the right of each team indicate the number of games the team won in that round.

Eastern Conference

First round

(2) Indiana Fever vs. (3) Connecticut Sun

Conference finals

(1) Detroit Shock vs. (2) Indiana Fever

Western Conference

First round

(2) San Antonio Silver Stars vs. (3) Sacramento Monarchs

Conference finals

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

WNBA Finals: Phoenix Mercury vs. Detroit Shock

See main article: 2007 WNBA Finals.