2010 WNBA Playoffs explained

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

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
width=100	Playoff berth	width=100	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
width=100	Playoff berth	width=100	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

Note: italics denote home-court advantage; bold denotes series winner.

Eastern Conference

Conference semifinals

(1) Washington Mystics vs. (4) Atlanta Dream

Regular-season seriesThe Washington Mystics won 3–1 in the regular-season series:

(2) New York Liberty vs. (3) Indiana Fever

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

Conference finals

(2) New York Liberty vs. (4) Atlanta Dream

Regular-season seriesThe teams were tied 2 - 2 in the regular season series

Western Conference

Conference semifinals

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

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

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

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

Conference finals

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

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

WNBA Finals

Seattle Storm vs. Atlanta Dream

See main article: 2010 WNBA Finals.

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

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