2008 WNBA Playoffs
| Dates | September 18 – October 5, 2008 |
|---|---|
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Detroit Shock(FinalsChampion) |
| East champion | Detroit Shock(Coach:Bill Laimbeer) |
| West champion | S.A. Silver Stars(Coach:Dan Hughes) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Attendance | 8,420 per game |
| Standings | |
|---|---|
| Eastern Conference | Western Conference |
| 1stDetroit | 1stSan Antonio |
| 2ndConnecticut | 2ndSeattle |
| 3rdNew York | 3rdLos Angeles |
| 4thIndiana | 4thSacramento |
The2008 WNBA Playoffswas thepostseasonfor theWomen's National Basketball Association's2008 seasonwhich ended with the Eastern Conference champion Detroit Shock defeating the Western Conference champion San Antonio Silver Stars 3-0.
Format
[edit]- 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 theWNBA Finalsis 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 theStanley Cup Playoffs) is not in use: therefore, all playoff matchups are predetermined via the teams' seedings.
Playoff qualifying
[edit]Eastern Conference
[edit]The following teams clinched a playoff berth in the East:
- Detroit Shock(22–12)
- Connecticut Sun(21–13)
- New York Liberty(19–15)
- Indiana Fever(17–17)
Western Conference
[edit]The following teams clinched a playoff berth in the West:
- San Antonio Silver Stars(24–10)
- Seattle Storm(22–12)
- Los Angeles Sparks(20–14)
- Sacramento Monarchs(18–16)
Bracket
[edit]This was the outlook for the 2008 WNBA playoffs. Teams initalicshadhome court advantage.Teams inboldadvanced 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.
| First Round | Conference Finals | WNBA Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Detroit | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Indiana | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Detroit | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Eastern Conference | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | New York | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Connecticut | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | New York | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Detroit | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | San Antonio | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | San Antonio | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Sacramento | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | San Antonio | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Western Conference | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Los Angeles | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Seattle | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Los Angeles | 2 | ||||||||||||