2003 WNBA playoffs

Professional women's basketball tournament August 2023 2003 WNBA playoffs August 28 – September 16, 2003 Detroit Shock Los Angeles Sparks Scoring leader (s) Lisa Leslie (Los Angeles) 187 MVP Ruth Riley (Detroit) 2002 2004 The 2003 WNBA playoffs was the postseason for the Women's National Basketball Association's 2003 season which ended with the Eastern Conference champion Detroit Shock beating the Western Conference champion and two-time defending WNBA champion Los Angeles Sparks, 2-1. Ruth Riley was named the MVP of the Finals. Format The top 4 teams from each conference qualify for the playoffs. All 4 teams are seeded by basis of their standings. Regular season standings Eastern Conference Western Conference Note: Teams with an "X" clinched playoff spots. Bracket Conference semifinalsBest-of-3 Conference finalsBest-of-3 WNBA FinalsBest-of-3 Eastern Conference Western Conference E1 Detroit 2 E4 Cleveland 1 E2 Charlotte 0 E3 Connecticut 2 W1 Los Angeles 2 W4 Minnesota 1 W2 Houston 1 W3 Sacramento 2 E1 Detroit 2 E3 Connecticut 0 W1 Los Angeles 2 W3 Sacramento 1 E1 Detroit 2 W1 Los Angeles 1 Bold – Series winner Italic – Team with home-court advantage First round - Detroit defeats Cleveland, 2-1 Detroit 76, Cleveland 74 (Aug. 29) Cleveland 66, Detroit 59 (Aug. 31) Detroit 77, Cleveland 63 (Sept. 2) - Connecticut defeats Charlotte, 2-0 Connecticut 68, Charlotte 66 (Aug. 28) Connecticut 68, Charlotte 62 (Aug. 30) - Los Angeles defeats Minnesota, 2-1 Minnesota 74, Los Angeles 72 (Aug. 28) Los Angeles 80, Minnesota 69 (Aug. 30) Los Angeles 74, Minnesota 64 (Sept. 1) - Sacramento defeats Houston, 2-1 Sacramento 65, Houston 59 (Aug. 29) Houston 69, Sacramento 48 (Aug. 31) Sacramento 70, Houston 68 (Sept. 2) Conference finals - Detroit defeats Connecticut, 2-0 Detroit 73, Connecticut 63 (Sept. 5) Detroit 79, Connecticut 73 (Sept. 7) - Los Angeles defeats Sacramento, 2-1 Sacramento 77, Los Angeles 69 (Sept. 5) Los Angeles 79, Sacramento 54 (Sept. 7) Los Angeles 66, Sacramento 63 (Sept. 8) WNBA Finals 2003 WNBA Finals - Detroit defeats Los Angeles, 2-1 L.A. 75, Detroit 63 (Sept. 12) Detroit 62, L.A. 61 (Sept. 14) Detroit 83, L.A. 78 (Sept. 16) http://www.wnba.com/finals2003/ WNBA.com: Finals 2003 2014-07-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20140219093656/http://www.wnba.com/finals2003/ 2014-02-19 dead WNBA.com WNBA Playoffs History: 2003 See also List of WNBA Champions References External links Link to WNBA Playoffs series, recap, and boxscores Playoffs Category:WNBA playoffs