2009 WNBA playoffs

Professional women's basketball tournament August 2023 March 2022 2009 WNBA playoffs 200px September 16 – October 9, 2009 Phoenix Mercury (Finals Champion) Indiana Fever 9,979 per game Scoring leader (s) Diana Taurasi (Phoenix) 245 MVP Diana Taurasi (Phoenix) 2008 2010 The 2009 WNBA playoffs is the postseason for the Women's National Basketball Association's 2009 season. Format The top 4 teams from each conference qualify for the playoffs. All 4 teams are seeded based on their standings. For rounds one and two, the teams compete 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. Playoff qualifying Eastern Conference The following teams clinched a playoff berth in the East: Indiana Fever (22–12) Atlanta Dream (18–16) Detroit Shock (18–16) Washington Mystics (16–18) Western Conference The following teams clinched a playoff berth in the West: Phoenix Mercury (23–11) Seattle Storm (20–14) Los Angeles Sparks (18–16) San Antonio Silver Stars (15–19) Bracket This was the outlook for the 2009 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. Conference semifinalsBest-of-3 Conference finalsBest-of-3 WNBA FinalsBest-of-5 Eastern Conference Western Conference E1 Indiana 2 E4 Washington 0 E2 Atlanta 0 E3 Detroit 2 W1 Phoenix 2 W4 San Antonio 1 W2 Seattle 1 W3 Los Angeles 2 E1 Indiana 2 E3 Detroit 1 W1 Phoenix 2 W3 Los Angeles 1 E1 Indiana 2 W1 Phoenix 3Bold – Series winner Italic – Team with home-court advantage Eastern Conference First round (1) Indiana Fever vs. (4) Washington Mystics #eee September 17 8:00 p.m. 6,332 Game 1 Indiana Fever 88 79 Washington Mystics Catchings (26) Catchings (12) Langhorne (18) Langhorne (10) Comcast Center, College Park, MD ESPN2HD #fff September 19 7:00 p.m. 9,655 Game 2 Washington Mystics 74 81 OT Indiana Fever Langhorne (15) Currie (14) Catchings (24) Catchings (16) Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN NBA TV Indiana won the series 2–0 (2) Atlanta Dream vs. (3) Detroit Shock #eee September 16 8:00 p.m. 6,122 Game 1 Atlanta Dream 89 94 Detroit Shock Castro Marques (25) Lyttle (9) Nolan (25) Ford (10) The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, MI ESPN2HD #fff September 18 7:30 p.m. 4,780 Game 2 Detroit Shock 94 79 Atlanta Dream Nolan (22) Braxton, Hornbuckle (8) Latta (21) de Souza (7) Arena at Gwinnett Center, Duluth, GA Detroit won the series 2–0 NBA TV Conference Finals: (1) Indiana Fever vs. (3) Detroit Shock #eee September 23 8:00 p.m. 7,214 Game 1 Indiana Fever 56 72 Detroit Shock Douglas (16) Catchings (11) Zellous (23) Braxton, Ford (9) The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, MI ESPN2HD #fff September 25 7:00 p.m. 9,210 Game 2 Detroit Shock 75 79 Indiana Fever Nolan (23) Ford (13) Catchings (22) Catchings (9) Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN NBA TV #eee September 26 7:00 p.m. 18,165 Game 3 Detroit Shock 67 72 Indiana Fever Nolan (16) Ford (11) Sutton-Brown (17) Catchings (8) Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN Indiana won the series 2–1 NBA TV Western Conference First round (1) Phoenix Mercury vs. (4) San Antonio Silver Stars #eee September 17 10:00 p.m. 5,721 Game 1 Phoenix Mercury 91 92 San Antonio Silver Stars Taylor (18) Taurasi (7) Young (24) Wauters (11) AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX ESPN2HD #fff September 19 10:00 p.m. 7,267 Game 2 San Antonio Silver Stars 78 106 Phoenix Mercury Young (19) Wauters (5) Taurasi (24) Bonner (13) US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ NBA TV #eee September 21 10:00 p.m. 6,896 Game 3 San Antonio Silver Stars 92 100 Phoenix Mercury Hammon (29) Young (8) Taurasi (30) T. Smith (8) US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ Phoenix won the series 2–1 ESPN2HD (2) Seattle Storm vs. (3) Los Angeles Sparks #eee September 16 10:00 p.m. 7,919 Game 1 Seattle Storm 63 70 Los Angeles Sparks Cash (24) Batkovic-Brown (7) Thompson (16) Leslie, Parker (10) Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA ESPN2HD #fff September 18 10:00 p.m. 8,854 Game 2 Los Angeles Sparks 74 75 Seattle Storm Lennox (17) Leslie (14) Cash (18) Wright (6) KeyArena, Seattle, WA NBA TV #eee September 20 5:00 p.m. 8,159 Game 3 Los Angeles Sparks 75 64 Seattle Storm Parker (22) Milton-Jones (9) Cash (21) Cash (10) KeyArena, Seattle, WA Los Angeles won the series 2–1 ESPN2HD Conference Finals: (1) Phoenix Mercury vs. (3) Los Angeles Sparks #eee September 23 10:00 p.m. 6,389 Game 1 Phoenix Mercury 103 94 Los Angeles Sparks Taurasi (28) T. Smith (6) Parker (28) Parker (10) Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles, CABruin Alumnae Return To Pauley Pavilion For LA Sparks Playoff Game Wednesday, UCLABruins.com, September 22, 2009. 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ESPN2HD #fff September 25 10:00 p.m. 7,628 Game 2 Los Angeles Sparks 87 76 Phoenix Mercury Parker (24) Parker (18) Taurasi (25) Pondexter (7) US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ NBA TV #eee September 26 10:00 p.m. 7,226 Game 3 Los Angeles Sparks 74 85 Phoenix Mercury Leslie (22) Thompson (11) Taurasi (21) Taurasi (7) US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ Phoenix won the series 2–1 NBA TV WNBA Finals 2009 WNBA Finals Phoenix Mercury vs. Indiana Fever #eee September 29 9:00 p.m. Game 1 Indiana Fever 116 120 Phoenix Mercury Douglas (30) Pondexter, Taylor (23) Hoffman (8) Taurasi (9) OT US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ 11,617 ESPN2HD #fff October 1 9:00 p.m. Game 2 Indiana Fever 93 84 Phoenix Mercury Catchings (19) Taurasi (20) Catchings (9) Taurasi (7) US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ 16,758 ESPN2HD #eee October 4 4:00 p.m. Game 3 Phoenix Mercury 85 86 Indiana Fever Pondexter (23) Hoffman (18) T. Smith (10) Catchings (12) Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN 18,165 ESPN2HD #fff October 7 7:30 p.m. Game 4 Phoenix Mercury 90 77 Indiana Fever Pondexter (22) Catchings (24) Willingham (8) Catchings (12) Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN 18,165 ESPN2HD #eee October 9 9:00 p.m. Game 5 Indiana Fever 86 94 Phoenix Mercury Sutton-Brown (22) Taurasi (26) Catchings (9) Smith (8) US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ 17,313 Phoenix won the series 3-2 ESPN2HD All times Eastern References Playoffs Category:WNBA playoffs