2010 WNBA playoffs

Professional women's basketball tournament August 2023 March 2022 2010 WNBA playoffs File:2010 WNBA Playoffs.png August 25 – September 16, 2010 Seattle Storm Atlanta Dream 10,822 per game Scoring leader (s) Angel McCoughtry (Atlanta) 187 MVP Lauren Jackson (Seattle) 2009 2011 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 Better record in head-to-head games. Better winning percentage within own conference. Better winning percentage against all teams with .500 or better record at the end of the season. Better point differential in games head-to-head. Coin toss. Three or more-team tie Better winning percentage among all head-to-head games involving tied teams. Better winning percentage against teams within conference (for first two rounds of playoffs) or better record against teams in the opposite conference (for Finals). Better winning percentage against all teams with a .500 or better record at the end of the season. Better point differential in games involving tied teams. Coin toss. Playoff qualifying Eastern Conference SeedTeamWLTiebreakerClinchedPlayoff berthConf. 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 SeedTeamWLTiebreakerClinchedPlayoff berthPlayoffs 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 Conference semifinalsBest-of-3 Conference finalsBest-of-3 WNBA FinalsBest-of-5 Eastern Conference Western Conference E1 Washington 0 E4 Atlanta 2 E2 New York 2 E3 Indiana 1 W1 Seattle 2 W4 Los Angeles 0 W2 Phoenix 2 W3 San Antonio 0 E4 Atlanta 2 E2 New York 0 W1 Seattle 2 W2 Phoenix 0 E4 Atlanta 0 W1 Seattle 3 Bold – Series winner Italics – Team with home-court advantage Eastern Conference Conference semifinals (1) Washington Mystics vs. (4) Atlanta Dream #eee August 25 7:00pm Atlanta Dream 95 90 Washington Mystics Game 1 17–19 31–14 20–25 27–32 McCoughtry (28) de Souza, Lyttle (9) Price (8) Coleman (18) Currie (11) Harding (5) Verizon Center, Washington D.C. 10,322 Michael Price, Tony Dawkins, Cameron Inouye NBATV #fff August 27 7:30pm Report Washington Mystics 77 101 Atlanta Dream 21–17 7–33 15–25 34–26 Ajavon (20) Currie, Langhorne (7) Ajavon (3) Castro Marques, McCoughtry (21) Lyttle (10) Lehning (9) Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA 7,890 Eric Brewton, Amy Bonner, Kevin Sparrock Atlanta won the series 2–0 NBATVFSSO Regular-season series The Washington Mystics won 3–1 in the regular-season series: #fffa June 5, 2010 Report Atlanta Dream |score1=86 Washington Mystics 79 Verizon Center, Washington D.C. July 21, 2010 Report Atlanta Dream 72 Washington Mystics |score2=82 Verizon Center, Washington D.C. #fff August 3, 2010 Report Washington Mystics |score1=86 Atlanta Dream 78 Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA August 22, 2010 Report Washington Mystics |score1=90 Atlanta Dream 81 Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA (2) New York Liberty vs. (3) Indiana Fever #eee August 26 7:00pm Indiana Fever 73 85 New York Liberty Game 1 22–21 25–27 12–18 14–19 Catchings (18) Davenport (8) Catchings (6) Pondexter (28) McWilliams-Franklin (10) McCarville (7) Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 14,624 Sue Blauch, Jeff Smith, Daryl Humphrey NBATVMSG #fff August 29 8:00pm New York Liberty 67 75 Indiana Fever Game 2 8–21 19–18 19–25 21–11 Pondexter (24) Catchings (17) McCarville (11) Catchings (13) Mitchell, Pondexter (2) Douglas (5) 7,535 Kurt Walker, Roy Gulbeyan, Felicia Grinter Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN ESPN2 #eee September 1 7:30pm Indiana Fever 74 77 New York Liberty Game 3 26–21 21–25 19–17 8–14 Douglas (24) Pondexter (30) Catchings (6) McWilliams-Franklin (11) Douglas (4) McWilliams-Franklin, Mitchell, Pondexter (4) 16,682 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY Eric Brewton, Denise Brooks, Lamont Simpson New York won the series 2–1 NBATVMSG Regular-season series The teams were tied 2–2 in the regular-season series: #fffa June 5, 2010 Report New York Liberty 73 Indiana Fever |score2=78 Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN July 18, 2010 Report Indiana Fever |score1=84 New York Liberty 81 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY #fff August 3, 2010 Report New York Liberty |score1=82 Indiana Fever 72 Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN August 17, 2010 Report Indiana Fever 57 New York Liberty |score2=78 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY Conference finals (2) New York Liberty vs. (4) Atlanta Dream #eee September 5 7:00pm Report Atlanta Dream 81 75 New York Liberty 27–21 17–18 12–17 25–19 McCoughtry (21) Pondexter (24) Lyttle (13) McWilliams-Franklin (11) Lehning (5) Mitchell (6) Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 14,248 Michael Price, Cameron Inouye, Clarke Stevens NBATVMSG #fff September 7 7:30pm Report New York Liberty 93 105 Atlanta Dream 21–32 23–23 29–18 20–32 Pondexter (36) McCoughtry (42) McWilliams-Franklin (6) de Souza (6) Pondexter (9) Castro Marques (5) Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA 9,045 Sue Blauch, Scott Twardoski, Lamont Simpson NBATVFSSO, MSG Atlanta won the series 2–0 Regular-season series The teams were tied 2–2 in the regular season series #fff May 23, 2010 Report Atlanta Dream | score1 = 86 New York Liberty 77 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY June 11, 2010 Report Atlanta Dream 79 New York Liberty | score2 = 91 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY #fff July 25, 2010 Report New York Liberty 75 Atlanta Dream | score2 = 82 Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA August 13, 2010 Report New York Liberty | score1 = 90 Atlanta Dream 83 Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA Western Conference Conference semifinals (1) Seattle Storm vs. (4) Los Angeles Sparks #eee August 25 11:00pm Los Angeles Sparks 66 79 Seattle Storm Game 1 15–25 18–18 15–16 18–20 Ferdinand-Harris (18) Milton-Jones (8) Toliver (5) Cash (20) Jackson (9) Bird (12) KeyArena, Seattle, WA 10,589 Lamont Simpson, Denise Brooks-Clauser, Roy Gulbeyan ESPN2 #fff August 28 3:00pm Report Seattle Storm 81 66 Los Angeles Sparks 15–20 27–16 22–18 17–12 Jackson (24) Milton-Jones (9) Thompson (5) Thompson (18) Jackson (9) Cash (5) STAPLES Center, Los Angeles, CA 8,326 Michael Price, Cameron Inouye, Tom Mauer ESPN2 Seattle won the series 2–0 Regular-season series The Seattle Storm won 5–0 in the regular-season series: #fffa May 16, 2010 Report Los Angeles Sparks 67 Seattle Storm |score2=81 KeyArena, Seattle, WA June 5, 2010 Report Seattle Storm |score1=79 Los Angeles Sparks 75 Home Depot Center, Carson, CA #fff June 11, 2010 Report Los Angeles Sparks 60 Seattle Storm |score2=82 KeyArena, Seattle, WA July 3, 2010 Report Seattle Storm |score1=75 Los Angeles Sparks 62 STAPLES Center, Los Angeles, CA August 21, 2010 Report Los Angeles Sparks 75 Seattle Storm |score2=76 KeyArena, Seattle, WA (2) Phoenix Mercury vs. (3) San Antonio Silver Stars #eee August 26 9:00pm San Antonio Silver Stars 93 106 Phoenix Mercury Game 1 16–25 23–21 24–31 30–29 Hammon (19) Young (9) Snow, Hammon (4) Dupree (32) Dupree (8) Taurasi (10) US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ 8,927 Scott Twardoski, Kurt Walker, Brenda Pantoja ESPN2 #fff August 28 1:00pm Phoenix Mercury 92 73 San Antonio Silver Stars Game 2 30–15 18–15 20–21 24–22 Taurasi (23) Dupree (11) Taylor (12) Hammon (21) Young (9) Hammon (7) AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX 6,763 Clarke Stevens, Daryl Humphrey, Sue Blauch ESPN2 Phoenix won the series 2–0 Regular-season series The teams were tied 2–2 in the regular-season series: #fffa June 18, 2010 Report San Antonio Silver Stars |score1=108 Phoenix Mercury 105 US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ August 3, 2010 Report Phoenix Mercury |score1=103 San Antonio Silver Stars 92 AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX #fff August 6, 2010 Report San Antonio Silver Stars 87 Phoenix Mercury |score2=103 US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ August 22, 2010 Report Phoenix Mercury 82 San Antonio Silver Stars |score2=83 AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX Conference finals (1) Seattle Storm vs. (2) Phoenix Mercury #eee September 2 10:00pm Phoenix Mercury 74 82 Seattle Storm Game 1 14–23 19–24 22–17 19–18 Taylor (16) Jackson (23) Dupree (11) Jackson (17) Johnson (7) Bird (10) KeyArena, Seattle, WA 9,686 Sue Blauch, Daryl Humphrey, Kurt Walker NBATV #fff September 5 3:00pm Seattle Storm 91 88 Game 2 22–24 18–24 21–23 30–17 Cash (23) Taurasi (28) Cash, Jackson, Little (8) Smith (7) Bird (8) Johnson (12) Phoenix Mercury US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ 9,010 Eric Brewton, Denise Brooks, Roy Gulbeyan ABC Seattle won the series 2–0 Regular-season series The Seattle Storm won 5–0 in the regular-season series: #fffa May 22, 2010 Report Seattle Storm |score1=95 Phoenix Mercury 89 US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ June 6, 2010 Report Phoenix Mercury 74 Seattle Storm |score2=97 KeyArena, Seattle, WA #fff July 14, 2010 Report Seattle Storm |score1=111 Phoenix Mercury 107 US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ July 27, 2010 Report Phoenix Mercury 85 Seattle Storm |score2=91 KeyArena, Seattle, WA #fff August 20, 2010 Report Seattle Storm |score1=78 Phoenix Mercury 73 US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ WNBA Finals 2010 WNBA Finals Seattle Storm vs. Atlanta Dream #eee September 12 3:00pm Report Atlanta Dream 77 79 Seattle Storm 17–22 22–17 14–20 24–20 McCoughtry, Marques (19) Jackson (26) Lyttle (14) Little (11) Price (3) Bird (8) KeyArena, Seattle, WA 15,084 Daryl Humphrey, Denise Brooks, Michael Price ABC #fff September 14 9:00pm Report Atlanta Dream 84 87 Seattle Storm 21–19 26–30 18–20 19–18 McCoughtry, Marques (21) Jackson (26) McCoughtry (9) Little (9) Miller (8) Bird (5) KeyArena, Seattle, WA 13,898 Eric Brewton, Cameron Inouye, Scott Twardoski ESPN2 #eee September 16 8:00pm Report Seattle Storm 87 84 Atlanta Dream 28–24 15-20 24-16 20-24 Cash (18) McCoughtry (35) Jackson (9) de Souza (14) Bird (7) C. Miller (5) Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA 10,522 Sue Blauch, Lamont Simpson, Kurt Walker ESPN2 Seattle won the series 3–0 Regular-season series The Seattle Storm won 2–0 in the regular-season series: #fffa June 1, 2010 Report Atlanta Dream 72 Seattle Storm |score2=90 KeyArena, Seattle, WA August 10, 2010 Report Seattle Storm |score1=80 Atlanta Dream 70 Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA References Playoffs Category:WNBA playoffs