2008 WNBA playoffs

Professional women's basketball tournament August 2023 2008 WNBA playoffs September 18 – October 5, 2008 Detroit Shock (Finals Champion) San Antonio Silver Stars 8,420 per game Scoring leader (s) Becky Hammon (San Antonio) 163 MVP Katie Smith (Detroit) 2007 2009 The 2008 WNBA playoffs was the postseason for the Women's National Basketball Association's 2008 season which ended with the Eastern Conference champion Detroit Shock defeating the Western Conference champion San Antonio Silver Stars 3-0. 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 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. Reseeding (as used in the Stanley Cup Playoffs) is not in use: therefore, all playoff matchups are predetermined via the teams' seedings. Playoff qualifying Eastern Conference 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 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 This was the outlook for the 2008 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 semifinals Conference finals WNBA Finals Eastern Conference Western Conference E1 Detroit 2 E4 Indiana 1 E2 Connecticut 1 E3 New York 2 W1 San Antonio 2 W4 Sacramento 1 W2 Seattle 1 W3 Los Angeles 2 E1 Detroit 2 E3 New York 1 W1 San Antonio 2 W3 Los Angeles 1 E1 Detroit 3 W1 San Antonio 0 Bold – Series winner Italic – Team with home-court advantage Eastern Conference First round (1) Detroit Shock vs. (4) Indiana Fever #eee September 19 Game 1 Detroit Shock 81 72 Indiana Fever Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis NBA TV #fff September 21 Game 2 Indiana Fever 89 82 Detroit Shock Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills ESPN2 #eee September 23 Game 3 Indiana Fever 61 80 Detroit Shock Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills Detroit wins series, 2–1 ESPN2 (2) Connecticut Sun vs. (3) New York Liberty #eee September 18 Game 1 Connecticut Sun 63 72 New York Liberty Madison Square Garden, New York NBA TV #fff September 20 Game 2 New York Liberty 70 73 Connecticut Sun Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville NBA TV #eee September 22 Game 3 New York Liberty 66 62 Connecticut Sun Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville New York wins series, 2–1 ESPN2 Conference finals (1) Detroit Shock vs. (3) New York Liberty #eee September 26 Game 1 Detroit Shock 56 60 New York Liberty Madison Square Garden, New York NBA TV #fff September 28 Game 2 New York Liberty 55 64 Detroit Shock EMU Convocation Center, Ypsilanti ESPN2 #eee September 29 Game 3 New York Liberty 73 75 Detroit Shock EMU Convocation Center, Ypsilanti Detroit wins series, 2–1 ESPN2 Western Conference First round (1) San Antonio Silver Stars vs. (4) Sacramento Monarchs #eee September 18 Game 1 San Antonio Silver Stars 85 78 Sacramento Monarchs ARCO Arena, Sacramento NBA TV #fff September 20 Game 2 Sacramento Monarchs 84 67 San Antonio Silver Stars AT&T Center, San Antonio NBA TV #eee September 22 Game 3 Sacramento Monarchs 81 86 San Antonio Silver Stars AT&T Center, San Antonio San Antonio wins series, 2–1 ESPN2 (2) Seattle Storm vs. (3) Los Angeles Sparks #eee September 19 Game 1 Seattle Storm 69 77 Los Angeles Sparks Staples Center, Los Angeles NBA TV #fff September 21 Game 2 Los Angeles Sparks 50 64 Seattle Storm KeyArena, Seattle ESPN2 #eee September 23 Game 3 Los Angeles Sparks 71 64 Seattle Storm KeyArena, Seattle Los Angeles wins series, 2–1 ESPN2 Conference finals (1) San Antonio Silver Stars vs. (3) Los Angeles Sparks #eee September 25 Game 1 San Antonio Silver Stars 70 85 Los Angeles Sparks Galen Center, Los Angeles NBA TV #fff September 27 Game 2 Los Angeles Sparks 66 67 San Antonio Silver Stars AT&T Center, San Antonio NBA TV #eee September 28 Game 3 Los Angeles Sparks 72 76 San Antonio Silver Stars AT&T Center, San Antonio San Antonio wins series, 2–1 ESPN2 WNBA Finals 2008 WNBA Finals San Antonio Silver Stars vs. Detroit Shock #eee October 1 Game 1 Detroit Shock 77 69 San Antonio Silver Stars AT&T Center, San Antonio ESPN2 #fff October 3 Game 2 Detroit Shock 69 61 San Antonio Silver Stars AT&T Center, San Antonio ESPN2 #eee October 5 Game 3 San Antonio Silver Stars 60 76 Detroit Shock EMU Convocation Center, Ypsilanti Detroit wins series, 3-0 ESPN2 References Playoffs Category:WNBA playoffs