2004 WNBA playoffs

Professional women's basketball tournament August 2023 2004 WNBA playoffs September 24 – October 12, 2004 Seattle Storm Connecticut Sun Scoring leader (s) Lauren Jackson (Seattle) 157 MVP Betty Lennox (Seattle) 2003 2005 The 2004 WNBA playoffs was the postseason for the Women's National Basketball Association's 2004 season which ended with the Western Conference champion Seattle Storm defeating the Eastern Conference champion Connecticut Sun, 2–1. Betty Lennox 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 Connecticut 2 E4 Washington 1 E2 New York 2 E3 Detroit 1 W1 Los Angeles 1 W4 Sacramento 2 W2 Seattle 2 W3 Minnesota 0 E1 Connecticut 2 E2 New York 0 W4 Sacramento 1 W2 Seattle 2 E1 Connecticut 1 W2 Seattle 2 Bold – Series winner Italic – Team with home-court advantage Conference semifinals Eastern Conference (1) Connecticut vs. (4) Washington Sun beat Mystics 2–1 Game 1: Washington 67, Connecticut 59 Game 2: Connecticut 80, Washington 70 Game 3: Connecticut 76, Washington 56 (2) New York vs. (3) Detroit Liberty beat Shock 2–1 Game 1: New York 75, Detroit 62 Game 2: Detroit 76, New York 66 Game 3: New York 66, Shock 64 Western Conference (1) Los Angeles vs. (4) Sacramento Monarchs beat Sparks 2–1 Game 1: Sacramento 72, Los Angeles 52 Game 2: Los Angeles 71, Sacramento 57 Game 3: Sacramento 73, Los Angeles 58 (2) Seattle vs. (3) Minnesota Storm beat Lynx 2–0 Game 1: Seattle 70, Minnesota 58 Game 2: Seattle 64, Minnesota 54 Conference finals Eastern Conference Connecticut Sun vs. New York Liberty Sun beat Liberty 2–0 Game 1: Connecticut 61, New York 51 Game 2: Connecticut 60, New York 57 Western Conference Seattle Storm vs. Sacramento Monarchs Storm beat Monarchs 2–1 Game 1: Sacramento 74, Seattle 72 Game 2: Seattle 66, Sacramento 54 Game 3: Seattle 82, Sacramento 622004 WNBA playoffs schedule - WNBA - ESPN WNBA Finals 2004 WNBA Finals Seattle Storm vs. Connecticut Sun Storm beat Sun Game 1:Sun 68, Storm 64 Game 2:Storm 67, Sun 65 Game 3:Storm 74, Sun 60http://www.wnba.com/finals2004/ WNBA.com: Finals 2004 2014-07-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20041010032447/http://www.wnba.com/finals2004/ 2004-10-10 dead See also List of WNBA Champions References External links Link to WNBA Playoffs series, recap, and boxscores Playoffs Category:WNBA playoffs