2008 WNBA Playoffs
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| Dates: | September 19 – October 5 | |||||||||
| Finals Champion: | Detroit Shock | |||||||||
| Attendance: | 8,420 per game | |||||||||
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| Eastern Conference | Western Conference | |||||||||
| 1st Detroit | 1st San Antonio | |||||||||
| 2nd Connecticut | 2nd Seattle | |||||||||
| 3rd New York | 3rd Los Angeles | |||||||||
| 4th Indiana | 4th Sacramento | |||||||||
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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.
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Format [edit]
- 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 [edit]
Eastern Conference [edit]
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 [edit]
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 [edit]
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.
| First Round | Conference Finals | WNBA Finals | |||||||||||
| 1 | Detroit | 2 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Indiana | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Detroit | 2 | |||||||||||
| Eastern Conference | |||||||||||||
| 3 | New York | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Connecticut | 1 | |||||||||||
| 3 | New York | 2 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Detroit | 3 | |||||||||||
| 1 | San Antonio | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1 | San Antonio | 2 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Sacramento | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1 | San Antonio | 2 | |||||||||||
| Western Conference | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Los Angeles | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Seattle | 1 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Los Angeles | 2 | |||||||||||
Eastern Conference [edit]
First Round [edit]
(1) Detroit Shock vs. (4) Indiana Fever [edit]
| September 19 | Game 1 | Detroit Shock 81, Indiana Fever 72 | Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis | NBA TV | |||
| September 21 | Game 2 | Indiana Fever 89, Detroit Shock 81 | Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills | ESPN2 | |||
| September 23 | Game 3 | Indiana Fever 61, Detroit Shock 80 | Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills | ESPN2 | |||
| Detroit wins series, 2–1 | |||||||
(2) Connecticut Sun vs. (3) New York Liberty [edit]
| September 18 | Game 1 | Connecticut Sun 63, New York Liberty 72 | Madison Square Garden, New York | NBA TV | |||
| September 20 | Game 2 | New York Liberty 70, Connecticut Sun 73 | Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville | NBA TV | |||
| September 22 | Game 3 | New York Liberty 66, Connecticut Sun 62 | Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville | ESPN2 | |||
| New York wins series, 2–1 | |||||||
Conference Finals [edit]
(1) Detroit Shock vs. (3) New York Liberty [edit]
| September 26 | Game 1 | Detroit Shock 56, New York Liberty 60 | Madison Square Garden, New York | NBA TV | |||
| September 28 | Game 2 | New York Liberty 55, Detroit Shock 64 | EMU Convocation Center, Ypsilanti | ESPN2 | |||
| September 29 | Game 3 | New York Liberty 73, Detroit Shock 75 | EMU Convocation Center, Ypsilanti | ESPN2 | |||
| Detroit wins series, 2–1 | |||||||
Western Conference [edit]
First Round [edit]
(1) San Antonio Silver Stars vs. (4) Sacramento Monarchs [edit]
| September 18 | Game 1 | San Antonio Silver Stars 85, Sacramento Monarchs 78 | ARCO Arena, Sacramento | NBA TV | |||
| September 20 | Game 2 | Sacramento Monarchs 84, San Antonio Silver Stars 67 | AT&T Center, San Antonio | NBA TV | |||
| September 22 | Game 3 | Sacramento Monarchs 81, San Antonio Silver Stars 86 | AT&T Center, San Antonio | ESPN2 | |||
| San Antonio wins series, 2–1 | |||||||
(2) Seattle Storm vs. (3) Los Angeles Sparks [edit]
| September 19 | Game 1 | Seattle Storm 69, Los Angeles Sparks 77 | Staples Center, Los Angeles | NBA TV | |||
| September 21 | Game 2 | Los Angeles Sparks 50, Seattle Storm 64 | KeyArena, Seattle | ESPN2 | |||
| September 23 | Game 3 | Los Angeles Sparks 71, Seattle Storm 64 | KeyArena, Seattle | ESPN2 | |||
| Los Angeles wins series, 2–1 | |||||||
Conference Finals [edit]
(1) San Antonio Silver Stars vs. (3) Los Angeles Sparks [edit]
| September 25 | Game 1 | San Antonio Silver Stars 70, Los Angeles Sparks 85 | Galen Center, Los Angeles | NBA TV | |||
| September 27 | Game 2 | Los Angeles Sparks 66, San Antonio Silver Stars 67 | AT&T Center, San Antonio | NBA TV | |||
| September 28 | Game 3 | Los Angeles Sparks 72, San Antonio Silver Stars 76 | AT&T Center, San Antonio | ESPN2 | |||
| San Antonio wins series, 2–1 | |||||||
WNBA Finals: San Antonio Silver Stars vs. Detroit Shock [edit]
Main article: 2008 WNBA Finals
| October 1 | Game 1 | Detroit Shock 77, San Antonio Silver Stars 69 | AT&T Center, San Antonio | ESPN2 | |||
| October 3 | Game 2 | Detroit Shock 69, San Antonio Silver Stars 61 | AT&T Center, San Antonio | ESPN2 | |||
| October 5 | Game 3 | San Antonio Silver Stars 60, Detroit Shock 76 | EMU Convocation Center, Ypsilanti | ESPN2 | |||
| Detroit wins series, 3-0 | |||||||
