2008 WNBA playoffs

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2008 WNBA playoffs
DatesSeptember 18 – October 5, 2008
Final positions
Champions Detroit Shock (Finals Champion)
East champion Detroit Shock (Coach: Bill Laimbeer)
West champion San Antonio Silver Stars (Coach: Dan Hughes)
Tournament statistics
Attendance8,420 per game
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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.

Contents

Format

Playoff qualifying

Eastern Conference

The following teams clinched a playoff berth in the East:

  1. Detroit Shock (22–12)
  2. Connecticut Sun (21–13)
  3. New York Liberty (19–15)
  4. Indiana Fever (17–17)

Western Conference

The following teams clinched a playoff berth in the West:

  1. San Antonio Silver Stars (24–10)
  2. Seattle Storm (22–12)
  3. Los Angeles Sparks (20–14)
  4. 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 semifinalsConference finalsWNBA Finals
         
E1 Detroit 2
E4 Indiana 1
E1 Detroit 2
Eastern Conference
E3 New York 1
E2 Connecticut 1
E3 New York 2
E1 Detroit 3
W1 San Antonio 0
W1 San Antonio 2
W4 Sacramento 1
W1 San Antonio 2
Western Conference
W3 Los Angeles 1
W2 Seattle 1
W3 Los Angeles 2

Eastern Conference

First round

(1) Detroit Shock vs. (4) Indiana Fever

(2) Connecticut Sun vs. (3) New York Liberty

Conference finals

(1) Detroit Shock vs. (3) New York Liberty

Western Conference

First round

(1) San Antonio Silver Stars vs. (4) Sacramento Monarchs

(2) Seattle Storm vs. (3) Los Angeles Sparks

Conference finals

(1) San Antonio Silver Stars vs. (3) Los Angeles Sparks

WNBA Finals

San Antonio Silver Stars vs. Detroit Shock

References