2009 WNBA Playoffs

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2009 WNBA Playoffs
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DatesSeptember 16 October 9, 2009
Final positions
Champions Phoenix Mercury (Finals Champion)
East champion Indiana Fever (Coach: Lin Dunn)
West champion Phoenix Mercury (Coach: Corey Gaines)
Tournament statistics
Attendance9,979 per game
  2008
2010  

The 2009 WNBA Playoffs is the postseason for the Women's National Basketball Association's 2009 season.

Contents

Format

Playoff qualifying

Eastern Conference

The following teams clinched a playoff berth in the East:

  1. Indiana Fever (22–12)
  2. Atlanta Dream (18–16)
  3. Detroit Shock (18–16)
  4. Washington Mystics (16–18)
Western Conference

The following teams clinched a playoff berth in the West:

  1. Phoenix Mercury (23–11)
  2. Seattle Storm (20–14)
  3. Los Angeles Sparks (18–16)
  4. San Antonio Silver Stars (15–19)

Bracket

This was the outlook for the 2009 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 Semi-Finals
Best-of-3
Conference Finals
Best-of-3
WNBA Finals
Best-of-5
         
E1 Indiana 2
E4 Washington 0
E1 Indiana 2
Eastern Conference
E3 Detroit 1
E2 Atlanta 0
E3 Detroit 2
E1 Indiana 2
W1 Phoenix 3
W1 Phoenix 2
W4 San Antonio 1
W1 Phoenix 2
Western Conference
W3 Los Angeles 1
W2 Seattle 1
W3 Los Angeles 2

Eastern Conference

First round

(1) Indiana Fever vs. (4) Washington Mystics

September 17
8:00 p.m.
Indiana Fever 88, Washington Mystics 79
Pts: Catchings (26)
Rebs: Catchings (12)
Pts: Langhorne (18)
Rebs: Langhorne (10)
Comcast Center, College Park, MD
Attendance: 6,332
September 19
7:00 p.m.
Washington Mystics 74, Indiana Fever 81 (OT)
Pts: Langhorne (15)
Rebs: Currie (14)
Pts: Catchings (24)
Rebs: Catchings (16)
Indiana won the series 2–0

(2) Atlanta Dream vs. (3) Detroit Shock

September 16
8:00 p.m.
Atlanta Dream 89, Detroit Shock 94
Pts: Castro Marques (25)
Rebs: Lyttle (9)
Pts: Nolan (25)
Rebs: Ford (10)
September 18
7:30 p.m.
Detroit Shock 94, Atlanta Dream 79
Pts: Nolan (22)
Rebs: Braxton, Hornbuckle (8)
Pts: Latta (21)
Rebs: de Souza (7)
Detroit won the series 2–0

Conference Finals: (1) Indiana Fever vs. (3) Detroit Shock

September 23
8:00 p.m.
Indiana Fever 56, Detroit Shock 72
Pts: Douglas (16)
Rebs: Catchings (11)
Pts: Zellous (23)
Rebs: Braxton, Ford (9)
September 25
7:00 p.m.
Detroit Shock 75, Indiana Fever 79
Pts: Nolan (23)
Rebs: Ford (13)
Pts: Catchings (22)
Rebs: Catchings (9)
September 26
7:00 p.m.
Detroit Shock 67, Indiana Fever 72
Pts: Nolan (16)
Rebs: Ford (11)
Pts: Sutton-Brown (17)
Rebs: Catchings (8)
Indiana won the series 2–1

Western Conference

First round

(1) Phoenix Mercury vs. (4) San Antonio Silver Stars

September 17
10:00 p.m.
Phoenix Mercury 91, San Antonio Silver Stars 92
Pts: Taylor (18)
Rebs: Taurasi (7)
Pts: Young (24)
Rebs: Wauters (11)
AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX
Attendance: 5,721
September 19
10:00 p.m.
San Antonio Silver Stars 78, Phoenix Mercury 106
Pts: Young (19)
Rebs: Wauters (5)
Pts: Taurasi (24)
Rebs: Bonner (13)
US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ
Attendance: 7,267
September 21
10:00 p.m.
San Antonio Silver Stars 92, Phoenix Mercury 100
Pts: Hammon (29)
Rebs: Young (8)
Pts: Taurasi (30)
Rebs: T. Smith (8)
Phoenix won the series 2–1
US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ
Attendance: 6,896

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

September 16
10:00 p.m.
Seattle Storm 63, Los Angeles Sparks 70
Pts: Cash (24)
Rebs: Batkovic-Brown (7)
Pts: Thompson (16)
Rebs: Leslie, Parker (10)
Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA
Attendance: 7,919
September 18
10:00 p.m.
Los Angeles Sparks 74, Seattle Storm 75
Pts: Lennox (17)
Rebs: Leslie (14)
Pts: Cash (18)
Rebs: Wright (6)
KeyArena, Seattle, WA
Attendance: 8,854
September 20
5:00 p.m.
Los Angeles Sparks 75, Seattle Storm 64
Pts: Parker (22)
Rebs: Milton-Jones (9)
Pts: Cash (21)
Rebs: Cash (10)
Los Angeles won the series 2–1
KeyArena, Seattle, WA
Attendance: 8,159

Conference Finals: (1) Phoenix Mercury vs. (3) Los Angeles Sparks

September 23
10:00 p.m.
Phoenix Mercury 103, Los Angeles Sparks 94
Pts: Taurasi (28)
Rebs: T. Smith (6)
Pts: Parker (28)
Rebs: Parker (10)
Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA [1]
Attendance: 6,389
September 25
10:00 p.m.
Los Angeles Sparks 87, Phoenix Mercury 76
Pts: Parker (24)
Rebs: Parker (18)
Pts: Taurasi (25)
Rebs: Pondexter (7)
US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ
Attendance: 7,628
September 26
10:00 p.m.
Los Angeles Sparks 74, Phoenix Mercury 85
Pts: Leslie (22)
Rebs: Thompson (11)
Pts: Taurasi (21)
Rebs: Taurasi (7)
Phoenix won the series 2–1
US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ
Attendance: 7,226

WNBA Finals: (1) Phoenix Mercury vs. (1) Indiana Fever

September 29
9:00 p.m.
Indiana Fever 116, Phoenix Mercury 120 (OT)
Pts: Douglas (30)
Rebs: Hoffman (8)
Pts: Pondexter, Taylor (23)
Rebs: Taurasi (9)
US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ
Attendance: 11,617
October 1
9:00 p.m.
Indiana Fever 93, Phoenix Mercury 84
Pts: Catchings (19)
Rebs: Catchings (9)
Pts: Taurasi (20)
Rebs: Taurasi (7)
US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ
Attendance: 16,758
October 4
4:00 p.m.
Phoenix Mercury 85, Indiana Fever 86
Pts: Pondexter (23)
Rebs: T. Smith (10)
Pts: Hoffman (18)
Rebs: Catchings (12)
Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN
Attendance: 18,165
October 7
7:30 p.m.
Phoenix Mercury 90, Indiana Fever 77
Pts: Pondexter (22)
Rebs: Willingham (8)
Pts: Catchings (24)
Rebs: Catchings (12)
Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN
Attendance: 18,165
October 9
9:00 p.m.
Indiana Fever 86, Phoenix Mercury 94
Pts: Sutton-Brown (22)
Rebs: Catchings (9)
Pts: Taurasi (26)
Rebs: Smith (8)
Phoenix won the series 3-2
US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ
Attendance: 17,313
  • All times Eastern

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