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| Dates | August 25 – September 16, 2010 |
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| Final positions | |
| Champions | Seattle Storm (2nd title) (Finals Champion) |
| East champion | Atlanta Dream (Coach: Marynell Meadors) |
| West champion | Seattle Storm (Coach: Brian Agler) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Attendance | 10,822 per game |
The 2010 WNBA Playoffs is the postseason for the Women's National Basketball Association's 2010 season.
| Seed | Team | W | L | Tiebreaker | Clinched | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Playoff berth | Conf. Homecourt | |||||||
| 1 | Washington Mystics | 22 | 12 | 3–2 vs. NYL | August 15 | August 22 | ||
| 2 | New York Liberty | 22 | 12 | 2–3 vs. WAS | August 14 | — | ||
| 3 | Indiana Fever | 21 | 13 | — | August 13 | — | ||
| 4 | Atlanta Dream | 19 | 15 | — | August 14 | — | ||
| Seed | Team | W | L | Tiebreaker | Clinched | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Playoff berth | Playoffs Homecourt | |||||||
| 1 | Seattle Storm | 28 | 6 | — | July 22 | August 10 | ||
| 2 | Phoenix Mercury | 15 | 19 | — | August 13 | — | ||
| 3 | San Antonio Silver Stars | 14 | 20 | — | August 22 | — | ||
| 4 | Los Angeles Sparks | 13 | 21 | 4–0 vs. MIN | August 20 | — | ||
| Conference Semi-Finals Best-of-3 | Conference Finals Best-of-3 | WNBA Finals Best-of-5 | ||||||||||||
| E1 | Washington | 0 | ||||||||||||
| E4 | Atlanta | 2 | ||||||||||||
| E2 | New York | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Eastern Conference | ||||||||||||||
| E4 | Atlanta | 2 | ||||||||||||
| E2 | New York | 2 | ||||||||||||
| E3 | Indiana | 1 | ||||||||||||
| E4 | Atlanta | 0 | ||||||||||||
| W1 | Seattle | 3 | ||||||||||||
| W1 | Seattle | 2 | ||||||||||||
| W4 | Los Angeles | 0 | ||||||||||||
| W1 | Seattle | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Western Conference | ||||||||||||||
| W2 | Phoenix | 0 | ||||||||||||
| W2 | Phoenix | 2 | ||||||||||||
| W3 | San Antonio | 0 | ||||||||||||
Note: italics denote home-court advantage; bold denotes series winner.
August 25 7:00pm |
| Atlanta Dream 95, Washington Mystics 90 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 17–19, 31–14, 20–25, 27–32 | ||
| Pts: McCoughtry (28) Rebs: de Souza, Lyttle (9) Asts: Price (8) | Pts: Coleman (18) Rebs: Currie (11) Asts: Harding (5) | |
Verizon Center, Washington D.C. Attendance: 10,322 Referees: Michael Price, Tony Dawkins, Cameron Inouye |
August 27 7:30pm |
| Washington Mystics 77, Atlanta Dream 101 | ||
| Scoring by quarter:21–17, 7–33, 15–25, 34–26 | ||
| Pts: Ajavon (20) Rebs: Currie, Langhorne (7) Asts: Ajavon (3) | Pts: Castro Marques, McCoughtry (21) Rebs: Lyttle (10) Asts: Lehning (9) | |
| Atlanta won the series 2–0 | ||
The Washington Mystics won 3–1 in the regular-season series:
August 26 7:00pm |
| Indiana Fever 73, New York Liberty 85 | ||
| Scoring by quarter:22–21, 25–27, 12–18, 14–19 | ||
| Pts: Catchings (18) Rebs: Davenport (8) Asts: Catchings (6) | Pts: Pondexter (28) Rebs: McWilliams-Franklin (10) Asts: McCarville (7) | |
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY Attendance: 14,624 Referees: Sue Blauch, Jeff Smith, Daryl Humphrey |
August 29 8:00pm |
| New York Liberty 67, Indiana Fever 75 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 8–21, 19–18, 19–25, 21–11 | ||
| Pts: Pondexter (24) Rebs: McCarville (11) Asts: Mitchell, Pondexter (2) | Pts: Catchings (17) Rebs: Catchings (13) Asts: Douglas (5) | |
Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN Attendance: 7,535 Referees: Kurt Walker, Roy Gulbeyan, Felicia Grinter |
September 1 7:30pm |
| Indiana Fever 74, New York Liberty 77 | ||
| Scoring by quarter:26–21, 21–25, 19–17, 8–14 | ||
| Pts: Douglas (24) Rebs: Catchings (6) Asts: Douglas (4) | Pts: Pondexter (30) Rebs: McWilliams-Franklin (11) Asts: McWilliams-Franklin, Mitchell, Pondexter (4) | |
| New York won the series 2–1 | ||
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY Attendance: 16,682 Referees: Eric Brewton, Denise Brooks, Lamont Simpson |
The teams were tied 2–2 in the regular-season series:
September 5 7:00pm |
| Atlanta Dream 81, New York Liberty 75 | ||
| Scoring by quarter:27–21, 17–18, 12–17, 25–19 | ||
| Pts: McCoughtry (21) Rebs: Lyttle (13) Asts: Lehning (5) | Pts: Pondexter (24) Rebs: McWilliams-Franklin (11) Asts: Mitchell (6) | |
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY Attendance: 14,248 Referees: Michael Price, Cameron Inouye, Clarke Stevens |
September 7 7:30pm |
| New York Liberty 93, Atlanta Dream 105 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 21–32, 23–23, 29–18, 20–32 | ||
| Pts: Pondexter (36) Rebs: McWilliams-Franklin (6) Asts: Pondexter (9) | Pts: McCoughtry (42) Rebs: de Souza (6) Asts: Castro Marques (5) | |
| Atlanta won the series 2–0 | ||
The teams were tied 2–2 in the regular season series
August 25 11:00pm |
| Los Angeles Sparks 66, Seattle Storm 79 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 15–25, 18–18, 15–16, 18–20 | ||
| Pts: Ferdinand-Harris (18) Rebs: Milton-Jones (8) Asts: Toliver (5) | Pts: Cash (20) Rebs: Jackson (9) Asts: Bird (12) | |
KeyArena, Seattle, WA Attendance: 10,589 Referees: Lamont Simpson, Denise Brooks-Clauser, Roy Gulbeyan |
August 28 3:00pm |
| Seattle Storm 81, Los Angeles Sparks 66 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 27–16, 22–18, 17–12 | ||
| Pts: Jackson (24) Rebs: Jackson (9) Asts: Cash (5) | Pts: Thompson (18) Rebs: Milton-Jones (9) Asts: Thompson (5) | |
| Seattle won the series 2–0 | ||
The Seattle Storm won 5–0 in the regular-season series:
August 26 9:00pm |
| San Antonio Silver Stars 93, Phoenix Mercury 106 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 16–25, 23–21, 24–31, 30–29 | ||
| Pts: Hammon (19) Rebs: Young (9) Asts: Snow, Hammon (4) | Pts: Dupree (32) Rebs: Dupree (8) Asts: Taurasi (10) | |
US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ Attendance: 8,927 Referees: Scott Twardoski, Kurt Walker, Brenda Pantoja |
August 28 1:00pm |
| Phoenix Mercury 92, San Antonio Silver Stars 73 | ||
| Scoring by quarter:30–15, 18–15, 20–21, 24–22 | ||
| Pts: Taurasi (23) Rebs: Dupree (11) Asts: Taylor (12) | Pts: Hammon (21) Rebs: Young (9) Asts: Hammon (7) | |
| Phoenix won the series 2–0 | ||
The teams were tied 2–2 in the regular-season series:
September 2 10:00pm |
| Phoenix Mercury 74, Seattle Storm 82 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 14–23, 19–24, 22–17, 19–18 | ||
| Pts: Taylor (16) Rebs: Dupree (11) Asts: Johnson (7) | Pts: Jackson (23) Rebs: Jackson (17) Asts: Bird (10) | |
September 5 3:00pm |
| Seattle Storm 91, Phoenix Mercury 88 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 22–24, 18–24, 21–23, 30–17 | ||
| Pts: Cash (23) Rebs: Cash, Jackson, Little (8) Asts: Bird (8) | Pts: Taurasi (28) Rebs: Smith (7) Asts: Johnson (12) | |
| Seattle won the series 2–0 | ||
The Seattle Storm won 5–0 in the regular-season series:
September 12 3:00pm |
| Atlanta Dream 77, Seattle Storm 79 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 22–17, 14–20, 24–20 | ||
| Pts: McCoughtry, Marques (19) Rebs: Lyttle (14) Asts: Price (3) | Pts: Jackson (26) Rebs: Little (11) Asts: Bird (8) | |
September 14 9:00pm |
| Atlanta Dream 84, Seattle Storm 87 | ||
| Scoring by quarter:21–19, 26–30, 18–20, 19–18 | ||
| Pts: McCoughtry, Marques (21) Rebs: McCoughtry (9) Asts: Miller (8) | Pts: Jackson (26) Rebs: Little (9) Asts: Bird (5) | |
September 16 8:00pm |
| Seattle Storm 87, Atlanta Dream 84 | ||
| Scoring by quarter:28–24, 15-20, 24-16, 20-24 | ||
| Pts: Cash (18) Rebs: Jackson (9) Asts: Bird (7) | Pts: McCoughtry (35) Rebs: de Souza (14) Asts: C. Miller (5) | |
| Seattle won the series 3–0 | ||
The Seattle Storm won 2–0 in the regular-season series:
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