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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 |
The2010 WNBA Playoffs is thepostseason for theWomen's National Basketball Association's2010 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 | ||||||||||||
| E4 | Atlanta | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Eastern Conference | ||||||||||||||
| E2 | New York | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||
August 25 7:00pm |
| Atlanta Dream95,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 Dream101 | ||
| 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 | ||
TheWashington Mystics won 3–1 in the regular-season series:
August 26 7:00pm |
| Indiana Fever 73,New York Liberty85 | ||
| 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 Fever75 | ||
| 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 Liberty77 | ||
| 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 Dream81,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 Dream105 | ||
| 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 Storm79 | ||
| 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) | |
August 28 3:00pm |
| Seattle Storm81,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 | ||
TheSeattle Storm won 5–0 in the regular-season series:
August 26 9:00pm |
| San Antonio Silver Stars 93,Phoenix Mercury106 | ||
| 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 Mercury92,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 Storm82 | ||
| 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 Storm91,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 | ||
TheSeattle Storm won 5–0 in the regular-season series:
September 12 3:00pm |
| Atlanta Dream 77,Seattle Storm79 | ||
| 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 Storm87 | ||
| 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 Storm87,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 | ||
TheSeattle Storm won 2–0 in the regular-season series: