2008 WNBA Playoffs

The 2008 WNBA Playoffs will be the postseason for the Women's National Basketball Association's 2008 season.

Format

*The top 4 teams from each conference qualify for the playoffs.
**The top 2 seeded teams receive home-court advantage in the first-round.
*All series, except the finals are in a best-of-three format with the Games 2 and 3 on the home court of the team with the higher seed.
**The WNBA Finals are in a best-of-five format with the Games 1-2, and 5 on the home court of the team with the higher seed.

Playoff qualifying

Eastern Conference

The following teams have clinched a playoff berth in the East:
# Detroit Shock
# Connecticut Sun
# New York Liberty
# Indiana Fever

Western Conference

The following teams have clinched a playoff berth in the West:
# San Antonio Silver Stars
# Seattle Storm
# Los Angeles Sparks
# Sacramento Monarchs

Bracket

This is the outlook for the 2008 WNBA playoffs. Teams in "italics" have home court advantage. Teams in bold advance 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.

:Key::*Boldface = team wins the round:*"Italics" = team has home court advantage on that round8TeamBracket
RD1=First Round
RD2=Conference Finals
RD3=WNBA Finals
group1=Eastern Conference
group2=Western Conference

RD1-seed1=1
RD1-team1="Detroit"
RD1-score1=2
RD1-seed2=4
RD1-team2=Indiana
RD1-score2=1

RD1-seed3=2
RD1-team3="Connecticut"
RD1-score3=1
RD1-seed4=3
RD1-team4=New York
RD1-score4=2

RD1-seed5=1
RD1-team5="San Antonio"
RD1-score5=2
RD1-seed6=4
RD1-team6=Sacramento
RD1-score6=1

RD1-seed7=2
RD1-team7="Seattle"
RD1-score7=1
RD1-seed8=3
RD1-team8=Los Angeles
RD1-score8=2

RD2-seed1=1
RD2-team1="Detroit"
RD2-score1=2
RD2-seed2=3
RD2-team2=New York
RD2-score2=1

RD2-seed3=1
RD2-team3="San Antonio"
RD2-score3=2
RD2-seed4=3
RD2-team4=Los Angeles
RD2-score4=1

RD3-seed1=1
RD3-team1=Detroit
RD3-score1=3
RD3-seed2=1
RD3-team2="San Antonio"
RD3-score2=0

Broadcast notes

References

External links

* [http://www.wnba.com/ Official website of the WNBA]
* [http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/womenbb/index ESPN's WNBA page]