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verification. (March 2022) |
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 |
Standings | |
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Eastern Conference | Western Conference |
1st Washington | 1st Seattle |
2nd New York | 2nd Phoenix |
3rd Indiana | 3rd San Antonio |
4th Atlanta | 4th Los Angeles |
The 2010 WNBA Playoffs is the postseason for the Women's National Basketball Association's 2010 season.
Seed | Team | W | L | Tiebreaker | Clinched | |||
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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 | |||
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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: