2009 WNBA playoffs
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| Dates | September 16 – October 9, 2009 |
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| Final positions | |
| Champions | Phoenix Mercury (Finals Champion) |
| East champion | Indiana Fever (Coach: Lin Dunn) |
| West champion | Phoenix Mercury (Coach: Corey Gaines) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Attendance | 9,979 per game |
The 2009 WNBA Playoffs is the postseason for the Women's National Basketball Association's 2009 season.
Format
[edit]- The top 4 teams from each conference qualify for the playoffs.
- All 4 teams are seeded based on their standings.
- For rounds one and two, the teams compete in a best-of-three format with Games 2 and 3 on the home court of the team with the higher seed.
- The series for the WNBA Finals is in a best-of-five format with Games 1, 2 and 5 on the home court of the team with the higher seed.
Playoff qualifying
[edit]- Eastern Conference
The following teams clinched a playoff berth in the East:
- Indiana Fever (22–12)
- Atlanta Dream (18–16)
- Detroit Shock (18–16)
- Washington Mystics (16–18)
- Western Conference
The following teams clinched a playoff berth in the West:
- Phoenix Mercury (23–11)
- Seattle Storm (20–14)
- Los Angeles Sparks (18–16)
- San Antonio Silver Stars (15–19)
Bracket
[edit]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
[edit]First round
[edit](1) Indiana Fever vs. (4) Washington Mystics
[edit]September 17
8:00 p.m. |
| Indiana Fever 88, Washington Mystics 79 | ||
| Pts: Catchings (26) Rebs: Catchings (12) |
Pts: Langhorne (18) Rebs: Langhorne (10) | |
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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]First round
[edit](1) Phoenix Mercury vs. (4) San Antonio Silver Stars
[edit]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) | |
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) | |
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 | ||
(2) Seattle Storm vs. (3) Los Angeles Sparks
[edit]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) | |
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) | |
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 | ||
Conference Finals: (1) Phoenix Mercury vs. (3) Los Angeles Sparks
[edit]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) | |
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) | |
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 | ||
WNBA Finals
[edit]Phoenix Mercury vs. Indiana Fever
[edit]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) | |
October 1
9:00 p.m. |
| Indiana Fever 93, Phoenix Mercury 84 | ||
| Pts: Catchings (19) Rebs: Catchings (9) |
Pts: Taurasi (20) Rebs: Taurasi (7) | |
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) | |
October 7
7:30 p.m. |
| Phoenix Mercury 90, Indiana Fever 77 | ||
| Pts: Pondexter (22) Rebs: Willingham (8) |
Pts: Catchings (24) Rebs: Catchings (12) | |
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 | ||
- All times Eastern
References
[edit]- ^ Bruin Alumnae Return To Pauley Pavilion For LA Sparks Playoff Game Wednesday, UCLABruins.com, September 22, 2009. Accessed 2009-09-24. Archived 2009-09-27.