2007 WNBA Playoffs
Introduction StandingsEastern ConferenceWestern Conference'''1st''' Detroit'''1st''' Phoenix'''2nd''' Indiana'''2nd''' San Antonio'''3rd''' Connecticut'''3rd''' Sacramento'''4th''' New York'''4th''' SeattleThe '''2007 WNBA Playoffs''' was the postseason for the Women's National Basketball Association's 2007 season which ended with the Western Conference champion Phoenix Mercury defeating the Eastern Conference champion Detroit Shock 3-2.
Format *The top 4 teams from each conference qualify for the playoffs. **All 4 teams are seeded by basis of their standings. *The series for rounds one and two are 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. *Reseeding (as used in the Stanley Cup playoffs) is not in use: therefore, all playoff matchups are predetermined via the teams' seedings.
Playoff qualifying ===Eastern Conference===The following teams clinched a playoff berth in the East:#Detroit Shock (24–10)#Indiana Fever (21–13)#Connecticut Sun (18–16)#New York Liberty (16–18)===Western Conference===The following teams clinched a playoff berth in the West:# Phoenix Mercury (23–11)# San Antonio Silver Stars (20–14)# Sacramento Monarchs (19–15)# Seattle Storm (17–17)
Bracket This was the outlook for the 2007 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.
Eastern Conference ===First round=======(1) Detroit Shock vs. (4) New York Liberty========(2) Indiana Fever vs. (3) Connecticut Sun=======Conference finals=======(1) Detroit Shock vs. (2) Indiana Fever====
Western Conference ===First round=======(1) Phoenix Mercury vs. (4) Seattle Storm========(2) San Antonio Silver Stars vs. (3) Sacramento Monarchs=======Conference finals=======(1) Phoenix Mercury vs. (2) San Antonio Silver Stars====
WNBA Finals: Phoenix Mercury vs. Detroit Shock
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