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Professional women's basketball tournament
The 2016 WNBA playoffs is the postseason tournament of the WNBA's 2016 season.
The WNBA changed its playoff format in 2016.[1] Following the WNBA regular season, eight teams in the entire league qualified for the playoffs and were seeded one to eight.
Regular season records determined the seedings of the teams. The team with the best record received seed one, the team with the next best record received seed two, and so on. The top two seeds get double byes, while the next two seeds get first-round byes.
These seedings were used to create a bracket that determines the match-ups throughout the playoffs. The first round of the playoffs consisted of two match-ups based on the seedings (5-8 and 6-7). The two winners advanced to the second round with a match-up between the number 3 seed and the lower of the advancing seeds and another match-up between the number 4 seed and the other first round winner. The winners of the first two rounds advanced to the semifinals, where the lower ranked seed of the winners faced the number 1 seed, while the other remaining team faced the number 2 seed.
The first two rounds are single elimination games played on the higher ranking seed's home court. The semifinals and WNBA Finals are best-of-five series played in a 2-2-1 format, meaning the team with home-court advantage (better record) hosts games 1, 2, and 5 while their opponent hosts games 3 and 4.
Tiebreak procedures[edit]Note: Teams re-seeded after the second round and semifinals.
May 18, 2016
Report Phoenix Mercury 93, Indiana Fever 97 Bankers Life Fieldhouse,
Indianapolis, INJuly 8, 2016
Report Indiana Fever 78, Phoenix Mercury 60 Talking Stick Resort Arena,
Phoenix, AZAugust 30, 2016
Report Phoenix Mercury 79, Indiana Fever 65 Bankers Life Fieldhouse,
Indianapolis, IN (6) Atlanta Dream vs. (7) Seattle Storm[edit] Regular-season series Seattle won 2–1 in the regular-season seriesJune 28, 2016
Report Atlanta Dream 81, Seattle Storm 84 KeyArena,
Seattle, WAJuly 5, 2016
Report Seattle Storm 64, Atlanta Dream 77 Philips Arena,
Atlanta, GASeptember 4, 2016
Report Seattle Storm 91, Atlanta Dream 82 Philips Arena,
Atlanta, GAJune 26, 2016
Report Phoenix Mercury 104, New York Liberty 97 (OT) Madison Square Garden,
New York, NYJuly 1, 2016
Report New York Liberty 99, Phoenix Mercury 88 Talking Stick Resort Arena,
Phoenix, AZSeptember 3, 2016
Report Phoenix Mercury 70, New York Liberty 92 Madison Square Garden,
New York, NY (4) Chicago Sky vs. (6) Atlanta Dream[edit] Regular-season series Atlanta won 2–1 in the regular-season seriesMay 22, 2016
Report Chicago Sky 81, Atlanta Dream 87 Philips Arena,
Atlanta, GAJune 17, 2016
Report Chicago Sky 97, Atlanta Dream 101 Philips Arena,
Atlanta, GAAugust 26, 2016
Report Atlanta Dream 82, Chicago Sky 90 Allstate Arena,
Rosemont, ILMay 14, 2016
Report Phoenix Mercury 76, Minnesota Lynx 95 Target Center,
Minneapolis, MNMay 25, 2016
Report Minnesota Lynx 85, Phoenix Mercury 78 Talking Stick Resort Arena,
Phoenix, AZJune 7, 2016
Report Phoenix Mercury 81, Minnesota Lynx 89 Target Center,
Minneapolis, MN (2) Los Angeles Sparks vs. (4) Chicago Sky[edit] Regular-season series Los Angeles won 3–0 in the regular-season seriesMay 24, 2016
Report Los Angeles Sparks 93, Chicago Sky 80 Allstate Arena,
Rosemont, ILJune 14, 2016
Report Chicago Sky 85, Los Angeles Sparks 98 Staples Center,
Los Angeles, CAJuly 13, 2016
Report Los Angeles Sparks 77, Chicago Sky 67 Allstate Arena,
Rosemont, ILJune 21, 2016
Report Minnesota Lynx 72, Los Angeles Sparks 69 Staples Center,
Los Angeles,
CAJune 24, 2016
Report Los Angeles Sparks 94, Minnesota Lynx 76 Target Center,
Minneapolis,
MNSeptember 6, 2016
Report Minnesota Lynx 77, Los Angeles Sparks 74 Staples Center,
Los Angeles,
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