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2010 WNBA playoffs

{{short description|Professional women's basketball tournament}}

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{{Infobox basketball tournament season

| year = 2010

| title = WNBA Playoffs

| image = File:2010 WNBA Playoffs.png

| caption =

| dates = August 25 – September 16, 2010

| winners = Seattle Storm (2nd title) (Finals Champion)

| attendance = 10,822 per game

| continental_cup_title = East champion

| continental_cup_qualifiers = Atlanta Dream (Coach: Marynell Meadors)

| continental_cup_title1 = West champion

| continental_cup_qualifiers1 = Seattle Storm (Coach: Brian Agler)

| prev_season = 2009

| next_season = 2011

}}

The 2010 WNBA Playoffs is the postseason for the Women's National Basketball Association's 2010 season.

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 1 and 3 on the home court of the team with the higher seed. In previous years, the higher seed would play the first game on the road, then games 2 and (if needed) 3 at home.
  • 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.

=Tiebreak procedures=

==Two-team tie==

  1. Better record in head-to-head games.
  2. Better winning percentage within own conference.
  3. Better winning percentage against all teams with .500 or better record at the end of the season.
  4. Better point differential in games head-to-head.
  5. Coin toss.

==Three or more-team tie==

  1. Better winning percentage among all head-to-head games involving tied teams.
  2. Better winning percentage against teams within conference (for first two rounds of playoffs) or better record against teams in the opposite conference (for Finals).
  3. Better winning percentage against all teams with a .500 or better record at the end of the season.
  4. Better point differential in games involving tied teams.
  5. Coin toss.

Playoff qualifying

=Eastern Conference=

class=wikitable style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;" width=75%
rowspan=2 width=20|Seed

!rowspan=2 width=150|Team

!rowspan=2 width=20|W

!rowspan=2 width=20|L

!rowspan=2 width=50|Tiebreaker

!colspan=4 width=200|Clinched

width=100|Playoff berth

! width=100|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

| —

=Western Conference=

class=wikitable style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;" width=75%
rowspan=2 width=20|Seed

!rowspan=2 width=150|Team

!rowspan=2 width=20|W

!rowspan=2 width=20|L

!rowspan=2 width=50|Tiebreaker

!colspan=4 width=200|Clinched

width=100|Playoff berth

! width=100|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

| —

Bracket

{{8TeamBracket

| RD1=Conference Semi-Finals
Best-of-3

| RD2=Conference Finals
Best-of-3

| RD3=WNBA Finals
Best-of-5

| RD1-group1=Eastern Conference

| RD1-group2=Western Conference

| RD1-seed1=E1

| RD1-team1=Washington

| RD1-score1=0

| RD1-seed2=E4

| RD1-team2=Atlanta

| RD1-score2=2

| RD1-seed3=E2

| RD1-team3=New York

| RD1-score3=2

| RD1-seed4=E3

| RD1-team4=Indiana

| RD1-score4=1

| RD1-seed5=W1

| RD1-team5=Seattle

| RD1-score5=2

| RD1-seed6=W4

| RD1-team6=Los Angeles

| RD1-score6=0

| RD1-seed7=W2

| RD1-team7=Phoenix

| RD1-score7=2

| RD1-seed8=W3

| RD1-team8=San Antonio

| RD1-score8=0

| RD2-seed1=E4

| RD2-team1=Atlanta

| RD2-score1=2

| RD2-seed2=E2

| RD2-team2=New York

| RD2-score2=0

| RD2-seed3=W1

| RD2-team3=Seattle

| RD2-score3=2

| RD2-seed4=W2

| RD2-team4=Phoenix

| RD2-score4=0

| RD3-seed1=E4

| RD3-team1=Atlanta

| RD3-score1=0

| RD3-seed2=W1

| RD3-team2=Seattle

| RD3-score2=3

}}

{{ubl

|Bold – Series winner|Italics – Team with home-court advantage

}}

Eastern Conference

=Conference semifinals=

==(1) Washington Mystics vs. (4) Atlanta Dream==

{{basketballbox

| bg = #eee

| date = August 25

| time = 7:00pm

| team1 = Atlanta Dream

| score1 = 95

| score2 = 90

| team2 = Washington Mystics

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20100825/ATLWAS/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore Game 1]

| Q1= 17–19

| Q2= 31–14

| Q3= 20–25

| Q4= 27–32

| points1 = McCoughtry (28)

| rebounds1 = de Souza, Lyttle (9)

| assist1 = Price (8)

| points2 = Coleman (18)

| rebounds2 = Currie (11)

| assist2 = Harding (5)

| place = Verizon Center, Washington D.C.

| attendance = 10,322

| referee = Michael Price, Tony Dawkins, Cameron Inouye

| TV = NBATV

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg = #fff

| date = August 27

| time = 7:30pm

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20100827/WASATL/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore Report]

| team1 = Washington Mystics

| score1 = 77

| score2 = 101

| team2 = Atlanta Dream

| Q1= 21–17

| Q2= 7–33

| Q3= 15–25

| Q4= 34–26

| points1 = Ajavon (20)

| rebounds1 = Currie, Langhorne (7)

| assist1 = Ajavon (3)

| points2 = Castro Marques, McCoughtry (21)

| rebounds2 = Lyttle (10)

| assist2 = Lehning (9)

| place = Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA

| attendance = 7,890

| referee = Eric Brewton, Amy Bonner, Kevin Sparrock

| series = Atlanta won the series 2–0

| TV = NBATV
FSSO

}}

;Regular-season series

The Washington Mystics won 3–1 in the regular-season series:

{{basketballbox

| bg=#fffa

| date = June 5, 2010

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20100605/ATLWAS/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore Report]

| team1 = Atlanta Dream |score1=86

| team2 = Washington Mystics |score2=79

| place = Verizon Center, Washington D.C.

}}

{{basketballbox

| date = July 21, 2010

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20100721/ATLWAS/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore Report]

| team1 = Atlanta Dream |score1=72

| team2 = Washington Mystics |score2=82

| place = Verizon Center, Washington D.C.

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg=#fff

| date = August 3, 2010

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20100803/WASATL/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore Report]

| team1 = Washington Mystics |score1=86

| team2 = Atlanta Dream |score2=78

| place = Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA

}}

{{basketballbox

| date = August 22, 2010

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20100822/WASATL/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore Report]

| team1 = Washington Mystics |score1=90

| team2 = Atlanta Dream |score2=81

| place = Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA

}}

==(2) New York Liberty vs. (3) Indiana Fever==

{{basketballbox

| bg = #eee

| date = August 26

| time = 7:00pm

| team1 = Indiana Fever

| score1 = 73

| score2 = 85

| team2 = New York Liberty

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20100826/INDNYL/gameinfo.html?ls=gt2hp1041000111#nbaGIboxscore Game 1]

| Q1= 22–21

| Q2= 25–27

| Q3= 12–18

| Q4= 14–19

| points1 = Catchings (18)

| rebounds1 = Davenport (8)

| assist1 = Catchings (6)

| points2 = Pondexter (28)

| rebounds2 = McWilliams-Franklin (10)

| assist2 = McCarville (7)

| place = Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

| attendance = 14,624

| referee = Sue Blauch, Jeff Smith, Daryl Humphrey

| TV = NBATV
MSG

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg = #fff

| date = August 29

| time = 8:00pm

| team1 = New York Liberty

| score1 = 67

| score2 = 75

| team2 = Indiana Fever

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20100829/NYLIND/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore Game 2]

| Q1 = 8–21

| Q2 = 19–18

| Q3 = 19–25

| Q4 = 21–11

| points1 = Pondexter (24)

| points2 = Catchings (17)

| rebounds1 = McCarville (11)

| rebounds2 = Catchings (13)

| assist1 = Mitchell, Pondexter (2)

| assist2 = Douglas (5)

| attendance = 7,535

| referee = Kurt Walker, Roy Gulbeyan, Felicia Grinter

| place = Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN

| TV = ESPN2

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg = #eee

| date = September 1

| time = 7:30pm

| team1 = Indiana Fever

| score1 = 74

| score2 = 77

| team2 = New York Liberty

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20100901/INDNYL/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore Game 3]

| Q1 = 26–21

| Q2 = 21–25

| Q3 = 19–17

| Q4 = 8–14

| points1 = Douglas (24)

| points2 = Pondexter (30)

| rebounds1 = Catchings (6)

| rebounds2 = McWilliams-Franklin (11)

| assist1 = Douglas (4)

| assist2 = McWilliams-Franklin, Mitchell, Pondexter (4)

| attendance = 16,682

| place = Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

| referee = Eric Brewton, Denise Brooks, Lamont Simpson

| series = New York won the series 2–1

| TV = NBATV
MSG

}}

;Regular-season series

The teams were tied 2–2 in the regular-season series:

{{basketballbox

| bg=#fffa

| date = June 5, 2010

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20100605/NYLIND/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore Report]

| team1 = New York Liberty |score1=73

| team2 = Indiana Fever |score2=78

| place = Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN

}}

{{basketballbox

| date = July 18, 2010

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20100718/INDNYL/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore Report]

| team1 = Indiana Fever |score1=84

| team2 = New York Liberty |score2=81

| place = Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg=#fff

| date = August 3, 2010

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20100803/NYLIND/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore Report]

| team1 = New York Liberty |score1=82

| team2 = Indiana Fever |score2=72

| place = Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN

}}

{{basketballbox

| date = August 17, 2010

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20100817/INDNYL/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore Report]

| team1 = Indiana Fever |score1=57

| team2 = New York Liberty |score2=78

| place = Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

}}

=Conference finals=

==(2) New York Liberty vs. (4) Atlanta Dream==

{{basketballbox

| bg = #eee

| date = September 5

| time = 7:00pm

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20100905/ATLNYL/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore Report]

| team1 = Atlanta Dream

| score1 = 81

| score2 = 75

| team2 = New York Liberty

| Q1 = 27–21 | Q2 = 17–18 | Q3 = 12–17 | Q4 = 25–19

| points1 = McCoughtry (21)

| points2 = Pondexter (24)

| rebounds1 = Lyttle (13)

| rebounds2 = McWilliams-Franklin (11)

| assist1 = Lehning (5)

| assist2 = Mitchell (6)

| place = Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

| attendance = 14,248

| referee = Michael Price, Cameron Inouye, Clarke Stevens

| TV = NBATV
MSG

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg = #fff

| date = September 7

| time = 7:30pm

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20100907/NYLATL/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore Report]

| team1 = New York Liberty

| score1 = 93

| score2 = 105

| team2 = Atlanta Dream

| Q1 = 21–32 | Q2 = 23–23 | Q3 = 29–18 | Q4 = 20–32

| points1 = Pondexter (36)

| points2 = McCoughtry (42)

| rebounds1 = McWilliams-Franklin (6)

| rebounds2 = de Souza (6)

| assist1 = Pondexter (9)

| assist2 = Castro Marques (5)

| place = Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA

| attendance = 9,045

| referee = Sue Blauch, Scott Twardoski, Lamont Simpson

| TV = NBATV
FSSO, MSG

| series = Atlanta won the series 2–0

}}

;Regular-season series

The teams were tied 2–2 in the regular season series

{{basketballbox

| bg = #fff

| date = May 23, 2010

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20100523/ATLNYL/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore Report]

| team1 = Atlanta Dream | score1 = 86

| team2 = New York Liberty | score2 = 77

| place = Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

}}

{{basketballbox

| date = June 11, 2010

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20100611/ATLNYL/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore Report]

| team1 = Atlanta Dream | score1 = 79

| team2 = New York Liberty | score2 = 91

| place = Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg = #fff

| date = July 25, 2010

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20100725/NYLATL/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore Report]

| team1 = New York Liberty | score1 = 75

| team2 = Atlanta Dream | score2 = 82

| place = Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA

}}

{{basketballbox

| date = August 13, 2010

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20100813/NYLATL/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore Report]

| team1 = New York Liberty | score1 = 90

| team2 = Atlanta Dream | score2 = 83

| place = Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA

}}

Western Conference

=Conference semifinals=

==(1) Seattle Storm vs. (4) Los Angeles Sparks==

{{basketballbox

| bg = #eee

| date = August 25

| time = 11:00pm

| team1 = Los Angeles Sparks

| score1 = 66

| score2 = 79

| team2 = Seattle Storm

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20100825/LASSEA/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore Game 1]

| Q1= 15–25

| Q2= 18–18

| Q3= 15–16

| Q4= 18–20

| points1 = Ferdinand-Harris (18)

| rebounds1 = Milton-Jones (8)

| assist1 = Toliver (5)

| points2 = Cash (20)

| rebounds2 = Jackson (9)

| assist2 = Bird (12)

| place = KeyArena, Seattle, WA

| attendance = 10,589

| referee = Lamont Simpson, Denise Brooks-Clauser, Roy Gulbeyan

| TV = ESPN2

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg = #fff

| date = August 28

| time = 3:00pm

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20100828/SEALAS/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore Report]

| team1 = Seattle Storm

| score1 = 81

| score2 = 66

| team2 = Los Angeles Sparks

| Q1= 15–20

| Q2= 27–16

| Q3= 22–18

| Q4= 17–12

| points1 = Jackson (24)

| rebounds2 = Milton-Jones (9)

| assist2 = Thompson (5)

| points2 = Thompson (18)

| rebounds1 = Jackson (9)

| assist1 = Cash (5)

| place = STAPLES Center, Los Angeles, CA

| attendance = 8,326

| referee = Michael Price, Cameron Inouye, Tom Mauer

| TV = ESPN2

| series = Seattle won the series 2–0

}}

;Regular-season series

The Seattle Storm won 5–0 in the regular-season series:

{{basketballbox

| bg=#fffa

| date = May 16, 2010

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20100516/LASSEA/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore Report]

| team1 = Los Angeles Sparks |score1=67

| team2 = Seattle Storm |score2=81

| place = KeyArena, Seattle, WA

}}

{{basketballbox

| date = June 5, 2010

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20100605/SEALAS/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore Report]

| team1 = Seattle Storm |score1=79

| team2 = Los Angeles Sparks |score2=75

| place = Home Depot Center, Carson, CA

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg=#fff

| date = June 11, 2010

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20100611/LASSEA/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore Report]

| team1 = Los Angeles Sparks |score1=60

| team2 = Seattle Storm |score2=82

| place = KeyArena, Seattle, WA

}}

{{basketballbox

| date = July 3, 2010

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20100703/SEALAS/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore Report]

| team1 = Seattle Storm |score1=75

| team2 = Los Angeles Sparks |score2=62

| place = STAPLES Center, Los Angeles, CA

}}

{{basketballbox

| date = August 21, 2010

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20100821/LASSEA/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore Report]

| team1 = Los Angeles Sparks |score1=75

| team2 = Seattle Storm |score2=76

| place = KeyArena, Seattle, WA

}}

==(2) Phoenix Mercury vs. (3) San Antonio Silver Stars==

{{basketballbox

| bg = #eee

| date = August 26

| time = 9:00pm

| team1 = San Antonio Silver Stars

| score1 = 93

| score2 = 106

| team2 = Phoenix Mercury

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20100826/SANPHO/gameinfo.html?ls=gt2hp1041000131#nbaGIboxscore Game 1]

| Q1= 16–25

| Q2= 23–21

| Q3= 24–31

| Q4= 30–29

| points1 = Hammon (19)

| rebounds1 = Young (9)

| assist1 = Snow, Hammon (4)

| points2 = Dupree (32)

| rebounds2 = Dupree (8)

| assist2 = Taurasi (10)

| place = US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ

| attendance = 8,927

| referee = Scott Twardoski, Kurt Walker, Brenda Pantoja

| TV = ESPN2

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg = #fff

| date = August 28

| time = 1:00pm

| team1 = Phoenix Mercury

| score1 = 92

| score2 = 73

| team2 = San Antonio Silver Stars

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20100828/PHOSAN/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore Game 2]

| Q1= 30–15

| Q2= 18–15

| Q3= 20–21

| Q4= 24–22

| points1 = Taurasi (23)

| rebounds1 = Dupree (11)

| assist1 = Taylor (12)

| points2 = Hammon (21)

| rebounds2 = Young (9)

| assist2 = Hammon (7)

| place = AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX

| attendance = 6,763

| referee = Clarke Stevens, Daryl Humphrey, Sue Blauch

| TV = ESPN2

| series = Phoenix won the series 2–0

}}

;Regular-season series

The teams were tied 2–2 in the regular-season series:

{{basketballbox

| bg=#fffa

| date = June 18, 2010

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20100618/SANPHO/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore Report]

| team1 = San Antonio Silver Stars |score1=108

| team2 = Phoenix Mercury |score2=105

| place = US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ

}}

{{basketballbox

| date = August 3, 2010

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20100803/PHOSAN/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore Report]

| team1 = Phoenix Mercury |score1=103

| team2 = San Antonio Silver Stars |score2=92

| place = AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg=#fff

| date = August 6, 2010

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20100806/SANPHO/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore Report]

| team1 = San Antonio Silver Stars |score1=87

| team2 = Phoenix Mercury |score2=103

| place = US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ

}}

{{basketballbox

| date = August 22, 2010

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20100822/PHOSAN/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore Report]

| team1 = Phoenix Mercury |score1=82

| team2 = San Antonio Silver Stars |score2=83

| place = AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX

}}

=Conference finals=

==(1) Seattle Storm vs. (2) Phoenix Mercury==

{{basketballbox

| bg = #eee

| date = September 2

| time = 10:00pm

| team1 = Phoenix Mercury

| score1 = 74

| score2 = 82

| team2 = Seattle Storm

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20100902/PHOSEA/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore Game 1]

| Q1 = 14–23

| Q2 = 19–24

| Q3 = 22–17

| Q4 = 19–18

| points1 = Taylor (16)

| points2 = Jackson (23)

| rebounds1 = Dupree (11)

| rebounds2 = Jackson (17)

| assist1 = Johnson (7)

| assist2 = Bird (10)

| place = KeyArena, Seattle, WA

| attendance = 9,686

| referee = Sue Blauch, Daryl Humphrey, Kurt Walker

| TV = NBATV

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg = #fff

| date = September 5

| time = 3:00pm

| team1 = Seattle Storm

| score1 = 91

| score2 = 88

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20100905/SEAPHO/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore Game 2]

| Q1 = 22–24

| Q2 = 18–24

| Q3 = 21–23

| Q4 = 30–17

| points1 = Cash (23)

| points2 = Taurasi (28)

| rebounds1 = Cash, Jackson, Little (8)

| rebounds2 = Smith (7)

| assist1 = Bird (8)

| assist2 = Johnson (12)

| team2 = Phoenix Mercury

| place = US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ

| attendance = 9,010

| referee = Eric Brewton, Denise Brooks, Roy Gulbeyan

| TV = ABC

| series = Seattle won the series 2–0

}}

;Regular-season series

The Seattle Storm won 5–0 in the regular-season series:

{{basketballbox

| bg=#fffa

| date = May 22, 2010

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20100522/SEAPHO/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore Report]

| team1 = Seattle Storm |score1=95

| team2 = Phoenix Mercury |score2=89

| place = US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ

}}

{{basketballbox

| date = June 6, 2010

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20100606/PHOSEA/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore Report]

| team1 = Phoenix Mercury |score1=74

| team2 = Seattle Storm |score2=97

| place = KeyArena, Seattle, WA

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg=#fff

| date = July 14, 2010

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20100714/SEAPHO/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore Report]

| team1 = Seattle Storm |score1=111

| team2 = Phoenix Mercury |score2=107

| place = US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ

}}

{{basketballbox

| date = July 27, 2010

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20100727/PHOSEA/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore Report]

| team1 = Phoenix Mercury |score1=85

| team2 = Seattle Storm |score2=91

| place = KeyArena, Seattle, WA

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg=#fff

| date = August 20, 2010

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20100820/SEAPHO/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore Report]

| team1 = Seattle Storm |score1=78

| team2 = Phoenix Mercury |score2=73

| place = US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ

}}

WNBA Finals

=Seattle Storm vs. Atlanta Dream=

{{main|2010 WNBA Finals}}

{{basketballbox

| bg = #eee

| date = September 12

| time = 3:00pm

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20100912/ATLSEA/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore Report]

| team1 = Atlanta Dream

| score1 = 77

| score2 = 79

| team2 = Seattle Storm

| Q1 =17–22 | Q2 =22–17 | Q3 =14–20 | Q4 =24–20

| points1 =McCoughtry, Marques (19)

| points2 = Jackson (26)

| rebounds1 = Lyttle (14)

| rebounds2 = Little (11)

| assist1 = Price (3)

| assist2 = Bird (8)

| otherstat1 =

| otherstat2 =

| place = KeyArena, Seattle, WA

| attendance = 15,084

| referee = Daryl Humphrey, Denise Brooks, Michael Price

| TV = ABC

}}

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| bg = #fff

| date = September 14

| time = 9:00pm

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20100914/ATLSEA/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore Report]

| team1 = Atlanta Dream

| score1 = 84

| score2 = 87

| team2 = Seattle Storm

| Q1 =21–19 | Q2 =26–30 | Q3 =18–20 | Q4 =19–18

| points1 = McCoughtry, Marques (21)

| points2 = Jackson (26)

| rebounds1 = McCoughtry (9)

| rebounds2 = Little (9)

| assist1 = Miller (8)

| assist2 = Bird (5)

| otherstat1 =

| otherstat2 =

| place = KeyArena, Seattle, WA

| attendance = 13,898

| referee = Eric Brewton, Cameron Inouye, Scott Twardoski

| TV = ESPN2

| series =

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg = #eee

| date = September 16

| time = 8:00pm

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20100916/SEAATL/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore Report]

| team1 = Seattle Storm

| score1 = 87

| score2 = 84

| team2 = Atlanta Dream

| Q1 = 28–24 | Q2 = 15-20 | Q3 = 24-16 | Q4 = 20-24

| points1 = Cash (18)

| points2 = McCoughtry (35)

| rebounds1 = Jackson (9)

| rebounds2 = de Souza (14)

| assist1 = Bird (7)

| assist2 = C. Miller (5)

| place = Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA

| attendance = 10,522

| referee = Sue Blauch, Lamont Simpson, Kurt Walker

| TV = ESPN2

| series = Seattle won the series 3–0

}}

;Regular-season series

The Seattle Storm won 2–0 in the regular-season series:

{{basketballbox

| bg=#fffa

| date = June 1, 2010

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20100601/ATLSEA/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore Report]

| team1 = Atlanta Dream |score1=72

| team2 = Seattle Storm |score2=90

| place = KeyArena, Seattle, WA

}}

{{basketballbox

| date = August 10, 2010

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20100810/SEAATL/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore Report]

| team1 = Seattle Storm |score1=80

| team2 = Atlanta Dream |score2=70

| place = Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA

}}

References

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Playoffs

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