2017 WNBA playoffs

Following the WNBA regular season, eight teams in the entire league qualified for the playoffs and were seeded one to eight.[https://www.wnba.com/wnba-playoff-picture-2017/ "WNBA Playoff Picture 2017"]. WNBA.com. Retrieved 2021-03-06. 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.

1. Better winning percentage among all head-to-head games involving tied teams.
2. Better winning percentage against teams within conference (for Finals only: better record against teams in # the opposite conference).
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 (or draw of lots, if at least 3 teams are still tied after the first 4 tiebreakers fail).

{{See also|2017 WNBA Finals}}

{{8TeamBracket-Stepladder

| autolegs = y

| score-width = 32

| RD1=First round:
Single elimination
(Sept. 6)

| RD2=Second round:
Single elimination
(Sept. 10)

| RD3=Semifinals:
Best-of-five
(Sept. 12 – Sept. 17)

| RD4=WNBA Finals:
Best-of-five
(Sept. 24 – Oct. 4)

| RD1-seed1 = 5

| RD1-team1= Phoenix Mercury

| RD1-score1=79

| RD1-seed2 = 8

| RD1-team2= Seattle Storm

| RD1-score2=69

| RD1-seed3 = 6

| RD1-team3= Washington Mystics

| RD1-score3=86

| RD1-seed4 = 7

| RD1-team4= Dallas Wings

| RD1-score4=76

| RD2-seed1 = 4

| RD2-team1= Connecticut Sun

| RD2-score1=83

| RD2-seed2 = 5

| RD2-team2= Phoenix Mercury

| RD2-score2=88

| RD2-seed3 = 3

| RD2-team3= New York Liberty

| RD2-score3=68

| RD2-seed4 = 6

| RD2-team4= Washington Mystics

| RD2-score4=82

| RD3-seed1 = 2

| RD3-team1= Los Angeles Sparks

| RD3-score1-1=79| RD3-score1-2= 86 | RD3-score1-3= 89

| RD3-seed2 = 5

| RD3-team2= Phoenix Mercury

| RD3-score2-1=66| RD3-score2-2= 72 | RD3-score2-3= 87

| RD3-seed3 = 1

| RD3-team3= Minnesota Lynx

| RD3-score3-1=101| RD3-score3-2= 93 | RD3-score3-3= 81

| RD3-seed4 = 6

| RD3-team4= Washington Mystics

| RD3-score4-1=81| RD3-score4-2= 83 | RD3-score4-3= 70

| RD4-seed1 = 1

| RD4-team1= Minnesota Lynx

| RD4-score1-1=84| RD4-score1-2= 70 | RD4-score1-3= 64 | RD4-score1-4= 80 | RD4-score1-5= 85

| RD4-seed2 = 2

| RD4-team2= Los Angeles Sparks

| RD4-score2-1=85| RD4-score2-2= 68 | RD4-score2-3= 75 | RD4-score2-4= 69 | RD4-score2-5= 76

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Note: Teams re-seeded after second round and semi-finals.

:All times are in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)

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|date = September 6

|time = 8:00 PM

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|time = 10:00 PM

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:All times are in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)

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|time = 3:00 PM

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|score2 = 83

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|date = September 10

|time = 5:00 PM

|place = Madison Square Garden New York, New York

|attendance = 9,538

|referee = Sue Blauch, Billy Smith, Jeff Wooten

|TV = ESPN2

|team1 = Washington Mystics

|score1 = 82

|team2 = New York Liberty

|score2 = 68

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|points1 = Toliver 32

|points2 = Charles 18

|rebounds1 = Delle Donne 10

|rebounds2 = Charles & Zellous 6

|assist1 = Ruffin-Pratt & Toliver 4

|assist2 = Hartley 5

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:All times are in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)

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|date = September 12

|time = 8:00 PM

|place = Williams Arena, Minneapolis, MN

|attendance = 7,834

|referee = JB DeRosa, Maj Forsberg, Billy Smith

|TV = ESPN2

|team1 = Washington Mystics

|score1 = 81

|team2 = Minnesota Lynx

|score2 = 101

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|points2 = Augustus 24

|rebounds1 = Delle Donne 6

|rebounds2 = Fowles 7

|assist1 = Toliver 6

|assist2 = Moore 4

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|date = September 14

|time = 8:00 PM

|place = Williams Arena, Minneapolis, MN

|attendance = 9,033

|referee = Sue Blauch, Roy Gulbeyan, Vladimir Voyard-Tadal

|TV = ESPN2

|team1 = Washington Mystics

|score1 = 83

|team2 = Minnesota Lynx

|score2 = 93

|report = [https://www.wnba.com/game/20170914/WASMIN/ Game 2]

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|points1 = Delle Donne & Toliver 25

|points2 = Fowles 25

|rebounds1 = Thomas 7

|rebounds2 = Brunson 10

|assist1 = Toliver 6

|assist2 = Whalen 7

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|date = September 17

|time = 3:00 PM

|place = Capital One Arena, Washington, D.C.

|attendance = 7,950

|referee = Cheryl Flores, Kurt Walker, Jeff Wooten

|TV = ESPN

|team1 = Minnesota Lynx

|score1 = 81

|team2= Washington Mystics

|score2 = 70

|report = [https://www.wnba.com/game/20170917/MINWAS/ Game 3]

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|points1 = Moore 21

|points2 = Delle Donne 15

|rebounds1 = Fowles 14

|rebounds2 = Delle Donne 8

|assist1 = Moore & Whalen 5

|assist2 = Toliver 5

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|date = September 12

|time = 10:00 PM

|place = Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA

|attendance = 7,963

|referee = Tiffany Bird, Jeff Smith, Kurt Walker

|TV = ESPN2

|team1 = Phoenix Mercury

|score1 = 66

|team2 = Los Angeles Sparks

|score2 = 79

|report = [https://www.wnba.com/game/20170912/PHOLAS/ Game 1]

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|points1 = Mitchell 19

|points2 = Ogwumike 19

|rebounds1 = Little 11

|rebounds2 = Ogwumike 9

|assist1 = Mitchell 4

|assist2 = Gray 6

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|date = September 14

|time = 10:00 PM

|place = Walter Pyramid, Long Beach, CA

|attendance = 4,023

|referee = Maj Forsberg, Byron Jarrett, Thomas Nunez

|TV = ESPN2

|team1 = Phoenix Mercury

|score1 = 72

|team2 = Los Angeles Sparks

|score2 = 86

|report = [https://www.wnba.com/game/20170914/PHOLAS/ Game 2]

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|points1 = Taurasi 21

|points2 = Parker 24

|rebounds1 = Mitchell 6

|rebounds2 = Parker 13

|assist1 = Taurasi 4

|assist2 = Gray & Parker 6

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|date = September 17

|time = 5:00 PM

|place = Talking Stick Resort Arena Phoenix, AZ

|attendance = 12,043

|referee = Sue Blauch, Eric Brewton, Billy Smith

|TV = ESPN

|team1 = Los Angeles Sparks

|score1 = 89

|team2= Phoenix Mercury

|score2 = 87

|report = [https://www.wnba.com/game/20170917/LASPHO/ Game 3]

|Q1 = 21–25 |Q2 = 24–13 |Q3 = 18–24 |Q4 = 26–25

|points1 = Sims 22

|points2 = Taurasi 22

|rebounds1 = Ogwumike 12

|rebounds2 = Griner & Little 8

|assist1 = Parker 11

|assist2 = Mitchell & Taurasi 5

|series = Los Angeles wins series 3-0

}}

:All times are in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)

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| date = September 24

| time = 3:30pm ET

| report = [https://www.wnba.com/game/20170924/LASMIN/ Game 1]

| team1 = Los Angeles Sparks

| score1 = 85

| score2 = 84

| team2 = Minnesota Lynx

| Q1 = 32–11 | Q2 = 11–22 | Q3 = 25–23 | Q4 = 17–28

| points1 = Gray 27

| points2 = Moore 27

| rebounds1 = Parker 12

| rebounds2 = Fowles 13

| assist1 = Gray 6

| assist2 = Whalen 6

| place = Williams Arena, Minneapolis, MN

| attendance = 11,823

| referee = Cheryl Flores, Kurt Walker, Jeff Wooten

| TV = ABC

}}

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| date = September 26

| time = 8:00pm ET

| report = [https://www.wnba.com/game/20170926/LASMIN/ Game 2]

| team1 = Los Angeles Sparks

| score1 = 68

| score2 = 70

| team2 = Minnesota Lynx

| Q1 = 10–28 | Q2 = 16–17 | Q3 = 24–15 | Q4 = 18–10

| points1 = Parker 17

| points2 = Whalen 14

| rebounds1 = Ogwumike 13

| rebounds2 = Fowles 17

| assist1 = Parker 6

| assist2 = Brunson, Whalen 3

| place = Williams Arena, Minneapolis, MN

| attendance = 11,434

| referee = Maj Forsberg, Bryon Jarrett, Billy Smith

| TV = ESPN2

}}

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| date = September 29

| time = 9:00pm ET

| report = [https://www.wnba.com/game/20170929/MINLAS/ Game 3]

| team1 = Minnesota Lynx

| score1 = 64

| score2 = 75

| team2 = Los Angeles Sparks

| Q1 = 8–17 | Q2 = 18–15 | Q3 = 22–24 | Q4 = 16–19

| points1 = Moore 16

| points2 = Ogwumike, Sims 16

| rebounds1 = Fowles 11

| rebounds2 = Ogwumike 10

| assist1 = Jones 4

| assist2 = Gray 7

| place = Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA

| attendance = 13,500

| referee = Sue Blauch, Eric Brewton, Roy Gulbeyan

| TV = ESPN2

}}

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| date = October 1

| time = 8:30pm ET

| report = [https://www.wnba.com/game/20171001/MINLAS/ Game 4]

| team1 = Minnesota Lynx

| score1 = 80

| score2 = 69

| team2 = Los Angeles Sparks

| Q1 = 21–16 | Q2 = 22–15 | Q3 = 18–13 | Q4 = 19–25

| points1 = Fowles 22

| points2 = Sims 18

| rebounds1 = Fowles 14

| rebounds2 = Ogwumike, Parker 8

| assist1 = Whalen 8

| assist2 = Gray 9

| place = Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA

| attendance = 13,500

| referee = Maj Forsberg, Billy Smith, Kurt Walker

| TV = ESPN

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg = #eee

| date = October 4

| time = 8:00pm ET

| report = [https://www.wnba.com/game/20171004/LASMIN/ Game 5]

| team1 = Los Angeles Sparks

| score1 = 76

| score2 = 85

| team2 = Minnesota Lynx

| Q1 = 19–21 | Q2 = 16–20 | Q3 = 21–19 | Q4 = 20–25

| points1 = Parker 19

| points2 = Moore 18

| rebounds1 = Parker 15

| rebounds2 = Fowles 20

| assist1 = Gray 8

| assist2 = Whalen 8

| place = Williams Arena, Minneapolis, MN

| attendance = 14,632

| referee = Sue Blauch, Roy Gulbeyan, Byron Jarrett

| TV = ESPN

| series = Minnesota wins series 3-2

}}

{{reflist}}

{{WNBA Playoffs}}

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