Every 2001 WNBA playoff series, three ways: the season race carried on into the postseason, who beat their seeding, and the bracket.
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The same race these clubs ran all season, carried on through the postseason on one scale and on real dates.
Where each club finished the season against how far it went, ranked on record rather than seed.
Who played whom, round by round, which no line chart can say.
Los Angeles Sparks won the 2001 title from a regular season record of 28-4. 8 teams reached the playoffs and the bracket ran 3 rounds. Every series below is taken from NBA.com's WNBA statistics; nothing on this page is estimated.
| Round | Won by | Result | Opponent | Played |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conf. semifinals | Los Angeles Sparks | 2-0 in games | Houston Comets | August 18 to August 20, 2001 |
| Conf. semifinals | Charlotte Sting | 2-1 in games | Cleveland Rockers | August 16 to August 20, 2001 |
| Conf. semifinals | New York Liberty | 2-1 in games | Miami Sol | August 17 to August 21, 2001 |
| Conf. semifinals | Sacramento Monarchs | 2-0 in games | Utah Starzz | August 17 to August 19, 2001 |
| Conf. finals | Los Angeles Sparks | 2-1 in games | Sacramento Monarchs | August 24 to August 27, 2001 |
| Conf. finals | Charlotte Sting | 2-1 in games | New York Liberty | August 24 to August 27, 2001 |
| The Finals | Los Angeles Sparks | 2-0 in games | Charlotte Sting | August 30 to September 1, 2001 |
The left column ranks this field by regular season record, not by seed number: seeding rules differ by era, so this site uses records everywhere instead. The right column groups clubs by the round they went out in, which is not the same as the number of rounds they won, because a bye carries a club further without it winning anything. The figure beside a name is places moved between the two columns, and part of it is only where a club sat inside its band. Nothing here is a prediction. The data notes carry the whole method.