Every 2002 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 2002 title from a regular season record of 25-7. 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 | Seattle Storm | August 15 to August 17, 2002 |
| Conf. semifinals | Utah Starzz | 2-1 in games | Houston Comets | August 16 to August 20, 2002 |
| Conf. semifinals | Washington Mystics | 2-0 in games | Charlotte Sting | August 15 to August 17, 2002 |
| Conf. semifinals | New York Liberty | 2-1 in games | Indiana Fever | August 16 to August 20, 2002 |
| Conf. finals | Los Angeles Sparks | 2-0 in games | Utah Starzz | August 22 to August 24, 2002 |
| Conf. finals | New York Liberty | 2-1 in games | Washington Mystics | August 22 to August 25, 2002 |
| The Finals | Los Angeles Sparks | 2-0 in games | New York Liberty | August 29 to August 31, 2002 |
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.