2004 WNBA Eastern Conference standings

Name: 2004 WNBA Eastern Conference standings
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The Connecticut Sun and New York Liberty finished tied atop the 2004 WNBA Eastern Conference playoff race, both at 18-16. The Connecticut Sun finished first on a WNBA tiebreaker these standings do not carry.

The 2004 playoffs, series by series

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East standings, 2004

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	L10	Streak
Connecticut Sun (CON) x	18	16	.529	-	6-4	W1
New York Liberty (NYL) x	18	16	.529	-	6-4	W3
Detroit Shock (DET) x	17	17	.500	1	6-4	W3
Washington Mystics (WAS) x	17	17	.500	1	7-3	L1
Charlotte Sting (CHA)	16	18	.471	2	4-6	L3
Indiana Fever (IND)	15	19	.441	3	3-7	L4

The dashed line on the chart is the pace of the final playoff spot.

Clinch key

x: clinched a playoff place

Turning points

The lead changed hands 14 times.
The Connecticut Sun trailed by as many as 3 games on June 9, 2004.
The Connecticut Sun won 6 games in a row from June 20, 2004 to July 6, 2004, the longest run of the race.
The New York Liberty led by 2.5 games as late as June 10, 2004.
The Connecticut Sun went 6-0 from June 19, 2004 to July 6, 2004, turning a deficit of 3 games into a lead of 1 game.
The top two ended the day within one game of each other on 66 of the 75 days played.
Six teams held first place.
The New York Liberty held first place for 41 straight days, the season's longest run.
The Connecticut Sun spent 18 of the season's 123 charted days in first place.