Every 2004 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.
Seattle Storm won the 2004 title from a regular season record of 20-14. 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 | Sacramento Monarchs | 2-1 in games | Los Angeles Sparks | September 24 to September 28, 2004 |
| Conf. semifinals | Seattle Storm | 2-0 in games | Minnesota Lynx | September 25 to September 27, 2004 |
| Conf. semifinals | Connecticut Sun | 2-1 in games | Washington Mystics | September 25 to September 29, 2004 |
| Conf. semifinals | New York Liberty | 2-1 in games | Detroit Shock | September 24 to September 28, 2004 |
| Conf. finals | Seattle Storm | 2-1 in games | Sacramento Monarchs | October 1 to October 5, 2004 |
| Conf. finals | Connecticut Sun | 2-0 in games | New York Liberty | October 1 to October 3, 2004 |
| The Finals | Seattle Storm | 2-1 in games | Connecticut Sun | October 8 to October 12, 2004 |
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.