Every 2005 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.
Sacramento Monarchs won the 2005 title from a regular season record of 25-9. 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 | Connecticut Sun | 2-0 in games | Detroit Shock | August 31 to September 2, 2005 |
| Conf. semifinals | Sacramento Monarchs | 2-0 in games | Los Angeles Sparks | August 31 to September 2, 2005 |
| Conf. semifinals | Indiana Fever | 2-0 in games | New York Liberty | August 30 to September 1, 2005 |
| Conf. semifinals | Houston Comets | 2-1 in games | Seattle Storm | August 30 to September 3, 2005 |
| Conf. finals | Connecticut Sun | 2-0 in games | Indiana Fever | September 8 to September 10, 2005 |
| Conf. finals | Sacramento Monarchs | 2-0 in games | Houston Comets | September 8 to September 10, 2005 |
| The Finals | Sacramento Monarchs | 3-1 in games | Connecticut Sun | September 14 to September 20, 2005 |
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.