Every 2008 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.
Detroit Shock won the 2008 title from a regular season record of 22-12. 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 | San Antonio Silver Stars | 2-1 in games | Sacramento Monarchs | September 18 to September 22, 2008 |
| Conf. semifinals | Detroit Shock | 2-1 in games | Indiana Fever | September 19 to September 23, 2008 |
| Conf. semifinals | Los Angeles Sparks | 2-1 in games | Seattle Storm | September 19 to September 23, 2008 |
| Conf. semifinals | New York Liberty | 2-1 in games | Connecticut Sun | September 18 to September 22, 2008 |
| Conf. finals | San Antonio Silver Stars | 2-1 in games | Los Angeles Sparks | September 25 to September 28, 2008 |
| Conf. finals | Detroit Shock | 2-1 in games | New York Liberty | September 26 to September 29, 2008 |
| The Finals | Detroit Shock | 3-0 in games | San Antonio Silver Stars | October 1 to October 5, 2008 |
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.