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2010 WNBA Eastern Conference standings
The Washington Mystics and New York Liberty finished tied atop the 2010 WNBA Eastern Conference playoff race, both at 22-12. The Washington Mystics finished first on a WNBA tiebreaker these standings do not carry.
🏆 The 2010 playoffs, series by series
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East standings, 2010
Team W L Pct GB L10 Streak Washington Mystics (WAS) x 22 12 .647 - 8-2 W6 New York Liberty (NYL) x 22 12 .647 - 9-1 W1 Indiana Fever (IND) x 21 13 .618 1 5-5 L3 Atlanta Dream (ATL) x 19 15 .559 3 4-6 L2 Connecticut Sun (CON) 17 17 .500 5 4-6 L1 Chicago Sky (CHI) 14 20 .412 8 2-8 L2
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 12 times. The Washington Mystics trailed by as many as 3 games on July 29, 2010. The New York Liberty won 10 games in a row from July 27, 2010 to August 19, 2010, the longest run of the race. The Atlanta Dream led by 2.5 games as late as May 31, 2010. The Washington Mystics went 8-2 from July 29, 2010 to August 20, 2010, turning a deficit of 3 games into a level race. The top two ended the day within one game of each other on 50 of the 66 days played. Five teams held first place. The Atlanta Dream held first place for 27 straight days, the season's longest run. The Washington Mystics spent 14 of the season's 100 charted days in first place.
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The numbers carry a few honest asterisks, from 1927 darkness ties to the only forfeit in WNBA history: all of them are disclosed in the data notes .
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