Every 2011 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.
Minnesota Lynx won the 2011 title from a regular season record of 27-7. 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 | Minnesota Lynx | 2-1 in games | San Antonio Silver Stars | September 16 to September 20, 2011 |
| Conf. semifinals | Atlanta Dream | 2-0 in games | Connecticut Sun | September 16 to September 18, 2011 |
| Conf. semifinals | Indiana Fever | 2-1 in games | New York Liberty | September 15 to September 19, 2011 |
| Conf. semifinals | Phoenix Mercury | 2-1 in games | Seattle Storm | September 15 to September 19, 2011 |
| Conf. finals | Minnesota Lynx | 2-0 in games | Phoenix Mercury | September 22 to September 25, 2011 |
| Conf. finals | Atlanta Dream | 2-1 in games | Indiana Fever | September 22 to September 27, 2011 |
| The Finals | Minnesota Lynx | 3-0 in games | Atlanta Dream | October 2 to October 7, 2011 |
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.