Every 2012 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.
Indiana Fever won the 2012 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 | Minnesota Lynx | 2-1 in games | Seattle Storm | September 28 to October 2, 2012 |
| Conf. semifinals | Connecticut Sun | 2-0 in games | New York Liberty | September 27 to September 29, 2012 |
| Conf. semifinals | Los Angeles Sparks | 2-0 in games | San Antonio Silver Stars | September 27 to September 29, 2012 |
| Conf. semifinals | Indiana Fever | 2-1 in games | Atlanta Dream | September 28 to October 2, 2012 |
| Conf. finals | Minnesota Lynx | 2-0 in games | Los Angeles Sparks | October 4 to October 7, 2012 |
| Conf. finals | Indiana Fever | 2-1 in games | Connecticut Sun | October 5 to October 11, 2012 |
| The Finals | Indiana Fever | 3-1 in games | Minnesota Lynx | October 14 to October 21, 2012 |
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.