Every 2014 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.
Phoenix Mercury won the 2014 title from a regular season record of 29-5. 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 | Phoenix Mercury | 2-0 in games | Los Angeles Sparks | August 22 to August 24, 2014 |
| Conf. semifinals | Minnesota Lynx | 2-0 in games | San Antonio Stars | August 21 to August 23, 2014 |
| Conf. semifinals | Chicago Sky | 2-1 in games | Atlanta Dream | August 22 to August 26, 2014 |
| Conf. semifinals | Indiana Fever | 2-0 in games | Washington Mystics | August 21 to August 23, 2014 |
| Conf. finals | Phoenix Mercury | 2-1 in games | Minnesota Lynx | August 29 to September 2, 2014 |
| Conf. finals | Chicago Sky | 2-1 in games | Indiana Fever | August 30 to September 3, 2014 |
| The Finals | Phoenix Mercury | 3-0 in games | Chicago Sky | September 7 to September 12, 2014 |
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.