2017 WNBA Playoff Race
The Minnesota Lynx won the 2017 WNBA Playoff Race at 27-7, 1 game ahead of the Los Angeles Sparks.
🏆The 2017 playoffs, series by series
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Playoff Race standings, 2017
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | L10 | Streak |
|---|
| Minnesota Lynx (MIN) p | 27 | 7 | .794 | - | 6-4 | W3 |
| Los Angeles Sparks (LAS) x | 26 | 8 | .765 | 1 | 8-2 | W7 |
| New York Liberty (NYL) x | 22 | 12 | .647 | 5 | 10-0 | W10 |
| Connecticut Sun (CON) x | 21 | 13 | .618 | 6 | 6-4 | L2 |
| Phoenix Mercury (PHO) x | 18 | 16 | .529 | 9 | 5-5 | W3 |
| Washington Mystics (WAS) x | 18 | 16 | .529 | 9 | 4-6 | L1 |
| Dallas Wings (DAL) x | 16 | 18 | .471 | 11 | 5-5 | L1 |
| Seattle Storm (SEA) x | 15 | 19 | .441 | 12 | 5-5 | W1 |
| Atlanta Dream (ATL) | 12 | 22 | .353 | 15 | 2-8 | L2 |
| Chicago Sky (CHI) | 12 | 22 | .353 | 15 | 4-6 | L4 |
| Indiana Fever (IND) | 9 | 25 | .265 | 18 | 1-9 | L8 |
| San Antonio Stars (SAN) | 8 | 26 | .235 | 19 | 5-5 | W1 |
The dashed line on the chart is the pace of the final playoff spot.
Clinch key- x
- clinched a playoff place
- p
- clinched the top seed
Turning points
- The lead changed hands once.
- The Minnesota Lynx trailed by as many as half a game on May 13, 2017.
- The Minnesota Lynx took first place for good on May 20, 2017.
- The New York Liberty won 10 games in a row from August 8, 2017 to September 3, 2017, the longest run of the race.
- The Minnesota Lynx led by as many as 3.5 games on August 3, 2017.
- The Minnesota Lynx went 8-0 from May 13, 2017 to June 9, 2017, turning a deficit of half a game into a lead of 2.5 games.
- The top two ended the day within one game of each other on 17 of the 83 days played.
- Six teams held first place.
- The Minnesota Lynx spent 113 of the season's 114 charted days in first place.