Every 2017 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 2017 title from a regular season record of 27-7. 8 teams reached the playoffs and the bracket ran 4 rounds. Every series below is taken from NBA.com's WNBA statistics; nothing on this page is estimated.
| Round | Won by | Result | Opponent | Played |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round | Phoenix Mercury | 1-0 in games | Seattle Storm | September 6, 2017 |
| First round | Washington Mystics | 1-0 in games | Dallas Wings | September 6, 2017 |
| Second round | Washington Mystics | 1-0 in games | New York Liberty | September 10, 2017 |
| Second round | Phoenix Mercury | 1-0 in games | Connecticut Sun | September 10, 2017 |
| Semifinals | Minnesota Lynx | 3-0 in games | Washington Mystics | September 12 to September 17, 2017 |
| Semifinals | Los Angeles Sparks | 3-0 in games | Phoenix Mercury | September 12 to September 17, 2017 |
| The Finals | Minnesota Lynx | 3-2 in games | Los Angeles Sparks | September 24 to October 4, 2017 |
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.
The races that filled this bracket: Playoff Race