WNBA Playoffs

The WNBA Playoffs is an elimination tournament between 8 teams in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), ultimately deciding the final two teams who will play in the WNBA Finals. Format In the current format of the WNBA playoffs, the top eight teams in the regular season, regardless of conference, participate in a single-elimination tournament system. The eight teams are then seeded by their regular season records, with the higher seeded team (or the team with the better record) in a series given homecourt advantage. Round One is a best-of-three series, played with a homecourt pattern of 2–1 (the higher seed hosts games 1 and 2, while the lower seed hosts game 3). The Semifinals and Finals are both best-of-five, played with a homecourt pattern of 2–2–1 (the higher seed hosts games 1, 2, and 5, while the lower seed hosts games 3 and 4). Tiebreaker procedures In case of ties, the following procedures are followed: Better winning percentage among all head-to-head games involving tied teams. Better winning percentage against all teams with a .500 or better record at the end of the season. Better point differential in games involving tied teams. Better point differential in all games. Coin toss (or draw of lots, if at least 3 teams are still tied after the first 4 tiebreakers fail).