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SEVEN CONSECUTIVE <strong>WNBA</strong> PLAYOFF APPEARANCES<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> PLAYOFFS FORMAT<br />
The top four teams from each conference will qualify for the <strong>2012</strong> <strong>WNBA</strong> Playoffs. The first and fourth-place teams, and the second and<br />
third-place teams, will each play a best-of-three conference semifinal series. The winners of the semifinal series in each conference will<br />
then play in a best-of-three conference final.<br />
Tiebreaker Procedure<br />
The following tiebreak procedure shall be used to break ties for playoff eligibility, home court<br />
advantage and draft order. In determining draft order, non-playoff teams will always select before<br />
playoff teams.<br />
Two-Way Tie Between Teams In The Same Conference<br />
1. Better record in head-to-head games<br />
2. Better winning percentage in own conference<br />
3. Better winning percentage against all teams with .500 or better record at the end of the season<br />
4. Better point differential in games head-to-head<br />
5. Coin toss<br />
Two-Way Tie Between Teams In The Different Conference<br />
In order to break a tie, the following criteria will be utilized in the order set forth:<br />
1. Better record in head-to-head games<br />
2. Better winning percentage against teams in the opposite conference<br />
3. Better winning percentage against all teams with .500 or better record at the end of the season<br />
4. Better point differential in games head-to-head<br />
5. Coin toss<br />
More Than Two Teams Tied<br />
As many teams as possible will be eliminated at each step. As soon as one or more teams are eliminated at any step, the process must<br />
begin again from step (1).<br />
1. Better winning percentage among all head-to-head games involving tied teams<br />
2. Better winning percentage against teams in own conference (if all teams are from the same conference) or better record against teams<br />
in the opposite conference (if one or more teams are in different conferences)<br />
3. Better winning percentage against all teams with .500 or better record at the end of the season<br />
4. Better point differential in games involving tied teams<br />
5. Coin toss<br />
Scheduling<br />
Conference Semifinals<br />
The first and second place teams in each conference will have home court advantage in the Conference Semifinals and will host Game 1<br />
and, if necessary, Game 3 of the series.<br />
Conference Finals<br />
The team with the better regular season record will have home court advantage in the Conference Finals and will host Game 1 and, if<br />
necessary, Game 3 of the series.<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> Finals<br />
The team with the better regular season record will have home court advantage in the <strong>WNBA</strong> Finals. The championship series will be<br />
played in a 2-2-1 format with the higher seed hosting the first two games and the final game, if necessary.<br />
A four-time conference finalist (2005, 2007, 2009, 2011), the Fever bids for an eighth consecutive playoff berth in <strong>2012</strong>.<br />
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