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class="infobox-label">Duration</th><td class="infobox-data">May 17 – September 15, 2008</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Number of games</th><td class="infobox-data">34</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Number of teams</th><td class="infobox-data">14</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Total attendance</th><td class="infobox-data">1,887,706</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Average attendance</th><td class="infobox-data">7,932</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">TV partner(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/ESPN_on_ABC" title="ESPN on ABC">ABC</a>, <a href="/wiki/WNBA_on_ESPN" title="WNBA on ESPN">ESPN</a>, <a href="/wiki/NBA_TV" title="NBA TV">NBA TV</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#DDDDDD"><a href="/wiki/2008_WNBA_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 WNBA Draft">2008 WNBA Draft</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_WNBA_first_overall_draft_choices" class="mw-redirect" title="List of WNBA first overall draft choices">Top draft pick</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Candace_Parker" title="Candace Parker">Candace Parker</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Picked by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Sparks" title="Los Angeles Sparks">Los Angeles Sparks</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#DDDDDD">Regular season</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Season <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_National_Basketball_Association_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Women's National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player Award">MVP</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Candace_Parker" title="Candace Parker">Candace Parker</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Sparks" title="Los Angeles Sparks">Los Angeles</a>)</small></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#DDDDDD"><a href="/wiki/2008_WNBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 WNBA Playoffs">Playoffs</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Conference_(WNBA)" title="Eastern Conference (WNBA)">Eastern</a> champions</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Shock" title="Detroit Shock">Detroit Shock</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">  Eastern runners-up</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/New_York_Liberty" title="New York Liberty">New York Liberty</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Western_Conference_(WNBA)" title="Western Conference (WNBA)">Western</a> champions</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Silver_Stars" class="mw-redirect" title="San Antonio Silver Stars">San Antonio Silver Stars</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">  Western runners-up</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Sparks" title="Los Angeles Sparks">Los Angeles Sparks</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#DDDDDD"><a href="/wiki/WNBA_Finals" title="WNBA Finals">Finals</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Champions</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Shock" title="Detroit Shock">Detroit Shock</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">  Runners-up</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Silver_Stars" class="mw-redirect" title="San Antonio Silver Stars">San Antonio Silver Stars</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Finals <a href="/wiki/WNBA_Finals_MVP_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="WNBA Finals MVP Award">MVP</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Katie_Smith" title="Katie Smith">Katie Smith</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Detroit_Shock" title="Detroit Shock">Detroit</a>)</small></td></tr><tr class="noprint"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#DDDDDD"><a href="/wiki/List_of_WNBA_seasons" title="List of WNBA seasons"> WNBA seasons</a></th></tr><tr class="noprint"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="float: left;"><a href="/wiki/2007_WNBA_season" title="2007 WNBA season">← 2007</a></div><div style="float: right;"><a href="/wiki/2009_WNBA_season" title="2009 WNBA season">2009 →</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>2008 WNBA season</b> was the 12th season of the <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_National_Basketball_Association" title="Women's National Basketball Association">Women's National Basketball Association</a>. It was the first WNBA season with a franchise in <a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a> as the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Dream" title="Atlanta Dream">Dream</a> were announced in late 2007. </p><p>No <a href="/wiki/WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="WNBA All-Star Game">WNBA All-Star Game</a> was held due to the <a href="/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics" title="2008 Summer Olympics">2008 Summer Olympics</a> in <a href="/wiki/Beijing,_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Beijing, China">Beijing, China</a>. The regular season began with a televised (<a href="/wiki/ESPN_on_ABC" title="ESPN on ABC">ABC</a>) meeting between the defending champion <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Mercury" title="Phoenix Mercury">Phoenix Mercury</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Sparks" title="Los Angeles Sparks">Los Angeles Sparks</a> in <a href="/wiki/Phoenix,_Arizona" title="Phoenix, Arizona">Phoenix, Arizona</a>, on May 17. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2007–2008_off-season"><span id="2007.E2.80.932008_off-season"></span>2007–2008 off-season</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_WNBA_season&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: 2007–2008 off-season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>On September 27, 2007, <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Mercury" title="Phoenix Mercury">Phoenix Mercury</a> coach <a href="/wiki/Paul_Westhead" title="Paul Westhead">Paul Westhead</a> resigned and took a job as an assistant coach under <a href="/wiki/P._J._Carlesimo" title="P. J. Carlesimo">P. J. Carlesimo</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_SuperSonics" title="Seattle SuperSonics">Seattle SuperSonics</a>. Assistant coach <a href="/wiki/Corey_Gaines" title="Corey Gaines">Corey Gaines</a> was named the team's new head coach on November 7.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On October 2, 2007, the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Mystics" title="Washington Mystics">Washington Mystics</a> announced that <a href="/wiki/Tree_Rollins" title="Tree Rollins">Tree Rollins</a> would be named the permanent head coach. Rollins had been the interim head coach since the resignation of <a href="/wiki/Richie_Adubato" title="Richie Adubato">Richie Adubato</a> on June 1.</li> <li>On October 18, 2007, the WNBA announced the league awarded an expansion franchise to the city of <a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a>, Georgia, bringing the league to fourteen teams to start the 2008 season.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team hired <a href="/wiki/Marynell_Meadors" title="Marynell Meadors">Marynell Meadors</a> as their head coach and general manager on November 27. The team name, the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Dream" title="Atlanta Dream">Atlanta Dream</a>, was unveiled on January 23, 2008, with the expansion draft held on February 6.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On October 26, 2007, The <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Fever" title="Indiana Fever">Indiana Fever</a> declined to pick up the option for head coach <a href="/wiki/Brian_Winters" title="Brian Winters">Brian Winters</a>. <a href="/wiki/Lin_Dunn" title="Lin Dunn">Lin Dunn</a> was named the team's new coach on December 12.</li> <li>On November 30, 2007, the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Storm" title="Seattle Storm">Seattle Storm</a> announced the resignation of head coach <a href="/wiki/Anne_Donovan" title="Anne Donovan">Anne Donovan</a>. Her replacement, <a href="/wiki/Brian_Agler" title="Brian Agler">Brian Agler</a>, was named on January 9, 2008.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Atlanta_Dream_expansion_draft">Atlanta Dream expansion draft</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_WNBA_season&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Atlanta Dream expansion draft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Atlanta held their expansion draft on February 6, 2008, when they selected one player from each of the thirteen teams in the league. </p><p>Some of the players chosen were: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%C3%89rika_de_Souza" title="Érika de Souza">Érika de Souza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Wauters" title="Ann Wauters">Ann Wauters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Betty_Lennox" title="Betty Lennox">Betty Lennox</a></li></ul> <p>The Dream were then free to make trades with other teams in the league. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Draft">Draft</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_WNBA_season&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Draft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On October 23, 2007, the WNBA draft lottery was held. The <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Sparks" title="Los Angeles Sparks">Los Angeles Sparks</a> received the first pick. The <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Sky" title="Chicago Sky">Chicago Sky</a> was awarded the number two pick, followed by the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Lynx" title="Minnesota Lynx">Minnesota Lynx</a> at number three, the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Dream" title="Atlanta Dream">Atlanta Dream</a> at number four, the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Comets" title="Houston Comets">Houston Comets</a> at number five and the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Mystics" title="Washington Mystics">Washington Mystics</a> at number six. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/2008_WNBA_draft" title="2008 WNBA draft">2008 WNBA draft</a> was held on April 9 in <a href="/wiki/Tampa,_Florida" title="Tampa, Florida">Tampa, Florida</a>. Coverage of the first round was shown on <a href="/wiki/ESPN2" title="ESPN2">ESPN2</a>. Second and third round coverage was shown on <a href="/wiki/NBA_TV" title="NBA TV">NBA TV</a>. </p><p>The top draft picks were as follows: </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Candace_Parker" title="Candace Parker">Candace Parker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Sparks" title="Los Angeles Sparks">Los Angeles Sparks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Fowles" title="Sylvia Fowles">Sylvia Fowles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Sky" title="Chicago Sky">Chicago Sky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Candice_Wiggins" title="Candice Wiggins">Candice Wiggins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Lynx" title="Minnesota Lynx">Minnesota Lynx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexis_Hornbuckle" title="Alexis Hornbuckle">Alexis Hornbuckle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Shock" title="Detroit Shock">Detroit Shock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matee_Ajavon" title="Matee Ajavon">Matee Ajavon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Houston_Comets" title="Houston Comets">Houston Comets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crystal_Langhorne" title="Crystal Langhorne">Crystal Langhorne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington_Mystics" title="Washington Mystics">Washington Mystics</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Regular_season">Regular season</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_WNBA_season&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Regular season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Standings">Standings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_WNBA_season&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Standings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" width="500" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th width="30%"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Conference_(WNBA)" title="Eastern Conference (WNBA)">Eastern Conference</a> </th> <th width="7.5%"><abbr title="Games won"> W </abbr> </th> <th width="7.5%"><abbr title="Games lost"> L </abbr> </th> <th width="7.5%"><abbr title="Winning percentage"> PCT </abbr> </th> <th width="7.5%"><abbr title="Games behind"> GB </abbr> </th> <th width="7.5%"><abbr title="Home record"> Home </abbr> </th> <th width="7.5%"><abbr title="Road record"> Road </abbr> </th> <th width="7.5%"><abbr title="Conference record"> Conf. </abbr> </th></tr> <tr style=""> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Shock" title="Detroit Shock">Detroit Shock</a> <sup>x</sup></td> <td>22</td> <td>12</td> <td>.647</td> <td>–</td> <td>14–3</td> <td>8–9</td> <td>16–4 </td></tr> <tr style=""> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Connecticut_Sun" title="Connecticut Sun">Connecticut Sun</a> <sup>x</sup></td> <td>21</td> <td>13</td> <td>.618</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>13–4</td> <td>8–9</td> <td>13–7 </td></tr> <tr style=""> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/New_York_Liberty" title="New York Liberty">New York Liberty</a> <sup>x</sup></td> <td>19</td> <td>15</td> <td>.559</td> <td>3.0</td> <td>11–6</td> <td>8–9</td> <td>11–9 </td></tr> <tr style=""> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Indiana_Fever" title="Indiana Fever">Indiana Fever</a> <sup>x</sup></td> <td>17</td> <td>17</td> <td>.500</td> <td>5.0</td> <td>11–6</td> <td>6–11</td> <td>12–8 </td></tr> <tr style=""> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Sky" title="Chicago Sky">Chicago Sky</a> <sup>o</sup></td> <td>12</td> <td>22</td> <td>.353</td> <td>10.0</td> <td>8–9</td> <td>4–13</td> <td>10–10 </td></tr> <tr style=""> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Washington_Mystics" title="Washington Mystics">Washington Mystics</a> <sup>o</sup></td> <td>10</td> <td>24</td> <td>.294</td> <td>12.0</td> <td>6–11</td> <td>4–13</td> <td>6–14 </td></tr> <tr style=""> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Dream" title="Atlanta Dream">Atlanta Dream</a> <sup>o</sup></td> <td>4</td> <td>30</td> <td>.118</td> <td>18.0</td> <td>1–16</td> <td>3–14</td> <td>2–18 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" width="500" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th width="30%"><a href="/wiki/Western_Conference_(WNBA)" title="Western Conference (WNBA)">Western Conference</a> </th> <th width="7.5%"><abbr title="Games won"> W </abbr> </th> <th width="7.5%"><abbr title="Games lost"> L </abbr> </th> <th width="7.5%"><abbr title="Winning percentage"> PCT </abbr> </th> <th width="7.5%"><abbr title="Games behind"> GB </abbr> </th> <th width="7.5%"><abbr title="Home record"> Home </abbr> </th> <th width="7.5%"><abbr title="Road record"> Road </abbr> </th> <th width="7.5%"><abbr title="Conference record"> Conf. </abbr> </th></tr> <tr style=""> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Silver_Stars" class="mw-redirect" title="San Antonio Silver Stars">San Antonio Silver Stars</a> <sup>x</sup></td> <td>24</td> <td>10</td> <td>.706</td> <td>–</td> <td>15–2</td> <td>9–8</td> <td>10–10 </td></tr> <tr style=""> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Seattle_Storm" title="Seattle Storm">Seattle Storm</a> <sup>x</sup></td> <td>22</td> <td>12</td> <td>.647</td> <td>2.0</td> <td>16–1</td> <td>6–11</td> <td>13–7 </td></tr> <tr style=""> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Sparks" title="Los Angeles Sparks">Los Angeles Sparks</a> <sup>x</sup></td> <td>20</td> <td>14</td> <td>.588</td> <td>4.0</td> <td>12–5</td> <td>8–9</td> <td>12–8 </td></tr> <tr style=""> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Monarchs" title="Sacramento Monarchs">Sacramento Monarchs</a> <sup>x</sup></td> <td>18</td> <td>16</td> <td>.529</td> <td>6.0</td> <td>5–12</td> <td>13–4</td> <td>9–11 </td></tr> <tr style=""> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Houston_Comets" title="Houston Comets">Houston Comets</a> <sup>o</sup></td> <td>17</td> <td>17</td> <td>.500</td> <td>7.0</td> <td>13–4</td> <td>4–13</td> <td>10–10 </td></tr> <tr style=""> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Lynx" title="Minnesota Lynx">Minnesota Lynx</a> <sup>o</sup></td> <td>16</td> <td>18</td> <td>.471</td> <td>8.0</td> <td>10–7</td> <td>6–11</td> <td>8–12 </td></tr> <tr style=""> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Mercury" title="Phoenix Mercury">Phoenix Mercury</a> <sup>o</sup></td> <td>16</td> <td>18</td> <td>.471</td> <td>8.0</td> <td>9–8</td> <td>7–10</td> <td>8–12 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Note:</b> Teams with an "X" clinched playoff spots. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="All-star_game">All-star game</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_WNBA_season&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: All-star game"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There was no <a href="/wiki/WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="WNBA All-Star Game">WNBA All-Star Game</a> due to the break July 28 through August 27 for the <a href="/wiki/2008_Beijing_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 Beijing Olympics">2008 Beijing Olympics</a>. This marks the first time since the game was started in the 1999 season that there was no All-Star contest. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Statistic_leaders">Statistic leaders</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_WNBA_season&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Statistic leaders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="width: 70%"> <tbody><tr> <th width="30%">Category </th> <th width="30%">Player </th> <th width="30%">Team </th> <th width="15%">Statistic </th></tr> <tr> <td>Points per game</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Diana_Taurasi" title="Diana Taurasi">Diana Taurasi</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Mercury" title="Phoenix Mercury">Phoenix Mercury</a></td> <td>24.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Rebounds per game</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Candace_Parker" title="Candace Parker">Candace Parker</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Sparks" title="Los Angeles Sparks">Los Angeles Sparks</a></td> <td>9.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Assists per game</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lindsay_Whalen" title="Lindsay Whalen">Lindsay Whalen</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Connecticut_Sun" title="Connecticut Sun">Connecticut Sun</a></td> <td>5.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Steals per game</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alexis_Hornbuckle" title="Alexis Hornbuckle">Alexis Hornbuckle</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Shock" title="Detroit Shock">Detroit Shock</a></td> <td>2.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Blocks per game</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lisa_Leslie" title="Lisa Leslie">Lisa Leslie</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Sparks" title="Los Angeles Sparks">Los Angeles Sparks</a></td> <td>2.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Field goal percentage</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sancho_Lyttle" title="Sancho Lyttle">Sancho Lyttle</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston_Comets" title="Houston Comets">Houston Comets</a></td> <td>.582 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Three-point FG percentage</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edwige_Lawson-Wade" title="Edwige Lawson-Wade">Edwige Lawson-Wade</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Lisa_Willis" title="Lisa Willis">Lisa Willis</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Silver_Stars" class="mw-redirect" title="San Antonio Silver Stars">San Antonio Silver Stars</a><br /><a href="/wiki/New_York_Liberty" title="New York Liberty">New York Liberty</a></td> <td>.468 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Free throw percentage</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Becky_Hammon" title="Becky Hammon">Becky Hammon</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Silver_Stars" class="mw-redirect" title="San Antonio Silver Stars">San Antonio Silver Stars</a></td> <td>.937 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Points per game</td> <td>Team stat</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Mercury" title="Phoenix Mercury">Phoenix Mercury</a></td> <td>88.53 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Fewest points allowed</td> <td>Team stat</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Seattle_Storm" title="Seattle Storm">Seattle Storm</a></td> <td>70.77 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Field goal percentage</td> <td>Team stat</td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Silver_Stars" class="mw-redirect" title="San Antonio Silver Stars">San Antonio Silver Stars</a></td> <td>.433 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Playoffs_and_Finals">Playoffs and Finals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_WNBA_season&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Playoffs and Finals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2008_WNBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 WNBA Playoffs">2008 WNBA Playoffs</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2008_WNBA_Finals" title="2008 WNBA Finals">2008 WNBA Finals</a></div> <p>This was the outlook for the 2008 WNBA playoffs. Teams in <i>italics</i> had <a href="/wiki/Home_court_advantage" class="mw-redirect" title="Home court advantage">home court advantage</a>. Teams in <b>bold</b> advanced to the next round. Numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's original playoffs seeding in their respective conferences. Numbers to the right of each team indicate the number of games the team won in that round. </p> <table cellpadding="0" style="border-style:none;font-size:90%;border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0;margin:1em 2em 1em 1em"><tbody><tr><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">First round </td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">Conference Finals </td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">WNBA Finals </td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="width:1px"></td><td 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style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/Indiana_Fever" title="Indiana Fever">Indiana</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Shock" title="Detroit Shock">Detroit</a></b></i> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_National_Basketball_Association#Eastern_Conference" title="Women's National Basketball Association">Eastern Conference</a></b> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/New_York_Liberty" title="New York 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title="Connecticut Sun">Connecticut</a></i> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="/wiki/New_York_Liberty" title="New York Liberty">New York</a></b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Shock" title="Detroit Shock">Detroit</a></b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="8" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Silver_Stars" class="mw-redirect" title="San Antonio Silver Stars">San Antonio</a></i> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">0 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><b><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Silver_Stars" class="mw-redirect" title="San Antonio Silver Stars">San Antonio</a></b></i> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="8" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Monarchs" title="Sacramento Monarchs">Sacramento</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><b><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Silver_Stars" class="mw-redirect" title="San Antonio Silver Stars">San Antonio</a></b></i> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_National_Basketball_Association#Western_Conference" title="Women's National Basketball Association">Western Conference</a></b> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Sparks" title="Los Angeles Sparks">Los Angeles</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><a href="/wiki/Seattle_Storm" title="Seattle Storm">Seattle</a></i> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Sparks" title="Los Angeles Sparks">Los Angeles</a></b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">2 </td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2008_WNBA_season_summary">2008 WNBA season summary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_WNBA_season&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 2008 WNBA season summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Season_highlights">Season highlights</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_WNBA_season&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Season highlights"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Candace_Parker" title="Candace Parker">Candace Parker</a> becomes the second player in WNBA history to <a href="/wiki/Slam_dunk" title="Slam dunk">dunk</a> in a regular season game, doing so twice.</li> <li>A fight breaks out between the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Sparks" title="Los Angeles Sparks">Los Angeles Sparks</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Shock" title="Detroit Shock">Detroit Shock</a> resulting in four ejections and ten suspensions.</li> <li>The first-ever outdoor professional basketball game is held at <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Ashe_Stadium" title="Arthur Ashe Stadium">Arthur Ashe Stadium</a> between the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Liberty" title="New York Liberty">New York Liberty</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Fever" title="Indiana Fever">Indiana Fever</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Over 19,000 fans attended the game.</li> <li>50-year-old hall-of-famer <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Lieberman" title="Nancy Lieberman">Nancy Lieberman</a> signs a contract with the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Shock" title="Detroit Shock">Detroit Shock</a> to play in one game.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She played 9 minutes and had 2 assists.</li> <li>The expansion <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Dream" title="Atlanta Dream">Atlanta Dream</a> set a record for the longest losing streak in WNBA history with 17 losses to give them an 0–17 start to the season.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>One of the original franchises, the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Comets" title="Houston Comets">Houston Comets</a>, is put up for sale with an uncertain future.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>For the first time in WNBA history, the defending champion (<a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Mercury" title="Phoenix Mercury">Phoenix Mercury</a>) does not qualify for the playoffs.</li> <li>Former <a href="/wiki/Washington_Mystics" title="Washington Mystics">Washington Mystics</a> head coach <a href="/wiki/Tree_Rollins" title="Tree Rollins">Tree Rollins</a> is relieved of his duties halfway through the season. Assistant coach <a href="/wiki/Jessie_Kenlaw" title="Jessie Kenlaw">Jessie Kenlaw</a> is named interim head coach for the remainder of the season.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Shock" title="Detroit Shock">Detroit Shock</a> sweep the <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Silver_Stars" class="mw-redirect" title="San Antonio Silver Stars">San Antonio Silver Stars</a> three-games-to-none in the <a href="/wiki/WNBA_Finals" title="WNBA Finals">Finals</a> for the first time (in a best-of-five format).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Candace_Parker" title="Candace Parker">Candace Parker</a> wins the <a href="/wiki/WNBA_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award" title="WNBA Rookie of the Year Award">WNBA Rookie of the Year Award</a> and the <a href="/wiki/WNBA_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="WNBA Most Valuable Player Award">MVP Award</a>. This is the first time in WNBA history and the third time in professional basketball history for the two awards to be won in the same year by the same player.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="End-of-season_business_report">End-of-season business report</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_WNBA_season&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: End-of-season business report"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Regular-season attendance saw an increase of 2.21%.</li> <li>There were 46 sellouts, more than triple the 17 for the 2007 regular season and double the previous record of 23 in 2004.</li> <li>The WNBA on national television (<a href="/wiki/ESPN_on_ABC" title="ESPN on ABC">ABC</a> and <a href="/wiki/WNBA_on_ESPN" title="WNBA on ESPN">ESPN2</a>) finished up 19% both in ratings (0.32 vs 0.27) and viewership (413,000 vs. 346,000).</li> <li>The WNBA finished up in key <a href="/wiki/Demographics" class="mw-redirect" title="Demographics">demographics</a> on ESPN2—Women 18–34 (up 71%) and Men 18–34 (up 28%) – and on ABC—All Women (up 10%) and Women 18–34 (up 20%).</li> <li>WNBA.com set all-time highs in visits and page views. Overall, WNBA.com received nearly 13 million visits and 59 million page views, up 35% and 20%, respectively.</li> <li>WNBA.com set monthly traffic records in July with more than 3.8 million visits and 16 million page views.</li> <li>On June 23, 2008, one day after <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Sparks" title="Los Angeles Sparks">Los Angeles Sparks</a> rookie <a href="/wiki/Candace_Parker" title="Candace Parker">Candace Parker</a> became the second WNBA player to <a href="/wiki/Slam_dunk" title="Slam dunk">dunk</a> in a regular season game, WNBA.com set a single-day record with nearly 95,000 video streams.</li> <li>League merchandise sales were up more than 36%, and WNBA jersey sales were up more than 46%.</li></ul> <p><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Season_award_winners">Season award winners</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_WNBA_season&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Season award winners"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="width: 90%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" width="150">Award </th> <th width="125">Winner </th> <th width="125">Position </th> <th width="125">Team </th> <th width="175">Votes </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/WNBA_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="WNBA Most Valuable Player Award">WNBA Most Valuable Player Award</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Candace_Parker" title="Candace Parker">Candace Parker</a> </td> <td>Forward </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Sparks" title="Los Angeles Sparks">Los Angeles Sparks</a> </td> <td>276.79 out of 300 pts<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/WNBA_Finals_MVP_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="WNBA Finals MVP Award">WNBA Finals MVP Award</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Katie_Smith" title="Katie Smith">Katie Smith</a> </td> <td>Forward </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Shock" title="Detroit Shock">Detroit Shock</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/WNBA_Defensive_Player_of_the_Year_Award" title="WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award">WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lisa_Leslie" title="Lisa Leslie">Lisa Leslie</a> </td> <td>Center </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Sparks" title="Los Angeles Sparks">Los Angeles Sparks</a> </td> <td>20 / 43 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/WNBA_Most_Improved_Player_Award" title="WNBA Most Improved Player Award">WNBA Most Improved Player Award</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ebony_Hoffman" title="Ebony Hoffman">Ebony Hoffman</a> </td> <td>Forward </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indiana_Fever" title="Indiana Fever">Indiana Fever</a> </td> <td>31 / 44 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/WNBA_Peak_Performers" title="WNBA Peak Performers">WNBA Peak Performer: Points</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Diana_Taurasi" title="Diana Taurasi">Diana Taurasi</a> </td> <td>Forward </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Mercury" title="Phoenix Mercury">Phoenix Mercury</a> </td> <td>24.1 PPG </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/WNBA_Peak_Performers" title="WNBA Peak Performers">WNBA Peak Performer: Rebounds</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Candace_Parker" title="Candace Parker">Candace Parker</a> </td> <td>Forward </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Sparks" title="Los Angeles Sparks">Los Angeles Sparks</a> </td> <td>9.5 RPG </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/WNBA_Peak_Performers" title="WNBA Peak Performers">WNBA Peak Performer: Assists</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lindsay_Whalen" title="Lindsay Whalen">Lindsay Whalen</a> </td> <td>Guard </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Connecticut_Sun" title="Connecticut Sun">Connecticut Sun</a> </td> <td>5.4 APG </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/WNBA_Sixth_Woman_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year Award">WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year Award</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Candice_Wiggins" title="Candice Wiggins">Candice Wiggins</a> </td> <td>Guard </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Lynx" title="Minnesota Lynx">Minnesota Lynx</a> </td> <td>27 / 42 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/WNBA_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award" title="WNBA Rookie of the Year Award">WNBA Rookie of the Year Award</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Candace_Parker" title="Candace Parker">Candace Parker</a> </td> <td>Forward </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Sparks" title="Los Angeles Sparks">Los Angeles Sparks</a> </td> <td>Unanimous </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Kim_Perrot_Sportsmanship_Award" title="Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award">Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vickie_Johnson" title="Vickie Johnson">Vickie Johnson</a> </td> <td>Guard </td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Silver_Stars" class="mw-redirect" title="San Antonio Silver Stars">San Antonio Silver Stars</a> </td> <td>14 / 39 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/WNBA_Coach_of_the_Year_Award" title="WNBA Coach of the Year Award">WNBA Coach of the Year Award</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Thibault" title="Mike Thibault">Mike Thibault</a> </td> <td>Coach </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Connecticut_Sun" title="Connecticut Sun">Connecticut Sun</a> </td> <td>24 / 45 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Team </th> <th width="125">Guard </th> <th>Guard </th> <th>Forward </th> <th>Forward </th> <th>Center </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/All-WNBA_Team" title="All-WNBA Team">All-WNBA First 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For the first time, an online fan vote was included in post-season award voting, accounting for 25% of the vote. The other 75% was from a panel of 45 national sportswriters and broadcasters.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coaches">Coaches</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_WNBA_season&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Coaches"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Eastern_Conference">Eastern Conference</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_WNBA_season&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Eastern Conference"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Dream" title="Atlanta Dream">Atlanta Dream</a>: <a href="/wiki/Marynell_Meadors" title="Marynell Meadors">Marynell Meadors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Sky" title="Chicago Sky">Chicago 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