Eastern Conference (WNBA)

Eastern Conference
League	WNBA
Sport	Basketball
Inaugural season	1997
No. of teams	6
Most recent champion(s)	Atlanta Dream (2nd title)
Most titles	New York Liberty (4)

The Eastern Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association is made up of six teams.

The Eastern Conference playoffs is divided into two playoff rounds, The Conference Semi-Finals and The Conference Finals with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Western Conference champion in the WNBA Finals to determine the WNBA champion. All in-conference playoff series are best-of-three.

Current Eastern Conference

Team	City/Area	Arena	Colors	Joined WNBA	Head Coach
Atlanta Dream	Atlanta, GA	Philips Arena	Sky blue, Red, White	2008	Marynell Meadors
Chicago Sky	Rosemont, IL	Allstate Arena	Sky blue, Gold	2006	Pokey Chatman
Connecticut Sun	Uncasville, CT	Mohegan Sun Arena	Navy blue, Red, Gold	1999*	Mike Thibault
Indiana Fever	Indianapolis, IN	Conseco Fieldhouse	Navy blue, Gold, Red	2000	Lin Dunn
New York Liberty	New York City, NY	Madison Square Garden	Blue, Liberty green, Orange	1997	John Whisenant
Washington Mystics	Washington, D.C.	Verizon Center	Blue, Gray, White, Red	1998	Trudi Lacey

Former teams

Defunct

Charlotte Sting (1997–2006)
Cleveland Rockers (1997–2003)
Miami Sol (2000–2002)

Changed to Western Conference

Houston Comets

Relocated

Orlando Miracle to Connecticut Sun (2003)
Detroit Shock to Tulsa Shock (West) (2009)

Eastern Conference champions

1997: Houston Comets, New York Liberty
1998: No Eastern team moved on to Finals due to playoff setup.
1999: New York Liberty
2000: New York Liberty
2001: Charlotte Sting
2002: New York Liberty
2003: Detroit Shock
2004: Connecticut Sun
2005: Connecticut Sun
2006: Detroit Shock
2007: Detroit Shock
2008: Detroit Shock
2009: Indiana Fever
2010: Atlanta Dream
2011: Atlanta Dream

WNBA Champions in bold

Conference championship count

4: Detroit Shock
4: New York Liberty
2: Atlanta Dream
2: Connecticut Sun
1: Charlotte Sting
1: Houston Comets (changed to Western Conference in 1998)
1: Indiana Fever

All-time conference standings

2011 Season

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Indiana Fever ^x	21	13	.618	–	13–4	8–9	13–9
Connecticut Sun ^x	21	13	.618	–	15–2	6–11	14–8
Atlanta Dream ^x	20	14	.588	1.0	11–6	9–8	14–8
New York Liberty ^x	19	15	.559	2.0	12-5	7–10	11–11
Chicago Sky ^o	14	20	.412	7.0	10–7	4–13	10–12
Washington Mystics ^o	6	28	.176	15.0	4–13	2–15	4–18

2010 Season

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Washington Mystics ^x	22	12	.647	–	13–4	9–8	13–9
New York Liberty ^x	22	12	.647	–	13–4	9–8	14–8
Indiana Fever ^x	21	13	.618	1.0	13–4	8–9	13–9
Atlanta Dream ^x	19	15	.559	3.0	10–7	9–8	10–12
Connecticut Sun ^o	17	17	.500	5.0	12–5	5–12	9–13
Chicago Sky ^o	14	20	.412	8.0	7–10	7–10	7–15

2009 Season

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Indiana Fever ^x	22	12	.647	–	14–3	8–9	17–5
Atlanta Dream ^x	18	16	.529	4.0	12–5	6–11	10–12
Detroit Shock ^x	18	16	.529	4.0	11–6	7–10	11–11
Washington Mystics ^x	16	18	.471	6.0	11–6	5–12	10–12
Chicago Sky ^o	16	18	.471	6.0	12–5	4–13	10–12
Connecticut Sun ^o	16	18	.471	6.0	12–5	4–13	9–12
New York Liberty ^o	13	21	.382	9.0	8–9	5–12	8–13

2008 Season

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Detroit Shock ^x	22	12	.647	–	14–3	8–9	16–4
Connecticut Sun ^x	21	13	.618	1.0	13–4	8–9	13–7
New York Liberty ^x	19	15	.559	3.0	11–6	8–9	11–9
Indiana Fever ^x	17	17	.500	5.0	11–6	6–11	12–8
Chicago Sky ^o	12	22	.353	10.0	8–9	4–13	10–10
Washington Mystics ^o	10	24	.294	12.0	6–11	4–13	6–14
Atlanta Dream ^o	4	30	.118	18.0	1–16	3–14	2–18

2007 Season

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Detroit Shock ^x	24	10	.706	–	12–5	12–5	14–6
Indiana Fever ^x	21	13	.618	3.0	12–5	9–8	12–8
Connecticut Sun ^x	18	16	.529	6.0	8–9	10–7	10–10
New York Liberty ^x	16	18	.471	8.0	10–7	6–11	10–10
Washington Mystics ^o	16	18	.471	8.0	8–9	8–9	8–12
Chicago Sky ^o	14	20	.412	10.0	6–11	8–9	6–14

2006 Season

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Connecticut Sun ^x	26	8	.765	–	14–3	12–5	15–5
Detroit Shock ^x	23	11	.676	3.0	14–3	9–8	14–6
Indiana Fever ^x	21	13	.618	5.0	12–5	9–8	12–8
Washington Mystics ^x	18	16	.529	8.0	13–4	5–12	12–8
New York Liberty ^o	11	23	.324	15.0	7–10	4–13	7–13
Charlotte Sting ^o	11	23	.324	15.0	7–10	4–3	6–14
Chicago Sky ^o	5	29	.147	21.0	3–14	2–15	4–16

2005 Season

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Connecticut Sun ^x	26	8	.765	–	14–3	12–5	13–7
Indiana Fever ^x	21	13	.618	5.0	14–3	7–10	14–6
New York Liberty ^x	18	16	.529	8.0	10–7	8–9	9–11
Detroit Shock ^x	16	18	.471	10.0	12–5	4–13	11–9
Washington Mystics ^o	16	18	.471	10.0	10–7	6–11	9–11
Charlotte Sting ^o	6	28	.176	20.0	5–12	1–16	4–16

2004 Season

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Connecticut Sun ^x	18	16	.529	–	10–7	8–9	14–6
New York Liberty ^x	18	16	.529	–	11–6	7–10	10–10
Detroit Shock ^x	17	17	.500	1.0	8–9	9–8	11–9
Washington Mystics ^x	17	17	.500	1.0	11–6	6–11	9–11
Charlotte Sting ^o	16	18	.471	2.0	10–7	6–11	8–12
Indiana Fever ^o	15	19	.441	3.0	10–7	5–12	8–12

2003 Season

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Detroit Shock ^x	25	9	.735	–	13–4	12–5	18–6
Charlotte Sting ^x	18	16	.529	7.0	13–4	5–12	12–12
Connecticut Sun ^x	18	16	.529	7.0	10–7	8–9	11–13
Cleveland Rockers ^x	17	17	.500	8.0	11–6	6–11	13–11
Indiana Fever ^o	16	18	.471	9.0	11–6	5–12	12–12
New York Liberty ^o	16	18	.471	9.0	11–6	5–12	11–13
Washington Mystics ^o	9	25	.265	16.0	3–14	6–11	7–17

2002 Season

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
New York Liberty ^x	18	14	.563	11–10	–
Charlotte Sting ^x	18	14	.563	12–9	–
Washington Mystics ^x	17	15	.531	12–9	1.0
Indiana Fever ^x	16	16	.500	12–9	2.0
Orlando Miracle ^o	16	16	.500	13–8	2.0
Miami Sol ^o	15	17	.469	11–10	3.0
Cleveland Rockers ^o	10	22	.312	7–14	8.0
Detroit Shock ^o	9	23	.281	6–15	9.0

2001 Season

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
Cleveland Rockers ^x	22	10	.688	15–6	–
New York Liberty ^x	21	11	.656	13–8	1.0
Miami Sol ^x	20	12	.625	14–7	2.0
Charlotte Sting ^x	18	14	.563	15–6	4.0
Orlando Miracle ^o	13	19	.406	9–12	9.0
Indiana Fever ^o	10	22	.313	7–14	12.0
Detroit Shock ^o	10	22	.313	7–14	12.0
Washington Mystics ^o	10	22	.313	4–17	12.0

2000 Season

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
New York Liberty ^x	20	12	.625	14–7	–
Cleveland Rockers ^x	17	15	.531	13–8	3.0
Orlando Miracle ^x	16	16	.500	13–8	4.0
Washington Mystics ^x	14	18	.438	13–8	6.0
Detroit Shock ^o	14	18	.438	10–11	6.0
Miami Sol ^o	13	19	.406	9–12	7.0
Indiana Fever ^o	9	23	.281	7–14	11.0
Charlotte Sting ^o	8	24	.250	5–16	12.0

1999 Season

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
New York Liberty ^x	18	14	.563	12–8	–
Detroit Shock ^x	15	17	.469	12–8	3.0
Charlotte Sting ^x	15	17	.469	12–8	3.0
Orlando Miracle ^o	15	17	.469	9–11	3.0
Washington Mystics ^o	12	20	.375	10–10	6.0
Cleveland Rockers ^o	7	25	.219	5–15	11.0

1998 Season

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
Cleveland Rockers ^x	20	10	.667	12–4	–
Charlotte Sting ^x	18	12	.600	11–5	2.0
New York Liberty ^o	18	12	.600	8–8	2.0
Detroit Shock ^o	17	13	.567	8–8	3.0
Washington Mystics ^o	3	27	.100	1–15	17.0

1997 Season

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
Houston Comets ^x	18	10	.643	6–6	–
New York Liberty ^x	17	11	.607	8–4	1.0
Charlotte Sting ^x	15	13	.536	5–7	3.0
Cleveland Rockers ^o	15	13	.536	5–7	3.0

Women's National Basketball Association (2011)

Eastern Conference

Western Conference

Atlanta Dream

Chicago Sky

Connecticut Sun

Indiana Fever

New York Liberty

Washington Mystics

Los Angeles Sparks

Minnesota Lynx

Phoenix Mercury

San Antonio Silver Stars

Seattle Storm

Tulsa Shock

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