Playoffs
There were 10 teams in the league. For the playoffs, the four teams with the best record in the league were seeded one to four. Houston was switched to the Western Conference in 1997 so two Western Conference teams matched up in the WNBA Finals. Each round of the playoffs were played a best-of-three series.
| WNBA Semi-Finals Best of 3 |
WNBA Finals Best of 3 |
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| W1 | Houston | 2 | ||||||
| E2 | Charlotte | 0 | ||||||
| W1 | Houston | 2 | ||||||
| W2 | Phoenix | 1 | ||||||
| W2 | Phoenix | 2 | ||||||
| E1 | Cleveland | 1 | ||||||
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