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1998 WNBA season
League	Women's National Basketball Association
Sport	Basketball
Duration	May - September
Number of games	30
Number of teams	10
Total attendance	1,630,315
Average attendance	10,869
TV partner/s	ESPN, NBC, Lifetime
	1998 WNBA Draft
Top draft pick	Margo Dydek
Picked by	Utah Starzz
	Regular season
Season MVP	Cynthia Cooper (Houston)
Top scorer	Cynthia Cooper (Houston)
	Playoffs
Eastern champions	none due to setup
Eastern runners-up	Cleveland Rockers
Western champions	Houston Comets, Phoenix Mercury
Western runners-up	none due to setup
	Finals
Finals champions	Houston Comets
Runners-up	Phoenix Mercury
Finals MVP	Cynthia Cooper (Houston)
	WNBA seasons
← 1997	1999 →

The 1998 WNBA Season was the Women's National Basketball Association's second season. The 1998 season saw two expansion teams join the league, the Detroit Shock and Washington Mystics. The expansion teams allowed the defending champions Houston Comets to move to the Western Conference. The regular season was extend from 28 games to 30 games. The season ended with the Houston Comets winning their second WNBA championship.

[edit] Regular season standings

Eastern Conference

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

Western Conference

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
Houston Comets ^x	27	3	.900	15-1	-
Phoenix Mercury ^x	19	11	.633	10-6	8.0
Los Angeles Sparks ^o	12	18	.400	6-10	15.0
Sacramento Monarchs ^o	8	22	.267	5-11	19.0
Utah Starzz ^o	8	22	.267	4-12	19.0

[edit] Season award winners

Award	Winner	Team
WNBA Finals MVP Award	Cynthia Cooper	Houston Comets
WNBA Most Valuable Player Award	Cynthia Cooper	Houston Comets
WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award	Teresa Weatherspoon	New York Liberty
WNBA Newcomer of the Year Award	Suzie McConnell Serio	Cleveland Rockers
WNBA Peak Performer	Isabelle Fijalkowski	Cleveland Rockers
WNBA Peak Performer	Sandy Brondello	Detroit Shock
WNBA Rookie of the Year Award	Tracy Reid	Charlotte Sting
WNBA Sportsmanship Award	Suzie McConnell Serio	Cleveland Rockers
WNBA Coach of the Year Award	Van Chancellor	Houston Comets

[edit] 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

W1	Houston	2
E2	Charlotte	0
			W1	Houston	2
			W2	Phoenix	1
W3	Phoenix	2
E1	Cleveland	1

[edit] External links

Preceded by 1997 WNBA season	WNBA seasons 1998	Succeeded by 1999 WNBA season

Contents

[edit] Regular season standings

[edit] Season award winners

[edit] Playoffs

[edit] External links