Detroit Shock Announce 2009 First Round Playoff Schedule
September 13, 2009 - Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Detroit Shock News Release
AUBURN HILLS, MI. - The Detroit Shock begins defense of their WNBA Championship against the Atlanta Dream on Wednesday, September 16 at The Palace of Auburn Hills and the game will be broadcast on ESPN2.
The Shock schedule for the first round is as follows (all times are Eastern):
Game Date Teams Time TV
Game 1 Wed Sept. 16 Atlanta at Detroit 8:00PM ESPN2
Game 2 Fri Sept. 18 Detroit at Atlanta 7:30PM NBATV
Game 3 * Sun Sept. 20 Detroit at Atlanta 3:00PM ESPN2
*if necessary
The second round of the playoffs is also a best-two-out-of-three format, and runs from September 23-26 with game one of the Conference Finals at the home site of the lower seed on September 23.
The finals is a best-three-out-of-five, 2-2-1 format, with the higher seed hosting the first two games and a possible fifth game, and the lower seed hosting game three and, if necessary, game four. The last possible date for the 2009 WNBA Playoffs is Friday, October 9.
This is the eighth overall appearance for Detroit in the WNBA Playoffs and its seventh in a row since winning the 2003 WNBA Championship.
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