WNBA announces Los Angeles Sparks first round playoff schedule
August 7, 2006 - Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) News Release
NEW YORK (August 7, 2006) - With the Los Angeles Sparks (23-9) having already clinched the top seed in the WNBA's Western Conference, the league today announced the club's schedule for the first round of the 2006 WNBA Playoffs.
With six days remaining on the WNBA regular season schedule, the Sacramento Monarchs currently rank second in the Western Conference and can lock up that spot with either a loss by the Houston Comets tomorrow or a win of their own on Wednesday.
At present, Houston (17-14) maintains the third best record in the Conference due to a tiebreaker edge over Seattle (17-14). The Phoenix Mercury (14-16), currently in fifth place in the Conference must win all four of their remaining games and get help in the form of losses by Houston and Seattle in the race for the fourth and final Western Conference playoff spot.
The Sparks' first round schedule appears below. Additional scheduling information will be furnished in the days to come.
LOS ANGELES SPARKS FIRST-ROUND PLAYOFF SCHEDULE National Game Date Opponent Local Eastern Broadcast Game 1 - Friday, August 18 Los Angeles at TBD TBD TBD NBATV Game 2 - Sunday, August 20 TBD at Los Angeles 2:00 PM 5:00 PM ESPN2 Game 3* - Tuesday, August 22 TBD at Los Angeles 7:00 PM 10:00 PM ESPN2 (* - if needed)
About the WNBA Featuring 14 teams and the greatest female basketball players from around the world, the WNBA is the longest-running and most successful women's professional team sports league in U.S. history. The WNBA's 10th Anniversary season includes appointment viewing on Tuesday nights as ESPN2 will televise 14 WNBA games - including five doubleheaders - on Tuesdays this spring/summer. WNBA games and programming also will be shown in 198 countries via 79 telecasters in 34 languages this season. The 2006 WNBA All-Star Game took place on July 12 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. For more information on the WNBA, log onto www.wnba.com.
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