The Women's National Basketball Association
WNBA is divided into Eastern and Western Conferences which is similar to the NBA. The playoffs result in the finals between the advancing team from each conference. WNBA plays in the summer, between the NBA seasons. They use many of the same venues as their NBA teams. A regular season is made up of 34 games and during the middle of July each year, games come to a halt for the WNBA All Star game. This is time when star players from Eastern Conference play against the star players from Western Conference. Fans are allowed to vote right through to season to select the star player they want to see in the WNBA All Star game.
The playoffs is made up of series in which the top four teams from each Conference play. Usually the team with the best record will play the team with the fourth best record and the second and third best teams play each other in the first round. The winner of each series play each other in the second round which best of three. The winner from the second round then advances to championship finals which best of five.
In 1997 when WNBA started, it has just 8 teams and this number gradually increased. By 2000 the league was collectively owned by the NBA and in 2002 NBA sold individual franchises either to their NBA counterparts in the same city or to a third party owner. This sale caused two teams to relocate and the Cleveland Rockers folded at the end of 2003 season.
In 2005, many changes were made to the governing rules of the WNBA so that it would be similar to the NBA.
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