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1999 WNBA season

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Sport
  
Basketball

Number of games
  
32

Total attendance
  
1,959,733

Top draft pick
  
Chamique Holdsclaw

Duration
  
May - September

Number of teams
  
12

Start date
  
1999

Finals champion
  
Houston Comets

League
  
Women's National Basketball Association

Season MVP
  
Yolanda Griffith (Sacramento Monarchs)

Similar
  
1998 WNBA season, 2011 WNBA season, 2015 WNBA season, 2016 WNBA season, 2001–02 NBA season

The 1999 WNBA Season was the Women's National Basketball Association's third season. The 1999 season saw two expansion teams join the league, the Minnesota Lynx and Orlando Miracle. The schedule was increased from 30 to 32 games per team. The season ended with the Houston Comets winning their third WNBA championship.

Contents

Regular season standings

Eastern Conference

Western Conference

Playoffs

There were 12 teams in the league. For the playoffs, the three teams with the best record in each conference were seeded one to three. The top seeded team in each conference got a bye for the first round.

References

1999 WNBA season Wikipedia