Day 1: 2010 WNBA Playoffs preview roundup

2010 Regular Season: Washington 3, Atlanta 1
This is the first postseason meeting between the two teams. Neither team has ever made a trip to the WNBA Finals. Both teams were eliminated in the first round of the 2009 playoffs. The Dream ranks second overall in scoring (85.38), the Mystics rank 11th overall (76.91). Crystal Langhorne averaged 20 points and 11.5 rebounds per game against the Dream this season. Angel McCoughtry averaged 23.75 points per game against the Mystics this season.

• WNBA.com preview
• Mystics ahead of schedule (washingtonpost.com) http://j.mp/asyBQB
• WNBA Eastern Conference Semifinals: Beasts Back in the East (fanhouse.com) http://j.mp/c0xqWc
• Mystics can’t let Dream get in their way (washingtonexaminer.com) http://j.mp/bMjQR6
• Mystics enter playoffs as top seed in East (AP) http://j.mp/948eMD
• Dream is running out of options for Mystics (ajc.com) http://j.mp/dfpOch
• Fever get ready for new playoffs format (fox59.com) http://j.mp/duFY3P
• Audio: Greg Bibb, president of the Washington Mystics on the team’s top seed in playoffs (wtop.com) http://j.mp/dcvEXS
• Atlanta Dream looking to regain early season momentum (AP) http://j.mp/bw4Ds1
• The Washington Mystics are rolling (washingtonpost.com) http://j.mp/bhqzd8
• Washington Mystics open WNBA playoffs as East’s No. 1 (espn.com) http://j.mp/9e7gPe
• Nothing Mystical About Washington’s Finish (womhoops.blogspot.com) http://j.mp/a9j6eK

2010 Regular Season: Seattle 5, Los Angeles 0

This is the the third straight year in which the two teams have met in the first round of the playoffs. In 2008 and 2009 the Sparks eliminated the Storm in the first round. Both teams met on June 5 to play outdoors for the "Sunset Showdown" at the Home Depot Center Tennis Stadium in Carson, California. Seattle posted a perfect 17-0 record at home this season. Lauren Jackson averaged 19.6 ppg over the five regular season meetings. Tina Thompson averaged 15.4 ppg over the five regular season meetings.

• WNBA.com preview
• Storm to face nemesis – with Jackson, this time (theolympian.com) http://j.mp/90H7yF
• Storm playoffs: Where everybody knows your name (seattlepi.com) http://j.mp/bb8BPn
• WNBA Western Conference Semifinals: Seattle Taking Nothing for Granted (fanhouse.com) http://j.mp/9eQFRf
• Sparks head into Storm with a hard-won confidence (latimes.com) http://j.mp/clq0Nd
• Storm try to forget about past playoff busts (AP) http://j.mp/crsbd2
• Lauren Jackson’s fine, really, but thanks for asking (seattletimes.com) http://j.mp/bMc3Mp
• Guess who? Seattle-Los Angeles WNBA postseason set (seattletimes.com) http://j.mp/97Jdj1