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((Infobox basketball tournament season
| year = 2006
| title = [[WNBA Playoffs]]
| image = 
| caption = 
| dates = August 17 - September 9, 2006
| winners = [[Detroit Shock]] ([[2006 WNBA Finals|Finals]] Champion)
| attendance = 
| continental_cup_title = East champion
| continental_cup_qualifiers = [[Detroit Shock]] (Coach: [[Bill Laimbeer]])
| continental_cup_title1 = West champion
| continental_cup_qualifiers1 = [[Sacramento Monarchs]] (Coach: [[John Whisenant]])
| prev_season = [[2005 WNBA Playoffs|2005]]
| next_season = [[2007 WNBA Playoffs|2007]]
))
{| class="infobox"
! colspan=2 style="background:#eee;text-align:center;"|Standings
|-
![[Eastern Conference (WNBA)|Eastern Conference]]!![[Western Conference (WNBA)|Western Conference]]
|-
|'''1st''' [[Connecticut Sun|Connecticut]]||'''1st''' [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]]
|-
|'''2nd''' [[Detroit Shock|Detroit]]||'''2nd''' [[Sacramento Monarchs|Sacramento]]
|-
|'''3rd''' [[Indiana Fever|Indiana]]||'''3rd''' [[Houston Comets|Houston]]
|-
|'''4th''' [[Washington Mystics|Washington]]||'''4th''' [[Seattle Storm|Seattle]]
|}

The '''2006 WNBA Playoffs''' was the [[WNBA Playoffs|postseason]] for the [[Women's National Basketball Association]]'s [[2006 WNBA season|2006 season]] which ended with the Eastern Conference champion Detroit Shock defeating the Western Conference champion Sacramento Monarchs 3-2.

==Format==
*The top 4 teams from each conference qualify for the playoffs.
**All 4 teams are seeded by basis of their standings.
*The series for rounds one and two are in a best-of-three format with Games 2 and 3 on the home court of the team with the higher seed.
*The series for the [[WNBA Finals]] is in a best-of-five format with Games 1, 2 and 5 on the home court of the team with the higher seed.
*Reseeding (as used in the [[Stanley Cup Playoffs]]) is not in use: therefore, all playoff matchups are predetermined via the teams' seedings.

==Playoff qualifying==

===Eastern Conference===
The following teams clinched a playoff berth in the East:
#[[Connecticut Sun]] (26–8)
#[[Detroit Shock]] (23–11)
#[[Indiana Fever]] (21–13)
#[[Washington Mystics]] (18–16)

===Western Conference===
The following teams clinched a playoff berth in the West:
#[[Los Angeles Sparks]] (25–9)
#[[Sacramento Monarchs]] (21–13)
#[[Houston Comets]] (18–16)
#[[Seattle Storm]] (18–16)

==Bracket==
This was the outlook for the 2006 WNBA Playoffs. Teams in ''italics'' had [[home court advantage]]. Teams in '''bold''' advanced to the next round.  Numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's original playoffs seeding in their respective conferences.  Numbers to the right of each team indicate the number of games the team won in that round.

((8TeamBracket | RD1='''Conference Semi-Finals'''<br>Best-of-3
| RD2='''Conference Finals'''<br>Best-of-3
| RD3='''WNBA Finals'''<br>Best-of-5
| RD1-seed1=E1
| RD1-team1='''''[[Connecticut Sun|Connecticut]]'''''
| RD1-score1=2
| RD1-seed2=E4
| RD1-team2=[[Washington Mystics|Washington]]
| RD1-score2=0
| RD1-seed3=E2
| RD1-team3='''''[[Detroit Shock|Detroit]]'''''
| RD1-score3=2
| RD1-seed4=E3
| RD1-team4=[[Indiana Fever|Indiana]]
| RD1-score4=0
| RD1-seed5=W1
| RD1-team5='''''[[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]]'''''
| RD1-score5=2
| RD1-seed6=W4
| RD1-team6=[[Seattle Storm|Seattle]]
| RD1-score6=1
| RD1-seed7=W2
| RD1-team7='''''[[Sacramento Monarchs|Sacramento]]'''''
| RD1-score7=2
| RD1-seed8=W3
| RD1-team8=[[Houston Comets|Houston]]
| RD1-score8=0
| RD2-seed1=E1
| RD2-team1=''[[Connecticut Sun|Connecticut]]''
| RD2-score1=1
| RD2-seed2=E2
| RD2-team2='''[[Detroit Shock|Detroit]]'''
| RD2-score2=2
| RD2-seed3=W1
| RD2-team3=''[[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]]''
| RD2-score3=0
| RD2-seed4=W2
| RD2-team4='''[[Sacramento Monarchs|Sacramento]]'''
| RD2-score4=2
| RD3-seed1=E2
| RD3-team1='''''[[Detroit Shock|Detroit]]'''''
| RD3-score1=3
| RD3-seed2=W2
| RD3-team2=[[Sacramento Monarchs|Sacramento]]
| RD3-score2=2
))

==Eastern Conference==

===First round===

====(1) [[Connecticut Sun]] vs. (4) [[Washington Mystics]]====
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  | score2 = 61
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  | score2 = '''68'''
  | team2 = '''[[Connecticut Sun]]'''
  | place = [[Mohegan Sun Arena]], [[Uncasville, Connecticut|Uncasville]]
  | series = Connecticut wins series, 2–0
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====(2) [[Detroit Shock]] vs. (3) [[Indiana Fever]]====
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  | score2 = '''98'''
  | team2 = '''[[Detroit Shock]]'''
  | place = [[The Palace of Auburn Hills]], [[Auburn Hills, Michigan|Auburn Hills]]
  | series = Detroit wins series, 2–0
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===Conference finals===

====(1) Connecticut Sun vs. (2) Detroit Shock====
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  | score2 = 55
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  | series = Detroit wins series, 2–1
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==Western Conference==

===First round===

====(1) [[Los Angeles Sparks]] vs. (4) [[Seattle Storm]]====
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  | score2 = '''84'''
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  | place = [[Staples Center]], [[Los Angeles]]
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  | score2 = '''68'''
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====(2) [[Sacramento Monarchs]] vs. (3) [[Houston Comets]]====
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===Conference finals===

====(1) Los Angeles Sparks vs. (2) Sacramento Monarchs====
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==WNBA Finals: (2) Sacramento Monarchs vs. (2) Detroit Shock==
((main|2006 WNBA Finals))
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  | team2 = '''[[Detroit Shock]]'''
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  | series = Detroit wins series, 3–2
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==References==
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((2006 WNBA season by team))
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[[Category:2006 WNBA season|Playoffs]]
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