1998 WNBA season

The 1998 WNBA season was the Women's National Basketball Association's second season. The 1998 season saw two expansion teams join the league, the Detroit Shock and Washington Mystics. The expansion teams allowed the defending champions Houston Comets to move to the Western Conference. The regular season was extended from 28 games to 30 games. The season ended with the Comets winning their second WNBA championship. During the season, Kelly Boucher became the first Canadian to play in the league, suiting up for the Charlotte Sting.

Regular season standings
Eastern Conference

Western Conference

Playoffs
There were 10 teams in the league. For the playoffs, the four teams with the best record in the league were seeded one to four. Houston was switched to the Western Conference in 1998 so two Western Conference teams matched up in the WNBA Finals. Each round of the playoffs was played as a best-of-three series.

Eastern Conference

 * Charlotte Sting: Marynell Meadors
 * Cleveland Rockers: Linda Hill-MacDonald
 * Detroit Shock: Nancy Lieberman
 * New York Liberty: Nancy Darsch and Richie Adubato
 * Washington Mystics: Jim Lewis and Cathy Parson

Western Conference

 * Houston Comets: Van Chancellor
 * Los Angeles Sparks: Julie Rousseau and Orlando Woolridge
 * Phoenix Mercury: Cheryl Miller
 * Sacramento Monarchs: Heidi VanDerveer
 * Utah Starzz: Frank Layden