About: 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 extend from 28 games to 30 games. The season ended with the Houston Comets winning their second WNBA championship.

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dbpprop:abstract	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 extend from 28 games to 30 games. The season ended with the Houston Comets winning their second WNBA championship. Die Saison 1998 ist die zweite reguläre Saison der Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). In dieser Saison wurden die Detroit Shock und die Washington Mystics in die Liga aufgenommen. Der zweite WNBA Draft fand am 28. April 1998 in den NBA Entertainment Studios in Secaucus, New Jersey, Vereinigte Staaten statt. Die WNBA Meisterschaft gewannen wie im Jahr zuvor die Houston Comets, die in der Finalserie die Phoenix Mercury mit 2–1 besiegten. Comets Guard Cynthia Cooper wurde zum Finals-MVP ernannt. La saison WNBA 1998 est la 2 saison de la WNBA. La saison régulière se déroule du 11 juin 1998 au 19 août 1998. Les playoffs commencent le 22 août 1998 et se terminent le 1 septembre 1998 avec le dernier match des finales WNBA remporté par les Houston Comets aux dépens du Phoenix Mercury 2 manches à 1. Les Comets remportent leur deuxième titre consécutif de champion WNBA.
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dbpprop:conf	Eastern Western
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dbpprop:draft	1998 WNBA Draft
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dbpprop:duration	May - September
dbpprop:finals	Finals
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dbpprop:playoffs	Playoffs
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dbpprop:reference	http://www.wnba.com/history/awards_1998.html http://www.wnba.com/history/history_1998.html
dbpprop:season	Regular season
dbpprop:seasonslist	List of WNBA seasons
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dbpprop:sport	dbpedia:Basketball
dbpprop:title	1998 WNBA season dbpedia:List_of_WNBA_seasons
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dbpprop:years	1998
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rdfs:comment	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 extend from 28 games to 30 games. The season ended with the Houston Comets winning their second WNBA championship. Die Saison 1998 ist die zweite reguläre Saison der Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). In dieser Saison wurden die Detroit Shock und die Washington Mystics in die Liga aufgenommen. Der zweite WNBA Draft fand am 28. April 1998 in den NBA Entertainment Studios in Secaucus, New Jersey, Vereinigte Staaten statt. Die WNBA Meisterschaft gewannen wie im Jahr zuvor die Houston Comets, die in der Finalserie die Phoenix Mercury mit 2–1 besiegten. La saison WNBA 1998 est la 2 saison de la WNBA. La saison régulière se déroule du 11 juin 1998 au 19 août 1998. Les playoffs commencent le 22 août 1998 et se terminent le 1 septembre 1998 avec le dernier match des finales WNBA remporté par les Houston Comets aux dépens du Phoenix Mercury 2 manches à 1. Les Comets remportent leur deuxième titre consécutif de champion WNBA.
rdfs:label	1998 WNBA season WNBA 1998 Saison WNBA 1998
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foaf:page	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_WNBA_season
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