[1][2][3][4][5] In the first two seasons, both the semifinal round and the Finals were held in a best-of-three format.
[1][2] Then, between 2004 and 2007, the playoffs used a single-elimination tournament among the four teams, with two semifinal games and one winner-take-all championship match.
[6] All playoff rounds were one game each, ending with the Eastern Conference's Dakota Wizards winning the championship 129–121 in overtime against the Colorado 14ers.
[6][7][8][9] With the league's continued expansion to fourteen teams in 2008 and sixteen teams in 2009, the two-conference format was replaced with a three-division format consisting of Western, Southwestern and Central Divisions.
[9] Finally, in the 2014–15 season, the playoff structure was changed so the teams were separated by conference in seeding.