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The 2007 game-five win by the Phoenix Mercury marked the first time in WNBA history that a team won the Finals while playing on their opponent's home court. In 2008 the San Antonio Silver Stars became the first team in WNBA Finals history to be swept in a five-game series, losing to the Detroit Shock. The 2011 WNBA Finals was the first coached ...
Most 3-point field goals made by rookie, game; 7 – Crystal Robinson, New York at Los Angeles, July 24, 1999; 7 – Caitlin Clark, Indiana at Washington, June 7, 2024 [38] Most 3-point field goals made in first career game (WNBA debut) 4 – Edna Campbell, Phoenix at Sacramento, June 12, 1999; 4 – Maya Moore, Minnesota at Los Angeles, June 3 ...
In the WNBA's Inaugural Finals, Van Chancellor was a rookie to the WNBA, but had coached in college for nineteen years before winning the WNBA title. [3] Alyssa Thomas recorded the first WNBA Finals triple-double in Game Three. [4] She recorded the second in Finals history in Game Four. [5]
The 2003 WNBA Finals was the championship series of the 2003 WNBA season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The Detroit Shock, top-seeded champions of the Eastern Conference, defeated the Los Angeles Sparks, top-seeded champions of the Western Conference, two games to one in a best-of-three series. This was Detroit's first title.
The 2023 WNBA Finals, officially the WNBA Finals 2023 presented by YouTube TV for sponsorship reasons, was the best-of-five championship series for the 2023 season of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The finals featured the first-seeded Las Vegas Aces facing off against the second-seeded New York Liberty. [1] [2] The Aces ...
The Las Vegas Aces won 34 games during the expanded 2023 season and set a record for most wins in a WNBA season. [20] [21] The WNBA playoffs has also changed its format several times; until 2016, the two conferences were separated until the WNBA Finals. Under the cross-conference format, top-seeded teams received single or double byes and some ...
This finals was the fourth time in the five years since the WNBA switched playoff formats in 2016 that two teams from the same conference met in the WNBA Finals. In 2016 and 2017, two teams from the Western Conference met and in 2019 two teams from the Eastern Conference met. This Finals is also the fourth time that the top two seeds have made ...
The 2011 WNBA Finals was the championship series of the 2011 season of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The Minnesota Lynx, champions of the Western Conference, swept the champions of the Eastern Conference, the Atlanta Dream in three games. The WNBA Finals was under a 2–2–1 ...