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The finale series was known as the WNBA Championship from 1997 to 2001, before changing to WNBA Finals to reflect its NBA counterpart. In 2005, the WNBA Finals adopted a best-of-five format. In 2016, the WNBA began seeding teams #1 through #8 regardless of conference making it possible for two Eastern Conference or two Western Conference teams ...
The final playoff round, a best-of-five series between the two semifinal winners, is known as the WNBA Finals and is held annually, currently scheduled in October. Each player on the winning team receives a championship ring. Also, the league awards a WNBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award. From 2005 to 2024, the series followed a 2–2–1 ...
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The Houston Comets were a Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) team based in Houston.Formed in 1997, the team was one of the original eight WNBA teams and won the first four championships of the league's existence.
This game had the most viewers of any WNBA Finals game on ABC with 1.34 million viewers and a peak of 1.82 million viewers. [11] This audience is 93% higher than last year's finals average for ABC. It was the most viewed WNBA Finals game in 23 years. [11]
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 2 June 1 @ Orlando W 68–62: Tamecka Dixon (21) : Lisa Leslie (12) : Mwadi Mabika (8) : TD Waterhouse Centre
The 2001 WNBA Championship was the championship series of the 2001 WNBA season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs.The Los Angeles Sparks, top-seeded champions of the Western Conference, defeated the Charlotte Sting, fourth-seeded champions of the Eastern Conference, two games to none in a best-of-three series.
The Houston Comets became the first WNBA champions, riding the unstoppable Cynthia Cooper and a suffocating defense to a 65–51 victory over the New York Liberty.. Cooper, the fledgling league's leading scorer who was named Most Valuable Player earlier in the week, scored 14 of her 25 points in the pivotal second half, when the Comets had a 10–0 burst and held the Liberty scoreless for ...