2017 WNBA Finals

2017 WNBA Finals

Team Coach Wins Minnesota Lynx Cheryl Reeve 3 Los Angeles Sparks Brian Agler 2
Dates:	September 24–October 4
MVP:	Sylvia Fowles (Minnesota Lynx)
East Finals:	Los Angeles Sparks defeated Phoenix Mercury, 3–0 (Note: the semifinal rounds as of 2016 were not divided by conference)
West Finals:	Minnesota Lynx defeated Washington Mystics, 3–0
WNBA Finals

The 2017 WNBA Finals was the best-of-five championship series for the 2017 season of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), tipping off on September 24. It was a rematch of the previous year's finals matchup. The top-seeded Minnesota Lynx held home court advantage in the Finals, and won three games to two against the second-seeded Los Angeles Sparks. The Sparks won a semifinal series against the Phoenix Mercury to determine one of the Finals berths; the first-seeded Lynx defeated the Washington Mystics to earn the other. Sylvia Fowles was named the 2017 WNBA Finals MVP.

Series summary

All times are in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4).

Game 1

ABC

September 24 3:30pm ET

Game 1

Los Angeles Sparks 85, Minnesota Lynx 84
Scoring by quarter: 32–11, 11–22, 25–23, 17–28
Pts: Gray 27 Rebs: Parker 12 Asts: Gray 6		Pts: Moore 27 Rebs: Fowles 13 Asts: Whalen 6
Los Angeles leads series 1-0

Williams Arena, Minneapolis, MN Attendance: 11,823 Referees: Cheryl Flores, Kurt Walker, Jeff Wooten

Game 2

ESPN2

September 26 8:00pm ET

Game 2

Los Angeles Sparks 68, Minnesota Lynx 70
Scoring by quarter: 10–28, 16–17, 24–15, 18–10
Pts: Parker 17 Rebs: Ogwumike 13 Asts: Parker 6		Pts: Whalen 14 Rebs: Fowles 17 Asts: Brunson, Whalen 3
Series tied 1-1

Williams Arena, Minneapolis, MN Attendance: 11,434 Referees: Maj Forsberg, Bryon Jarrett, Billy Smith

Game 3

ESPN2

September 29 9:00pm ET

Game 3

Minnesota Lynx 64, Los Angeles Sparks 75
Scoring by quarter: 8–17, 18–15, 22–24, 16–19
Pts: Moore 16 Rebs: Fowles 11 Asts: Jones 4		Pts: Ogwumike, Sims 16 Rebs: Ogwumike 10 Asts: Gray 7
Los Angeles leads series 2-1

Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA Attendance: 13,500 Referees: Sue Blauch, Eric Brewton, Roy Gulbeyan

Game 4

ESPN

October 1 8:30pm ET

Game 4

Minnesota Lynx 80, Los Angeles Sparks 69
Scoring by quarter: 21–16, 22–15, 18–13, 19–25
Pts: Fowles 22 Rebs: Fowles 14 Asts: Whalen 8		Pts: Sims 18 Rebs: Ogwumike, Parker 8 Asts: Gray 9
Series tied 2-2

Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA Attendance: 13,500 Referees: Maj Forsberg, Billy Smith, Kurt Walker

Game 5

ESPN

October 4 8:00pm ET

Game 5

Los Angeles Sparks 76, Minnesota Lynx 85
Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 16–20, 21–19, 20–25
Pts: Parker 19 Rebs: Parker 15 Asts: Gray 8		Pts: Moore 18 Rebs: Fowles 20 Asts: Whalen 8
Minnesota wins series 3-2

Williams Arena, Minneapolis, MN Attendance: 14,632 Referees: Sue Blauch, Roy Gulbeyan, Byron Jarrett