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2013 WNBA playoffs

{{short description|Professional women's basketball tournament}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox basketball tournament season

| year = 2013

| title = WNBA Playoffs

| image = 300px

| caption =

| dates = September 19 – October 10, 2013

| winners = Minnesota Lynx (Finals Champion)

| attendance = 7,575 per game

| continental_cup_title = East champion

| continental_cup_qualifiers = Atlanta Dream (Coach: Fred Williams)

| continental_cup_title1 = West champion

| continental_cup_qualifiers1 = Minnesota Lynx (Coach: Cheryl Reeve)

| prev_season = 2012

| next_season = 2014

}}

The 2013 WNBA Playoffs is the postseason for the Women's National Basketball Association's 2013 season. Four teams from each of the league's two conferences will qualify for the playoffs, seeded 1 to 4 in a tournament bracket, with the two opening rounds in a best-of-three format, and the final in a best-of-five format.

The Minnesota Lynx won the 2013 WNBA Finals, sweeping the Atlanta Dream in three games. The Lynx became the second WNBA team to sweep through the playoffs since the WNBA adopted the best-of-five format for the finals. The Lynx defeated the Phoenix Mercury in the Western Conference Finals, and the Seattle Storm in the conference semifinals. The Mercury had reached the Finals by defeating the Los Angeles Sparks in three games.

The Atlanta Dream won the Eastern Conference sweeping the defending WNBA champion Indiana Fever in two games. The Dream had defeated the Washington Mystics in the conference semifinals. The Fever had reached the Eastern Conference Finals by upsetting the top-seeded Chicago Sky.

The Lynx won their third straight Western Conference Championship and second WNBA title in three years. The Dream, meanwhile, failed to win a title despite making their third trip to the finals in four years.{{Cite web |url=http://www.wnba.com/games/20131010/MINATL/gameinfo.html#nbaGIlive |title=Minnesota at Atlanta, October 10, 2013 |access-date=October 11, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131011002754/http://www.wnba.com/games/20131010/MINATL/gameinfo.html#nbaGIlive |archive-date=October 11, 2013 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}

Tiebreak procedures

=Two-team tie=

  1. Better record in head-to-head games.
  2. Better winning percentage within own conference.
  3. Better winning percentage against all teams with .500 or better record at the end of the season.
  4. Better point differential in games head-to-head.
  5. Coin toss.

=Three or more-team tie=

  1. Better winning percentage among all head-to-head games involving tied teams.
  2. Better winning percentage against teams within conference (for first two rounds of playoffs) or better record against teams in the opposite conference (for Finals).
  3. Better winning percentage against all teams with a .500 or better record at the end of the season.
  4. Better point differential in games involving tied teams.
  5. Coin toss.

Playoff qualifying

=Eastern Conference=

class=wikitable style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;" width=75%
rowspan=2 width=20|Seed

!rowspan=2 width=150|Team

!rowspan=2 width=20|W

!rowspan=2 width=20|L

!rowspan=2 width=50|Tiebreaker

!colspan=4 width=200|Clinched

width=100|Playoff berth

! width=100|Conference homecourt

1

| Chicago Sky

| 24

| 10

|

| August 23

| August 31

2

| Atlanta Dream

| 17

| 17

| 3-2 vs. WAS

| September 4

|

3

| Washington Mystics

| 17

| 17

| 2-3 vs. ATL

| September 10

|

4

| Indiana Fever

| 16

| 18

|

| September 7

|

=Western Conference=

class=wikitable style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;" width=75%
rowspan=2 width=20|Seed

!rowspan=2 width=150|Team

!rowspan=2 width=20|W

!rowspan=2 width=20|L

!rowspan=2 width=50|Tiebreaker

!colspan=6 width=200|Clinched

width=100|Playoff berth

! width=100|Conference homecourt

! width=100|League homecourt

1

| Minnesota Lynx

| 26

| 8

|

| August 22

| September 10

| September 14

2

| Los Angeles Sparks

| 24

| 10

|

| August 23

|

|

3

| Phoenix Mercury

| 19

| 15

|

| September 6

|

|

4

| Seattle Storm

| 17

| 17

|

| August 31

|

|

Bracket

{{See also|2013 WNBA Finals}}

{{8TeamBracket

| RD1=Conference Semi-Finals
Best-of-3

| RD2=Conference Finals
Best-of-3

| RD3=WNBA Finals
Best-of-5

| RD1-group1=Eastern Conference

| RD1-group2=Western Conference

| RD1-seed1=E1

| RD1-team1=Chicago

| RD1-score1=0

| RD1-seed2=E4

| RD1-team2=Indiana

| RD1-score2=2

| RD1-seed3=E2

| RD1-team3=Atlanta

| RD1-score3=2

| RD1-seed4=E3

| RD1-team4=Washington

| RD1-score4=1

| RD1-seed5=W1

| RD1-team5=Minnesota

| RD1-score5=2

| RD1-seed6=W4

| RD1-team6=Seattle

| RD1-score6=0

| RD1-seed7=W2

| RD1-team7=Los Angeles

| RD1-score7=1

| RD1-seed8=W3

| RD1-team8=Phoenix

| RD1-score8=2

| RD2-seed1=E4

| RD2-team1=Indiana

| RD2-score1=0

| RD2-seed2=E2

| RD2-team2=Atlanta

| RD2-score2=2

| RD2-seed3=W1

| RD2-team3=Minnesota

| RD2-score3=2

| RD2-seed4=W3

| RD2-team4=Phoenix

| RD2-score4=0

| RD3-seed1=E2

| RD3-team1=Atlanta

| RD3-score1=0

| RD3-seed2=W1

| RD3-team2=Minnesota

| RD3-score2=3

}}{{ubl

|Bold – Series winner|Italics – Team with home-court advantage

}}

Eastern Conference

=Conference semifinals=

==(1) Chicago Sky vs. (4) Indiana Fever==

{{Basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=September 20 |time= 7:00 pm |TV=NBA TV

|team1=Indiana Fever |score1=85

|team2=Chicago Sky |score2=72

|report=[http://www.wnba.com/games/20130920/INDCHI/gameinfo.html Boxscore]

|Q1=25–22 |Q2=25–15 |Q3=22–21 |Q4=13–14

|points1=Shavonte Zellous 20 |points2=Elena Delle Donne 20

|rebounds1=Erlana Larkins 11 |rebounds2=Sylvia Fowles 10

|assist1=Briann January 6 |assist2=Courtney Vandersloot 7

| place = Allstate Arena, Rosemont, IL

|attendance=5,895

|referee=Maj Forsberg, Roy Gulbeyan, Byron Jarrett

}}

{{Basketballbox|bg=#fff |date=September 22 |time= 3:00 pm |TV=ESPN2

|team1=Chicago Sky |score1=57

|team2=Indiana Fever |score2=79

|report=[http://www.wnba.com/games/20130922/CHIIND/gameinfo.html Boxscore]

|Q1=14–22 |Q2=13–25 |Q3=16–20 |Q4=14–12

|points1=Sylvia Fowles 14 |points2=Tamika Catchings 18

|rebounds1=Sylvia Fowles 14 |rebounds2=Tamika Catchings 12

|assist1=Vandersloot and Delle Donne 2 |assist2=Briann January 4

| place = Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN

|attendance=7144

|referee=Lamont Simpson, Cameron Inouye, Tony Dawkins

|series=Indiana wins series, 2–0

}}

;Regular-season series

Indiana won the regular-season series 3–1:

{{basketballbox

| bg=#fffa

| date = June 22, 2013

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20130622/CHIIND/boxscore.html Report]

| team1 = Chicago Sky |score1=71

| team2 = Indiana Fever |score2=61

| place = Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg=#fffa

| date = August 3, 2013

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20130803/CHIIND/boxscore.html Report]

| team1 = Chicago Sky |score1=58

| team2 = Indiana Fever |score2=79

| place = Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg=#fffa

| date = August 6, 2013

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20130806/INDCHI/boxscore.html Report]

| team1 = Indiana Fever |score1=64

| team2 = Chicago Sky |score2=58

| place = Allstate Arena, Rosemont, IL

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg=#fffa

| date = September 6, 2013

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20130906/INDCHI/boxscore.html Report]

| team1 = Indiana Fever |score1=82

| team2 = Chicago Sky |score2=77

| place = Allstate Arena, Rosemont, IL

}}

==(2) Atlanta Dream vs. (3) Washington Mystics==

{{Basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=September 19 |time= 8:00 pm |TV=ESPN2

|team1=Washington Mystics |score1=71

|team2=Atlanta Dream |score2=56

|report=[http://www.wnba.com/games/20130919/WASATL/gameinfo.html Boxscore]

|Q1=16–12 |Q2=15–12 |Q3=26–13 |Q4=14–19

|points1=Ivory Latta 14 |points2=Angel McCoughtry 20

|rebounds1=Crystal Langhorne 15 |rebounds2=Erika de Souza 12

|assist1=Ivory Latta 7 |assist2=Angel McCoughtry 3

| place = Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA

|attendance=3,862

|referee=Eric Brewton, Brenda Pantoja, Tom Mauer

}}

{{Basketballbox|bg=#fff |date=September 21 |time= 7:00 pm |TV=NBA TV

|team1=Atlanta Dream |score1=63

|team2=Washington Mystics |score2=45

|report=[http://www.wnba.com/games/20130921/ATLWAS/gameinfo.html Boxscore]

|Q1=17–9 |Q2=19–12 |Q3=10–15 |Q4=17–9

|points1=Angel McCoughtry 20 |points2=Tayler Hill 11

|rebounds1=Erika de Souza 15 |rebounds2=Vaughn, Snow 6

|assist1=Jasmine Thomas 6 |assist2=Nadirah McKenith 3

|attendance=7,065

| place = Verizon Center, Washington, D.C.

|referee=Kurt Walker, Lauren Holtkamp, Billy Smith

}}

{{Basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=September 23 |time= 8:00 pm |place=Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA |TV=NBA TV

|team1=Washington Mystics |score1=72

|team2=Atlanta Dream |score2=80

|report=[http://www.wnba.com/games/20130923/WASATL/gameinfo.html Boxscore]

|Q1=22–20 |Q2=19 |Q3=14 |Q4=17–27

|points1=Monique Currie 22 |points2=de Souza, Hayes 18

|rebounds1=Crystal Langhorne 6 |rebounds2=Erika de Souza 14

|assist1=Matee Ajavon 5 |assist2=Angel McCoughtry 7

|attendance=4,078

|referee=Daryl Humphrey, Sue Blauch, Thomas Nunez

|series=Atlanta wins series, 2–1

}}

;Regular-season series

Atlanta won the regular season series 3–2:

{{basketballbox

| bg=#fffa

| date = June 2, 2013

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20130602/ATLWAS/boxscore.html Report]

| team1 = Atlanta Dream |score1=73

| team2 = Washington Mystics |score2=63

| place = Verizon Center, Washington, D.C.

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg=#fffa

| date = June 28, 2013

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20130628/WASATL/boxscore.html Report]

| team1 = Washington Mystics |score1=75

| team2 = Atlanta Dream |score2=86

| place = Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg=#fffa

| date = August 18, 2013

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20130818/WASATL/boxscore.html Report]

| team1 = Washington Mystics |score1=58

| team2 = Atlanta Dream |score2=76

| place = Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg=#fffa

| date = August 23, 2013

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20130823/ATLWAS/boxscore.html Report]

| team1 = Atlanta Dream |score1=64

| team2 = Washington Mystics |score2=74

| place = Verizon Center, Washington, D.C.

}}{{basketballbox

| bg=#fffa

| date = August 28, 2013

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20130828/WASATL/boxscore.html Report]

| team1 = Washington Mystics |score1=85

| team2 = Atlanta Dream |score2=76

| place = Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA

}}

=Conference finals=

==(2) Atlanta Dream vs. (4) Indiana Fever==

{{Basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=September 26 |time= 7:00 pm |place=Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA |TV=ESPN2

|team1=Indiana Fever |score1=79

|team2=Atlanta Dream |score2=84

|report=[http://www.wnba.com/games/20130926/INDATL/gameinfo.html Boxscore]

|Q1=26–27 |Q2=14–15 |Q3=16–20 |Q4=23–22

|points1=Tamika Catchings 21 |points2=Tiffany Hayes 23

|rebounds1=Erlana Larkins 12 |rebounds2=Armintie Herrington 7

|assist1=Christmas, Clarendon 4 |assist2=Herrington, McCoughtry 5

|attendance=4238

|referee=Cameron Inouye, Eric Brewton, Maj Forsberg

|series =

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg = #fff

| date = September 29

| time = 4:00pm ET

| report = [https://www.wnba.com/games/20130929/ATLIND/gameinfo.html Boxscore]

| team1 = Atlanta Dream

| score1 = 67

| score2 = 53

| team2 = Indiana Fever

| Q1 = 19-19 | Q2 = 15-14 | Q3 = 18-9 | Q4 = 17-11

| points1 = Angel McCoughtry 27

| points2 = Tamika Catchings 24

| rebounds1 = Armintie Herrington 9

| rebounds2 = Erlana Larkins 7

| assist1 = Angel McCoughtry 3

| assist2 = Shavonte Zellous

| otherstat1 =

| otherstat2 =

| place = Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN

| attendance = 7051

| referee = Lamont Simpson, Roy Gulbeyan, Brenda Pantoja

| TV = ESPN2

| series = Atlanta wins series, 2–0

}}

;Regular-season series

Atlanta won the regular season series 3–1:

{{basketballbox

| bg=#fffa

| date = May 31, 2013

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20130531/ATLIND/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore Report]

| team1 = Atlanta Dream |score1=86

| team2 = Indiana Fever |score2=77

| place = Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg=#fffa

| date = June 25, 2013

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20130625/INDATL/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore Report]

| team1 = Indiana Fever |score1=60

| team2 = Atlanta Dream |score2=76

| place = Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg=#fffa

| date = August 10, 2013

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20130810/ATLIND/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore Report]

| team1 = Atlanta Dream |score1=66

| team2 = Indiana Fever |score2=80

| place = Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg=#fffa

| date = August 28, 2013

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20130810/ATLIND/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore Report]

| team1 = Indiana Fever |score1=80

| team2 = Atlanta Dream |score2=89 (OT)

| place = Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA

}}

Western Conference

=Conference semifinals=

==(1) Minnesota Lynx vs. (4) Seattle Storm==

{{basketballbox

| bg = #eee

| date = September 20

| time = 9:00pm ET

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20130920/SEAMIN/gameinfo.html Boxscore]

| team1 = Seattle Storm

| score1 = 64

| score2 = 80

| team2 = Minnesota Lynx

| Q1 = 15-16 | Q2 = 21-24 | Q3 = 12-22 | Q4 = 16-18

| points1 = Temeka Johnson 14

| points2 = Seimone Augustus 19

| rebounds1 = Tina Thompson 8

| rebounds2 = Rebekkah Brunson 9

| assist1 = Johnson and T. Wright 4

| assist2 = Maya Moore 6

| place = Target Center, Minneapolis, MN

| attendance = 8,832

| referee = Sue Blauch, Tony Dawkins, Thomas Nunez

| TV = NBA TV

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg = #fff

| date = September 22

| time = 5:00pm ET

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20130922/MINSEA/gameinfo.html Boxscore]

| team1 = Minnesota Lynx

| score1 = 58

| score2 = 55

| team2 = Seattle Storm

| Q1 = 20-16 | Q2 = 8-12 | Q3 = 14-11 | Q4 = 16-16

| points1 = Maya Moore 22

| points2 = Tanisha Wright 16

| rebounds1 = Rebekkah Brunson 13

| rebounds2 = Clark and Thompson 9

| assist1 = Janel McCarville 5

| assist2 = Johnson, Stricklen and Wright 2

| place = Tacoma Dome, Tacoma, WA

| attendance = 3,457

| referee = Maj Forsberg, Roy Gulbeyan, Eric Brewton

| TV = ESPN2

|series=Minnesota wins series, 2–0

}}

;Regular-season series

Minnesota won the regular season series 4–0:

{{basketballbox

| bg=#fffa

| date = August 4, 2013

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20130804/SEAMIN/boxscore.html Report]

| team1 = Seattle Storm |score1=72

| team2 = Minnesota Lynx |score2=90

| place = Target Center, Minneapolis, MN

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg=#fffa

| date = August 31, 2013

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20130831/SEAMIN/boxscore.html Report]

| team1 = Seattle Storm |score1=74

| team2 = Minnesota Lynx |score2=97

| place = Target Center, Minneapolis, MN

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg=#fffa

| date = September 7, 2013

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20130907/MINSEA/boxscore.html Report]

| team1 = Minnesota Lynx |score1=75

| team2 = Seattle Storm |score2=60

| place = Key Arena, Seattle, WA

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg=#fffa

| date = September 10, 2013

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20130910/MINSEA/boxscore.html Report]

| team1 = Minnesota Lynx |score1=73

| team2 = Seattle Storm |score2=60

| place = Key Arena, Seattle, WA

}}

==(2) Los Angeles Sparks vs. (3) Phoenix Mercury==

{{Basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=September 19 |time= 10:00 pm |place=Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA |TV=ESPN2

|team1=Phoenix Mercury |score1=86

|team2=Los Angeles Sparks |score2=75

|report=[http://www.wnba.com/games/20130919/PHOLAS/gameinfo.html Boxscore]

|Q1=20–26 |Q2=18–17 |Q3=27–17 |Q4=21–15

|points1=Diana Taurasi 30 |points2=Candace Parker 28

|rebounds1=Candice Dupree 7 |rebounds2=Nneka Ogwumike 14

|assist1=Diana Taurasi 7 |assist2=Lindsey Harding 5

|attendance=8,500

|referee=Lamont Simpson, Kurt Walker, Cameron Inouye

}}

{{Basketballbox|bg=#fff |date=September 21 |time= 10:00 pm |place=US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ |TV=NBA TV

|team1=Los Angeles Sparks |score1=82

|team2=Phoenix Mercury |score2=73

|report=[http://www.wnba.com/games/20130921/LASPHO/gameinfo.html Boxscore]

|Q1=17–13 |Q2=27–17 |Q3=21–25 |Q4=17–18

|points1=Candace Parker 31 |points2=Diana Taurasi 20

|rebounds1=Ogwumike, Parker 11 |rebounds2=Candice Dupree 9

|assist1=Lindsey Harding 4 |assist2=Diana Taurasi 5

|attendance=11,110

|referee=Daryl Humphrey, Michael Price, Brenda Pantoja

}}

{{Basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=September 23 |time= 10:00 pm |place=Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA |TV=ESPN2

|team1=Phoenix Mercury |score1=78

|team2=Los Angeles Sparks |score2=77

|report=[http://www.wnba.com/games/20130923/PHOLAS/gameinfo.html Boxscore]

|Q1=19–19 |Q2=23–21 |Q3=24–24 |Q4=12–13

|points1=Candice Dupree 22 |points2=Kristi Toliver 22

|rebounds1=Bonner, Gilbreath 6 |rebounds2=Nneka Ogwumike 10

|assist1=Diana Taurasi 10 |assist2=Toliver, Coleman 3

|attendance=9,321

|referee=Tom Mauer, Eric Brewton, Maj Forsberg

|series=Phoenix wins series, 2–1

}}

;Regular-season series

Regular season series tied 2-2:

{{basketballbox

| bg=#fffa

| date = June 14, 2013

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20130614/LASPHO/boxscore.html Report]

| team1 = L.A. Sparks |score1=81

| team2 = Phoenix Mercury |score2=97

| place = US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg=#fffa

| date = July 14, 2013

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20130714/LASPHO/boxscore.html Report]

| team1 = L.A. Sparks |score1=88

| team2 = Phoenix Mercury |score2=76

| place = US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg=#fffa

| date = July 18, 2013

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20130718/PHOLAS/boxscore.html Report]

| team1 = Phoenix Mercury |score1=90

| team2 = L.A. Sparks |score2=84

| place = Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg=#fffa

| date = September 15, 2013

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20130910/MINSEA/boxscore.html Report]

| team1 = Phoenix Mercury |score1=55

| team2 = L.A. Sparks |score2=89

| place = Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA

}}

=Conference finals=

==(1) Minnesota Lynx vs. (3) Phoenix Mercury==

{{basketballbox

| bg = #eee

| date = September 26

| time = 9:00pm ET

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20130926/PHOMIN/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore Boxscore]

| team1 = Phoenix Mercury

| score1 = 62

| score2 = 85

| team2 = Minnesota Lynx

| Q1 = 16-24 | Q2 = 6-21 | Q3 = 20-22 | Q4 = 20-18

| points1 = Diana Taurasi 15

| points2 = M. Moore and Whalen 20

| rebounds1 = Brittney Griner 6

| rebounds2 = Lindsay Whalen 6

| assist1 = Bonner and Dupree 3

| assist2 = Lindsay Whalen 5

| otherstat1 =

| otherstat2 =

| place = Target Center, Minneapolis, MN

| attendance = 9013

| referee = Daryl Humphrey, Sue Blauch, Tom Mauer

| TV = ESPN2

| series =

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg = #fff

| date = September 29

| time = 5:00pm ET

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20130929/MINPHO/gameinfo.html Boxscore]

| team1 = Minnesota Lynx

| score1 = 72

| score2 = 65

| team2 = Phoenix Mercury

| Q1 = 19-21 | Q2 = 19-14 | Q3 = 15-10 | Q4 = 19-20

| points1 = Maya Moore 27

| points2 = Diana Taurasi 21

| rebounds1 = Rebekkah Brunson 14

| rebounds2 = Brittney Griner 10

| assist1 = Lindsay Whalen 7

| assist2 = Diana Taurasi 6

| otherstat1 =

| otherstat2 =

| place = US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ

| attendance = 8020

| referee = Michael Price, Denise Brooks, Kurt Walker

| TV = ESPN2

| series = Minnesota wins series, 2–0

}}

;Regular-season series

Minnesota won the regular-season series 5-0:

{{basketballbox

| bg=#fffa

| date = June 6, 2013

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20130606/PHOMIN/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore Report]

| team1 = Phoenix Mercury |score1=79

| team2 = Minnesota Lynx |score2=99

| place = Target Center, Minneapolis, MN

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg=#fffa

| date = June 19, 2013

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20130619/MINPHO/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore Report]

| team1 = Minnesota Lynx |score1=80

| team2 = Phoenix Mercury |score2=69

| place = US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg=#fffa

| date = July 7, 2013

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20130707/PHOMIN/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore Report]

| team1 = Phoenix Mercury |score1=59

| team2 = Minnesota Lynx |score2=91

| place = Target Center, Minneapolis, MN

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg=#fffa

| date = July 21, 2013

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20130910/MINSEA/boxscore.html Report]

| team1 = Minnesota Lynx |score1=82

| team2 = Phoenix Mercury |score2=77

| place = US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg=#fffa

| date = July 24, 2013

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20130910/MINSEA/boxscore.html Report]

| team1 = Phoenix Mercury |score1=69

| team2 = Minnesota Lynx |score2=81

| place = Target Center, Minneapolis, MN

}}

WNBA Finals

{{main|2013 WNBA Finals}}

=Minnesota Lynx vs. Atlanta Dream=

{{basketballbox

| bg = #eee

| date = October 6

| time = 8:30pm ET

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20131006/ATLMIN/gameinfo.html Boxscore]

| team1 = Atlanta Dream

| score1 = 59

| score2 = 84

| team2 = Minnesota Lynx

| Q1 = 16-24 | Q2 = 9-20 | Q3 = 18-24| Q4 = 16-16

| points1 = Angel McCoughtry 17

| points2 = Maya Moore 23

| rebounds1 = Aneika Henry 14

| rebounds2 = Rebekkah Brunson 8

| assist1 = Armintie Herrington 3

| assist2 = Lindsay Whalen 5

| otherstat1 =

| otherstat2 =

| place = Target Center, Minneapolis, MN

| attendance = 13,804

| referee = Michael Price, Cameron Inouye, Kurt Walker

| TV = ESPN

| series =

}}

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| bg = #eee

| date = October 8

| time = 8:00pm ET

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20131008/ATLMIN/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore Boxscore]

| team1 = Atlanta Dream

| score1 = 63

| score2 = 88

| team2 = Minnesota Lynx

| Q1 = 16-27 | Q2 = 20-24 | Q3 = 16-17 | Q4 = 11-20

| points1 = Angel McCoughtry 15

| points2 = Seimone Augustus 20

| rebounds1 = Aneika Henry 6

| rebounds2 = Rebekkah Brunson 10

| assist1 = Angel McCoughtry 4

| assist2 = Lindsay Whalen 5

| otherstat1 =

| otherstat2 =

| place = Target Center, Minneapolis, MN

| attendance = 12,313

| referee = Eric Brewton, Sue Blauch, Daryl Humphrey

| TV = ESPN2

| series =

}}

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| bg = #eee

| date = October 10

| time = 8:30pm ET

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20131010/MINATL/gameinfo.html#nbaGIlive Boxscore]

| team1 = Minnesota Lynx

| score1 = 86

| score2 = 77

| team2 = Atlanta Dream

| Q1 = 25-17| Q2 = 15-20 | Q3 = 26-19| Q4 = 20-21

| points1 = Maya Moore 23

| points2 = Tiffany Hayes 20

| rebounds1 = Rebekkah Brunson 12

| rebounds2 = Érika de Souza 9

| assist1 = Lindsay Whalen 6

| assist2 = Alex Bentley 6

| otherstat1 =

| otherstat2 =

| place = Arena at Gwinnett Center, Duluth, GA

| attendance = 5,040

| referee = Lamont Simpson, Denise Brooks, Brenda Pantoja

| TV = ESPN2

| series = Minnesota Wins Series 3-0

}}

;Regular Season Series

The season series was tied, 1-1:

{{basketballbox

| bg = #eee

| date = July 9, 2013

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20130709/ATLMIN/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore Report]

| team1 = Atlanta Dream |score1=72

| team2 = Minnesota Lynx |score2=94

| place = Target Center, Minneapolis, MN

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg = #eee

| date = August 20, 2013

| report = [http://www.wnba.com/games/20130820/MINATL/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore Report]

| team1 = Minnesota Lynx |score1=75

| team2 = Atlanta Dream |score2=88

| place = Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA

}}

References

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=External links=

  • [http://www.wnba.com/playoffs/2013/ 2013 WNBA Playoffs Official Site]

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{{WNBA Playoffs}}

{{2013 WNBA season by team}}

Playoffs

Category:WNBA playoffs