2014 WNBA season
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{{Infobox sports season
| title =2014 WNBA season
| league =Women's National Basketball Association
| sport =Basketball
| duration = May 16 – September 12, 2014
| no_of_games = 34
| no_of_teams = 12
| attendance = 1,545,890
| average_attendance = 7,578
| TV = ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, NBA TV
| top_pick = {{flagicon|USA}} Chiney Ogwumike
| picked_by = Connecticut Sun
| MVP = {{flagicon|USA}} Maya Moore Minnesota
| conf1 =Eastern
| conf1_link =Eastern Conference (WNBA)
| conf1_champ = Chicago Sky
| conf1_runner-up = Indiana Fever
| conf2 =Western
| conf2_link =Western Conference (WNBA)
| conf2_champ = Phoenix Mercury
| conf2_runner-up = Minnesota Lynx
| finals_champ = Phoenix Mercury
| finals_runner-up = Chicago Sky
| finals_MVP = {{flagicon|USA}} Diana Taurasi (Phoenix)
| seasonslist =List of WNBA seasons
| seasonslistnames =WNBA
| prevseason_link = 2013 WNBA season
| prevseason_year = 2013
| nextseason_link = 2015 WNBA season
| nextseason_year = 2015
}}
The 2014 WNBA season was the 18th season of the Women's National Basketball Association. The season started in May and concluded in September to accommodate the 2014 Women's World Championship.
Notable occurrences
- The New York Liberty returned to the renovated Madison Square Garden after three years of playing at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
- Indiana Fever head coach Lin Dunn announced her retirement on May 8; effective at the end of the season.
TV and Internet coverage
Games aired on ESPN, ESPN2, ABC and NBA TV. The Washington Mystics made history in May 2014 when they debuted Kiswe Mobile's Mystics Live and became the first U.S. professional sports team to stream live games within the venue via a mobile application.{{cite news | url=http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2014/06/16/Media/Mystics-app.aspx | title=Mystics streaming live games to mobile app | first=John | last=Ourand | newspaper=Sports Business Journal | date=June 16, 2014}}{{cite news | url=http://brief.promaxbda.org/content/wnba-breaks-new-ground-with-free-in-market-live-streaming | title=WNBA Breaks New Ground With Free In-Market Live Streaming | first=David | last=Tanklefsky | publisher=PromaxBDA | date=June 30, 2014}}
2014 WNBA draft
{{Main|2014 WNBA draft}}
On December 12, 2013, the 2014 WNBA Draft Lottery took place. The Connecticut Sun, who had a league-worst record of 10-24 last season, won the draft lottery and had the right to pick first in the 2014 draft.{{cite web|last1=Bennert|first1=Kate|title=2014 Draft Watch: Grand Marshall|url=http://www.wnba.com/draft_watch_grand_marshall_022014.html|website=www.wnba.com|access-date=2014-02-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224220553/http://www.wnba.com/draft_watch_grand_marshall_022014.html|archive-date=2014-02-24|url-status=dead}} In the draft, held on April 14, the Sun made Chiney Ogwumike of Stanford University the top pick.{{cite web|url=http://www.wnba.com/draft/2014/draft_board.html |title=2014 WNBA Draft Board |publisher=WNBA |date=April 14, 2014 |access-date=July 29, 2014}}
Regular season
The timing of the 2014 WNBA schedule and the draft were not finalized at its normal timeframe, as the league and players were negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement during the 2013 season.[http://www.swishappeal.com/2013/10/6/4801380/open-thread-wnba-finals-game-1 Open Thread: WNBA Finals Game 1 and NFL Sunday Night Football at 8:30 PM ET] The previous agreement expired during the 2013 WNBA Finals and a new CBA was reached on February 17, 2014.{{cite web|title=WNBA, WNBPA Reach a New Collective Bargaining Agreement|url=http://www.wnba.com/news/new_cba_021714.html|website=www.wnba.com}}
On February 6, 2014, the 2014 regular season schedule was announced.{{cite web|title=Defending Champ Minnesota Tips Off WNBA's 18th Season as League Releases 2014 Game and Telecast Schedules|url=http://www.wnba.com/news/regular_season_schedule_020614.html|website=www.wnba.com}} The regular season schedule began on May 16 and concluded on August 17.
It was announced on January 22 that the 2014 WNBA All-Star Game would take place on July 19 at 3:00 PM EDT in Phoenix, Arizona.{{cite web|title=Boost Mobile WNBA All-Star 2014 Set for Phoenix|url=http://www.wnba.com/news/2014_wnba_all_star_01212014.html|website=www.wnba.com}}
Team standings
;Eastern Conference
{{2014 WNBA Eastern Conference standings}}
;Western Conference
{{2014 WNBA Western Conference standings}}
Playoffs
{{main|2014 WNBA playoffs}}
{{#section-h:2014 WNBA playoffs|Bracket}}
Season award winners
=Player of the Week award=
=Player of the Month award=
| class="wikitable" style="width: 80%"
!rowspan=2 width=60|For games played !colspan=2 width=120|Eastern Conference !colspan=2 width=120|Western Conference | ||||
| width=60|Player
!width=60|Team !width=60|Player !width=60|Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2014 | Elena Delle Donne | Chicago Sky | Maya Moore | Minnesota Lynx |
| June 2014 | Angel McCoughtry | Atlanta Dream | Diana Taurasi | Phoenix Mercury |
| July 2014 | Tina Charles | New York Liberty | Maya Moore | Minnesota Lynx |
| August 2014 | Tamika Catchings | Indiana Fever | Maya Moore | Minnesota Lynx |
=Rookie of the Month award=
| class="wikitable" style="width: 50%"
!width=60|For games played !width=60|Player !width=60|Team | ||
| May 2014 | Chiney Ogwumike | Connecticut Sun |
| June 2014 | Chiney Ogwumike | Connecticut Sun |
| July 2014 | Odyssey Sims | Tulsa Shock |
| August 2014 | Odyssey Sims | Tulsa Shock |
=Postseason awards=
Coaches
=Eastern Conference=
=Western Conference=
See also
References
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080514211741/http://www.wnba.com/schedules/ Official Site]
{{WNBA seasons}}
{{2014 WNBA season by team}}
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Category:2014 in American women's basketball
Category:2014–15 in American basketball by league