2017 WNBA Finals
{{Short description|Women's basketball championship series}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox WNBA Finals summary
| image =
| league = WNBA
| year = 2017
| champion = Minnesota Lynx
| champion_coach = Cheryl Reeve
| champion_games = 3
| runnerup = Los Angeles Sparks
| runnerup_coach = Brian Agler
| runnerup_games = 2
| date = September 24 – October 4
| MVP = {{flagicon|USA}} Sylvia Fowles
(Minnesota Lynx)
| HOFers = Lynx:
Seimone Augustus (2024)
Lindsay Whalen (2022)
| ECF result = Los Angeles Sparks defeated Phoenix Mercury, 3–0 (Note: the semifinal rounds as of 2016 were not divided by conference)
| WCF result = Minnesota Lynx defeated Washington Mystics, 3–0
}}
The 2017 WNBA Finals, officially the WNBA Finals 2017 presented by Verizon for sponsorship reasons, was the best-of-five championship series for the 2017 season of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), tipping off on September 24.[http://www.wnba.com/news/key-dates-2017/ 2017 WNBA season – Key Dates]. 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.
Road to the Finals
=Standings and playoffs=
{{2017 WNBA Western Conference standings}}
{{2017 WNBA Eastern Conference standings}}
{{trim|{{#section-h:2017 WNBA Playoffs|Bracket}}}}
Series summary
:All times are in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4).
=Game 1=
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| date = September 24
| time = 3:30pm ET
| report = [https://www.wnba.com/game/20170924/LASMIN/ Game 1]
| team1 = Los Angeles Sparks
| score1 = 85
| score2 = 84
| team2 = Minnesota Lynx
| Q1 = 32–11 | Q2 = 11–22 | Q3 = 25–23 | Q4 = 17–28
| points1 = Gray 27
| points2 = Moore 27
| rebounds1 = Parker 12
| rebounds2 = Fowles 13
| assist1 = Gray 6
| assist2 = Whalen 6
| place = Williams Arena, Minneapolis, MN
| attendance = 11,823
| referee = Cheryl Flores, Kurt Walker, Jeff Wooten
| TV = ABC
| series = Los Angeles leads series 1-0
}}
=Game 2=
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| date = September 26
| time = 8:00pm ET
| report = [https://www.wnba.com/game/20170926/LASMIN/ Game 2]
| team1 = Los Angeles Sparks
| score1 = 68
| score2 = 70
| team2 = Minnesota Lynx
| Q1 = 10–28 | Q2 = 16–17 | Q3 = 24–15 | Q4 = 18–10
| points1 = Parker 17
| points2 = Whalen 14
| rebounds1 = Ogwumike 13
| rebounds2 = Fowles 17
| assist1 = Parker 6
| place = Williams Arena, Minneapolis, MN
| attendance = 11,434
| referee = Maj Forsberg, Bryon Jarrett, Billy Smith
| TV = ESPN2
| series = Series tied 1-1
}}
=Game 3=
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| date = September 29
| time = 9:00pm ET
| report = [https://www.wnba.com/game/20170929/MINLAS/ Game 3]
| team1 = Minnesota Lynx
| score1 = 64
| score2 = 75
| team2 = Los Angeles Sparks
| Q1 = 8–17 | Q2 = 18–15 | Q3 = 22–24 | Q4 = 16–19
| points1 = Moore 16
| rebounds1 = Fowles 11
| rebounds2 = Ogwumike 10
| assist1 = Jones 4
| assist2 = Gray 7
| place = Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA
| attendance = 13,500
| referee = Sue Blauch, Eric Brewton, Roy Gulbeyan
| TV = ESPN2
| series = Los Angeles leads series 2-1
}}
=Game 4=
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| date = October 1
| time = 8:30pm ET
| report = [https://www.wnba.com/game/20171001/MINLAS/ Game 4]
| team1 = Minnesota Lynx
| score1 = 80
| score2 = 69
| team2 = Los Angeles Sparks
| Q1 = 21–16 | Q2 = 22–15 | Q3 = 18–13 | Q4 = 19–25
| points1 = Fowles 22
| points2 = Sims 18
| rebounds1 = Fowles 14
| rebounds2 = Ogwumike, Parker 8
| assist1 = Whalen 8
| assist2 = Gray 9
| place = Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA
| attendance = 13,500
| referee = Maj Forsberg, Billy Smith, Kurt Walker
| TV = ESPN
| series = Series tied 2-2
}}
=Game 5=
{{basketballbox
| bg = #eee
| date = October 4
| time = 8:00pm ET
| report = [https://www.wnba.com/game/20171004/LASMIN/ Game 5]
| team1 = Los Angeles Sparks
| score1 = 76
| score2 = 85
| team2 = Minnesota Lynx
| Q1 = 19–21 | Q2 = 16–20 | Q3 = 21–19 | Q4 = 20–25
| points1 = Parker 19
| points2 = Moore 18
| rebounds1 = Parker 15
| rebounds2 = Fowles 20
| assist1 = Gray 8
| assist2 = Whalen 8
| place = Williams Arena, Minneapolis, MN
| attendance = 14,632
| referee = Sue Blauch, Roy Gulbeyan, Byron Jarrett
| TV = ESPN
| series = Minnesota wins series 3-2
}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{WNBA Finals}}
{{2017 WNBA season by team}}
Category:2017 in sports in Minnesota
Category:Basketball competitions in Minneapolis