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</tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dates</th><td class="infobox-data">September 24–October 4</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/WNBA_Finals_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="WNBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award">MVP</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Fowles" title="Sylvia Fowles">Sylvia Fowles</a> <br />(<a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Lynx" title="Minnesota Lynx">Minnesota Lynx</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" title="Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Hall of Famers</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><b>Lynx:</b><br /><a href="/wiki/Seimone_Augustus" title="Seimone Augustus">Seimone Augustus</a> (2024)<br /><a href="/wiki/Lindsay_Whalen" title="Lindsay Whalen">Lindsay Whalen</a> (2022)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Conference_(WNBA)" title="Eastern Conference (WNBA)">Eastern finals</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Sparks" title="Los Angeles Sparks">Los Angeles Sparks</a> defeated <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Mercury" title="Phoenix Mercury">Phoenix Mercury</a>, 3–0 (Note: the semifinal rounds as of 2016 were not divided by conference)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Western_Conference_(WNBA)" title="Western Conference (WNBA)">Western finals</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Lynx" title="Minnesota Lynx">Minnesota Lynx</a> defeated <a href="/wiki/Washington_Mystics" title="Washington Mystics">Washington Mystics</a>, 3–0</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint" style="border-top:#bbb solid 1px"><table style="width:100%; margin:1px; display:inline-table;"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/2016_WNBA_Finals" title="2016 WNBA Finals">2016</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;" class=""><b><a href="/wiki/WNBA_finals" class="mw-redirect" title="WNBA finals">WNBA finals</a></b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2018_WNBA_Finals" title="2018 WNBA Finals">2018</a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>2017 WNBA Finals</b> was the best-of-five championship series for the <a href="/wiki/2017_WNBA_season" title="2017 WNBA season">2017 season</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_National_Basketball_Association" title="Women's National Basketball Association">Women's National Basketball Association</a> (WNBA), tipping off on September 24.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was a rematch of <a href="/wiki/2016_WNBA_Finals" title="2016 WNBA Finals">the previous year's finals matchup</a>. The top-seeded <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Lynx" title="Minnesota Lynx">Minnesota Lynx</a> held home court advantage in the Finals, and won three games to two against the second-seeded <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Sparks" title="Los Angeles Sparks">Los Angeles Sparks</a>. The <a href="/wiki/2017_Los_Angeles_Sparks_season" title="2017 Los Angeles Sparks season">Sparks</a> won a semifinal series against the <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Mercury" title="Phoenix Mercury">Phoenix Mercury</a> to determine one of the Finals berths; the first-seeded <a href="/wiki/2017_Minnesota_Lynx_season" title="2017 Minnesota Lynx season">Lynx</a> defeated the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Mystics" title="Washington Mystics">Washington Mystics</a> to earn the other. <a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Fowles" title="Sylvia Fowles">Sylvia Fowles</a> was named the 2017 WNBA Finals <b>MVP</b>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Road_to_the_Finals">Road to the Finals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_WNBA_Finals&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Road to the Finals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading 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style="width:2px;padding-right:2px"></td><td style="width:25px"></td><td style="width:150px"></td><td style="width:32px"></td><td style="width:32px"></td><td style="width:32px"></td><td style="width:32px"></td><td style="width:32px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">First round:<br />Single elimination<br /><small>(Sept. 6)</small></td><td rowspan="8"></td><td rowspan="8"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">Second round:<br />Single elimination<br /><small>(Sept. 10)</small></td><td rowspan="6"></td><td rowspan="6"></td><td colspan="5" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">Semifinals:<br />Best-of-five<br /><small>(Sept. 12 – Sept. 17)</small></td><td rowspan="5"></td><td rowspan="5"></td><td colspan="7" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">WNBA Finals</a>:<br />Best-of-five<br /><small>(Sept. 24 – Oct. 4)</small></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="4" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td colspan="5" rowspan="2" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td colspan="7" rowspan="4" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">2</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><b><a href="/wiki/2017_Los_Angeles_Sparks_season" title="2017 Los Angeles Sparks season">Los Angeles Sparks</a></b></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em"><b>79</b></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em"><b>86</b></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em"><b>89</b></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 0px 2px 0px"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">4</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><a href="/wiki/2017_Connecticut_Sun_season" title="2017 Connecticut Sun season">Connecticut Sun</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">83</td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:2px 0px 0px 0px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">5</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><a href="/wiki/2017_Phoenix_Mercury_season" title="2017 Phoenix Mercury season">Phoenix Mercury</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">66</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">72</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid 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style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:2px 0px 0px 0px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">5</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><b><a href="/wiki/2017_Phoenix_Mercury_season" title="2017 Phoenix Mercury season">Phoenix Mercury</a></b></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em"><b>88</b></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:1px 0px 0px 0px"></td><td></td><td colspan="5" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">1</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><b><a href="/wiki/2017_Minnesota_Lynx_season" title="2017 Minnesota Lynx season">Minnesota Lynx</a></b></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">84</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em"><b>70</b></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">64</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em"><b>80</b></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em"><b>85</b></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 2px 0px"></td><td></td><td rowspan="5"></td><td rowspan="5"></td><td colspan="5" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 0px 2px 0px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">8</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><a href="/wiki/2017_Seattle_Storm_season" title="2017 Seattle Storm season">Seattle Storm</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">69</td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:1px 0px 0px 0px"></td><td></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:1px 0px 0px 0px"></td><td rowspan="2" 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1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">76</td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td rowspan="5"></td><td rowspan="5"></td><td colspan="5" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">1</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><b><a href="/wiki/2017_Minnesota_Lynx_season" title="2017 Minnesota Lynx season">Minnesota Lynx</a></b></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em"><b>101</b></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em"><b>93</b></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em"><b>81</b></td><td colspan="7" rowspan="8" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 2px 0px"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">3</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><a href="/wiki/2017_New_York_Liberty_season" title="2017 New York Liberty season">New York Liberty</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">68</td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:2px 0px 0px 0px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">6</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><a href="/wiki/2017_Washington_Mystics_season" title="2017 Washington Mystics season">Washington Mystics</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">81</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">83</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">70</td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:1px 0px 0px 0px"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 2px 0px"></td><td></td><td rowspan="4"></td><td rowspan="4"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">6</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><b><a href="/wiki/2017_Washington_Mystics_season" title="2017 Washington Mystics season">Washington Mystics</a></b></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em"><b>86</b></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:2px 0px 0px 0px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">6</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><b><a href="/wiki/2017_Washington_Mystics_season" title="2017 Washington Mystics season">Washington Mystics</a></b></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em"><b>82</b></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:1px 0px 0px 0px"></td><td></td><td colspan="5" rowspan="4" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 2px 0px"></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">7</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><a href="/wiki/2017_Dallas_Wings_season" title="2017 Dallas Wings season">Dallas Wings</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">76</td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:1px 0px 0px 0px"></td><td></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>Note: Teams re-seeded after second round and semi-finals. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Series_summary">Series summary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_WNBA_Finals&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Series summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>All times are in <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">Eastern Daylight Time</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%924" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−4">UTC−4</a>).</i></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_1">Game 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_WNBA_Finals&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Game 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">September 24<br /><small> 3:30pm ET</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wnba.com/game/20170924/LASMIN/">Game 1</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Sparks" title="Los Angeles Sparks">Los Angeles Sparks</a></b> <b>85</b>, <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Lynx" title="Minnesota Lynx">Minnesota Lynx</a> 84 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>32</b>–11, 11–<b>22</b>, <b>25</b>–23, 17–<b>28</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Chelsea_Gray" title="Chelsea Gray">Gray</a> 27<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Candace_Parker" title="Candace Parker">Parker</a> 12<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Chelsea_Gray" title="Chelsea Gray">Gray</a> 6</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Maya_Moore" title="Maya Moore">Moore</a> 27<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Fowles" title="Sylvia Fowles">Fowles</a> 13<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Lindsay_Whalen" title="Lindsay Whalen">Whalen</a> 6</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Los Angeles leads series 1-0</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Williams_Arena" title="Williams Arena">Williams Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minneapolis" title="Minneapolis">Minneapolis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">MN</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 11,823<br /><b>Referees:</b> Cheryl Flores, Kurt Walker, Jeff Wooten</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_2">Game 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_WNBA_Finals&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Game 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/ESPN2" title="ESPN2">ESPN2</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">September 26<br /><small> 8:00pm ET</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wnba.com/game/20170926/LASMIN/">Game 2</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Sparks" title="Los Angeles Sparks">Los Angeles Sparks</a> 68, <b><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Lynx" title="Minnesota Lynx">Minnesota Lynx</a></b> <b>70</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 10–<b>28</b>, 16–<b>17</b>, <b>24</b>–15, <b>18</b>–10</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Candace_Parker" title="Candace Parker">Parker</a> 17<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Nneka_Ogwumike" title="Nneka Ogwumike">Ogwumike</a> 13<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Candace_Parker" title="Candace Parker">Parker</a> 6</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Lindsay_Whalen" title="Lindsay Whalen">Whalen</a> 14<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Fowles" title="Sylvia Fowles">Fowles</a> 17<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Rebekkah_Brunson" title="Rebekkah Brunson">Brunson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lindsay_Whalen" title="Lindsay Whalen">Whalen</a> 3</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Series tied 1-1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Williams_Arena" title="Williams Arena">Williams Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minneapolis" title="Minneapolis">Minneapolis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">MN</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 11,434<br /><b>Referees:</b> Maj Forsberg, Bryon Jarrett, Billy Smith</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_3">Game 3</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_WNBA_Finals&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Game 3"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/ESPN2" title="ESPN2">ESPN2</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">September 29<br /><small> 9:00pm ET</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wnba.com/game/20170929/MINLAS/">Game 3</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Lynx" title="Minnesota Lynx">Minnesota Lynx</a> 64, <b><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Sparks" title="Los Angeles Sparks">Los Angeles Sparks</a></b> <b>75</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 8–<b>17</b>, <b>18</b>–15, 22–<b>24</b>, 16–<b>19</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Maya_Moore" title="Maya Moore">Moore</a> 16<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Fowles" title="Sylvia Fowles">Fowles</a> 11<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Alexis_Jones_(basketball)" title="Alexis Jones (basketball)">Jones</a> 4</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Nneka_Ogwumike" title="Nneka Ogwumike">Ogwumike</a>, <a href="/wiki/Odyssey_Sims" title="Odyssey Sims">Sims</a> 16<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Nneka_Ogwumike" title="Nneka Ogwumike">Ogwumike</a> 10<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Chelsea_Gray" title="Chelsea Gray">Gray</a> 7</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Los Angeles leads series 2-1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Staples_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Staples Center">Staples Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">CA</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 13,500<br /><b>Referees:</b> Sue Blauch, Eric Brewton, Roy Gulbeyan</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_4">Game 4</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_WNBA_Finals&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Game 4"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">October 1<br /><small> 8:30pm ET</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wnba.com/game/20171001/MINLAS/">Game 4</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Lynx" title="Minnesota Lynx">Minnesota Lynx</a></b> <b>80</b>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Sparks" title="Los Angeles Sparks">Los Angeles Sparks</a> 69 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>21</b>–16, <b>22</b>–15, <b>18</b>–13, 19–<b>25</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Fowles" title="Sylvia Fowles">Fowles</a> 22<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Fowles" title="Sylvia Fowles">Fowles</a> 14<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Lindsay_Whalen" title="Lindsay Whalen">Whalen</a> 8</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Odyssey_Sims" title="Odyssey Sims">Sims</a> 18<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Nneka_Ogwumike" title="Nneka Ogwumike">Ogwumike</a>, <a href="/wiki/Candace_Parker" title="Candace Parker">Parker</a> 8<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Chelsea_Gray" title="Chelsea Gray">Gray</a> 9</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Series tied 2-2</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Staples_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Staples Center">Staples Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">CA</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 13,500<br /><b>Referees:</b> Maj Forsberg, Billy Smith, Kurt Walker</div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_5">Game 5</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_WNBA_Finals&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Game 5"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">October 4<br /><small> 8:00pm ET</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wnba.com/game/20171004/LASMIN/">Game 5</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Sparks" title="Los Angeles Sparks">Los Angeles Sparks</a> 76, <b><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Lynx" title="Minnesota Lynx">Minnesota Lynx</a></b> <b>85</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 19–<b>21</b>, 16–<b>20</b>, <b>21</b>–19, 20–<b>25</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" 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