WNBA 2014
Women's National Basketball Association | |||
◄ previous | 2014 season | next ► | |
Duration | May 16 - October 2014 | ||
Season games per team | 34 | ||
Number of teams | 12 | ||
Regular season | |||
Best record | Phoenix Mercury | ||
Season MVP | Maya Moore | ||
Top scorer | Maya Moore | ||
Playoffs | |||
Eastern - Champion | Chicago Sky | ||
Runner-up team | Indiana Fever | ||
Western - Champion | Phoenix Mercury | ||
Runner-up team | Minnesota Lynx | ||
Finals | |||
WNBA champion | Phoenix Mercury | ||
Runner-up | Chicago Sky | ||
Finals MVP | Diana Taurasi |
The 2014 season is the 18th season of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The regular season began on May 16, 2014 with two simultaneous opening games. After the end of the regular season, which was played until August 17, 2014, the playoffs for the WNBA championship began. The Phoenix Mercury won the title .
Draft
On December 10, 2013, a lottery was held to determine the order in which the first four picks were selected. In the lottery, the Connecticut Sun secured the first draft pick before the New York Liberty and the Tulsa Shock . The San Antonio Silver Stars , who had the second most likely chance of the first right to vote, were only assigned the fourth draft pick.
The WNBA Draft 2014 finally took place on April 14, 2014, in which the Sun selected the American Chiney Ogwumike as the first pick . Then the Shock secured the rights to the American Odyssey Sims . In total, the 12 franchises secured the rights to 36 players. The United States made up the majority with 30 players .
Top 5 picks
Abbreviations: Pos = Position, G = Guard, F = Forward, C = Center
# | Player | nationality | Item | WNBA team | College / professional team |
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1. | Chiney Ogwumike | United States | F. | Connecticut Sun | Stanford University |
2. | Odyssey Sims | United States | G | Tulsa Shock | Baylor University |
3. | Kayla McBride | United States | G / F | San Antonio Silver Stars | University of Notre Dame |
4th | Alyssa Thomas | United States | F. | New York Liberty | University of Maryland |
5. | Natasha Howard | United States | F. | Indiana Fever | Florida State University |
Regular season
mode
The 12 WNBA teams are divided into two conferences, with the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference each comprising six teams. In total, each team plays 34 season games during the regular season, of which each team plays half of the games at home or away. Within their own conference, the teams play against two teams a total of five times and against the remaining three teams four times. In addition, each team plays two more games against each team from the other conference.
All-Star Game 2014
- Main article: All-Star Game 2014
The 12th WNBA All-Star Game was played on July 19, 2014 at the US Airways Center in Phoenix , Arizona . The league leadership awarded the game to the Phoenix Mercury on January 22, 2014 , who had already hosted 2000 . As in previous years, a selection of the best players from the Eastern Conference competed against those from the Western Conference . It won the Eastern Conference team with 125: 124 after extra time, which was a record number of points for a WNBA All-Star Game. No less than three players exceeded the previous personal best point, including Shoni Schimmel , who was the first rookie to be voted MVP of a WNBA All-Star Game.
19th July 2014 | Summary | Eastern Conference | 125 - 124 | Western Conference |
US Airways Center , Phoenix, Arizona Visitors: 14,685 Referees:
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Points per quarter: 27:28, 30:25, 28:33, 27:26. Overtime / s: 13:12 | |||||
Points: White (29) Rebounds: Catchings (13) Assists: White (8) |
Points: Diggins (27); Moore (24) Rebounds: N. Okwumike (11) Assists: Moore (8) |
Closing tables
Explanations: = Playoff qualification, = Conference winner
Eastern Conference | ||||||||
Pl | team | Sp | S. | N | % | GB | home | Away |
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1 | Atlanta Dream | 34 | 19th | 15th | 55.9 | - | 13: 4 | 6:11 |
2 | Indiana Fever | 34 | 16 | 18th | 47.1 | 3.0 | 7:10 | 9: 8 |
3 | Washington Mystics | 34 | 16 | 18th | 47.1 | 3.0 | 8: 9 | 8: 9 |
4th | Chicago Sky | 34 | 15th | 19th | 44.1 | 4.0 | 9: 8 | 6:11 |
5 | New York Liberty | 34 | 15th | 19th | 44.1 | 4.0 | 10: 7 | 5:12 |
6th | Connecticut Sun | 34 | 13 | 21st | 38.2 | 6.0 | 9: 8 | 4:13 |
Western Conference | ||||||||
Pl | team | Sp | S. | N | % | GB | home | Away |
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1 | Phoenix Mercury | 34 | 29 | 5 | 85.3 | - | 16: 1 | 13: 4 |
2 | Minnesota Lynx | 34 | 25th | 9 | 73.5 | 4.0 | 15: 2 | 10: 7 |
3 | San Antonio Stars | 34 | 16 | 18th | 47.1 | 13.0 | 8: 9 | 8: 9 |
4th | Los Angeles Sparks | 34 | 16 | 18th | 47.1 | 13.0 | 7:10 | 9: 8 |
5 | Seattle Storm | 34 | 12 | 22nd | 35.3 | 17.0 | 8: 9 | 4:13 |
6th | Tulsa Shock | 34 | 12 | 22nd | 35.3 | 17.0 | 8: 9 | 4:13 |
Playoffs
mode
After the four teams from each conference have qualified, the playoffs, which are held in the knockout system, start. Each conference then plays its winner in the conference semifinals (German conference semi-finals) and in the conference final (German conference finals), who then takes part in the finals. The team that is highest on the seeding list always meets the lowest seeded team. The series within the conference are played in the best-of-three mode, which means that a team needs two wins to reach the next round. The final will be played in the best-of-five mode. The team with the better record always has the home advantage in all duels. For games that are tied after the regular playing time of 40 minutes, overtime follows. The quarters continue to last ten minutes and play continues until one team has scored more points than the opposing team at the end of an overtime.
Playoff tree
Conference semifinals | Conference Finals | WNBA finals | |||||||||||
1 | Atlanta Dream | 1 | |||||||||||
4th | Chicago Sky | 2 | |||||||||||
4th | Chicago Sky | 2 | |||||||||||
Eastern Conference | |||||||||||||
2 | Indiana Fever | 1 | |||||||||||
2 | Indiana Fever | 2 | |||||||||||
3 | Washington Mystics | 0 | |||||||||||
E4 | Chicago Sky | 0 | |||||||||||
W1 | Phoenix Mercury | 3 | |||||||||||
1 | Phoenix Mercury | 2 | |||||||||||
4th | Los Angeles Sparks | 0 | |||||||||||
1 | Phoenix Mercury | 2 | |||||||||||
Western Conference | |||||||||||||
2 | Minnesota Lynx | 1 | |||||||||||
2 | Minnesota Lynx | 2 | |||||||||||
3 | San Antonio Stars | 0 |
Conference semifinals
Eastern Conference
(1) Atlanta Dream - (4) Chicago Sky
22 Aug 2014 | report | Atlanta Dream 77, Chicago Sky 80 |
Philips Arena , Atlanta Visitors: 5,985 Referees: Lamont Simpson, Lauren Holtkamp, Byron Jarrett |
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Points per quarter: 23 -18, 14- 18 , 21-21, 19- 23 | |||||
Points: McCoughtry 24 rebounds: Lyttle 14 assists: Schimmel 6 |
Points: Delle Donne 21 rebounds: Fowles 14 assists: Prince , Vandersloot 7 each |
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0: 1 |
Aug 24, 2014 | report | Chicago Sky 83, Atlanta Dream 92 |
Allstate Arena , Chicago Visitors: 4,546 Referees: Roy Gulbeyan, Sue Blauch, Denise Brooks |
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Points per quarter: 22- 24 , 21 -20, 18- 24 , 22- 24 | |||||
Points: Delle Donne 22 rebounds: Delle Donne , Fowles 6 assists each : Vandersloot 8 |
Points: McCoughtry 39 rebounds: Lyttle , Thomas 7 assists each : Thomas 6 |
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1: 1 |
26 Aug 2014 | report | Atlanta Dream 80, Chicago Sky 81 |
Philips Arena , Atlanta Visitors: 4,829 Referees: Michael Price, Eric Brewton, Amy Bonner |
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Points per quarter: 30 -17, 24-24, 13 -10, 13- 30 | |||||
Points: de Souza 18 rebounds: Lyttle 13 assists: Schimmel 6 |
Points: Delle Donne 34 rebounds: Fowles 15 assists: Young , Vandersloot 5 each |
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1: 2 |
(2) Indiana Fever - (3) Washington Mystics
Aug 21, 2014 | report | Indiana Fever 78 , Washington Mystics 73 |
Bankers Life Fieldhouse , Indianapolis Visitors: 5,576 Referees: Daryl Humphrey, Tom Mauer, Denise Brooks |
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Points per quarter: 22 -13, 8 23 , 17 -14, 31 -23 | |||||
Points: Catchings 22 rebounds: Larkins 11 assists: four players each 2 |
Points: Latta 22 rebounds: Vaughn 8 assists: Latta 5 |
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1-0 |
23 Aug 2014 | report | Washington Mystics 76, Indiana Fever 81 |
Verizon Center , Washington Visitors: 6,124 Referees: Eric Brewton, Cameron Inouye, Tony Dawkins |
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Points per quarter: 12- 16 , 15 -14, 26 -21, 13- 15 . Overtime / s: 10- 15 | |||||
Points: Lawson 16 rebounds: Meesseman 10 assists: Hartley 5 |
Points: Catchings 26 rebounds: Catchings , Larkins 11 assists each : January 7 |
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0: 2 |
Western Conference
(1) Phoenix Mercury - (4) Los Angeles Sparks
22 Aug 2014 | report | Phoenix Mercury 75 , Los Angeles Sparks 72 |
US Airways Center , Phoenix Visitors: 11,591 Referees: Sue Blauch, Thomas Nunez, Billy Smith |
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Points per quarter: 13 -12, 22-22, 21 -19, 19-19 | |||||
Points: Taurasi 34 rebounds: Dupree , Griner 7 assists each : Taylor 7 |
Points: Parker 22 rebounds: Parker , Lavender 7 assists each : Parker , Toliver 4 |
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1-0 |
Aug 24, 2014 | report | Los Angeles Sparks 68, Phoenix Mercury 93 |
Staples Center , Los Angeles Visitors: 7,449 Referees: Michael Price, Jeff Wooten, Maj Forsberg |
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Points per quarter: 14- 30 , 19- 22 , 18- 23 , 18 -17 | |||||
Points: Parker 21 rebounds: Ogwumike 6 assists: Toliver 9 |
Points: Griner 21 rebounds: Dupree 8 assists: Taurasi , Phillips 7 each |
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0: 2 |
(2) Minnesota Lynx - (3) San Antonio Stars
Aug 21, 2014 | report | Minnesota Lynx 88 , San Antonio Stars 84 |
Target Center , Minneapolis Visitors: 8,523 Referees: Michael Price, Jeff Smith, Maj Forsberg |
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Points per quarter: 24 -16, 16 -14, 25 -23, 23- 31 | |||||
Points: Moore 26 rebounds: Brunson , Whalen 7 assists each : Whalen 11 |
Points: Mc Bride 20 rebounds: Adams 10 assists: Robinson 6 |
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1-0 |
23 Aug 2014 | report | San Antonio Stars 89, Minnesota Lynx 94 |
AT&T Center , San Antonio Visitors: 7,085 Referees: Kurt Walker, Amy Bonner, Daryl Humphrey |
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Points per quarter: 28 -12, 16- 28 , 20- 27 , 25- 27 | |||||
Points: Mc Bride 25 rebounds: Appel 8 assists: Robinson 6 |
Points: Whalen 31 rebounds: Moore 8 assists: Moore 10 |
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0: 2 |
Conference semifinals
Eastern Conference
(2) Indiana Fever - (4) Chicago Sky
Aug 30, 2014 | report | Indiana Fever 77 , Chicago Sky 70 |
Bankers Life Fieldhouse , Indianapolis Visitors: 7,557 Referees: Roy Gulbeyan, Denise Brooks, Maj Forsberg |
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Points per quarter: 21 -18, 21 -15, 18 -15, 17- 22 | |||||
Points: January 19 Rebounds: Larkins 8 Assists: Catchings 4 |
Points: Fowles 20 rebounds: Fowles 14 assists: Vandersloot 4 |
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1-0 |
Sep 1 2014 | report | Chicago Sky 86 , Indiana Fever 84 |
Allstate Arena , Chicago Visitors: 6,019 Referees: Kurt Walker, Lauren Holtkamp, Cameron Inouye |
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Points per quarter: 16- 18 , 15- 21 , 17 -13, 22 -19 | |||||
Points: Fowles 27 rebounds: Young 9 assists: three players each 5 |
Points: Cell 20 rebounds: Catchings 14 Assists: January 6 |
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1: 1 |
3rd Sep 2014 | report | Indiana Fever 62, Chicago Sky 75 |
Bankers Life Fieldhouse , Indianapolis Visitors: 7,705 Referees: Sue Blauch, Tom Mauer, Eric Brewton |
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Points per quarter: 11- 15 , 18- 22 , 16 -15, 17- 23 | |||||
Points: Cell 16 rebounds: Larkins 11 Assists: Catchings , January 3rd each |
Points: Quigley 24 rebounds: Fowles 7 assists: Vandersloot 9 |
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1: 2 |
Western Conference
(1) Phoenix Mercury - (2) Minnesota Lynx
29 Aug 2014 | report | Phoenix Mercury 85 , Minnesota Lynx 71 |
US Airways Center , Phoenix Visitors: 10,376 Referees: Sue Blauch, Michael Price, Tom Mauer |
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Points per quarter: 23 -20, 19 -11, 25 -16, 18- 24 | |||||
Points: Griner 23 rebounds: Taylor 13 assists: Taylor 7 |
Points: Whalen 25 rebounds: Brunson 8 assists: Moore , Brunson 3 each |
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1-0 |
31 Aug 2014 | report | Minnesota Lynx 82 , Phoenix Mercury 77 |
Target Center , Minneapolis Visitors: 10,513 Referees: Eric Brewton, Amy Bonner, Lamont Simpson |
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Points per quarter: 9- 22 , 27 -22, 20 -18, 26 -15 | |||||
Points: Moore 32 rebounds: Brunson 10 assists: Whalen 7 |
Points: Taurasi 23 rebounds: Dupree 9 assists: Taurasi 5 |
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1: 1 |
Sep 2 2014 | report | Phoenix Mercury 96 , Minnesota Lynx 78 |
US Airways Center , Phoenix Visitors: 9,749 Referees: Roy Gulbeyan, Michael Price, Denise Brooks |
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Points per quarter: 28 -21, 22 -21, 22- 25 , 24 -11 | |||||
Points: Taurasi 31 rebounds: Bonn 7 assists: Taurasi 7 |
Points: Augustus 21 rebounds: Brunson , Whalen 8 assists each : Whalen 6 |
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2: 1 |
WNBA Finals
(W1) Phoenix Mercury - (E4) Chicago Sky
Sep 7 2014 | report | Phoenix Mercury 83 , Chicago Sky 62 |
US Airways Center , Phoenix Visitors: 13,263 Referees: Roy Gulbeyan, Lamont Simpson, Amy Bonner |
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Points per quarter: 15 -8, 27 -12, 14-14, 27- 28 | |||||
Points: Dupree 26 rebounds: Griner 7 assists: Taurasi 11 |
Points: Fowles 19 rebounds: Fowles 11 assists: Vandersloot 5 |
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1-0 |
Sep 9 2014 | report | Phoenix Mercury 97 , Chicago Sky 68 |
US Airways Center , Phoenix Visitors: 13,348 Referees: Sue Blauch, Kurt Walker, Eric Brewton |
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Points per quarter: 21 -14, 30 -32, 23 -15, 23 -17 | |||||
Points: Griner 19 rebounds: Taylor 8 assists: Taylor 6 |
Points: Delle Donne 22 rebounds: Fowles 5 assists: Vandersloot 4 |
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2-0 |
Sep 12 2014 | report | Chicago Sky 82, Phoenix Mercury 87 |
UIC Pavilion , Chicago Visitors: 7,365 Referees: Michael Price, Denise Brooks, Maj Forsberg |
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Points per quarter: 22-22, 21- 23 , 20 -16, 19- 26 | |||||
Points: Delle Donne 23 rebounds: Fowles 8 assists: Vandersloot 11 |
Points: Dupree , Taurasi 24 rebounds each : Bonn 9 assists: Dupree 6 |
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0: 3 |
WNBA championship team
WNBA Champion Phoenix Mercury |
Guards: Tiffany Bias , Shay Murphy , Erin Phillips , Diana Taurasi (Finals MVP) , Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota Guard Forwards: DeWanna Bonner , Penny Taylor Forwards: Mistie Bass , Candice Dupree Center: Brittney Griner , Ewelina Kobryn Head Coach: Sandy Brondello General Manager: Jason Rowley |
Awards
Award | Player | team | comment |
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WNBA Finals MVP Award | Diana Taurasi | Phoenix Mercury | - |
WNBA Most Valuable Player Award | Maya Moore | Minnesota Lynx | 371 points |
WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award | Brittney Griner | Phoenix Mercury | 31 out of 38 votes |
WNBA Most Improved Player Award | Skylar Diggins | Tulsa Shock | 29 votes out of 38 |
WNBA Peak Performer (points) | Maya Moore | Minnesota Lynx | 23.9 points per game |
WNBA Peak Performer (Rebounds) | Courtney Paris | Tulsa Shock | 10.2 rebounds per game |
WNBA Peak Performer (Assists) | Diana Taurasi | Phoenix Mercury | 5.6 assists per game |
WNBA Rookie of the Year Award | Chiney Ogwumike | Connecticut Sun | 23 out of 38 votes |
WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year Award | Allie Quigley | Chicago Sky | 26 votes out of 38 |
Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award | Becky Hammon | San Antonio Stars | 24 votes out of 37 |
WNBA Coach of the Year Award | Sandy Brondello | Phoenix Mercury | 33 out of 38 votes |
All-WNBA teams
All-WNBA First Team | |
Guards: | Diana Taurasi - Skylar Diggins |
Forwards: | Maya Moore - Candace Parker |
Center: | Brittney Griner |
All-WNBA Second Team | |
Guards: | Lindsay Whalen - Danielle Robinson - Seimone Augustus |
Forwards: | Angel McCoughtry - Nneka Ogwumike |
Center: | Tina Charles |
All-rookie team
All-rookie team | |
Guards: | Odyssey Sims - Kayla McBride - Bria Hartley |
Forwards: | Chiney Ogwumike - Alyssa Thomas |
Center: | - |
All-Defensive Team
All-Defensive First Team | |
Guards: | Briann January - Tanisha Wright |
Forwards: | Sancho Lyttle - Angel McCoughtry |
Center: | Brittney Griner |
All-Defensive Second Team | |
Guards: | Alana Beard - Danielle Robinson |
Forwards: | Tamika Catchings - Maya Moore |
Center: | Sylvia Fowles |
Season Notes
- Before the start of the season, the San Antonio Silver Stars were renamed San Antonio Stars.
- Maya Moore scored at least 30 points in her first four games of the season.
- The Phoenix Mercury won a record 29 games, including 16 in a row, making it the second-longest winning streak in WNBA history.
- Brittney Griner set new records for the most shot blocks in one game (11) and in one season (129).
- With the Chicago Sky , a team moved into the final series for the first time that had finished the regular season with a negative victory record. It was also the first time Chicago had entered the finals.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Connecticut Sun Win Top Pick in 2014 WNBA Draft Lottery Presented by State Farm. WNBA, December 10, 2013, accessed July 18, 2014 .
- ^ WNBA Draft Board. WNBA, accessed July 17, 2014 .
- ↑ Maya Moore Named 2014 MVP Presented by Samsung. WNBA, August 21, 2014, accessed August 29, 2014 .
- ↑ NN: Record-Setting Griner Named 2014 WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Presented by Samsung. ( Memento of December 14, 2014 in the web archive archive.today ) Archived from the Women's National Basketball Association website; New York City, NY, August 22, 2014. Retrieved February 11, 2019.