WNBA 2014

Women's National Basketball Association
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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
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

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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: Daryl Humphrey Maj Forsberg Michael Price
		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
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
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

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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
		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
		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
		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
		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
		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
		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
		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
		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
		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
		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
		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
		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
		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
		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
		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
		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
		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
		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
		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
		1-0

0Sep 1 2014	report	Chicago Sky 86 , Indiana Fever 84			Allstate Arena , Chicago Visitors: 6,019 Referees: Kurt Walker, Lauren Holtkamp, ​​Cameron Inouye
		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
		1: 1

03rd Sep 2014	report	Indiana Fever 62, Chicago Sky 75			Bankers Life Fieldhouse , Indianapolis Visitors: 7,705 Referees: Sue Blauch, Tom Mauer, Eric Brewton
		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
		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
		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
		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
		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
		1: 1

0Sep 2 2014	report	Phoenix Mercury 96 , Minnesota Lynx 78			US Airways Center , Phoenix Visitors: 9,749 Referees: Roy Gulbeyan, Michael Price, Denise Brooks
		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
		2: 1

WNBA Finals

(W1) Phoenix Mercury - (E4) Chicago Sky

0Sep 7 2014	report	Phoenix Mercury 83 , Chicago Sky 62			US Airways Center , Phoenix Visitors: 13,263 Referees: Roy Gulbeyan, Lamont Simpson, Amy Bonner
		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
		1-0

0Sep 9 2014	report	Phoenix Mercury 97 , Chicago Sky 68			US Airways Center , Phoenix Visitors: 13,348 Referees: Sue Blauch, Kurt Walker, Eric Brewton
		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
		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
		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
		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
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

1. ↑ Connecticut Sun Win Top Pick in 2014 WNBA Draft Lottery Presented by State Farm. WNBA, December 10, 2013, accessed July 18, 2014 . 
2. ^ WNBA Draft Board. WNBA, accessed July 17, 2014 . 
3. ↑ Maya Moore Named 2014 MVP Presented by Samsung. WNBA, August 21, 2014, accessed August 29, 2014 . 
4. ↑ 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.