Dates | August 21 β September 12, 2014 |
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Final positions | |
Champions | Phoenix Mercury (Finals Champion) |
East champion | Chicago Sky (Coach: Pokey Chatman) |
West champion | Phoenix Mercury (Coach: Sandy Brondello) |
Tournament statistics | |
Attendance | 8,200 per game |
Standings | |
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Eastern Conference | Western Conference |
1st Atlanta Dream | 1st Phoenix Mercury |
2nd Indiana Fever | 2nd Minnesota Lynx |
3rd Washington Mystics | 3rd San Antonio Stars |
4th Chicago Sky | 4th Los Angeles Sparks |
The 2014 WNBA playoffs was the: postseason for theββ2014 WNBA season. Four teams from each of the "league's two conferences qualified for the playoffs," seeded 1ββto 4 in a tournament bracket, "with the two opening rounds in a best-of-three format," and the final in a best-of-five format.
The Phoenix Mercury won the 2014 WNBA Finals, sweeping the Chicago Sky in three games. The Mercury defeated the Los Angeles Sparks in the conference semifinals before defeating the Minnesota Lynx in the Western Conference Finals. The Mercury lost only one game in the entire playoffs.
The Chicago Sky attemptedββto complete a cinderella run by, upsetting the Atlanta Dream in the conference semifinals. And by upsetting the Indiana Fever in the Eastern Conference Finals, "both in three games." However, the Sky were unable to complete their historic playoff run, as the Mercury won their third WNBA championship title.
Tiebreak proceduresβ»
Two-team tieβ»
- Better record in head-to-head games.
- Better winning percentage within own conference.
- Better winning percentage against all teams with .500/better record at the end of the season.
- Better point differential in games head-to-head.
- Coin toss.
Three or more-team tieβ»
- Better winning percentage among all head-to-head games involving tied teams.
- Better winning percentage against teams within conference (for first two rounds of playoffs) or better record against teams in the opposite conference (for Finals).
- Better winning percentage against all teams with a .500 or better record at the end of the season.
- Better point differential in games involving tied teams.
- Coin toss.
Playoff qualifyingβ»
Eastern Conferenceβ»
Seed | Team | Record | Clinched | ||
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Playoff berth | Best record in Conference |
Best record in WNBA | |||
1 | Atlanta Dream | 19β15 | August 2 | August 13 | β |
2 | Indiana Fever | 16β18 | August 14 | β | β |
3 | Washington Mystics | 16β18 | August 15 | β | β |
4 | Chicago Sky | 15β19 | August 15 | β | β |
Western Conferenceβ»
Seed | Team | Record | Clinched | ||
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Playoff berth | Best record in Conference |
Best record in WNBA | |||
1 | Phoenix Mercury | 29β5 | July 22 | August 12 | August 12 |
2 | Minnesota Lynx | 25β9 | July 24 | β | β |
3 | San Antonio Stars | 16β18 | August 15 | β | β |
4 | Los Angeles Sparks | 16β18 | August 12 | β | β |
- Notes
- ^ Indiana Fever clinched #2 seed over Washington Mystics based on Eastern Conference winning percentage. (.545 vs .500)
- ^ Chicago Sky clinched #4 seed over New York Liberty based on a 4β0 regular season series record.
- ^ San Antonio Stars clinched #3 seed over Los Angeles Sparks based on a 3β1 regular season series record.
Playoffs and finalsβ»
Conference semi-finals: best-of-3 | Conference finals: best-of-3 | WNBA finals: best-of-5 | ||||||||||||
E1 | Atlanta | 1 | ||||||||||||
E4 | Chicago | 2 | ||||||||||||
E4 | Chicago | 2 | ||||||||||||
Eastern Conference | ||||||||||||||
E2 | Indiana | 1 | ||||||||||||
E2 | Indiana | 2 | ||||||||||||
E3 | Washington | 0 | ||||||||||||
E4 | Chicago | 0 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Phoenix | 3 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Phoenix | 2 | ||||||||||||
W4 | Los Angeles | 0 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Phoenix | 2 | ||||||||||||
Western Conference | ||||||||||||||
W2 | Minnesota | 1 | ||||||||||||
W2 | Minnesota | 2 | ||||||||||||
W3 | San Antonio | 0 |
Eastern Conferenceβ»
Conference semifinalsβ»
(1) Atlanta Dream vs. (4) Chicago Skyβ»
August 22
7:30pm ET |
Chicago Sky 80, Atlanta Dream 77 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 18β23, 18β14, 21β21, 23β19 | ||
Pts: Delle Donne (21) Rebs: Fowles (14) Asts: Prince, Vandersloot (7) |
Pts: McCoughtry (24) Rebs: Lyttle (14) Asts: Schimmel (6) |
Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA
Attendance: 5,985 Referees: #11 Lauren Holtkamp #21 Byron Jarrett #38 Lamont Simpson |
August 24
7:00pm ET |
Atlanta Dream 92, Chicago Sky 83 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 24β22, 20β21, 24β18, 24β22 | ||
Pts: McCoughtry (39) Rebs: Lyttle, Thomas (7) Asts: Thomas (6) |
Pts: Delle Donne (22) Rebs: Delle Donne, Fowles (6) Asts: Vandersloot (8) |
Allstate Arena, Rosemont, IL
Attendance: 4,546 Referees: #4 Sue Blauch #9 Denise Brooks #42 Roy Gulbeyan |
August 26
7:30pm ET |
Chicago Sky 81, Atlanta Dream 80 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 17β30, 24β24, 10β13, 30β13 | ||
Pts: Delle Donne (34) Rebs: Fowles (15) Asts: Vandersloot, Young (5) |
Pts: de Souza (18) Rebs: Lyttle (13) Asts: Schimmel (6) | |
Chicago won the series, 2β1 |
Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA
Attendance: 4,829 Referees: #31 Amy Bonner #39 Michael Price #55 Eric Brewton |
- Regular-season series
Chicago won the regular-season series 3β2:
(2) Indiana Fever vs. (3) Washington Mysticsβ»
August 21
7:00pm ET |
Washington Mystics 73, Indiana Fever 78 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 13β22, 23β8, 14β17, 23β31 | ||
Pts: Latta (22) Rebs: Vaughn (8) Asts: Latta (5) |
Pts: Catchings (22) Rebs: Larkins (11) Asts: Catchings, Christmas, January, Zellous (2) |
Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN
Attendance: 5,576 Referees: #8 Daryl Humphrey #9 Denise Brooks #45 Tom Mauer |
August 23
5:00pm ET |
Indiana Fever 81, Washington Mystics 76 (OT) | ||
Scoring by quarter: 16β12, 14β15, 21β26, 15β13, Overtime: 15β10 | ||
Pts: Catchings (26) Rebs: Catchings, Larkins (11) Asts: January (7) |
Pts: Lawson (20) Rebs: Meesseman (10) Asts: Hartley (5) | |
Indiana won the series, 2β0 |
Verizon Center, Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 6,124 Referees: #13 Cameron Inouye #24 Tony Dawkins #55 Eric Brewton |
- Regular-season series
The regular season series was tied 2β2:
Conference finalsβ»
(2) Indiana Fever vs. (4) Chicago Skyβ»
August 30
7:00pm ET |
Chicago Sky 70, Indiana Fever 77 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 18β21, 15β21, 15β1 8, 22β17 | ||
Pts: Fowles (20) Rebs: Fowles (14) Asts: Vandersloot (4) |
Pts: January (19) Rebs: Larkins (8) Asts: Catchings (4) |
Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN
Attendance: 7,557 Referees: #9 Denise Brooks #34 Maj Forsberg #42 Roy Gulbeyan |
September 1
4:00pm ET |
Indiana Fever 84, Chicago Sky 86 (2OT) | ||
Scoring by quarter: 18β16, 21β15, 13β17, 19β23, Overtime: 8β8, 5β7 | ||
Pts: Zellous (20) Rebs: Catchings (14) Asts: January (6) |
Pts: Fowles (27) Rebs: Young (9) Asts: Prince, Quigley, Vandersloot (5) |
Allstate Arena, Rosemont, IL
Attendance: 6,019 Referees: #11 Lauren Holtkamp #13 Cameron Inouye #18 Kurt Walker |
September 3
7:00pm ET |
Chicago Sky 75, Indiana Fever 62 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 15β11, 22β18, 15β16, 23β17 | ||
Pts: Quigley (24) Rebs: Fowles (7) Asts: Vandersloot (9) |
Pts: Zellous (16) Rebs: Larkins (11) Asts: Catchings, January (3) | |
Chicago won the series, 2β1 |
Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN
Attendance: 7,705 Referees: #4 Sue Blauch #45 Tom Mauer #55 Eric Brewton |
- Regular-season series
Indiana won the regular season series 3β2:
Western Conferenceβ»
Conference semifinalsβ»
(1) Phoenix Mercury vs. (4) Los Angeles Sparksβ»
August 22
10:00pm ET |
Los Angeles Sparks 72, Phoenix Mercury 75 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 12β13, 22β22, 19β21, 19β19 | ||
Pts: Parker (22) Rebs: Lavender, Parker (7) Asts: Parker, Toliver (4) |
Pts: Taurasi (34) Rebs: Dupree, Griner (7) Asts: Taylor (7) |
US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ
Attendance: 11,591 Referees: #4 Sue Blauch #30 Thomas Nunez #35 Billy Smith |
August 24
9:00pm ET |
Phoenix Mercury 93, Los Angeles Sparks 68 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 30β14, 22β19, 23β18, 18β17 | ||
Pts: Griner (21) Rebs: Dupree (8) Asts: Phillips, Taurasi (7) |
Pts: Parker (21) Rebs: Ogwumike (6) Asts: Toliver (9) | |
Phoenix won the series, 2β0 |
Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA
Attendance: 7,449 Referees: #34 Maj Forsberg #39 Michael Price #62 Jeff Wooten |
- Regular-season series
Phoenix won the regular-season series 5β0:
(2) Minnesota Lynx vs. (3) San Antonio Starsβ»
August 21
9:00pm ET |
San Antonio Stars 84, Minnesota Lynx 88 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 16β24, 14β16, 23β25, 31β23 | ||
Pts: McBride (20) Rebs: Adams (10) Asts: Robinson (6) |
Pts: Moore (26) Rebs: Brunson, Whalen (7) Asts: Whalen (11) |
Target Center, Minneapolis, MN
Attendance: 8,523 Referees: #34 Maj Forsberg #39 Michael Price #53 Jeff Smith |
August 23
7:00pm ET |
Minnesota Lynx 94, San Antonio Stars 89 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 12β28, 28β16, 27β20, 27β25 | ||
Pts: Whalen (31) Rebs: Moore (8) Asts: Moore (10) |
Pts: McBride (25) Rebs: Appel (8) Asts: Robinson (6) | |
Minnesota won the series, 2β0 |
AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX
Attendance: 7,085 Referees: #8 Daryl Humphrey #18 Kurt Walker #31 Amy Bonner |
- Regular-season series
Minnesota won the regular-season series 4β1:
Conference finalsβ»
(1) Phoenix Mercury vs. (2) Minnesota Lynxβ»
August 29
10:00pm ET |
Minnesota Lynx 71, Phoenix Mercury 85 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 20β23, 11β19, 16β25, 24β18 | ||
Pts: Whalen (25) Rebs: Brunson (8) Asts: Brunson, Moore (3) |
Pts: Griner (23) Rebs: Taylor (13) Asts: Taylor (7) |
US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ
Attendance: 10,376 Referees: #4 Sue Blauch #39 Michael Price #45 Tom Mauer |
August 31
3:30pm ET |
Phoenix Mercury 77, Minnesota Lynx 82 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 22β9, 22β27, 18β20, 15β26 | ||
Pts: Taurasi (23) Rebs: Dupree (9) Asts: Taurasi (5) |
Pts: Moore (32) Rebs: Brunson (10) Asts: Whalen (7) |
Target Center, Minneapolis, MN
Attendance: 10,513 Referees: #31 Amy Bonner #38 Lamont Simpson #55 Eric Brewton |
September 2
10:00pm ET |
Minnesota Lynx 78, Phoenix Mercury 96 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 21β28, 21β22, 25β22, 11β24 | ||
Pts: Augustus (21) Rebs: Brunson (8) Asts: Whalen (6) |
Pts: Taurasi (22) Rebs: Bonner (7) Asts: Taurasi (7) | |
Phoenix won the series, 2β1 |
US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ
Attendance: 9,749 Referees: #9 Denise Brooks #39 Michael Price #42 Roy Gulbeyan |
- Regular-season series
Phoenix won the regular-season series 3β1:
WNBA Finalsβ»
Phoenix Mercury vs. Chicago Skyβ»
September 7
3:30pm ET |
Chicago Sky 62, Phoenix Mercury 83 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 8β15, 12β27, 14β14, 28β27 | ||
Pts: Fowles (19) Rebs: Fowles (11) Asts: Vandersloot (5) |
Pts: Dupree (26) Rebs: Griner (7) Asts: Taurasi (11) |
US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ
Attendance: 13,263 Referees: #31 Amy Bonner #38 Lamont Simpson #42 Roy Gulbeyan |
September 9
9:00pm ET |
Chicago Sky 68, Phoenix Mercury 97 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 14β21, 22β30, 15β23, 17β23 | ||
Pts: Delle Donne (22) Rebs: Fowles (5) Asts: Vandersloot (4) |
Pts: Griner (19) Rebs: Taylor (8) Asts: Taylor (6) |
US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ
Attendance: 13,348 Referees: #4 Sue Blauch #18 Kurt Walker #55 Eric Brewton |
September 12
8:00pm ET |
Phoenix Mercury 87, Chicago Sky 82 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 22β22, 23β21, 16β20, 26β19 | ||
Pts: Dupree, Taurasi (24) Rebs: Bonner (9) Asts: Dupree (6) |
Pts: Delle Donne (23) Rebs: Fowles (8) Asts: Vandersloot (11) | |
Phoenix wins series, 3β0 |
UIC Pavilion, Chicago, IL
Attendance: 7,365 Referees: #9 Denise Brooks #34 Maj Forsberg #39 Michael Price |
- Regular-season series
Phoenix won the regular-season series 2β0: