2015 WNBA Finals

Championship series for the 2015 WNBA season August 2023 WNBA 2015 Minnesota Lynx Cheryl Reeve 3 Indiana Fever Stephanie White 2 October 4–14 USA Sylvia Fowles (Minnesota) Lynx:Sylvia Fowles (2025)Maya Moore (2025)Seimone Augustus (2024)Lindsay Whalen (2022)Fever:Tamika Catchings (2020) Indiana Fever defeated New York, 2–1 Minnesota Lynx defeated Phoenix, 2–0 The 2015 WNBA Finals was the championship series for the 2015 WNBA season of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The WNBA Finals were under a 2–2–1 rotation. The Lynx held home-court advantage as they had a better regular season record (22–12) than the Fever (20–14). 2015 WNBA regular season 2015 WNBA season IND MIN 2015 WNBA playoffs 2015 WNBA playoffs Minnesota LynxIndiana Fever22–12 (.647) 1st West, 2nd overallSeeding20–14 (.588) 3rd East, 4th overallDefeated the (4) Los Angeles Sparks, 2–1Conference SemifinalsDefeated the (2) Chicago Sky, 2–1Defeated the (2) Phoenix Mercury, 2–0Conference FinalsDefeated the (1) New York Liberty, 2–1 Indiana Fever 2015 Indiana Fever season The Indiana Fever finished 20–14, good for third place in the Eastern Conference. The Fever lost their first playoff game against the Chicago Sky, but rallied to win two straight elimination games, setting up a conference final against the New York Liberty. Once again, Indiana lost the first game of the series, but rallied to win two straight to reach the finals for the third time in franchise history, which gave Stephanie White the first rookie head coach to lead her team to the WNBA Finals. Minnesota Lynx 2015 Minnesota Lynx season The Minnesota Lynx finished with the best record in the Western Conference for the fourth time in five year, finishing with a 22–12 record. With the mid-season addition of Sylvia Fowles from the Chicago Sky, the Lynx eliminated the Los Angeles Sparks in three games. The Lynx then swept the Phoenix Mercury in the Western Conference Finals after a controversial foul called on Mercury guard Noelle Quinn on Maya Moore with 1.5 seconds left in the fourth quarter in Game 2, which gave them a chance to win their third WNBA title in five years. Regular-season series The Minnesota Lynx won the season series 2–0: #eee June 6, 2015 Report Minnesota Lynx 78 Indiana Fever 69 Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN #eee September 4, 2015 Report Indiana Fever 65 Minnesota Lynx |score2=81 Target Center, Minneapolis, MN Series summary All times are in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4). Game 1 #eee October 4 3:00pm ET Game 1 Indiana Fever 75 69 Minnesota Lynx 10–10 25–19 19–18 21–22 January 19 Moore 27 Larkins 8 Moore 12 January 6 Augustus, Whalen 4 Target Center, Minneapolis, MN 11,023 Sue Blauch, Eric Brewton, Kurt Walker ABC Indiana leads series, 1-0 Game 2 #eee October 6 8:00pm ET Game 2 Indiana Fever 71 77 Minnesota Lynx 24–20 17–19 18–24 12–14 January 17 Fowles 21 Catchings, Larkins 9 Fowles 9 Catchings, January 5 Cruz, Moore 5 Target Center, Minneapolis, MN 12,134 Michael Price, Maj Forsberg, Lamont Simpson ESPN2 Series tied, 1-1 Game 3 #eee October 9 8:00pm ET Game 3 Minnesota Lynx 80 77 Indiana Fever 20–19 18–23 21–15 21–20 Moore 24 Johnson 17 Fowles 11 Catchings 10 Cruz 5 January 8 Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN 16,332 Denise Brooks, Roy Gulbeyan, Tom Mauer ESPN2 Minnesota leads series, 2-1 Game 4 #eee October 11 8:30pm ET Game 4 Minnesota Lynx 69 75 Indiana Fever 20–15 12–21 14–22 23–17 Moore 20 Johnson 15 Moore 8 Larkins 6 six tied 2 January 5 Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN 10,582 Sue Blauch, Eric Brewton, Maj Forsberg ESPN Series tied, 2-2 Game 5 #eee October 14 8:00pm ET Game 5 Indiana Fever 52 69 Minnesota Lynx 17–15 4–12 8–21 23–21 Catchings 18 Fowles 20 Catchings 11 Brunson 14 January, Zellous 3 Moore 5 Target Center, Minneapolis, MN 18,933 Michael Price, Denise Brooks, Roy Gulbeyan ESPN2 Minnesota wins WNBA Finals, 3-2 Rosters Minnesota Lynx 2015 WNBA 33 Seimone Augustus G/F 6 0 165 04-30-1984 9 LSU USA 32 Rebekkah Brunson F 6 2 185 12-11-1981 11 Georgetown USA 51 Anna Cruz G 5 9 155 10-27-1986 1 Spain ESP 34 Sylvia Fowles C 6 6 208 10-06-1985 7 LSU USA 3 Kalana Greene G 5 10 155 07-13-1987 5 Connecticut USA 15 Asjha Jones F 6 2 187 08-01-1980 11 Connecticut USA 1 Shae Kelley F 6 1 166 09-29-1991 R Minnesota USA 20 Tricia Liston G 6 0 185 02-20-1992 1 Duke USA 21 Renee Montgomery G 5 7 143 12-02-1986 6 Connecticut USA 23 Maya Moore F 6 0 177 06-11-1989 4 Connecticut USA 14 Devereaux Peters F 6 2 174 10-08-1989 3 Notre Dame USA 13 Lindsay Whalen G 5 9 164 05-09-1982 11 Minnesota USA USA Cheryl Reeve La Salle USA Shelley Patterson Washington State USA Jim Petersen Minnesota USA Chuck Barta 1 University of Wisconsin–La Crosse USA Keith Uzpen 1 Minnesota State University, Mankato Indiana Fever 2015 WNBA 11 Natalie Achonwa F 6 4 183 11-22-1992 R Notre Dame CAN 24 Tamika Catchings F 6 1 167 07-21-1979 13 Tennessee USA 5 Layshia Clarendon G 5 9 140 05-02-1991 2 California USA 25 Marissa Coleman G/F 6 1 160 01-04-1987 6 Maryland USA 33 Natasha Howard F 6 3 169 09-02-1991 1 Florida State USA 20 Briann January G 5 8 144 01-11-1987 6 Arizona State USA 42 Shenise Johnson G 5 11 172 12-09-1990 3 Miami (FL) USA 12 Lynetta Kizer F 6 4 230 04-04-1990 3 Maryland USA 2 Erlana Larkins F 6 1 205 04-02-1986 5 North Carolina USA 8 Maggie Lucas G 5 10 152 11-29-1991 1 Penn State USA 32 Jeanette Pohlen G 6 0 171 05-02-1989 3 Stanford USA 1 Shavonte Zellous G 5 10 155 08-28-1986 6 Pittsburgh USA USA Stephanie White Purdue USA Gail Goestenkors Saginaw Valley State USA Gary Kloppenburg University of California, San Diego USA Todd Champlin 1 Daemen USA Emily Burgess 1 Slippery Rock University References Finals Category:WNBA Finals Category:2015 in sports in Minnesota Category:2015 in sports in Indiana Category:October 2015 sports events in the United States Category:Minnesota Lynx Category:Indiana Fever Category:2010s in Minneapolis Category:Basketball competitions in Minneapolis Category:2010s in Indianapolis Category:Basketball competitions in Indianapolis