2013 WNBA Finals

Women's basketball championship series August 2023 2013 WNBA Finals Logo.png WNBA 2013 Minnesota Lynx Cheryl Reeve 3 Atlanta Dream Fred Williams 0 October 6–10 Maya Moore Minnesota Lynx:Maya Moore (2025)Seimone Augustus (2024)Lindsay Whalen (2022) Atlanta defeated Indiana, 2–0 Minnesota defeated Phoenix, 2–0 thumbnail|right|Game 1 of the 2013 Finals The 2013 WNBA Finals was the playoff series for the 2013 season of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), and the conclusion of the season's playoffs.WNBA.com The Minnesota Lynx, champions of the Western Conference, defeated the Atlanta Dream, champions of the Eastern Conference. The WNBA Finals were under a 2–2–1 rotation. The Lynx held home-court advantage as they had a better regular season record (26–8) than the Dream (17–17). The meeting is a rematch of the 2011 WNBA Finals, in which the Lynx defeated the Dream in three games. The Lynx won the first game of the series 84–59, and the second 88–63.Lynx rout Atlanta 84–59 in Game 1 of WNBA Finals They finished the sweep with an 86–77 win in Atlanta, becoming the second WNBA team to sweep through the playoffs since the best-of-five finals format was adopted. Background 2013 WNBA regular season 2013 WNBA season ATL MIN 2013 WNBA playoffs 2013 WNBA playoffs Minnesota LynxAtlanta Dream26–8 (.765) 1st West, 1st overallSeeding17–17 (.500) 2nd East, 6th overallDefeated the (4) Seattle Storm, 2–0Conference SemifinalsDefeated the (3) Washington Mystics, 2–1Defeated the (3) Phoenix Mercury, 2–0Conference FinalsDefeated the (4) Indiana Fever, 2–0 Atlanta Dream 2013 Atlanta Dream season The Atlanta Dream finished 17-17, good for second place in the Eastern Conference. They defeated the Washington Mystics in three games in the conference semifinals, and swept fourth-seeded Indiana, the defending WNBA champions, who had upset the top seed, the Chicago Sky, in the first round. The Dream featured Angel McCoughtry, who won her second consecutive scoring title in 2013, as well as Brazilian center Erika de Souza. However, the Dream played the Finals without Sancho Lyttle, who had gone down with an injury during the season. Minnesota Lynx 2013 Minnesota Lynx season The Minnesota Lynx finished with the best record in the WNBA for the third straight year.. The Lynx swept both fourth-seeded Seattle and pre-season favorites Phoenix to win their third consecutive Western Conference crown. The Lynx returned their core nucleus of Seimone Augustus, Rebekkah Brunson, Maya Moore, and Lindsay Whalen, all of whom played on the Lynx's 2011 championship team. Regular-season series The season series was tied, 1-1: #eee July 9, 2013 Report Atlanta Dream 72 Minnesota Lynx 94 Target Center, Minneapolis, MN #eee August 20, 2013 Report Minnesota Lynx 75 Atlanta Dream |score2=88 Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA Series summary All times are in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4). Game 1 The Minnesota Lynx came out determined not to lose game one at home as they had in the 2012 WNBA Finals. Maya Moore led the Lynx with 23 points, and Monica Wright added 20 off the bench as the Lynx cruised past the Dream 84–59. Angel McCoughtry led the Dream with 17 points.http://www.wnba.com/games/20131006/ATLMIN/gameinfo.html Moore leads Lynx past Dream 84–59 in Game 1 2013-10-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20131006063617/http://www.wnba.com/games/20131006/ATLMIN/gameinfo.html 2013-10-06 dead #eee October 6 8:30pm ET Report Atlanta Dream 59 84 Minnesota Lynx 16–24 9–20 18–24 16–16 Angel McCoughtry 17 Maya Moore 23 Aneika Henry 14 Rebekkah Brunson 8 Armintie Herrington 3 Lindsay Whalen 5 Target Center, Minneapolis, MN 13,804 Michael Price, Cameron Inouye, Kurt Walker ESPN Minnesota leads series, 1–0 Game 2 The Lynx came out on fire in Game 2, opening up an 11-point lead after the first quarter that they would never relinquish. Seimone Augustus led the Lynx in scoring with 20 points, and all five starters finished the game in double figures. Angel McCoughtry was hampered by foul trouble throughout the night, and ultimately fouled out in the fourth quarter.http://www.wnba.com/games/20131008/ATLMIN/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore WNBA Box Score, October 8, 2013 October 9, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131011002749/http://www.wnba.com/games/20131008/ATLMIN/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore October 11, 2013 dead #eee October 8 8:00pm ET Report Atlanta Dream 63 88 Minnesota Lynx 16-27 20-24 16-17 11-20 Angel McCoughtry 15 Seimone Augustus 20 Aneika Henry 6 Rebekkah Brunson 10 Angel McCoughtry 4 Lindsay Whalen 5 Target Center, Minneapolis, MN 12,313 Eric Brewton, Sue Blauch, Daryl Humphrey ESPN2 Minnesota leads series, 2–0 Game 3 The Lynx opened up an 8-point lead at the end of the first quarter, but Atlanta battled back several times, cutting the lead to 3 at halftime. Ultimately, however, the balanced attack of Minnesota was simply too much for the Dream to overcome; the Lynx won 86–77, earning their second WNBA title in three years, and becoming the second WNBA team to sweep the playoffs. Maya Moore of the Lynx was named WNBA Finals MVP.http://www.wnba.com/games/20131010/MINATL/gameinfo.html#nbaGIlive Game Report, Minnesota at Atlanta 2013-10-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20131011002754/http://www.wnba.com/games/20131010/MINATL/gameinfo.html#nbaGIlive 2013-10-11 dead https://www.espn.com/wnba/recap?gameId=400505696 Lynx sweep Dream, win second WNBA title in three seasons 10 October 2013 ESPN 7 March 2014 #eee October 10 8:30pm ET Report Minnesota Lynx 86 77 Atlanta Dream 25–17 15–20 26–19 20–21 Maya Moore 23 Tiffany Hayes 20 Rebekkah Brunson 12 Érika de Souza 9 Lindsay Whalen 6 Alex Bentley 6 Arena at Gwinnett Center, Duluth, GA 5040 Lamont Simpson, Denise Brooks, Brenda Pantoja ESPN2 Minnesota wins WNBA Finals, 3–0 Rosters Minnesota Lynx 2013 WNBA 33 Seimone Augustus G/F 6 0 165 04-30-1984 7 LSU USA 32 Rebekkah Brunson F 6 2 184 12-11-1981 9 Georgetown USA no 11 Amber Harris F 6 5 202 01-16-1988 2 Xavier USA 12 Rachel Jarry G 6 1 176 12-06-1991 R Australia AUS no 4 Janel McCarville C 6 2 205 11-03-1982 7 Minnesota USA 00 Lindsey Moore G 5 8 153 06-03-1991 R Nebraska USA 23 Maya Moore F 6 0 175 06-11-1989 2 Connecticut USA 14 Devereaux Peters F 6 2 170 10-08-1989 1 Notre Dame USA no 15 Sugar Rodgers G 5 9 160 12-08-1989 R Georgetown USA no 13 Lindsay Whalen G 5 9 160 05-09-1982 9 Minnesota USA 22 Monica Wright G/F 5 10 171 07-15-1988 3 Virginia 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 Atlanta Dream 2013 WNBA 2 Alex Bentley G 5 7 152 10-27-1990 R Penn State USA 54 Courtney Clements G 6 0 155 11-12-1989 R San Diego State USA 14 Erika de Souza F/C 6 5 190 03-03-1982 7 Brazil BRA 15 Tiffany Hayes G 5 10 155 09-20-1989 1 Connecticut USA 13 Aneika Henry F 6 3 205 02-13-1986 1 Florida JAM 22 Armintie Herrington Armintie Price G/F 5 9 133 04-03-1985 6 Mississippi USA 11 Yelena Leuchanka C 6 5 195 04-30-1983 4 West Virginia Belarus 20 Sancho Lyttle F 6 4 175 09-20-1983 8 University of Houston yes Spain 35 Angel McCoughtry F 6 1 160 09-10-1986 4 Louisville USA 00 Ruth Riley F/C 6 5 198 11-28-1979 13 Notre Dame USA 5 Jasmine Thomas basketball G 5 9 145 09-30-1989 2 Duke USA 43 Le'Coe Willingham F 6 0 200 02-10-1981 9 Auburn USA USA Fred Williams basketball, born 1957 Boise State USA Joe Ciampi 1 Mansfield USA Julie Plank Ohio State USA Kim Mosely 1 Southern Mississippi USA Dustin Wolf 1 Tennessee References 30em Finals Category:WNBA Finals WNBA Finals WNBA Finals Category:October 2013 sports events in the United States Category:Minnesota Lynx Category:Atlanta Dream Category:2010s in Minneapolis Category:Basketball competitions in Minneapolis Category:Organized events in Duluth, Georgia Category:Basketball competitions in Georgia (U.S. state)