2012 WNBA Finals

2012 women's basketball championship series August 2023 2012_WNBA_Finals_Logo.jpg WNBA 2012 Indiana Fever Lin Dunn 3 Minnesota Lynx Cheryl Reeve 1 October 14 – 21 USA Tamika Catchings Fever:Tamika Catchings (2020)Lynx:Maya Moore (2025)Seimone Augustus (2024)Lindsay Whalen (2022) Indiana defeated Connecticut, 2–1 Minnesota defeated Los Angeles, 2–0 The 2012 WNBA Finals was the series for the 2012 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, faced the Indiana Fever, champions of the Eastern Conference. The Fever defeated the Lynx three games to one becoming only the second Eastern Conference franchise to capture a WNBA title. The WNBA Finals were under a 2–2–1 rotation. The Lynx held home-court advantage as they had a better regular season record (27–7) than the Fever (22–12). The Lynx were defending their 2011 WNBA Championship. The Fever appeared in the 2009 Finals.WNBA Schedule Background 2012 WNBA regular season 2012 WNBA season IND MIN 2012 WNBA playoffs 2012 WNBA playoffs Minnesota LynxIndiana Fever27–7 (.794) 1st West, 1st overallSeeding22–12 (.647) 2nd East, 4th overallDefeated the (4) Seattle Storm, 2–1Conference SemifinalsDefeated the (3) Atlanta Dream, 2–1Defeated the (2) Los Angeles Sparks, 2–0Conference FinalsDefeated the (1) Connecticut Sun, 2–1 Indiana Fever 2012 Indiana Fever season The Indiana Fever finished 22–12, good for second place in the Eastern Conference. The Fever lost their first playoff game against the Atlanta Dream, but rallied to win two straight elimination games, setting up a conference final against the Connecticut Sun. Once again, Indiana lost the first game of the series, but rallied to win two straight to reach the finals for the second time in four years. Minnesota Lynx 2012 Minnesota Lynx season The Minnesota Lynx finished with the best record in the WNBA for the second straight year, finishing with a 27–7 record. The Lynx were taken to three games by the Seattle Storm, winning Game 3 by one point. The Lynx then swept the Los Angeles Sparks in the Western Conference Finals, which gave them a chance to defend their 2011 WNBA title. Regular-season series The Minnesota Lynx won the season series 2–0: #eee September 14, 2012 Report Minnesota Lynx 66 Indiana Fever 64 Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN #eee September 17, 2012 Report Indiana Fever 79 Minnesota Lynx |score2=86 Target Center, Minneapolis, MN Series summary Game Date Home team Result Road team Game 1 October 14 Minnesota Lynx 70–76 (0–1) Indiana Fever Game 2 October 17 Minnesota Lynx 83–71 (1–1) Indiana Fever Game 3 October 19 Indiana Fever 76–59 (2–1) Minnesota Lynx Game 4 October 21 Indiana Fever 87–78 (3–1) Minnesota Lynx Game summaries All times are in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4). Game 1 #eee October 14 8:00pm ET Recap Indiana Fever 76 70 Minnesota Lynx 25–20 18–20 13–18 20–12 Catchings (20) Augustus (23) Larkins (15) Brunson, Moore (10) January (6) Whalen (4) Target Center, Minneapolis, MN 14,322 Sue Blauch, Kurt Walker, Tom Mauer ESPN2 Indiana leads series, 1–0 Game 2 #eee October 17 8:00pm ET Recap Indiana Fever 71 83 Minnesota Lynx 18–11 15–20 22–29 16–23 Catchings (27) Augustus (27) Catchings (8) Brunson (7) Phillips (4) McWilliams-Franklin, Moore, Whalen (4) Target Center, Minneapolis, MN 13,478 Michael Price, Roy Gulbeyan, Brenda Pantoja ESPN Series tied, 1–1 Game 3 #eee October 19 8:00pm ET Report Minnesota Lynx 59 76 Indiana Fever 16–21 11–24 11–25 21–6 Brunson (12) Zellous (30) Brunson (9) Larkins (12) Wiggins (3) Davenport (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN 18,165 Denise Brooks, Lamont Simpson, Eric Brewton ESPN2 Indiana leads series, 2–1 Game 4 #eee October 21 8:00pm ET Report Minnesota Lynx 78 87 Indiana Fever 18–25 24–22 16–18 20–24 Whalen (22) Catchings (28) Augustus (7) Larkins (13) Whalen (8) Catchings (8) Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN 15,213 Sue Blauch, Michael Price, Roy Gulbeyan ESPN2 Indiana wins WNBA Finals, 3–1 mFU0GydKpGk Full game broadcast by ESPN2 Rosters Minnesota Lynx 2012 WNBA 1 Jessica Adair C 6 4 197 12-19-1986 2 George Washington USA no 33 Seimone Augustus G/F 6 0 165 04-30-1984 6 LSU USA 32 Rebekkah Brunson F 6 2 184 12-11-1981 8 Georgetown USA no 6 Amber Harris F 6 5 202 01-16-1988 1 Xavier USA no 8 Taj McWilliams-Franklin F/C 6 2 195 08-20-1970 13 St. Edward's USA 23 Maya Moore F 6 0 175 06-11-1989 1 Connecticut USA 14 Devereaux Peters F 6 2 170 10-08-1989 R Notre Dame USA no 5 Erin Thorn G 5 9 145 05-19-1981 9 Brigham Young USA 13 Lindsay Whalen G 5 9 160 05-09-1982 8 Minnesota USA 11 Candice Wiggins G 5 11 147 02-14-1987 4 Stanford USA 22 Monica Wright G/F 5 10 171 07-15-1988 2 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 Indiana Fever 2012 WNBA 24 Tamika Catchings F 6 1 167 07-21-1979 10 Tennessee USA 11 Karima Christmas G/F 6 0 180 09-11-1989 1 Duke USA 50 Jessica Davenport C 6 5 215 06-21-1985 5 Ohio State USA 23 Katie Douglas basketball G/F 6 0 165 05-07-1979 11 Purdue USA 45 Sasha Goodlett F 6 5 239 08-09-1990 R Georgia Tech USA 20 Briann January G 5 8 144 01-11-1987 3 Arizona State USA 2 Erlana Larkins F 6 1 202 04-02-1986 2 North Carolina USA 13 Erin Phillips G 5 8 165 05-19-1985 4 Australia AUS 32 Jeanette Pohlen G 6 0 179 05-02-1989 1 Stanford USA 8 Tammy Sutton-Brown C 6 4 199 01-27-1978 11 Rutgers CAN 1 Shavonte Zellous G 5 10 155 08-28-1986 3 Pittsburgh USA USA Lin Dunn University of Tennessee at Martin USA Mickie DeMoss Louisiana Tech USA Stephanie White Purdue USA Todd Champlin 1 Daemen USA Emily Novitsky 1 Slippery Rock University References Finals Category:WNBA Finals WNBA Finals WNBA Finals WNBA Finals Category:Indiana Fever Category:Minnesota Lynx Category:2010s in Minneapolis Category:2010s in Indianapolis Category:Basketball competitions in Minneapolis Category:Basketball competitions in Indianapolis