2004 WNBA season

August 2023 March 2026 2004 WNBA season Women's National Basketball Association Basketball 75px The WNBA logo. May 20 - October 12, 2004 34 13 1,903,427 8,613 ABC, ESPN, Oxygen, NBATV Draft 2004 WNBA Draft USA Diana Taurasi Phoenix Mercury Regular season Los Angeles Sparks USA Lisa Leslie (Los Angeles) Women's National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player Award AUS Lauren Jackson (Seattle) Playoffs Seattle Storm Connecticut Sun USA Betty Lennox (Seattle) WNBA Finals MVP Award List of WNBA seasons WNBA 2003 WNBA season 2003 2005 WNBA season 2005 WNBA Career Scoring List of first overall WNBA draft picks The 2004 WNBA season was the Women's National Basketball Association's eighth season. The league had one fewer team than in 2003 as the Cleveland Rockers folded after the 2003 season. The season ended with the Seattle Storm winning their first WNBA Championship, as their head coach Anne Donovan became the first female coach to win a WNBA championship. Cleveland Rockers dispersal draft 2004 WNBA dispersal draft On January 6, 2004, the Cleveland Rockers dispersal draft was held. This draft reassigned players from the Cleveland Rockers who folded after the end of 2003 WNBA season.Darling goes to Lynx in dispersal draft https://www.espn.com/wnba/news/2004/0106/1701736.html ESPN January 6, 2004 May 24, 2025 The remaining thirteen teams in the WNBA each selected one player from the 2003 Rockers roster in the one-round draft.2004 WNBA Dispersal Draft Recap https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/features/dispersalrecap_040506.html WNBA May 24, 2025 Teams drafted in inverse order of their 2003 regular season finish. The top four picks were: PickPlayerNationalityNew Team Ref. Reference(s) 1 Penny Taylor Phoenix Mercury 2004 Dispersal Draft Preview https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/features/04dispersal_preview.html WNBA January 5, 2004 May 24, 2025 2 Chasity Melvin Washington Mystics 3 LaToya Thomas San Antonio Silver Stars 4 Ann Wauters New York Liberty Regular season Standings Eastern Conference Western Conference Playoffs 2004 WNBA playoffs 2004 WNBA Finals Bracket Awards Reference:2004 WNBA Season Awards - WNBA https://www.wnba.com/awards2004 2025-05-28 www.wnba.com en Individual Award Winner Team Most Valuable Player (MVP) Lisa Leslie Los Angeles Sparks Finals MVP Betty Lennox Seattle Storm Defensive Player of the Year Lisa Leslie Los Angeles Sparks Most Improved Player(co-winners) Kelly Miller Indiana Fever Wendy Palmer Connecticut Sun Peak PerformersScoring Lauren Jackson Seattle StormRebounding Lisa Leslie Los Angeles Sparks Rookie of the Year Diana Taurasi Phoenix Mercury Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award Teresa Edwards Minnesota Lynx Coach of the Year Suzie McConnell Serio Minnesota Lynx Team Award Player Team All-WNBA First Team Lauren Jackson Seattle Storm Tina Thompson Houston Comets Lisa Leslie Los Angeles Sparks Diana Taurasi Phoenix Mercury Sue Bird Seattle Storm Second Team Tamika Catchings Indiana Fever Swin Cash Detroit Shock Yolanda Griffith Sacramento Monarchs Nikki Teasley Los Angeles Sparks Nykesha Sales Connecticut Sun Players of the Week Week endingPlayerTeamMay 30Tina ThompsonHouston CometsJune 6Tamika CatchingsIndiana FeverJune 13Swin CashDetroit ShockJune 20Tamika Catchings (2)Indiana FeverJune 27Nykesha SalesConnecticut SunJuly 4Anna DeForgePhoenix MercuryJuly 11Swin Cash (2)Detroit ShockJuly 18Lauren JacksonSeattle StormJuly 25Lauren Jackson (2)Seattle StormAugust 1Tina Thompson (2)Houston CometsSeptember 7Lisa LeslieLos Angeles SparksSeptember 13Alana BeardWashington MysticsSeptember 20Adrienne GoodsonSan Antonio Silver Stars Coaches Eastern Conference Charlotte Sting: Trudi Lacey and Tyrone Bogues Connecticut Sun: Mike Thibault Detroit Shock: Bill Laimbeer Indiana Fever: Brian Winters New York Liberty: Richie Adubato and Pat Coyle Washington Mystics: Michael Adams Western Conference Houston Comets: Van Chancellor Los Angeles Sparks: Michael Cooper, Karleen Thompson and Ryan Weisenberg Minnesota Lynx: Suzie McConnell Serio Phoenix Mercury: Carrie Graf Sacramento Monarchs: John Whisenant San Antonio Silver Stars: Dee Brown and Shell Dailey Seattle Storm: Anne Donovan References External links 2004 WNBA Final Standings Category:2004 in American women's basketball Category:2004–05 in American basketball by league Category:2003–04 in American basketball by league 2004