2014 WNBA season | |
League: | Women's National Basketball Association |
Sport: | Basketball |
Duration: | May 16 – September 12 |
No Of Games: | 34 |
No Of Teams: | 12 |
Attendance: | 1,545,890 |
Average Attendance: | 7,578 |
Tv: | ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, NBA TV |
Top Pick: | Chiney Ogwumike |
Picked By: | Connecticut Sun |
Mvp: | Maya Moore Minnesota |
Conf1: | Eastern |
Conf1 Link: | Eastern Conference (WNBA) |
Conf1 Champ: | Chicago Sky |
Conf1 Runner-Up: | Indiana Fever |
Conf2: | Western |
Conf2 Link: | Western Conference (WNBA) |
Conf2 Champ: | Phoenix Mercury |
Conf2 Runner-Up: | Minnesota Lynx |
Finals Champ: | Phoenix Mercury |
Finals Runner-Up: | Chicago Sky |
Finals Mvp: | Diana Taurasi (Phoenix) |
Seasonslist: | List of WNBA seasons |
Seasonslistnames: | WNBA |
Prevseason Link: | 2013 WNBA season |
Prevseason Year: | 2013 |
Nextseason Link: | 2015 WNBA season |
Nextseason Year: | 2015 |
The 2014 WNBA season was the 18th season of the Women's National Basketball Association. The season started in May and concluded in September to accommodate the 2014 Women's World Championship.
Games aired on ESPN, ESPN2, ABC and NBA TV. The Washington Mystics made history in May 2014 when they debuted Kiswe Mobile's Mystics Live and became the first U.S. professional sports team to stream live games within the venue via a mobile application.[1] [2]
See main article: 2014 WNBA draft. On December 12, 2013, the 2014 WNBA Draft Lottery took place. The Connecticut Sun, who had a league-worst record of 10-24 last season, won the draft lottery and had the right to pick first in the 2014 draft.[3] In the draft, held on April 14, the Sun made Chiney Ogwumike of Stanford University the top pick.[4]
The timing of the 2014 WNBA schedule and the draft were not finalized at its normal timeframe, as the league and players were negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement during the 2013 season.[5] The previous agreement expired during the 2013 WNBA Finals and a new CBA was reached on February 17, 2014.[6]
On February 6, 2014, the 2014 regular season schedule was announced.[7] The regular season schedule began on May 16 and concluded on August 17.
It was announced on January 22 that the 2014 WNBA All-Star Game would take place on July 19 at 3:00 PM EDT in Phoenix, Arizona.[8]
See main article: 2014 WNBA Playoffs.
For games played beginning | Eastern Conference | Western Conference | |||||
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width=60 | Player | width=60 | Team | width=60 | Player | width=60 | Team |
May 16, 2014 | Minnesota Lynx | ||||||
May 26, 2014 | Minnesota Lynx | ||||||
June 2, 2014 | Phoenix Mercury | ||||||
June 9, 2014 | Tulsa Shock | ||||||
June 16, 2014 | Phoenix Mercury | ||||||
June 23, 2014 | Los Angeles Sparks | ||||||
June 30, 2014 | Phoenix Mercury | ||||||
July 7, 2014 | Minnesota Lynx | ||||||
July 14, 2014 | Minnesota Lynx | ||||||
July 21, 2014 | Minnesota Lynx | ||||||
July 28, 2014 | Minnesota Lynx | ||||||
August 4, 2014 | Phoenix Mercury | ||||||
August 11, 2014 | Los Angeles Sparks |
For games played | Eastern Conference | Western Conference | |||||
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width=60 | Player | width=60 | Team | width=60 | Player | width=60 | Team |
May 2014 | Minnesota Lynx | ||||||
June 2014 | Phoenix Mercury | ||||||
July 2014 | Minnesota Lynx | ||||||
August 2014 | Minnesota Lynx |
width=60 | For games played | width=60 | Player | width=60 | Team |
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May 2014 | Connecticut Sun | ||||
June 2014 | Connecticut Sun | ||||
July 2014 | Tulsa Shock | ||||
August 2014 | Tulsa Shock |