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2014 WNBA season

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Sports season

2014 WNBA season
League	Women's National Basketball Association
Sport	Basketball
Duration	May 16 – September 12, 2014
Games	34
Teams	12
Total attendance	1,545,890
Average attendance	7,578
TV partner(s)	ABC,ESPN,ESPN2,NBA TV
Top draft pick	Chiney Ogwumike
Picked by	Connecticut Sun
Season MVP	Maya Moore(Minnesota)
Eastern champions	Chicago Sky
Eastern runners-up	Indiana Fever
Western champions	Phoenix Mercury
Western runners-up	Minnesota Lynx
Finals champions	Phoenix Mercury
Runners-up	Chicago Sky
Finals MVP	Diana Taurasi (Phoenix)
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The2014 WNBA season was the 18th season of theWomen's National Basketball Association. The season started in May and concluded in September to accommodate the2014 Women's World Championship.

Notable occurrences

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TheNew York Liberty returned to the renovatedMadison Square Garden after three years of playing at thePrudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
Indiana Fever head coachLin Dunn announced her retirement on May 8; effective at the end of the season.

Draft

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Main article:2014 WNBA draft

On December 12, 2013, the 2014 WNBA Draft Lottery took place. TheConnecticut Sun, who had a league-worst record of 10-24last season, won the draft lottery and had the right to pick first in the 2014 draft.^[1] In the draft, held on April 14, the Sun madeChiney Ogwumike ofStanford University thetop pick.^[2]

Media coverage

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Games aired onESPN,ESPN2,ABC andNBA TV. TheWashington Mystics made history in May 2014 when they debutedKiswe Mobile's Mystics Live and became the first U.S. professional sports team to stream live games within the venue via a mobile application.^[3]^[4]

Regular season

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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 newcollective 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 the2014 WNBA All-Star Game would take place on July 19 at 3:00 PM EDT in Phoenix, Arizona.^[8]

Standings

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Eastern Conference

#	Eastern Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	y-Atlanta Dream	19	15	.559	-	34
2	x-Indiana Fever	16	18	.471	3.0	34
3	x-Washington Mystics	16	18	.471	3.0	34
4	x-Chicago Sky	15	19	.441	4.0	34

5	e-New York Liberty	15	19	.441	4.0	34
6	e-Connecticut Sun	13	21	.382	6.0	34

Western Conference

#	Western Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	y-Phoenix Mercury	29	5	.853	-	34
2	x-Minnesota Lynx	25	9	.735	4.0	34
3	x-San Antonio Stars	16	18	.471	13.0	34
4	x-Los Angeles Sparks	16	18	.471	13.0	34

5	e-Tulsa Shock	12	22	.353	17.0	34
6	e-Seattle Storm	12	22	.353	17.0	34

Playoffs

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Main article:2014 WNBA playoffs

Awards

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Reference:^[9]

Individual

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Award		Winner	Team	Position	Votes/Statistic
Most Valuable Player (MVP)		Maya Moore	Minnesota Lynx	Forward	35 out of 38^[10]
Finals MVP		Diana Taurasi	Phoenix Mercury	Guard
Rookie of the Year		Chiney Ogwumike	Connecticut Sun	Forward	23 out of 38
Most Improved Player		Skylar Diggins	Tulsa Shock	Guard	29 out of 38
Defensive Player of the Year		Brittney Griner	Phoenix Mercury	Center	31 out of 38
Sixth Woman of the Year		Allie Quigley	Chicago Sky	Guard	26 out of 38
Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award		Becky Hammon	San Antonio Stars	Guard	24 out of 37
Peak Performers	Scoring	Maya Moore	Minnesota Lynx	Forward	23.9 PPG
	Rebounding	Courtney Paris	Tulsa Shock	Center	10.2 RPG
	Assists	Diana Taurasi	Phoenix Mercury	Guard	5.6 APG
Coach of the Year		Sandy Brondello	Phoenix Mercury	Coach	33 out of 38

Team

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Award		Guard	Guard	Forward	Forward	Center
All-WNBA	First Team	Skylar Diggins	Diana Taurasi	Maya Moore	Candace Parker	Brittney Griner
	Second Team	Danielle Robinson	Seimone Augustus	Angel McCoughtry	Nneka Ogwumike	Tina Charles
	Second Team	Lindsay Whalen	Seimone Augustus	Angel McCoughtry	Nneka Ogwumike	Tina Charles
All-Defensive^[11]	First Team	Briann January	Tanisha Wright	Angel McCoughtry	Sancho Lyttle	Brittney Griner
All-Defensive^[11]	Second Team	Danielle Robinson	Alana Beard	Maya Moore	Tamika Catchings	Sylvia Fowles
All-Rookie Team		Odyssey Sims	Bria Hartley	Kayla McBride	Alyssa Thomas	Chiney Ogwumike

Players of the Week

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Week ending	Eastern Conference		Western Conference		Ref.
Week ending	Player	Team	Player	Team	Ref.
May 25	Elena Delle Donne	Chicago Sky	Maya Moore	Minnesota Lynx
June 1	Briann January	Indiana Fever	Lindsay Whalen	Minnesota Lynx	^[12]
June 8	Erika de Souza	Atlanta Dream	Diana Taurasi	Phoenix Mercury
June 15	Alex Bentley	Connecticut Sun	Skylar Diggins	Tulsa Shock
June 22	Angel McCoughtry	Atlanta Dream	Brittney Griner	Phoenix Mercury
June 29	Sancho Lyttle	Atlanta Dream	Nneka Ogwumike	Los Angeles Sparks
July 6	Tina Charles	New York Liberty	Diana Taurasi (2)	Phoenix Mercury
July 13	Angel McCoughtry (2)	Atlanta Dream	Maya Moore (5)	Minnesota Lynx
July 18	Tamika Catchings	Indiana Fever			^[13]
July 27	Ivory Latta	Washington Mystics
August 3	Tina Charles (2)	New York Liberty
August 10	Allie Quigley	Chicago Sky	Brittney Griner (2)	Phoenix Mercury
August 17	Shoni Schimmel	Atlanta Dream	Kristi Toliver	Los Angeles Sparks

Players of the Month

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Month	Eastern Conference		Western Conference		Ref.
Month	Player	Team	Player	Team	Ref.
May	Elena Delle Donne	Chicago Sky	Maya Moore	Minnesota Lynx
June	Angel McCoughtry	Atlanta Dream	Diana Taurasi	Phoenix Mercury
July	Tina Charles	New York Liberty	Maya Moore (3)	Minnesota Lynx
August	Tamika Catchings	Indiana Fever	Maya Moore (3)	Minnesota Lynx	^[14]

Rookies of the Month

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Month	Player	Team
May	Chiney Ogwumike (2)	Connecticut Sun
June	Chiney Ogwumike (2)	Connecticut Sun
July	Odyssey Sims (2)	Tulsa Shock
August	Odyssey Sims (2)	Tulsa Shock

Coaches

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Eastern Conference

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Western Conference

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References

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^Bennert, Kate."2014 Draft Watch: Grand Marshall".www.wnba.com. Archived fromthe original on February 24, 2014. RetrievedFebruary 23, 2014.
^"2014 WNBA Draft Board". WNBA. April 14, 2014. RetrievedJuly 29, 2014.
^Ourand, John (June 16, 2014)."Mystics streaming live games to mobile app".Sports Business Journal.
^Tanklefsky, David (June 30, 2014)."WNBA Breaks New Ground With Free In-Market Live Streaming".PromaxBDA.
^Open Thread: WNBA Finals Game 1 and NFL Sunday Night Football at 8:30 PM ET
^"WNBA, WNBPA Reach a New Collective Bargaining Agreement".www.wnba.com.
^"Defending Champ Minnesota Tips Off WNBA's 18th Season as League Releases 2014 Game and Telecast Schedules".www.wnba.com.
^"Boost Mobile WNBA All-Star 2014 Set for Phoenix".www.wnba.com.
^"2014 WNBA Season Awards - WNBA".www.wnba.com. RetrievedMay 29, 2025.
^"Lynx's Moore Named M.V.P."The New York Times. August 22, 2014. RetrievedSeptember 22, 2024.
^"Atlanta Dream's Sancho Lyttle and Angel McCoughtry Named to WNBA All-Defensive First Team".Our Sports Central. August 22, 2014. RetrievedJune 2, 2025.
^"Fever's Briann January named Player of the Week".Indianapolis Star. June 2, 2014. RetrievedJune 2, 2025.
^"Catchings Extends Record Haul by Taking Home Player of the Week Award".WNBA. July 21, 2014. RetrievedJune 2, 2025.
^"Catchings Named Eastern Conference Player of Month".WNBA. August 20, 2014. RetrievedJune 2, 2025.

v t e 2014 WNBA season by team
Draft All-Star Game Playoffs Finals
Eastern	Atlanta Dream Chicago Sky Connecticut Sun Indiana Fever New York Liberty Washington Mystics
Western	Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx Phoenix Mercury San Antonio Stars Seattle Storm Tulsa Shock
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