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(Top) 1 Notable occurrences 2 TV and Internet coverage 3 2014 WNBA draft 4 Regular season 5 Team standings 6 Playoffs 7 Season award winners 7.1 Player of the Week award 7.2 Player of the Month award 7.3 Rookie of the Month award 7.4 Postseason awards 8 Coaches 8.1 Eastern Conference 8.2 Western Conference 9 See also 10 References 11 External links

2014 WNBA season

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2014 WNBA season
League	Women's National Basketball Association
Sport	Basketball
Duration	May 16 – September 12
Number of games	34
Number of 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)
WNBA seasons
← 2013 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.

Notable occurrences[edit]

The New York Liberty returned to the renovated Madison Square Garden after three years of playing at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
Indiana Fever head coach Lin Dunn announced her retirement on May 8; effective at the end of the season.

TV and Internet coverage[edit]

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]

2014 WNBA draft[edit]

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 OgwumikeofStanford University the top pick.^[4]

Regular season[edit]

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]

Team standings[edit]

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[edit]

Conference semi-finals:
best-of-3

Conference finals:
best-of-3

WNBA finals:
best-of-5

Atlanta

Chicago

Eastern Conference

Indiana

Indiana

Phoenix

Phoenix

Minnesota

Season award winners[edit]

Player of the Week award[edit]

For games played beginning	Eastern Conference		Western Conference
For games played beginning	Player	Team	Player	Team
May 16, 2014	Elena Delle Donne	Chicago Sky	Maya Moore	Minnesota Lynx
May 26, 2014	Briann January	Indiana Fever	Lindsay Whalen	Minnesota Lynx
June 2, 2014	Erika de Souza	Atlanta Dream	Diana Taurasi	Phoenix Mercury
June 9, 2014	Alex Bentley	Connecticut Sun	Skylar Diggins	Tulsa Shock
June 16, 2014	Angel McCoughtry	Atlanta Dream	Brittney Griner	Phoenix Mercury
June 23, 2014	Sancho Lyttle	Atlanta Dream	Nneka Ogwumike	Los Angeles Sparks
June 30, 2014	Tina Charles	New York Liberty	Diana Taurasi	Phoenix Mercury
July 7, 2014	Angel McCoughtry	Atlanta Dream	Maya Moore	Minnesota Lynx
July 14, 2014	Tamika Catchings	Indiana Fever	Maya Moore	Minnesota Lynx
July 21, 2014	Ivory Latta	Washington Mystics	Maya Moore	Minnesota Lynx
July 28, 2014	Tina Charles	New York Liberty	Maya Moore	Minnesota Lynx
August 4, 2014	Allie Quigley	Chicago Sky	Brittney Griner	Phoenix Mercury
August 11, 2014	Shoni Schimmel	Atlanta Dream	Kristi Toliver	Los Angeles Sparks

Player of the Month award[edit]

For games played	Eastern Conference		Western Conference
For games played	Player	Team	Player	Team
May 2014	Elena Delle Donne	Chicago Sky	Maya Moore	Minnesota Lynx
June 2014	Angel McCoughtry	Atlanta Dream	Diana Taurasi	Phoenix Mercury
July 2014	Tina Charles	New York Liberty	Maya Moore	Minnesota Lynx
August 2014	Tamika Catchings	Indiana Fever	Maya Moore	Minnesota Lynx

Rookie of the Month award[edit]

For games played	Player	Team
May 2014	Chiney Ogwumike	Connecticut Sun
June 2014	Chiney Ogwumike	Connecticut Sun
July 2014	Odyssey Sims	Tulsa Shock
August 2014	Odyssey Sims	Tulsa Shock

Postseason awards[edit]

Award		Winner	Position	Team	Votes/Statistic
Most Valuable Player Award		Maya Moore	Forward	Minnesota Lynx	371 out of 883
Finals MVP Award		Diana Taurasi	Guard	Phoenix Mercury
Rookie of the Year Award		Chiney Ogwumike	Forward	Connecticut Sun	23 out of 38
Most Improved Player Award		Skylar Diggins	Guard	Tulsa Shock	29 out of 38
Defensive Player of the Year Award		Brittney Griner	Center	Phoenix Mercury	31 out of 38
Sixth Woman of the Year Award		Allie Quigley	Guard	Chicago Sky	26 out of 38
Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award		Becky Hammon	Guard	San Antonio Stars	24 out of 37
Peak Performer: Points		Maya Moore	Forward	Minnesota Lynx	23.9 PPG
Peak Performer: Rebounds		Courtney Paris	Center	Tulsa Shock	10.2 RPG
Peak Performer: Assists		Diana Taurasi	Guard	Phoenix Mercury	5.6 APG
Coach of the Year Award		Sandy Brondello	Coach	Phoenix Mercury	33 out of 38
Team	Guard	Guard	Forward	Forward	Center
All-WNBA First Team	Skylar Diggins	Diana Taurasi	Maya Moore	Candace Parker	Brittney Griner
All-WNBA Second Team	Danielle Robinson Lindsay Whalen	Seimone Augustus	Angel McCoughtry	Nneka Ogwumike	Tina Charles
All-Defensive First Team	Briann January	Tanisha Wright	Angel McCoughtry	Sancho Lyttle	Brittney Griner
All-Defensive 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