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2012 WNBA Finals

2012 women's basketball championship series

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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. 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.

Background

2012 WNBA regular season

Main article: 2012 WNBA season

2012 WNBA playoffs

Main article: 2012 WNBA playoffs

Minnesota Lynx	Indiana Fever	[Seeding](2011-wnba-season)	Conference Semifinals	Conference Finals
27–7 (.794)
1st West, 1st overall	22–12 (.647)
2nd East, 4th overall
Defeated the (4) Seattle Storm, [2–1](2012-wnba-playoffs-1-minnesota-lynx-vs-4-seattle-storm)	Defeated the (3) Atlanta Dream, [2–1](2012-wnba-playoffs-2-indiana-fever-vs-3-atlanta-dream)
Defeated the (2) Los Angeles Sparks, [2–0](2012-wnba-playoffs-1-minnesota-lynx-vs-3-los-angeles-sparks)	Defeated the (1) Connecticut Sun, [2–1](2012-wnba-playoffs-1-connecticut-sun-vs-2-indiana-fever)

Indiana Fever

Main article: 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

Main article: 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:

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

Game 2

Game 3

Game 4

Rosters

References

[http://www.wnba.com/playoffs/2012/ WNBA.com]
[http://www.wnba.com/news/playoffs_schedule_2012.html WNBA Schedule]

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