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2013 WNBA season

Field	Value
title	2013 WNBA season
league	Women's National Basketball Association
sport	Basketball
duration	May 24 – October 10, 2013
no_of_games	34
no_of_teams	12
attendance	1,536,259
average_attendance	7,531
TV	ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, NBA TV
top_pick	USA Brittney Griner
picked_by	Phoenix Mercury
MVP	USA Candace Parker Los Angeles
conf1	Eastern
conf1_link	Eastern Conference (WNBA)
conf1_champ	Atlanta Dream
conf1_runner-up	Indiana Fever
conf2	Western
conf2_link	Western Conference (WNBA)
conf2_champ	Minnesota Lynx
conf2_runner-up	Phoenix Mercury
finals_champ	Minnesota Lynx
finals_runner-up	Atlanta Dream
finals_MVP	USA Maya Moore (Minnesota)
seasonslist	List of WNBA seasons
seasonslistnames	WNBA
prevseason_link	2012 WNBA season
prevseason_year	2012
nextseason_link	2014 WNBA season
nextseason_year	2014

| conf1_runner-up = Indiana Fever | conf2_runner-up = Phoenix Mercury | finals_runner-up = Atlanta Dream

The 2013 WNBA season was the 17th season of the Women's National Basketball Association. The regular season began on May 24 and concluded on September 15, and playoffs started on September 19 and concluded on October 10. The Minnesota Lynx won their second league championship, defeating the Atlanta Dream three games to none in the 2013 WNBA Finals. The year represented a positive turning point for the long-struggling league. Both attendance and television viewership were up, driven by an influx of talented rookies, multiple teams reported that they were near a break-even point, and at least one franchise announced that it was profitable.

Draft

Main article: 2013 WNBA draft

The WNBA Draft lottery was held on September 26, 2012. The lottery teams were the Washington Mystics, Phoenix Mercury, Tulsa Shock and Chicago Sky. The top pick was awarded to Phoenix Mercury. Center Brittney Griner was drafted first overall by the Phoenix Mercury.

Media coverage

About 70+ games were aired on ESPN2, ABC and NBA TV. WNBA LiveAccess will offer complement - approximately 190 live games.

Regular season

The WNBA touted three exciting rookies -- Brittney Griner of the Phoenix Mercury, Elena Delle Donne of the Chicago Sky, and Skylar Diggins of the Tulsa Shock—as "three to see" going into the 2013 season. Griner - a tall, athletic center who had been dominant in college—was seen as such a potential game-changer that many picked the Mercury to win the WNBA championship.

It was Delle Donne, however, who turned out to have the breakout season, leading the Sky to the best record in the Eastern Conference, and their first trip to the playoffs. Griner was hampered by injuries, but her Phoenix team finished third in the West, and made it to the conference finals.

The Minnesota Lynx finished with the best record in the WNBA for the third consecutive season, behind the play of Seimone Augustus, Lindsay Whalen, and Maya Moore.

Joining the Sky in the playoffs were the defending WNBA champion Indiana Fever, who finished fourth after surviving a rash of injuries during the season; the Atlanta Dream, led by league scoring champion Angel McCoughtry; and the Washington Mystics, who were hoping to win their first playoff game since 2004.

The Los Angeles Sparks finished second in the West, behind the play of league MVP Candace Parker. They lost to Phoenix in the conference semifinals. Finally, the Seattle Storm surprised many by earning the final entry into the playoffs, allowing veteran and future hall-of-famer Tina Thompson to retire from a playoff team.

Standings

Playoffs

Main article: 2013 WNBA playoffs

The opening round of the WNBA playoffs saw a rash of road team victories. Only the Minnesota Lynx and Indiana Fever went unbeaten on their home floors. The Chicago Sky, the top overall seed in the East, were swept by the Fever, while the Seattle Storm lost to the top-seeded Lynx in two games. In the Atlanta–Washington series, the road team won the first two games of the series, before Atlanta finally prevailed at home. Finally, in the matchup between the Phoenix Mercury and Los Angeles Sparks, the road teams went 3-0, with Phoenix advancing.

The conference finals were over quickly. Both the Atlanta Dream and Minnesota Lynx swept their opponents, setting up a rematch of the 2011 WNBA Finals. In the Finals, the Lynx once again swept the Dream, becoming the second WNBA team to sweep through the playoffs since the best-of-five finals format was adopted.

Awards

Reference:

Individual

Award	Winner	Team	Position	Votes/Statistic
Most Valuable Player (MVP)	Candace Parker	Los Angeles Sparks	Forward	10 out of 39
Finals MVP	Maya Moore	Minnesota Lynx	Forward
Rookie of the Year	Elena Delle Donne	Chicago Sky	Forward	Unanimous
Most Improved Player	Shavonte Zellous	Indiana Fever	Guard	30 out of 39
Defensive Player of the Year	Sylvia Fowles	Chicago Sky	Center	21 out of 29
Sixth Woman of the Year	Riquna Williams	Tulsa Shock	Guard	17 out of 39
Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award (co-winners)	Swin Cash	Chicago Sky	Forward	7 out of 39
Tamika Catchings	Indiana Fever	Forward
Peak Performers	Scoring	Angel McCoughtry	Atlanta Dream	Guard/Forward
Rebounding	Sylvia Fowles	Chicago Sky	Center	11.5 RPG
Assists	Danielle Robinson	San Antonio Silver Stars	Guard	6.7 APG
Coach of the Year	Mike Thibault	Washington Mystics	Coach	11 of 39

Team

Award	Forward	Forward	Forward/center	Guard	Guard
All-WNBA	First Team	Maya Moore	Candace Parker	Sylvia Fowles	Diana Taurasi
Second Team	Tamika Catchings	Elena Delle Donne	Tina Charles	Seimone Augustus	Angel McCoughtry
All-Defensive	First Team	Tamika Catchings	Angel McCoughtry	Sylvia Fowles	Armintie Herrington
Second Team	Rebekkah Brunson	Glory Johnson	Erika de Souza	Briann January	Jia Perkins
Danielle Robinson
All-Rookie Team	Elena Delle Donne	Kelsey Bone	Brittney Griner	Alex Bentley	Skylar Diggins

Players of the Week

The following players were named the Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week.

Week ending	Eastern Conference	Western Conference	Player	Team
June 2	Angel McCoughtry	Atlanta Dream	Candace Parker	Los Angeles Sparks
June 9	Ivory Latta	Washington Mystics	Rebekkah Brunson	Minnesota Lynx
June 16	Angel McCoughtry (3)	Atlanta Dream	Diana Taurasi	Phoenix Mercury
June 23	Glory Johnson	Tulsa Shock
June 30	Elena Delle Donne (2)	Chicago Sky	Diana Taurasi (2)	Phoenix Mercury
July 7	Candace Parker (3)	Los Angeles Sparks
July 14	Sylvia Fowles
July 21	Tamika Catchings	Indiana Fever	Liz Cambage	Tulsa Shock
July 28	Ivory Latta (2)	Washington Mystics	Tina Thompson	Seattle Storm
August 4	Tina Charles	Connecticut Sun	Liz Cambage (2)	Tulsa Shock
August 11	Elena Delle Donne (3)	Chicago Sky	Maya Moore	Minnesota Lynx
August 18	Sylvia Fowles (2)	Kristi Toliver	Los Angeles Sparks
August 25	Elena Delle Donne (4)	Maya Moore (2)	Minnesota Lynx
September 1	Tamika Catchings (2)	Indiana Fever	Tina Thompson (2)	Seattle Storm
September 8	Angel McCoughtry (4)	Atlanta Dream	Riquna Williams	Tulsa Shock
September 15	Ivory Latta (3)	Washington Mystics	Tina Thompson (3)	Seattle Storm

Players of the Month

The following players were named the Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Month.

Month	Eastern Conference	Western Conference	Player	Team
June	Angel McCoughtry	Atlanta Dream	Diana Taurasi	Phoenix Mercury
July	Sylvia Fowles (3)	Chicago Sky	Candace Parker	Los Angeles Sparks
August	Maya Moore (2)	Minnesota Lynx
September

Rookies of the Month

The following player was named the Rookie of the Month for each month.

Month	Player	Team
June	Elena Delle Donne (4)	Chicago Sky
July
August
September

Coaches

Eastern Conference

Atlanta Dream: Fred Williams
Chicago Sky: Pokey Chatman
Connecticut Sun: Anne Donovan
Indiana Fever: Lin Dunn
New York Liberty: Bill Laimbeer
Washington Mystics: Mike Thibault

Western Conference

Los Angeles Sparks: Carol Ross
Minnesota Lynx: Cheryl Reeve
Phoenix Mercury: Corey Gaines and Russ Pennell
San Antonio Silver Stars: Dan Hughes
Seattle Storm: Brian Agler
Tulsa Shock: Gary Kloppenburg

References

(2013-05-14). "2013 WNBA Schedule and Results - Women's National Basketball Association - ESPN". Espn.go.com.
[http://www.wnba.com/news/15th_season_attendance_viewership_110914.html WNBA's 15th Season Delivers Increased Attendance and TV Viewership]
"Frequently Asked Questions".
[https://web.archive.org/web/20130702205324/http://espn.go.com/wnba/notebook/_/page/3ToSee-2013/delle-donne-diggins-griner Honing in on the fall]
[http://www.swishappeal.com/2013/10/1/4788632/wnba-playoffs-2013-minnesota-lynx-sweep-phoenix-mercury How the Minnesota Lynx swept the Phoenix Mercury to advance to the 2013 WNBA Finals]
"2013 WNBA Season Awards - WNBA".
(September 20, 2013). "Sparks' Candace Parker Named 2013 WNBA Most Valuable Player".

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