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1997 WNBA Finals

1997 season · playoff bracket · a single game · 1997-08-30

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Champion

Houston Comets 1
18–10 season

Runner-up

New York Liberty 0
17–11 season

Series

1–0

Finals MVP

Cynthia Cooper

Games

G	Date	Away	Score	Home	OT	Att.	Series
1	1997-08-30	Liberty	51–65	Comets			HOU 1–0

Finals leaders

Player	Team	G	MPG	PTS	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P	TS%
Cynthia Cooper	Comets	1	40.0	25	25.0	4.0	4.0	2.0	1.0	.538	0-2	.621
Tina Thompson	Comets	1	40.0	18	18.0	6.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	.600	1-2	.652
Kym Hampton	Liberty	1	30.0	13	13.0	13.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	.462	0-0	.436
Vickie Johnson	Liberty	1	34.0	12	12.0	5.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	.375	0-1	.375
Kim Perrot	Comets	1	38.0	9	9.0	5.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	.231	3-9	.346
Rebecca Lobo	Liberty	1	34.0	9	9.0	9.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	.375	0-1	.455
Tammy Jackson	Comets	1	37.0	7	7.0	11.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	.500	0-0	.504
Janeth Arcain	Comets	1	37.0	6	6.0	5.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	.273	0-1	.273
Trena Trice-Hill	Liberty	1	11.0	6	6.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	.750	0-0	.750
Sophia Witherspoon	Liberty	1	29.0	5	5.0	3.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	.250	1-4	.312
Teresa Weatherspoon	Liberty	1	35.0	4	4.0	2.0	5.0	4.0	0.0	.333	0-2	.288
Sue Wicks	Liberty	1	5.0	2	2.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	.333	0-0	.333

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1997 WNBA Finals

Games

Finals leaders