This day in women's basketball · September 16, 2003: the Los Angeles Sparks visited the Detroit Shock, in the WNBA playoffs. Detroit Shock 83, Los Angeles Sparks 78. WWikipedia↗

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2003 WNBA Finals

2003 season · playoff bracket · best of 3 · 2003-09-12 to 2003-09-16

◀ 2002 2004 ▶

Champion

Detroit Shock 2
25–9 season, coach Bill Laimbeer

Runner-up

Los Angeles Sparks 1
24–10 season

Series

2–1

Finals MVP

Ruth Riley

Games

G	Date	Away	Score	Home	Series
1	2003-09-12	Shock	63–75	Sparks	DET 0–1
2	2003-09-14	Sparks	61–62	Shock	DET 1–1
3	2003-09-16	Sparks	78–83	Shock	DET 2–1

Finals leaders

Player	Team	G	MPG	PTS	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P	TS%
DeLisha Milton-Jones	Sparks	3	38.3	56	18.7	6.3	2.3	2.3	1.7	.383	6-9	.513
Lisa Leslie	Sparks	3	39.7	54	18.0	12.7	2.3	2.0	2.3	.420	0-1	.469
Deanna Nolan	Shock	3	30.7	46	15.3	2.7	3.0	1.7	0.3	.429	6-16	.579
Ruth Riley	Shock	3	32.0	44	14.7	5.0	3.0	0.0	3.3	.419	0-0	.461
Mwadi Mabika	Sparks	3	39.3	42	14.0	6.3	2.3	1.3	0.3	.381	3-10	.463
Swin Cash	Shock	3	38.7	38	12.7	7.3	5.3	0.0	0.3	.341	0-3	.403
Tamecka Dixon	Sparks	3	35.3	37	12.3	2.7	2.0	0.7	0.7	.419	2-7	.524
Cheryl Ford	Shock	3	33.0	29	9.7	10.0	0.7	1.7	1.7	.333	0-0	.417
Kedra Holland-Corn	Shock	3	19.0	29	9.7	1.7	1.3	1.7	0.0	.429	7-12	.633
Nikki Teasley	Sparks	3	37.0	19	6.3	5.0	8.0	1.0	0.0	.273	5-19	.406
Elaine Powell	Shock	3	28.3	11	3.7	4.7	3.0	1.3	0.7	.333	0-3	.345
Barbara Farris	Shock	3	13.7	8	2.7	2.3	1.0	0.0	0.0	.286	0-0	.449

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2003 WNBA Finals

Games

Finals leaders