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2006 WNBA Finals
2006 season · playoff bracket · best of 5 · 2006-08-30 to 2006-09-09
Champion
Runner-up
Series
3–2
Finals MVP
Games
| G | Date | Away | Score | Home | OT | Att. | Series |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2006-08-30 |  Monarchs | 95–71 |  Shock | DET 0–1 | ||
| 2 | 2006-09-01 | Monarchs | 63–73 | Shock | DET 1–1 | ||
| 3 | 2006-09-03 | Shock | 69–89 | Monarchs | DET 1–2 | ||
| 4 | 2006-09-06 | Shock | 72–52 | Monarchs | DET 2–2 | ||
| 5 | 2006-09-09 | Monarchs | 75–80 | Shock | DET 3–2 |
Finals leaders
| Player | Team | G | MPG | PTS | PPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | FG% | 3P | TS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Deanna Nolan | Shock | 5 | 33.8 | 89 | 17.8 | 4.2 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 0.4 | .446 | 4-10 | .499 |
 Katie Smith | Shock | 5 | 36.4 | 85 | 17.0 | 1.8 | 3.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | .470 | 11-26 | .574 |
 Yolanda Griffith | Monarchs | 5 | 27.4 | 67 | 13.4 | 7.4 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.0 | .420 | 0-0 | .514 |
 Cheryl Ford | Shock | 5 | 25.4 | 64 | 12.8 | 8.8 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.8 | .583 | 0-0 | .649 |
 Nicole Powell | Monarchs | 5 | 28.2 | 62 | 12.4 | 4.2 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 0.2 | .524 | 9-17 | .656 |
 Kara Lawson | Monarchs | 5 | 32.0 | 56 | 11.2 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.2 | .452 | 12-25 | .611 |
| DeMya Walker | Monarchs | 5 | 24.2 | 52 | 10.4 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 1.0 | .426 | 0-0 | .454 |
| Kristin Haynie | Monarchs | 5 | 17.2 | 42 | 8.4 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 0.0 | .486 | 5-14 | .577 |
 Plenette Pierson | Shock | 5 | 19.2 | 34 | 6.8 | 4.6 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 1.4 | .474 | 0-0 | .568 |
 Swin Cash | Shock | 5 | 28.2 | 31 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0.2 | .344 | 0-0 | .416 |
 Kara Braxton | Shock | 5 | 16.2 | 29 | 5.8 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.4 | .462 | 0-0 | .479 |
| Hamchetou Maiga-Ba | Monarchs | 5 | 13.6 | 26 | 5.2 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.0 | .423 | 0-0 | .466 |