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2009 WNBA Finals

2009 season · playoff bracket · best of 5 · 2009-09-29 to 2009-10-09

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Champion

Phoenix Mercury 3
23–11 season, coach Corey Gaines

Runner-up

Indiana Fever 2
22–12 season, coach Lin Dunn

Series

3–2

Finals MVP

Diana Taurasi

Games

G	Date	Away	Score	Home	Series
1	2009-09-29	Fever	116–120	Mercury	PHX 1–0
2	2009-10-01	Fever	93–84	Mercury	PHX 1–1
3	2009-10-04	Mercury	85–86	Fever	PHX 1–2
4	2009-10-07	Mercury	90–77	Fever	PHX 2–2
5	2009-10-09	Fever	86–94	Mercury	PHX 3–2

Finals leaders

Player	Team	G	MPG	PTS	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P	TS%
Cappie Pondexter	Mercury	5	33.0	104	20.8	4.2	4.8	1.2	0.0	.483	5-17	.547
Diana Taurasi	Mercury	5	35.2	102	20.4	6.8	2.8	0.6	1.6	.372	12-41	.506
Ebony Hoffman	Fever	5	31.2	82	16.4	5.4	0.4	0.6	0.6	.635	5-10	.705
Tamika Catchings	Fever	5	35.4	81	16.2	9.6	6.6	3.2	1.6	.455	4-16	.530
Katie Douglas	Fever	5	37.4	79	15.8	4.8	5.0	1.0	0.6	.370	10-35	.490
Penny Taylor	Mercury	5	25.4	78	15.6	3.2	2.6	0.6	0.0	.615	6-9	.753
Tammy Sutton-Brown	Fever	5	30.2	76	15.2	5.2	0.4	0.6	0.8	.484	0-0	.514
Briann January	Fever	5	23.8	60	12.0	1.8	3.2	0.2	0.0	.439	9-19	.600
Tangela Smith	Mercury	5	29.6	53	10.6	6.8	0.8	1.6	1.2	.488	11-21	.632
Temeka Johnson	Mercury	5	23.4	44	8.8	2.6	3.0	0.6	0.2	.424	8-12	.583
Le'coe Willingham	Mercury	5	25.8	39	7.8	5.2	1.0	0.4	0.8	.484	0-0	.545
DeWanna Bonner	Mercury	5	15.2	37	7.4	3.2	0.2	0.4	1.0	.440	0-0	.544

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2009 WNBA Finals

Games

Finals leaders