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2012 WNBA Finals

2012 season · playoff bracket · best of 5 · 2012-10-14 to 2012-10-21

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Champion

Indiana Fever 3
22–12 season, coach Lin Dunn

Runner-up

Minnesota Lynx 1
27–7 season, coach Cheryl Reeve

Series

3–1

Finals MVP

Tamika Catchings

Games

G	Date	Away	Score	Home	Att.	Series
1	2012-10-14	Fever	76–70	Lynx	14,322	IND 1–0
2	2012-10-17	Fever	71–83	Lynx	13,478	IND 1–1
3	2012-10-19	Lynx	59–76	Fever	18,165	IND 2–1
4	2012-10-21	Lynx	78–87	Fever	15,213	IND 3–1

Finals leaders

Player	Team	G	MPG	PTS	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P	TS%
Tamika Catchings	Fever	4	34.2	89	22.2	6.0	3.5	2.0	2.2	.429	8-24	.583
Shavonte Zellous	Fever	4	34.8	68	17.0	2.2	1.8	0.8	1.0	.415	6-22	.552
Seimone Augustus	Lynx	4	32.5	64	16.0	5.2	1.2	1.2	0.2	.368	5-17	.434
Maya Moore	Lynx	4	29.2	61	15.2	4.8	2.2	0.8	0.5	.392	10-26	.538
Lindsay Whalen	Lynx	4	30.0	55	13.8	4.5	4.0	0.8	0.0	.525	3-6	.602
Erin Phillips	Fever	4	35.5	54	13.5	3.5	2.2	1.0	0.0	.444	7-15	.548
Briann January	Fever	4	36.0	40	10.0	2.5	3.8	1.5	0.5	.341	3-12	.418
Rebekkah Brunson	Lynx	4	30.5	37	9.2	8.0	1.2	0.5	2.0	.400	0-0	.427
Erlana Larkins	Fever	4	32.5	34	8.5	12.0	1.5	1.5	0.5	.481	0-0	.535
Taj McWilliams-Franklin	Lynx	4	27.8	24	6.0	4.0	1.5	0.8	1.8	.385	0-0	.430
Monica Wright	Lynx	4	19.2	17	4.2	2.0	0.8	1.5	0.0	.353	0-2	.409
Erin Thorn	Lynx	2	10.0	13	6.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	.714	2-3	.870

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2012 WNBA Finals

Games

Finals leaders