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2016 WNBA Finals

2016 season · playoff bracket · best of 5 · 2016-10-09 to 2016-10-20

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Champion

Los Angeles Sparks 3
26–8 season, coach Brian Agler

Runner-up

Minnesota Lynx 2
28–6 season, coach Cheryl Reeve

Series

3–2

Finals MVP

Candace Parker

Games

G	Date	Away	Score	Home	Att.	Series
1	2016-10-09	Sparks	78–76	Lynx	12,113	LAS 1–0
2	2016-10-11	Sparks	60–79	Lynx	12,832	LAS 1–1
3	2016-10-14	Lynx	75–92	Sparks	8,093	LAS 2–1
4	2016-10-16	Lynx	85–79	Sparks	12,885	LAS 2–2
5	2016-10-20	Sparks	77–76	Lynx	19,423	LAS 3–2

Finals leaders

Player	Team	G	MPG	PTS	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P	TS%
Maya Moore	Lynx	5	34.2	102	20.4	8.0	5.4	1.8	0.6	.529	6-17	.631
Candace Parker	Sparks	5	33.4	86	17.2	7.4	2.2	2.2	2.0	.443	3-16	.488
Nneka Ogwumike	Sparks	5	32.0	77	15.4	10.0	1.8	2.0	0.6	.653	2-4	.680
Sylvia Fowles	Lynx	5	36.6	65	13.0	10.8	1.6	1.2	2.2	.588	0-0	.593
Lindsay Whalen	Lynx	5	28.4	59	11.8	2.0	3.6	0.4	0.0	.511	2-6	.576
Seimone Augustus	Lynx	5	27.8	58	11.6	3.4	2.4	0.0	0.2	.426	2-8	.490
Kristi Toliver	Sparks	5	32.2	56	11.2	1.6	2.8	0.6	0.0	.378	10-27	.537
Chelsea Gray	Sparks	5	24.0	54	10.8	1.4	1.8	1.6	0.0	.415	5-13	.540
Alana Beard	Sparks	5	34.2	51	10.2	4.2	4.4	1.4	0.6	.449	2-5	.487
Rebekkah Brunson	Lynx	5	28.2	47	9.4	5.2	2.8	1.6	0.8	.486	0-0	.552
Essence Carson	Sparks	5	27.0	38	7.6	2.4	1.4	0.6	0.2	.327	4-17	.373
Jia Perkins	Lynx	5	17.4	27	5.4	1.6	1.6	0.8	0.0	.423	1-8	.484

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2016 WNBA Finals

Games

Finals leaders