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The 2015 WNBA season was the 19th season of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The regular season started on June 5 and playoffs concluded on October 14.[1]

The Minnesota Lynx beat the Indiana Fever 69–52 in game five of the Finals on October 14 to clinch a third WNBA title in five years.[2][3][4][5]

TV and Internet coverage

Games aired on ESPN (1 regular season game), ESPN2 (10 regular season games), ABC (All-Star Game) and NBA TV (47 regular season games).

Notable occurrences

  • On February 3, 2015, the Phoenix Mercury announced that superstar Diana Taurasi would not play in 2015. Her Russian club team, UMMC Ekaterinburg, offered her more than her WNBA season salary to rest during the 2015 WNBA season. Some in the league feared this would cause more star players to reach similar agreements.[6]
  • On June 4, 2015, Tulsa player Glory Johnson announced that she is pregnant and would miss all of the 2015 WNBA season.
  • On July 23, 2015, The WNBA approved the relocation of the Tulsa Shock to Dallas-Fort Worth. The move is the first franchise relocation or fold since the 2009 Sacramento Monarchs folded, and the Detroit Shock moved to Tulsa. At the time, the Shock were the only WNBA franchise to relocate twice.
  • On October 14, 2015, The Minnesota Lynx won their third WNBA title in five years, beating the Indiana Fever 3–2.
  • On November 4, 2015, shortly after the 2015 season concluded, WNBA President Laurel Richie announced her resignation, effective November 9, 2015. She was the league's 3rd president.

2015 WNBA draft

Шаблон:Main On August 21, 2014, the 2015 WNBA Draft Lottery took place. The Seattle Storm, who had a league-worst record of 12–22 last season, won the draft lottery and had the right to pick first in the 2015 draft. In the draft, held on April 16, the Storm made Jewell Loyd of Notre Dame the top pick.

Team standings

Source:[7]

Eastern Conference

Шаблон:2015 WNBA Eastern Conference standings

Western Conference

Шаблон:2015 WNBA Western Conference standings

Playoffs

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Season award winners

Player of the Week award

For games
played beginning
Eastern Conference Western Conference
Player Team Player Team
June 5, 2015 Elena Delle Donne Chicago Sky DeWanna Bonner Phoenix Mercury
June 15, 2015 Elena Delle Donne Chicago Sky Skylar Diggins Tulsa Shock
June 22, 2015 Elena Delle Donne Chicago Sky Lindsay Whalen Minnesota Lynx
June 29, 2015 Tamika Catchings Indiana Fever Nneka Ogwumike Los Angeles Sparks
July 6, 2015 Cappie Pondexter Chicago Sky Maya Moore Minnesota Lynx
July 13, 2015 Tina Charles New York Liberty Maya Moore Minnesota Lynx
July 20, 2015 Tina Charles New York Liberty Maya Moore Minnesota Lynx
August 3, 2015 Elena Delle Donne Chicago Sky Brittney Griner Phoenix Mercury
August 10, 2015 Epiphanny Prince New York Liberty Maya Moore Minnesota Lynx
August 17, 2015 Elena Delle Donne Chicago Sky Candace Parker Los Angeles Sparks
August 24, 2015 Epiphanny Prince New York Liberty Odyssey Sims Tulsa Shock
August 31, 2015 Courtney Vandersloot Chicago Sky Candace Parker Los Angeles Sparks
September 7, 2015 Kelsey Bone Connecticut Sun Monique Currie Phoenix Mercury

Player of the Month award

For games played Eastern Conference Western Conference
Player Team Player Team
June 2015 Elena Delle Donne Chicago Sky Skylar Diggins Tulsa Shock
July 2015 Tina Charles New York Liberty Maya Moore Minnesota Lynx
August 2015 Epiphanny Prince New York Liberty Candace Parker Los Angeles Sparks

Rookie of the Month award

For games played Player Team
June 2015 Natalie Achonwa Indiana Fever
July 2015 Jewell Loyd Seattle Storm
August 2015 Kiah Stokes New York Liberty

Postseason awards

Award Winner Position Team Votes/Statistic
Most Valuable Player Award Elena Delle Donne Forward / Guard Chicago Sky 385 out of 999
Finals MVP Award Sylvia Fowles Center Minnesota Lynx
Rookie of the Year Award Jewell Loyd Guard Seattle Storm 21 out of 39
Most Improved Player Award Kelsey Bone Center Connecticut Sun 14 out of 39
Defensive Player of the Year Award Brittney Griner Center Phoenix Mercury 33 out of 39
Sixth Woman of the Year Award Allie Quigley Guard Chicago Sky 24 out of 39
Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award DeLisha Milton-Jones Forward Atlanta Dream 11 out of 39
Peak Performer: Points Elena Delle Donne Forward / Guard Chicago Sky 23.4 PPG
Peak Performer: Rebounds Courtney Paris Center Tulsa Shock 9.3 RPG
Peak Performer: Assists Courtney Vandersloot Guard Chicago Sky 5.8 APG
Coach of the Year Award Bill Laimbeer Coach New York Liberty 23 out of 39
Team Guard Guard Forward Forward Center
All-WNBA First Team DeWanna Bonner Angel McCoughtry Elena Delle Donne Maya Moore Tina Charles
All-WNBA Second Team Epiphanny Prince Courtney Vandersloot Candace Parker Tamika Catchings Brittney Griner
All-Defensive First Team Briann January Angel McCoughtry Nneka Ogwumike Tamika Catchings Brittney Griner
All-Defensive Second Team Tanisha Wright DeWanna Bonner Sancho Lyttle Tina Charles Kiah Stokes
All-Rookie Team Jewell Loyd
Ana Dabović
Brittany Boyd Ramu Tokashiki Natalie Achonwa Kiah Stokes

Coaches

Eastern Conference

Western Conference

References

Шаблон:Reflist

External links

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