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2012 WNBA season | |
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League | Women's National Basketball Association |
Sport | Basketball |
Duration | May 18 – October 21, 2012 |
Number of games | 34 |
Number of teams | 12 |
Total attendance | 1,520,112 |
Average attendance | 7,452 |
TV partner(s) | ABC, ESPN, NBA TV |
Top draft pick | Nneka Ogwumike |
Picked by | Los Angeles Sparks |
Season MVP | Tina Charles (Connecticut) |
Eastern champions | Indiana Fever |
Eastern runners-up | Connecticut Sun |
Western champions | Minnesota Lynx |
Western runners-up | Los Angeles Sparks |
Finals champions | Indiana Fever |
Runners-up | Minnesota Lynx |
Finals MVP | Tamika Catchings (Indiana) |
The 2012 WNBA season was the 16th season of the Women's National Basketball Association. The regular season began on May 18, 2012.
The WNBA Draft lottery was held on November 10, 2011. The lottery teams were the Tulsa Shock, Minnesota Lynx (from Wash.), Chicago Sky and Los Angeles Sparks. The top pick was awarded to Los Angeles.
The 2012 WNBA Draft was held on April 16, 2012, in Bristol, Connecticut. Coverage of the first round was shown on ESPN (HD). Second and third round coverage was shown on ESPNU and NBA TV.
Due to the 2012 Summer Olympics, there was no All-Star Game this season as the Olympiad caused a break from mid-July through August.
Eastern Conference | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
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Connecticut Sun y | 25 | 9 | .735 | – | 12–5 | 13–4 | 18–4 |
Indiana Fever x | 22 | 12 | .647 | 3.0 | 13–4 | 9–8 | 15–7 |
Atlanta Dream x | 19 | 15 | .559 | 6.0 | 11–6 | 8–9 | 12–10 |
New York Liberty x | 15 | 19 | .441 | 10.0 | 9–8 | 6–11 | 10–12 |
Chicago Sky o | 14 | 20 | .412 | 11.0 | 7–10 | 7–10 | 8–14 |
Washington Mystics o | 5 | 29 | .147 | 20.0 | 4–13 | 1–16 | 3–19 |
Western Conference | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
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Minnesota Lynx z | 27 | 7 | .794 | – | 16–1 | 11–6 | 17–5 |
Los Angeles Sparks x | 24 | 10 | .706 | 3.0 | 16–1 | 8–9 | 15–7 |
San Antonio Silver Stars x | 21 | 13 | .618 | 6.0 | 12–5 | 9–8 | 14–8 |
Seattle Storm x | 16 | 18 | .471 | 11.0 | 10–7 | 6–11 | 11–11 |
Tulsa Shock o | 9 | 25 | .265 | 18.0 | 6–11 | 3–14 | 5–17 |
Phoenix Mercury o | 7 | 27 | .206 | 20.0 | 3–14 | 4–13 | 4–18 |
Conference Semi-Finals Best-of-3 | Conference Finals Best-of-3 | WNBA Finals Best-of-5 | ||||||||||||
E1 | Connecticut | 2 | ||||||||||||
E4 | New York | 0 | ||||||||||||
E1 | Connecticut | 1 | ||||||||||||
Eastern Conference | ||||||||||||||
E2 | Indiana | 2 | ||||||||||||
E2 | Indiana | 2 | ||||||||||||
E3 | Atlanta | 1 | ||||||||||||
E2 | Indiana | 3 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Minnesota | 1 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Minnesota | 2 | ||||||||||||
W4 | Seattle | 1 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Minnesota | 2 | ||||||||||||
Western Conference | ||||||||||||||
W2 | Los Angeles | 0 | ||||||||||||
W2 | Los Angeles | 2 | ||||||||||||
W3 | San Antonio | 0 |
For games played | Eastern Conference | Western Conference | ||
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Player | Team | Player | Team | |
May 2012 | Sylvia Fowles | Chicago Sky | Candace Parker | Los Angeles Sparks |
June 2012 | Tina Charles | Connecticut Sun | Candace Parker | Los Angeles Sparks |
July 2012 | Tina Charles | Connecticut Sun | Candace Parker | Los Angeles Sparks |
August 2012 | Tamika Catchings | Indiana Fever | Kristi Toliver | Los Angeles Sparks |
September 2012 | Cappie Pondexter | New York Liberty | Candace Parker | Los Angeles Sparks |
For games played | Player | Team |
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May 2012 | Nneka Ogwumike | Los Angeles Sparks |
June 2012 | Samantha Prahalis | Phoenix Mercury |
July 2012 | Nneka Ogwumike | Los Angeles Sparks |
August 2012 | Nneka Ogwumike | Los Angeles Sparks |
September 2012 | Nneka Ogwumike | Los Angeles Sparks |