2004 WNBA season | |
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League | Women's National Basketball Association |
Sport | Basketball |
Duration | May 20 - September 19, 2004 |
Number of games | 34 |
Number of teams | 13 |
Total attendance | 1,903,427 |
Average attendance | 8,613 |
TV partner(s) | ABC, ESPN, Oxygen, NBATV |
2004 WNBA Draft | |
Top draft pick | Diana Taurasi |
Picked by | Phoenix Mercury |
Regular season | |
Season MVP | Lisa Leslie (Los Angeles) |
Playoffs | |
Eastern champions | Connecticut Sun |
Eastern runners-up | New York Liberty |
Western champions | Seattle Storm |
Western runners-up | Sacramento Monarchs |
Finals | |
Champions | Seattle Storm |
Runners-up | Connecticut Sun |
Finals MVP | Betty Lennox (Seattle) |
The 2004 WNBA Season was the Women's National Basketball Association's eighth season. The league had one fewer team than in 2003 as the Cleveland Rockers folded after the 2003 season. The season ended with the Seattle Storm winning their first WNBA Championship, as their head coach Anne Donovan became the first female coach to win a WNBA championship.