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Dates | September 14 - 20 | |||||||||
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MVP | Yolanda Griffith (Sacramento Monarchs) | |||||||||
Hall of Famers | Monarchs: Yolanda Griffith (2021) Sun: Lindsay Whalen (2022) | |||||||||
Eastern finals | Connecticut defeated Indiana, 2–0 | |||||||||
Western finals | Sacramento defeated Houston, 2–0 | |||||||||
The 2005 WNBA Finals was the best-of-five championship series for the 2005 season of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The Sacramento Monarchs, top-seeded champions of the Western Conference, defeated the Connecticut Sun, top-seeded champions of the Eastern Conference, three games to one in a best-of-five series. This was Sacramento's first title.
The Monarchs made their first appearance in the Finals in franchise history. The Sun appeared in the Finals for the second straight time after having lost to Seattle in 2004.
Going into the series, neither team had won a WNBA championship. The Houston Comets hold the record with four championships won.
The Sun's 26–8 record gave them home court advantage over Sacramento (25–9).