2004 WNBA Finals
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| Dates | October 8 - October 12 | |||||||||
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| MVP | Betty Lennox (Seattle Storm) | |||||||||
| Television | ESPN2 | |||||||||
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| Eastern Finals | Connecticut defeated New York, 2–0 | |||||||||
| Western Finals | Seattle defeated Sacramento, 2–1 | |||||||||
| Game 1: | Corteau, Mattingly, Price |
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| Game 2: | Bell, Napier, Trammell |
| Game 3: | Corteau, Gulbeyun, Mattingly |
The 2004 WNBA Finals was the championship series of the 2004 WNBA season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The Seattle Storm, second-seeded champions of the Western Conference, defeated the Connecticut Sun, top-seeded champions of the Eastern Conference, two games to one in a best-of-three series. This was Seattle's first title.
The Storm made their first appearance in the Finals in franchise history. The Sun made their first appearance in the Finals in franchise history.
Going into the series, neither team had won a WNBA championship. The Houston Comets hold the record with four championships won.
The Storm had a 20-14 record (.588), good enough to receive home-court advantage over the Sun (18-16).
The 2004 Finals was the last time two teams had entered the series without having participated in them before.
The Sun and the Storm split the regular season series:
All times listed below are Eastern Daylight Time.
Katie Douglas and the Connecticut Sun took care of business at home to open the WNBA Finals. Douglas overcame an early ankle injury to score 18 points as the Sun held on for a 68-64 victory over the Seattle Storm, taking a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three championship series. The win was Connecticut's fifth straight after opening the postseason with a loss.
Douglas, who suffered a minor ankle sprain in the first half, nailed three 3-pointers and hit a pair of free throws in the closing seconds to finish the scoring.
Wendy Palmer had 16 points and Lindsay Whalen chipped in 11 and a franchise playoff-record nine assists for the Sun, who used a 14-7 run to close the first half to grab a 33-29 lead at intermission.
Connecticut built its edge to 63-47 on a bucket by Asjha Jones with 7:20 remaining and survived a late 16-5 run by the Storm to get a win in its WNBA Finals debut.
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