2005 WNBA Finals
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| Dates | September 14 - September 20 | |||||||||
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| MVP | Yolanda Griffith (Sacramento Monarchs) | |||||||||
| Television | ESPN2, ABC | |||||||||
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| Eastern Finals | Connecticut defeated Indiana, 2–0 | |||||||||
| Western Finals | Sacramento defeated Houston, 2–0 | |||||||||
| Game 1: | Humphrey, Price, Napier |
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| Game 2: | Blauch, Enterline, Mattingly |
| Game 3: | Corteau, Trammel, Walker |
| Game 4: | Enterline, Napier, Price |
The 2005 WNBA Finals was the championship series of the 2005 WNBA season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. 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).
The Sun won the regular season series against the Monarchs:
All times listed below are Eastern Daylight Time.
In an electric atmosphere, Yolanda Griffith came through with a powerful performance.
Griffith scored 19 of her 25 points in the second half as the Sacramento Monarchs posted a thrilling 69-65 victory over the Connecticut Sun in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals.
An Olympian and All-Star, Griffith helped the Monarchs make the Sun's home-court advantage useless in what is expected to be a tight best-of-five series.
With the crowd at Connecticut's Mohegan Sun Arena on its feet for virtually the entire second half, Griffith showed why she's one of the league's top players.
The 6-4 Griffith had her way near the basket over the final 20 minutes, making 8-of-10 shots. Her three-point play with 2:59 remaining gave the Monarchs a 63-59 lead.
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