2007 WNBA Finals
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| Dates | September 5 - September 16 | ||||||||||
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| MVP | Cappie Pondexter (Phoenix Mercury) | ||||||||||
| Television | ESPN2 | ||||||||||
| Announcers | Geno Auriemma, Doris Burke, Terry Gannon | ||||||||||
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| Eastern Finals | Detroit defeated Indiana, 2–1 | ||||||||||
| Western Finals | Phoenix defeated San Antonio, 2–0 | ||||||||||
| Game 1: | Corteau, Simpson, Brewton |
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| Game 2: | Walker, Mattingly, Price |
| Game 3: | Humphrey, Trammell, Napier |
| Game 4: | Walker, Corteau, Simpson |
| Game 5: | Trammell, Napier, Price |
The 2007 WNBA Finals was the championship series of the 2007 WNBA season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The Phoenix Mercury, top-seeded champions of the Western Conference, defeated the Detroit Shock, top-seeded champions of the Eastern Conference, three games to two in a best-of-five series. This was Phoenix's first ever title.
2007 marked the first time in WNBA history that the series was won on the opponent's home floor. The Mercury beat the Shock in Detroit. The Shock made their third appearance in the Finals in five years. The Mercury appeared in the Finals for the second time since in franchise history.
Going into the series, the Shock had won two championships, tied with the Los Angeles Sparks for second most in WNBA history. The now defunct Houston Comets hold the record with four championships won.
The Shock's 24-10 record gave them home court advantage over Phoenix (23–11). It did not matter, however, as the Mercury won game five on the Shock's home floor and were named champions of the WNBA.
The Detroit Shock won both games in the regular season series:
All times listed below are Eastern Daylight Time.
The Detroit Shock shook off the absence of their interior star Cheryl Ford and held off the run-and-gun Phoenix Mercury in a wild 108-100 victory in Game 1 of the WNBA finals. Detroit outrebounded Phoenix 48-30 and scored often on putbacks and other high-percentage shots. The Shock's bench outscored Phoenix's 50-12.
Penny Taylor scored 32 points and Cappie Pondexter had 27 to lead the Mercury, who struggled when All-Star Diana Taurasi missed significant stretches of the game with foul trouble.
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