2013 WNBA Finals
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| Dates | October 6–10 | |||||||||
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| MVP | Maya Moore Minnesota | |||||||||
| Television | ESPN, ESPN2 (HD) | |||||||||
| Announcers | Ryan Ruocco, Rebecca Lobo | |||||||||
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| Eastern Finals | Atlanta defeated Indiana, 2-0 | |||||||||
| Western Finals | Minnesota defeated Phoenix, 2–0 | |||||||||
| Game 1: | Michael Price, Cameron Inouye, Kurt Walker |
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| Game 2: | Eric Brewton, Sue Blauch, Daryl Humphrey |
| Game 3: | Lamont Simpson, Denise Brooks, Brenda Pantoja |
The 2013 WNBA Finals was the playoff series for the 2013 season of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The Minnesota Lynx, champions of the Western Conference, defeated the Atlanta Dream, champions of the Eastern Conference.
The WNBA Finals were under a 2–2–1 rotation. The Lynx held home-court advantage as they had a better regular season record (26-8) than the Dream (17-17). The meeting is a rematch of the 2011 WNBA Finals, in which the Lynx defeated the Dream in three games.
The Lynx won the first game of the series 84-59, and the second 88-63. They finished the sweep with an 86-77 win in Atlanta, becoming the second WNBA team to sweep through the playoffs since the best-of-five finals format was adopted.
The Atlanta Dream finished 17-17, good for second place in the Eastern Conference. They defeated the Washington Mystics in three games in the conference semifinals, and swept fourth-seeded Indiana, the defending WNBA champions, who had upset the top seed, the Chicago Sky, in the first round.
The Dream featured Angel McCoughtry, who won her second consecutive scoring title in 2013, as well as Brazilian center Erika de Souza. However, the Dream played the Finals without Sancho Lyttle, who had gone down with an injury during the season.
The Minnesota Lynx finished with the best record in the WNBA for the third straight year.. The Lynx swept both fourth-seeded Seattle and pre-season favorites Phoenix to win their third consecutive Western Conference crown.
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