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The 2015 WNBA season was the 19th season of the
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(WNBA). The regular season started on June 5 and concluded on September 13 and playoffs started on September 17 and concluded on October 14. The Minnesota Lynx beat the Indiana Fever 69–52 in game five of the Finals on October 14 to clinch a third WNBA title in five years.


Notable occurrences

* On February 3, 2015, the Phoenix Mercury announced that superstar Diana Taurasi would not play in 2015. Her Russian club team, UMMC Ekaterinburg, offered her more than her WNBA season salary to rest during the 2015 WNBA season. Some in the league feared this would cause more star players to reach similar agreements. * On June 4, 2015, Tulsa player Glory Johnson announced that she is pregnant and would miss all of the 2015 WNBA season. *On July 23, 2015, The WNBA approved the relocation of the Tulsa Shock to Dallas-Fort Worth. The move is the first franchise relocation or fold since the 2009 Sacramento Monarchs folded, and the Detroit Shock moved to Tulsa. At the time, the Shock were the only WNBA franchise to relocate twice. *On October 14, 2015, The Minnesota Lynx won their third WNBA title in five years, beating the Indiana Fever 3–2. *On November 4, 2015, shortly after the 2015 season concluded, WNBA President Laurel Richie announced her resignation, effective November 9, 2015. She was the league's 3rd president.


Draft

On August 21, 2014, the 2015 WNBA Draft Lottery took place. The Seattle Storm, who had a league-worst record of 12–22 last season, won the draft lottery and had the right to pick first in the 2015 draft. In the draft, held on April 16, the Storm made Jewell Loyd of Notre Dame the top pick.


Media coverage

Games aired on
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(1 regular season game),
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(10 regular season games), ABC (
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) and NBA TV (47 regular season games).


Regular season


Standings

Source: ;Eastern Conference ;Western Conference


Playoffs


Awards

''Reference'':


Individual


Team


Players of the Week


Players of the Month


Rookies of the Month


Coaches


Eastern Conference

* Atlanta Dream: Michael Cooper * Chicago Sky: Pokey Chatman * Connecticut Sun: Anne Donovan *
Indiana Fever The Indiana Fever are an American professional basketball team based in Indianapolis. The Fever compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) a member of the Eastern Conference (WNBA), Eastern Conference. The team was founded for ...
: Stephanie White * New York Liberty: Bill Laimbeer *
Washington Mystics The Washington Mystics are an American professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C. The Mystics compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member of the Eastern Conference (WNBA), Eastern Conference. The team was ...
: Mike Thibault


Western Conference

* Los Angeles Sparks: Brian Agler * Minnesota Lynx: Cheryl Reeve * Phoenix Mercury: Sandy Brondello * San Antonio Silver Stars: Dan Hughes * Seattle Storm: Jenny Boucek * Tulsa Shock: Fred Williams


References


External links


2015 WNBA Schedule and Results - Women's National Basketball Association - ESPN
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