| League | WNBA |
|---|---|
| Year | 2017 |
| Champion | Minnesota Lynx |
| Champion coach | Cheryl Reeve |
| Champion games | 3 |
| Runnerup | Los Angeles Sparks |
| Runnerup coach | Brian Agler |
| Runnerup games | 2 |
| Date | September 24 – October 4 |
| Mvp | Sylvia Fowles (Minnesota Lynx) |
| Hofers | Lynx: Sylvia Fowles (2025) Maya Moore (2025) Seimone Augustus (2024) Lindsay Whalen (2022) Sparks: Candace Parker (2026) |
| Ecf result | Los Angeles Sparks defeated Phoenix Mercury, 3–0 (Note: the semifinal rounds as of 2016 were not divided by conference) |
| Wcf result | Minnesota Lynx defeated Washington Mystics, 3–0 |
The 2017 WNBA Finals, officially the WNBA Finals 2017 presented by Verizon for sponsorship reasons, was the best-of-five championship series for the 2017 season of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), tipping off on September 24.[1] It was a rematch of the previous year's finals matchup. The top-seeded Minnesota Lynx held home court advantage in the Finals, and won three games to two against the second-seeded Los Angeles Sparks. The Sparks won a semifinal series against the Phoenix Mercury to determine one of the Finals berths; the first-seeded Lynx defeated the Washington Mystics to earn the other. Sylvia Fowles was named the 2017 WNBA Finals MVP.
Series summary
- All times are in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4).