2017 WNBA season

2017 WNBA season
League	Women's National Basketball Association
Sport	Basketball
Number of games	34
Number of teams	12
Total attendance	1,574,078[1]
Average attendance	7,716[1]
TV partner(s)	ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, NBA TV
Top draft pick	Kelsey Plum
Picked by	San Antonio Stars
Season MVP	Sylvia Fowles (Minnesota)
Eastern champions	New York Liberty
Eastern runners-up	Connecticut Sun
Western champions	Minnesota Lynx
Western runners-up	Los Angeles Sparks
Finals champions	Minnesota Lynx
Runners-up	Los Angeles Sparks
Finals MVP	Sylvia Fowles (Minnesota)
WNBA seasons
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The 2017 WNBA season was the 21st season of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Its regular season began on May 13 with three games, highlighted by the defending WNBA champion Los Angeles Sparks hosting the Seattle Storm. It concluded on September 3. The playoffs began on September 6, and concluded on October 4, with the Minnesota Lynx defeating the Sparks in five games to win their fourth WNBA title.^[2]

It was the final season for the San Antonio Stars in the city that they had called home since 2003. After the season, parent company Spurs Sports & Entertainment sold the team to MGM Resorts International, which moved the team to Las Vegas.^[3] The former Stars now play as the Las Vegas Aces.^[4]