2022 WNBA Finals
The 2022 WNBA Finals, officially the WNBA Finals 2022 presented by YouTube TV for sponsorship reasons, was the best-of-five championship series for the 2022 season of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The finals featured the first-seeded Las Vegas Aces facing off against the third-seeded Connecticut Sun. The Aces defeated the Sun in 4 games, winning their first WNBA Championship. This was Las Vegas's third time making the finals, and the second time since moving to Vegas. They previously competed in the Finals in 2008 and 2020. This was Connecticut's fourth time making the finals. They previously competed in 2004, 2005, and 2019.
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| Dates | September 11–18 | |||||||||
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| MVP | Chelsea Gray (Las Vegas Aces) | |||||||||
| Hall of Famers | Coaches: Becky Hammon (2023, player) | |||||||||
| Eastern Finals | Connecticut Sun defeated Chicago Sky 3–2 | |||||||||
| Western Finals | Las Vegas Aces defeated Seattle Storm 3–1 | |||||||||
The Aces won the finals three games to one to claim their first championship in franchise history. Head coach Becky Hammon became the first rookie head coach to win the WNBA Title. In the WNBA's Inaugural Finals, Van Chancellor was a rookie to the WNBA, but had coached in college for nineteen years before winning the WNBA title. Alyssa Thomas recorded the first WNBA Finals triple-double in Game Three. She recorded the second in Finals history in Game Four.