2015 WNBA Finals
Minnesota Lynx def. Indiana Fever, 3-2
2015 WNBA Finals result: Minnesota Lynx def. Indiana Fever, 3-2.
Result
| Team | Result | |
|---|---|---|
| Champion | Minnesota Lynx | 3-2 |
| Runner-up | Indiana Fever |
Finals MVP: Sylvia Fowles
Games
| Game | Date | Result | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Game 1 | October 4, 2015 | Indiana Fever 75–69 Minnesota Lynx | Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Game 2 | October 6, 2015 | Minnesota Lynx 77–71 Indiana Fever | Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Game 3 | October 9, 2015 | Minnesota Lynx 80–77 Indiana Fever | Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Game 4 | October 11, 2015 | Indiana Fever 75–69 Minnesota Lynx | Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Game 5 | October 14, 2015 | Minnesota Lynx 69–52 Indiana Fever | Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota |
Finals context
The 2015 Finals rematched the two teams from the controversial 2012 series, this time with the roles reversed and with Minnesota's mid-season trade acquisition of Sylvia Fowles proving decisive. Indiana, appearing in the championship round for just the third time in franchise history under first-year head coach Stephanie White — who became the first rookie head coach to lead a team to the Finals — stole Game 1 on the road in Minnesota, 75-69, led by a vintage performance from Tamika Catchings that recalled her 2012 Finals MVP run. Minnesota answered by taking Games 2 and 3, winning 77-71 and then 80-77 to move ahead 2-1 in the series, with Maya Moore's sustained scoring (she would finish the postseason with a league-leading 234 total playoff points) and Fowles's interior dominance controlling the tempo in the Lynx's favor. Indiana forced a decisive Game 5 by winning Game 4, 75-69, on the road in Minnesota, showing the resilience that had carried the Fever to two prior Finals appearances (2009 and 2012) despite never being the league's most talented roster on paper. Minnesota closed out the championship decisively in Game 5, winning 69-52 back home, with Fowles's rebounding and interior scoring proving the difference across the series; she was named Finals MVP for a dominant, physical performance that validated the trade Minnesota's front office had made mid-season to acquire her from Chicago, a deal that instantly transformed the Lynx from a very good team into arguably the league's best. Lindsay Whalen's steady point-guard play and Rebekkah Brunson's rebounding rounded out a Minnesota core that, with this title, had now won three championships in five seasons (2011, 2013, 2015), a run of sustained excellence unmatched by any WNBA franchise since Houston's earlier four-peat. For Indiana, the loss was a third Finals defeat in franchise history, following 2009 and the controversial 2012 win-turned-Finals-appearance narrative; White's debut season as a rookie head coach nonetheless established her as one of the league's rising coaching talents. The series also underscored how quickly a single trade could reshape championship odds in the WNBA's relatively compact roster environment — Fowles's arrival in Minnesota mid-season had been widely debated at the time, with some questioning the fit alongside Moore and Augustus, but the Finals performance emphatically answered those questions. Minnesota's third title cemented the Lynx dynasty as the sport's defining story of the mid-2010s, with a fourth championship still to come two years later in 2017.
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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