The WNBA Finals were under a 2–2–1 rotation, with the Storm holding home-court advantage as they had a better regular season record (28–6) than the Dream (19–15).

Atlanta's Marynell Meadors was one of the league's original eight head coaches, leading the Charlotte Sting to a 15–13 record in their inaugural season.

Seattle's roster boasted five foreign-born players hailing from Australia, the Czech Republic and Russia.

This was only the second time in WNBA history that a team won the Finals three games to none (previously done by Detroit in 2008).

Also, the Dream became the second team in Eastern Conference history to reach the Finals after sweeping their opponents in the first two rounds, after the Connecticut Sun did it in 2005.

They rallied back and Sue Bird made a 3-pointer with under three seconds left to win the series on Phoenix's home floor.

Sue Bird made a tiebreaking jumper from the foul line with 2.6 seconds left and the Storm beat the Dream 79–77.

Atlanta trailed by nine in the fourth before rallying, tying it at 77 on Castro Marques' old-fashioned three-point play with a minute left.

Seattle forward Swin Cash picked up two in the first minute of the game and was whistled for her third foul before the half-way mark of the first quarter.

League MVP Lauren Jackson scored 26 points, Swin Cash added 19 and the Seattle Storm moved one step closer to the title with an 87–84 win over the Atlanta Dream in Game 2 of the finals.

Angel McCoughtry, the Dream's leading scorer, wore a Band-Aid over her left eye, the result of a collision in Game 1 that required stitches.

She tried to salvage the shaky performance, scoring five quick points in the final 30 seconds to help Atlanta close to 87–84.

Cash missed two free throws with 2.2 seconds left but Atlanta could not get off a potential tying shot.

After losing in the first round of the playoffs five straight years following their first title, Sue Bird, Lauren Jackson and the Seattle Storm are champions again.

Seattle was 28-6 during the regular season - tying the league record for wins - before sweeping each of its three postseason series.

But McCoughtry and Coco Miller missed 3-pointers in the final 6 seconds, setting off a celebration by Seattle's players.

McCoughtry immediately fouled Camille Little, who made two free throws to give Seattle an 87–84 lead.