Has a WNBA game ever ended 71-59?
It has. 71-59 has been a WNBA final 7 times in 6,869 games. The first was Phoenix Mercury beat Sacramento Monarchs on August 17, 1999; the latest was Indiana Fever beat Minnesota Lynx on July 3, 2018.
That makes 71-59 the 327th most common final score out of 1,436 that have ever occurred in WNBA. One point away, 72-59 has happened 5 times and 71-60 has happened 8 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 1980 and 2009.
Every 71-59 in WNBA history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-07-03 | Indiana Fever over Minnesota Lynx | 2018 | |
| 2014-05-23 | Connecticut Sun over Seattle Storm | 2014 | |
| 2005-07-12 | Los Angeles Sparks over Charlotte Sting | 2005 | |
| 2004-09-09 | Washington Mystics over New York Liberty | 2004 | |
| 2004-07-01 | Phoenix Mercury over Charlotte Sting | 2004 | |
| 2003-06-27 | Seattle Storm over Cleveland Rockers | 2003 | |
| 1999-08-17 | Phoenix Mercury over Sacramento Monarchs | 1999 |