Has a WNBA game ever ended 79-71?
It has. 79-71 has been a WNBA final 22 times in 6,969 games. The first was Detroit Shock beat Washington Mystics on June 25, 1998; the latest was Phoenix Mercury beat Minnesota Lynx on July 9, 2025.
That makes 79-71 the 2nd most common final score out of 1,447 that have ever occurred in WNBA. One point away, 80-71 has happened 11 times and 79-72 has happened 15 times.