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The Sacramento Monarchs won their first WNBA championship with a 62-59 victory over the Connecticut Sun in Game 4 of the finals Tuesday night. Here are the previous WNBA finals results:

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*--* YEAR WINNER LOSER SERIES MVP 1997 Houston New York 1-0 Cynthia Cooper (H) 1998 Houston Phoenix 2-1 Cynthia Cooper (H) 1999 Houston New York 2-1 Cynthia Cooper (H) 2000 Houston New York 2-0 Cynthia Cooper (H) 2001 Sparks Charlotte 2-0 Lisa Leslie (Sparks) 2002 Sparks New York 2-0 Lisa Leslie (Sparks) 2003 Detroit Sparks 2-1 Ruth Riley (D) 2004 Seattle Connecticut 2-1 Betty Lennox (S) 2005 Sacramento Connecticut 3-1 Yolanda Griffith (S)

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