2016 Minnesota Lynx season

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2016 Minnesota Lynx season
Head Coach Cheryl Reeve
Arena Target Center
Results
Record 28–6
(.824)
Place 1st (Western)
Playoff Finish Lost 2016 WNBA Finals
Media
Television ESPN
Minnesota Lynx seasons
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The 2016 WNBA season of the Minnesota Lynx is the 18th season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The Lynx were the defending WNBA champions. The Lynx finished with a record of 28–6, finishing first in the Western Conference (and the league as a whole) and qualifying for the playoffs. Minnesota advanced to their second straight Finals. Their 2016 roster included five competitors in the 2016 Rio Olympics (Maya Moore, Lindsay Whalen, Sylvia Fowles, and Seimone Augustus of the U.S. squad and Anna Cruz of the Spanish team) as well as seven current or previous all-stars (Moore, Whalen, Fowles, Augustus, Rebekkah Brunson, Jia Perkins and Renee Montgomery) with an astonishing 22 total past selections to the all-star game between them.

Draft picks

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See also: 2016 WNBA draft

The Lynx made three selections in the 2016 WNBA Entry Draft in Uncasville, Connecticut:

Round Pick Player Nationality WNBA Team School/Team/Country
2 14 Jazmon Gwathmey  United States Minnesota Lynx[nb 1] (then traded to San Antonio)[1] James Madison
2 22 Bashaara Graves  United States Minnesota Lynx[nb 2] Tennessee
3 35 Temi Fagbenle  United Kingdom Minnesota Lynx USC

Roster

Minnesota Lynx roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From
G/F 33 United States Augustus, Seimone 6' 0" (1.83m) 169 lb (77kg) 04-30-1984 LSU 11
F 32 United States Brunson, Rebekkah 6' 2" (1.88m) 185 lb (84kg) 12-11-1981 Georgetown 13
G 51 Spain Cruz, Anna 5' 9" (1.75m) 136 lb (62kg) 10-27-1986 Spain 3
C 34 United States Fowles, Sylvia 6' 6" (1.98m) 212 lb (96kg) 10-06-1985 LSU 9
F 24 United States Hampton, Keisha 6' 1" (1.85m) 171 lb (78kg) 02-22-1990 DePaul R
F 3 United States Howard, Natasha 6' 2" (1.88m) 171 lb (78kg) 09-02-1991 Florida State 2
F/C 4 United States McCarville, Janel 6' 2" (1.88m) 218 lb (99kg) 11-03-1982 Minnesota 11
G 21 United States Montgomery, Renee 5' 7" (1.7m) 143 lb (65kg) 12-02-1986 Connecticut 8
F 23 United States Moore, Maya 6' 0" (1.83m) 178 lb (81kg) 06-11-1989 Connecticut 6
G 7 United States Perkins, Jia 5' 8" (1.73m) 168 lb (76kg) 02-23-1982 Texas Tech 13
G 13 United States Whalen, Lindsay 5' 9" (1.75m) 166 lb (75kg) 05-09-1982 Minnesota 13
Head coach
United States Cheryl Reeve (La Salle)
Assistant coaches
United States Shelley Patterson (Washington State)
United States Jim Petersen (Minnesota)
Athletic trainer
United States Chuck Barta (Wisconsin-La Crosse)
Assistant trainer
United States Kate Taber (Iowa)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Game log

Preseason

2017 pre-season game log
2016–17 season schedule

Standings

Template:2016 WNBA Western Conference standings

Eastern Conference
W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Atlanta Dream 0 0 .000 - 0–0 0–0 0–0
Chicago Sky 0 0 .000 - 0–0 0–0 0–0
Connecticut Sun 0 0 .000 - 0–0 0–0 0–0
Indiana Fever 0 0 .000 - 0–0 0–0 0–0
New York Liberty 0 0 .000 – 0–0 0–0 0–0
Washington Mystics 0 0 .000 - 0–0 0–0 0–0

Regular season

2017 game log
2016–17 season schedule

Playoffs

The Lynx qualified for the 2016 playoffs, and, as the team with the best regular season record in the WNBA, received two automatic byes, advancing straight to the best-of-five semifinal against the eighth-seeded Phoenix Mercury. They swept the Mercury three games to none to advance to the 2016 WNBA Finals.

2017 playoff game log
Conference semifinals: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 September 28 Phoenix Mercury season Maya Moore (31) Sylvia Fowles (10)
2 September 30 Phoenix Mercury season Maya Moore (26) Rebekkah Brunson (11)
3 October 2 Phoenix Mercury season Maya Moore (20) Rebekkah Brunson (9)
2017 playoff schedule

Transactions

Additions

Player Signed Former Team
Anna Cruz New York Liberty

Awards

Recipient Award Date awarded Ref.
Maya Moore Player of the Week award
Maya Moore Player of the Week award
Maya Moore Player of the Week award
Maya Moore Player of the Month award
Maya Moore Player of the Month award
Sylvia Fowles Defensive Player of the Year Award
Cheryl Reeve Coach of the Year Award

References

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Notes

  1. ↑ The Lynx received this pick and Renee Montgomery from Seattle in exchange for Monica Wright
  2. ↑ The Lynx received this pick from Chicago

External links


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