1999 Minnesota Lynx season

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1999 Minnesota Lynx season
Coach Brian Agler
Arena Target Center
Attendanceper game
Results
Record1517 (.469)
Place5th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 1999 Minnesota Lynx season was the inaugural season of the franchise.

Contents

Offseason

September 15, 1998 WNBA allocation

PickPlayerNationalityWNBA TeamCollege/HS/Club Team
1 Kristin Folkl USAMinnesotaStanford

April 6, 1999 Expansion Draft

PickPlayerNationalityWNBA TeamCollege/HS/Club Team
1 Brandy Reed (F)Flag of the United States.svg  United States Minnesota Lynx (from Phoenix Mercury) Southern Mississippi
3 Kim Williams (G)Flag of the United States.svg  United States Minnesota Lynx (from Utah Starzz) DePaul
5 Octavia Blue (G)Flag of the United States.svg  United States Minnesota Lynx (from Los Angeles Sparks) Miami (FL)
7 Adia Barnes (F)Flag of the United States.svg  United States Minnesota Lynx (from Sacramento Monarchs) Arizona

May 3, 1999 Post Expansion Draft Player Allocation

PickPlayerNationalityWNBA TeamCollege/HS/Club Team
1 Katie Smith (F)Flag of the United States.svg  United States Minnesota Lynx Ohio State (from Columbus Quest, ABL)

May 14, 1999 WNBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalityTeam
17 Tonya Edwards (G)Flag of the United States.svg  United States Tennessee (from Columbus Quest, ABL)

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Regular season

Season standings

Western Conference WLPCTConf.GB
Houston Comets x266.81316–4
Los Angeles Sparks x2012.62512–86.0
Sacramento Monarchs x1913.5949–117.0
Phoenix Mercury o1517.4697–1311.0
Minnesota Lynx o1517.4698–1211.0
Utah Starzz o1517.4698–1211.0

Season Schedule

DateOpponentScoreResultRecord
June 12 Detroit 68-51Win1-0
June 14 Utah 78-54Win2-0
June 19 Houston 55-69Loss2-1
June 22@ Sacramento 62-79Loss2-2
June 24@ Los Angeles 86-73Win3-2
June 26@ Utah 72-62Win4-2
June 29 Sacramento 72-86Loss4-3
July 1 Los Angeles 77-81 (2OT)Loss4-4
July 3 Phoenix 56-47Win5-4
July 6@ Houston 54-80Loss5-5
July 7@ Orlando 71-66Win6-5
July 11@ New York 58-56Win7-5
July 12@ Cleveland 55-67Loss7-6
July 17 New York 60-58Win8-6
July 19 Sacramento 76-69Win9-6
July 21@ Charlotte 76-67Win10-6
July 23 Washington 55-60Loss10-7
July 25 Houston 57-62Loss10-8
July 27@ Sacramento 61-59Win11-8
July 29@ Phoenix 46-79Loss11-9
July 31 Charlotte 52-56Loss11-10
August 2 Phoenix 73-56Win12-10
August 4@ Detroit 56-59Loss12-11
August 6 Los Angeles 59-77Loss12-12
August 7@ Utah 70-80Loss12-13
August 9@ Phoenix 55-64Loss12-14
August 11 Utah 83-73Win13-14
August 14@ Houston 53-71Loss13-15
August 16 Cleveland 57-50Win14-15
August 18@ Los Angeles 54-72Loss14-16
August 20 Orlando 80-83 (OT)Loss14-17
August 21@ Washington 48-45Win15-17

Player stats

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPFBPGPPG
Brandy Reed 252430.3.459.342.7576.02.61.20.716.1
Tonya Edwards 323232.2.357.344.8063.52.60.80.414.8
Katie Smith 302932.4.387.382.7662.92.00.60.311.7
Andrea Lloyd-Curry 323128.1.375.333.4094.32.80.90.46.7
Kristin Folkl 32116.2.479.143.5383.60.70.40.44.9
Sonja Tate 321825.9.354.239.7674.03.11.10.14.5
Angie Potthoff322522.2.379.167.5452.71.20.80.24.0
Trisha Fallon 26010.8.300.353.7420.80.80.40.23.0
Annie La Fleur 25013.3.343.440.2501.51.40.30.02.4
Adia Barnes 1904.8.304.333.5001.10.30.30.01.1
Charmin Smith 1304.3.111.000.8000.70.20.10.00.8

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References

  1. "WNBA.com: All-Time WNBA Draft List". Archived from the original on May 9, 2008. Retrieved October 21, 2008.
  2. 1 2 "1999 WNBA Season Summary".