2008 Minnesota Lynx season

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2008 Minnesota Lynx season
Coach Don Zierden
Arena Target Center
Attendance6,968 per game
Results
Record16–18 (.471)
Place7th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 2008 Minnesota Lynx season was the 10th season for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association, and the second and final season under head coach Don Zierden.

Contents

The Lynx finished the season 16–18, which saw them finish in seventh place in the playoff standings an improvement from 10-24 from the pervious two seasons, However the Lynx missed the postseason for the fourth consecutive season.

Offseason

Expansion draft

WNBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool
13 Candice Wiggins Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Stanford
216 Nicky Anosike Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Tennessee
330 Charde Houston Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Connecticut

Transactions

Trades

March 14, 2008To Minnesota Lynx
Kristen Rasmussen 		To Connecticut Sun
Tamika Raymond and the right to swap second-round picks in the 2009 WNBA draft.
June 22, 2008 [2]
To Minnesota Lynx
LaToya Thomas 		To Detroit Shock
Eshaya Murphy

Free agents

PlayerSignedFormer team
Anna DeForge February 19, 2008 Indiana Fever
Sharnee' Zoll May 18, 2008 Virginia (Undrafted)
PlayerLeftNew team
Amber Jacobs March 17, 2008 Washington Mystics
Sharnee' Zoll June 26, 2008
PlayerRe-signed
Nicole Ohlde March 3, 2008
Vanessa Hayden April 18, 2008

Regular season

Season standings

Western Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
San Antonio Silver Stars x2410.706–15–29–810–10
Seattle Storm x2212.6472.016–16–1113–7
Los Angeles Sparks x2014.5884.012–58–912–8
Sacramento Monarchs x1816.5296.05–1213–49–11
Houston Comets o1717.5007.013–44–1310–10
Minnesota Lynx o1618.4718.010–76–118–12
Phoenix Mercury o1618.4718.09–87–108–12

Season schedule

DateOpponentScoreLeading ScorerAttendanceRecord
May 18vs. Detroit 84-70 Charde Houston (21)9,9721-0
May 27@ Houston 98-92 (OT) Seimone Augustus (25)7,2612-0
May 29@ Chicago 75-69 Seimone Augustus (19)3,0143-0
May 31vs. Phoenix 94-83 Seimone Augustus (22)6,9144-0
June 3@ Atlanta 85-81 Candice Wiggins (22)5,8445-0
June 6@ Connecticut 77-78 Seimone Augustus (22)6,3275-1
June 8vs. San Antonio 90-78 Seimone Augustus (18)5,0206-1
June 10vs. Connecticut 66-75 Candice Wiggins (22)7,1866-2
June 12vs. Sacramento 78-82 Seimone Augustus (21)4,8756-3
June 14@ New York 76-77 Candice Wiggins (26)7,4526-4
June 20@ Detroit 93-98 (OT) Seimone Augustus (26)8,9166-5
June 21vs. Houston 65-72 Candice Wiggins (24)5,8656-6
June 24vs. New York 91-69 Seimone Augustus (21)6,2807-6
June 26vs. Sacramento 80-76 Seimone Augustus (23)5,7228-6
June 28@ San Antonio 65-73 Nicky Anosike (16)7,5138-7
July 1vs. Chicago 71-73 Candice Wiggins (17)4,7658-8
July 3@ Los Angeles 88-70 Seimone Augustus (29)8,5879-8
July 5@ Seattle 71-96 Nicky Anosike (15)7,5539-9
July 9vs. Atlanta 67-73 Seimone Augustus (17)5,8939-10
July 12vs. Houston 85-71 Seimone Augustus (27)6,49510-10
July 17@ Houston 88-96 Candice Wiggins (27)7,26110-11
July 19@ San Antonio 87-74 Seimone Augustus (30)8,61411-11
July 22vs. Seattle 73-76 Charde Houston (16)12,27611-12
July 24@ Indiana 84-80 (OT) Seimone Augustus (25)6,01012-12
July 25vs. San Antonio 78-68 Seimone Augustus (20)7,24713-12
July 27vs. Los Angeles 84-92 (OT) Seimone Augustus (29)9,43313-13
August 30vs. Washington 92-78 Candice Wiggins (22)6,98014-13
September 1@ Los Angeles 58-82 Seimone Augustus (13)9,07214-14
September 3@ Phoenix 96-103 Seimone Augustus (27)7,72214-15
September 6@ Seattle 88-96 Seimone Augustus (26)9,33914-16
September 7@ Sacramento 71-78 Charde Houston (19)7,99914-17
September 9vs. Indiana 86-76 Charde Houston (18)6,70615-17
September 12vs. Phoenix 87-96 Lindsey Harding (20)8,34315-18
September 14@ Washington 96-70 Charde Houston (18)10,43816-18

Player stats

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage 3P%  3-point field-goal percentage FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game PPG  Points per game

Regular season

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Seimone Augustus 313133.6.470.317.8903.92.71.00.419.1
Candice Wiggins 30127.5.403.306.8173.23.01.80.215.7
Nicky Anosike 343427.1.438.000.6996.81.32.21.29.2
Charde Houston 33017.6.492.000.7413.70.80.90.48.8
Anna DeForge 343424.9.391.364.7633.01.70.80.28.5
Lindsey Harding 241124.6.367.080.6942.33.21.10.26.4
Nicole Ohlde 343416.4.453.000.7853.31.30.30.75.8
Vanessa Hayden 30010.1.445.000.6143.50.40.50.55.2
Noelle Quinn 322516.7.398.313.6672.22.50.70.13.6
LaToya Thomas 13011.3.500.714.4441.90.20.20.03.6
Navonda Moore 1607.8.319.333.5560.90.30.30.23.0
Kristen Rasmussen 31012.7.375.348.7392.70.90.40.22.5
Sharnee' Zoll 605.0.250.333.8330.50.50.20.01.7
Eshaya Murphy 202.5.200.000.0001.00.00.00.01.0

Minnesota Lynx Regular Season Stats

Roster

2008 Minnesota Lynx roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHeightWeightFrom
F/C 21 Flag of the United States.svg Anosike, Nicky 6' 4" (1.93m)211 lb (96kg) Tennessee
G 33 Flag of the United States.svg Augustus, Seimone 6' 0" (1.83m)179 lb (81kg) LSU
G 30 Flag of the United States.svg DeForge, Anna 5' 10" (1.78m)160 lb (73kg) Nebraska
G 10 Flag of the United States.svg Harding, Lindsey 5' 8" (1.73m)139 lb (63kg) Duke
C 55 Flag of the United States.svg Hayden-Johnson, Vanessa 6' 4" (1.93m)240 lb (109kg) Florida
F 20 Flag of the United States.svg Houston, Charde 6' 1" (1.85m)189 lb (86kg) Connecticut
G 34 Flag of the United States.svg Moore, Navonda 5' 10" (1.78m)145 lb (66kg) Alabama
F/C 3 Flag of the United States.svg Ohlde, Nicole 6' 5" (1.96m)190 lb (86kg) Kansas State
G 45 Flag of the United States.svg Quinn, Noelle 6' 0" (1.83m)175 lb (79kg) UCLA
F 52 Flag of the United States.svg Rasmussen, Kristen 6' 4" (1.93m)172 lb (78kg) Michigan State
F 1 Flag of Italy.svg Ress, Kathrin 6' 4" (1.93m)208 lb (94kg) Boston College
F 32 Flag of the United States.svg Thomas, LaToya 6' 2" (1.88m)165 lb (75kg) Mississippi State
G 11 Flag of the United States.svg Wiggins, Candice 5' 11" (1.8m)154 lb (70kg) Stanford
Head coach
Flag of the United States.svg Don Zierden (Mount Senario)
Assistant coaches
Flag of the United States.svg Ed Prohofsky (Minnesota)
Flag of the United States.svg Julie Plank (Ohio State)
Flag of the United States.svg Jennifer Gillom (Mississippi)
Athletic trainer
Flag of the United States.svg Chuck Barta (UW–La Crosse)
Strength and conditioning coach
Flag of the United States.svg Tom Conroy
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  WNBA roster page

Awards and honors

References

  1. ↑ "WNBA.com: Atlanta Dream". Archived from the original on August 20, 2009. Retrieved April 25, 2008.
  2. ↑ Traded LaToya Thomas to the Minnesota Lynx for Eshaya Murphy.
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