2013 Minnesota Lynx season

Last updated

2013 Minnesota Lynx season
WNBA champions
Coach Cheryl Reeve
Arena Target Center
Attendance9,381 per game
Results
Record268 (.765)
Place1st (Western)
Playoff finishWNBA Champions
Team Leaders
Points M. Moore (18.5)
Rebounds Brunson (8.9)
Assists Whalen (5.8)
Media
Radio KLCI
Television FS-N
ESPN2, NBATV

The 2013 Minnesota Lynx season was the 15th season for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association, and the 4th season under head coach Cheryl Reeve.

Contents

The Lynx won their second WNBA Championship in three years, and led the league in wins for the third straight season.

The Lynx entered the season as the two-time defending WNBA Western Conference champions. The Lynx won the 2011 WNBA Finals, but lost the 2012 WNBA Finals to the Indiana Fever.

The 2012 season saw the retirement of veteran center Taj McWilliams-Franklin. The Lynx replaced her in the offseason, trading guard Candice Wiggins for former University of Minnesota standout Janel McCarville, who had played with Lynx point guard Lindsay Whalen in college.

Despite returning three olympians and an all-star in their starting lineup, the Lynx were considered something of an afterthought going into the season, with much of the press going to the Phoenix Mercury, which drafted Brittney Griner.

Despite the lowered expectations, the Lynx had another outstanding season, finishing with the best record in the WNBA for the third straight year, and placing four players in the WNBA All-Star Game. After dispatching the Seattle Storm in the opening round of the playoffs, the Lynx swept the Phoenix Mercury in the Western Conference Finals, to earn their third straight trip to the WNBA Finals. They then defeated the Atlanta Dream to win their second WNBA title in three years. [1]

Transactions

WNBA draft

The following are the Lynx' selections in the 2013 WNBA draft.

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/team/country
112 Lindsey Moore Flag of the United States.svg United States Nebraska
214 (From Phx.) Sugar Rodgers Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Georgetown
224 Chucky Jeffery Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Colorado
336 Waltiea Rolle Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States North Carolina

Trades

On March 1, 2013, the Lynx announced that they had traded Candice Wiggins to the Tulsa Shock in exchange for a third-round pick in the draft and the rights to Janel McCarville from the New York Liberty. [2]

DateTrade
March 1, 2013To Minnesota Lynx To Tulsa Shock
Janel McCarville Candice Wiggins

Personnel changes

Roster

2013 Minnesota Lynx roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
G/F 33 Flag of the United States.svg Augustus, Seimone 6' 0" (1.83m)165 lb (75kg)1984-04-30 LSU 7
F 32 Flag of the United States.svg Brunson, Rebekkah 6' 2" (1.88m)184 lb (83kg)1981-12-11 Georgetown 9
F 6 Flag of the United States.svg Harris, Amber 6' 5" (1.96m)202 lb (92kg)1988-01-16 Xavier 2
G 12 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jarry, Rachel 6' 1" (1.85m)176 lb (80kg)1991-12-06 Australia R
C 4 Flag of the United States.svg McCarville, Janel 6' 2" (1.88m)205 lb (93kg)1982-11-03 Minnesota 7
G 00 Flag of the United States.svg Moore, Lindsey 5' 8" (1.73m)153 lb (69kg)1991-06-03 Nebraska R
F 23 Flag of the United States.svg Moore, Maya 6' 0" (1.83m)175 lb (79kg)1989-06-11 Connecticut 2
F 14 Flag of the United States.svg Peters, Devereaux 6' 2" (1.88m)170 lb (77kg)1989-10-08 Notre Dame 1
G 15 Flag of the United States.svg Rodgers, Sugar 5' 9" (1.75m)160 lb (73kg)1989-12-08 Georgetown R
G 13 Flag of the United States.svg Whalen, Lindsay 5' 9" (1.75m)160 lb (73kg)1982-05-09 Minnesota 9
G/F 22 Flag of the United States.svg Wright, Monica 5' 10" (1.78m)171 lb (78kg)1988-07-15 Virginia 3
Head coach
Flag of the United States.svg Cheryl Reeve (La Salle)
Assistant coaches
Flag of the United States.svg Shelley Patterson (Washington State)
Flag of the United States.svg Jim Petersen (Minnesota)
Athletic trainer
Flag of the United States.svg Chuck Barta (UW–La Crosse)
Assistant trainer
Flag of the United States.svg Keith Uzpen (Minnesota State)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Depth

Pos.StarterBench
C Janel McCarville Amber Harris
PF Rebekkah Brunson Devereaux Peters
SF Maya Moore Rachel Jarry
SG Seimone Augustus Monica Wright
Sugar Rodgers
PG Lindsay Whalen Lindsey Moore

Season standings

# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB GP
1z-Minnesota Lynx 268.765-34
2x-Los Angeles Sparks 2410.706234
3x-Phoenix Mercury 1915.559734
4x-Seattle Storm 1717.500934
5e-San Antonio Silver Stars 1222.3531434
6e-Tulsa Shock 1123.3241534

Schedule

Preseason

2013 pre-season game log
Total: 11 (Home: 11; Road: 00)
Pre-season: 1–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
1 May 18 Washington W 74–57 Monica Wright (16) Rebekkah Brunson (6) Monica Wright (4) Bismarck Civic Center
1513
10
2 May 21 Connecticut L 80–88 Seimone Augustus (15) Rebekkah Brunson (10) Lindsay Whalen (8) Target Center
2803
11
2013 season schedule

Regular season

2013 game log
Total: 268 (Home: 152; Road: 116)
May: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
June : 7–2 (Home: 5–0; Road: 2–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
1 June 1 Connecticut W 90–74 Maya Moore (26) M. Moore & Peters (7) M. Moore & Wright (5) Target Center
9223
10
2 June 6 Phoenix W 99–79 Maya Moore (22) Rebekkah Brunson (10) Lindsay Whalen (10) Target Center
8511
20
3 June 8 @ Washington L 80–85 Maya Moore (22) Rebekkah Brunson (17) Lindsay Whalen (9) Verizon Center
7870
21
4 June 11 San Antonio W 87–72 Lindsay Whalen (23) Maya Moore (9) Lindsay Whalen (6) Target Center
7913
31
5 June 14 @ Tulsa W 83–74 Rebekkah Brunson (19) Rebekkah Brunson (13) Augustus & M. Moore (4) BOK Center
5273
41
6 June 19 @ Phoenix W 80–69 Maya Moore (26) Maya Moore (16) Maya Moore (5) US Airways Center
8464
51
7 June 21 @ Los Angeles L 59–87 Monica Wright (14) Sugar Rodgers (6) Harris & Wright (3) Staples Center
6490
52
8 June 23 Tulsa W 88–79 Augustus & M. Moore (22) Rebekkah Brunson (11) Lindsay Whalen (9) Target Center
8423
62
9 June 28 Los Angeles W 88–64 Lindsay Whalen (20) Brunson, M. Moore, & Peters (9) Lindsay Whalen (6) Target Center
8814
72
July : 7–1 (Home: 3–0; Road: 4–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
10 July 2 @ Los Angeles L 66–96 Lindsay Whalen (19) Rebekkah Brunson (12) Lindsay Whalen (4) Staples Center
7856
73
11 July 7 Phoenix W 91–59 Maya Moore (23) Devereaux Peters (10) Maya Moore (5) Target Center
9104
83
12 July 9 Atlanta W 94–72 Monica Wright (22) Rebekkah Brunson (12) Whalen & Wright (5) Target Center
8623
93
13 July 11 @ Indiana W 69–62 Lindsay Whalen (23) Monica Wright (9) Monica Wright (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
10230
103
14 July 13 @ Tulsa W 86–75 Lindsay Whalen (25) Rebekkah Brunson (12) Lindsay Whalen (11) BOK Center
6171
113
15 July 19 @ San Antonio W 87–71 Lindsay Whalen (21) Maya Moore (8) Lindsay Whalen (7) AT&T Center
7105
123
16 July 21 @ Phoenix W 82–77 Rebekkah Brunson (18) Rebekkah Brunson (13) Augustus & McCarville (4) US Airways Center
9806
133
17 July 24 Phoenix W 81–69 Lindsay Whalen (18) Rebekkah Brunson (7) Lindsay Whalen (7) Target Center
16404
143
August : 8–4 (Home: 5–2; Road: 3–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
All-Star Break
18 August 2 San Antonio W 85–63 Seimone Augustus (18) Rebekkah Brunson (12) Lindsay Whalen (8) Target Center
8733
153
19 August 4 Seattle W 90–72 Lindsay Whalen (22) Rebekkah Brunson (11) McCarville & Whalen (7) Target Center
9032
163
20 August 6 @ San Antonio W 93–80 Maya Moore (26) Maya Moore (10) Lindsay Whalen (10) AT&T Center
5390
173
21 August 8 Washington L 75–79 Maya Moore (24) Rebekkah Brunson (7) Lindsay Whalen (5) Target Center
8723
174
22 August 11 @ Chicago L 86–94 (OT) Seimone Augustus (26) Lindsay Whalen (10) Augustus & Whalen (6) Allstate Arena
6297
175
23 August 16 Tulsa L 77–83 Seimone Augustus (29) Devereaux Peters (8) Lindsay Whalen (6) Target Center
9422
176
24 August 18 NY Liberty W 88–57 Maya Moore (28) Rebekkah Brunson (8) Lindsay Whalen (7) Target Center
9004
186
25 August 20 @ Atlanta L 75–88 Maya Moore (23) Rebekkah Brunson (14) Lindsay Whalen (6) Philips Arena
4855
187
26 August 22 @ Connecticut W 91–77 Rebekkah Brunson (24) Rebekkah Brunson (11) Seimone Augustus (6) Mohegan Sun Arena
7088
197
27 August 24 Indiana W 84–77 Maya Moore (35) Lindsay Whalen (9) Lindsay Whalen (7) Target Center
9504
207
28 August 27 @ NY Liberty W 73–47 Lindsay Whalen (18) Maya Moore (10) Seimone Augustus (3) Prudential Center
5997
217
29 August 31 Seattle W 97–74 Maya Moore (30) Monica Wright (6) Monica Wright (7) Target Center
9123
227
September : 4–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 2–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
30 September 4 Los Angeles W 83–74 Seimone Augustus (23) Rebekkah Brunson (11) Lindsay Whalen (14) Target Center
9314
237
31 September 7 @ Seattle W 75–60 Rebekkah Brunson (19) McCarville & Peters (10) McCarville & Whalen (4) Key Arena
8147
247
32 September 10 @ Seattle W 73–60 Maya Moore (20) Rebekkah Brunson (8) Lindsay Whalen (4) Key Arena
5486
257
33 September 12 @ Los Angeles L 84–85 Seimone Augustus (23) Rebekkah Brunson (11) Whalen & Wright (4) Staples Center
11553
258
34 September 14 Chicago W 79–66 Lindsay Whalen (23) Maya Moore (11) M. Moore & Whalen (6) Target Center
9613
268
2013 season schedule

Playoffs

2013 playoff game log
Total: 70 (Home: 40; Road: 30)
Conference Semifinals: 2–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Series
1 September 20 Seattle W 80–64 Seimone Augustus (19) Rebekkah Brunson (9) Maya Moore (6) Target Center
8832
10
2 September 22 @ Seattle W 58–55 Maya Moore (22) Rebekkah Brunson (13) Janel McCarville (5) Tacoma Dome
3457
20
Conference Finals: 2–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Series
1 September 26 Phoenix W 85–62 M. Moore and Whalen (20) Lindsay Whalen (6) Lindsay Whalen (5) Target Center
9013
1-0
2 September 29 @ Phoenix W 72–65 Maya Moore (27) Rebekkah Brunson (14) Lindsay Whalen (7) US Airways Center
8020
2-0
WNBA Finals: 3–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Series
1 October 6 Atlanta W 84–59 Maya Moore (23) Rebekkah Brunson (8) Lindsay Whalen (5) Target Center
13804
1-0
2 October 8 Atlanta W 88–63 Seimone Augustus (20) Rebekkah Brunson (10) Lindsay Whalen (5) Target Center
12313
2-0
3 October 10 @ Atlanta W 86–77 Maya Moore (23) Rebekkah Brunson (12) Lindsay Whalen (6) Gwinnett Arena
5040
3-0
2013 season schedule

Statistics

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

Regular season

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Seimone Augustus 313129.8.516.290.8793.202.50.580.5816.3
Rebekkah Brunson 333329.2.4971.000.6368.901.51.270.8810.6
Amber Harris 3018.8.375.143.7141.500.70.130.202.4
Rachel Jarry 2706.8.444.600.7780.700.40.190.151.7
Janel McCarville 323221.9.488.429.8044.302.91.000.666.3
Lindsey Moore 2305.7.258.250.7500.601.00.130.001.0
Maya Moore 343431.4.509.453.8826.203.01.740.9718.5
Devereaux Peters 34218.6.396.000.8524.601.10.711.004.1
Sugar Rodgers 2807.6.317.313.5711.400.50.540.321.9
Lindsay Whalen 343429.6.486.111.7834.405.80.760.0614.9
Monica Wright 33322.5.428.256.7912.902.301.030.189.0

Awards and honors

WNBA Champions

WNBA Finals MVP - Maya Moore

All-WNBA First Team - Maya Moore, Lindsay Whalen

All-WNBA Second Team - Seimone Augustus

All-WNBA Defensive Second Team - Rebekkah Brunson

WNBA Western Conference Player of the Month (August) - Maya Moore

WNBA Western Conference Player of the Month (September) - Maya Moore

WNBA Player of the Week - Maya Moore (3 times), Rebekkah Brunson

WNBA All-Stars - Seimone Augustus, Maya Moore, Rebekkah Brunson, Lindsay Whalen

WNBA Record for Fewest Turnovers per Game (12.1)

References

  1. "Lynx sweep Dream, win second WNBA title in three seasons". ESPN. October 10, 2013. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
  2. "Lynx acquire McCarville in three-team trade; Wiggins to Tulsa". startribune.com. March 1, 2013.