2014 Minnesota Lynx season

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2014 Minnesota Lynx season
Coach Cheryl Reeve
Arena Target Center
Attendanceper game
Results
Record259 (.735)
Place2nd (Western)
Playoff finishLost in Conference Finals
Team Leaders
PointsMoore (23.9)
ReboundsBrunson (8.2)
AssistsWhalen (5.6)
Media
Radio KLCI
Television FS-N
ESPN2, NBATV

The 2014 Minnesota Lynx season was the 16th season for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association, and the 5th season under head coach Cheryl Reeve.

Contents

The Lynx were defending their 2013 WNBA Championship, seeking to become the third franchise to win three titles. [1] However, their bid fell short as they lost to the Phoenix Mercury in the conference finals.

The Lynx had a positive offseason, re-signing free agent center Janel McCarville and guard Monica Wright, two key components of the 2013 championship team. The Lynx also announced their first uniform sponsor, the Mayo Clinic. [2]

Transactions

Draft

The following are the Lynx's selections in the 2014 WNBA draft.

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/team/country
112 Tricia Liston Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Duke
215 Asya Bussie Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States West Virginia
224 Christina Foggie Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Vanderbilt
336 Asia Taylor Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Louisville

Trades

DateTrade
To Minnesota Lynx To New York Liberty
Right to swap 3rd round picks in 2015 WNBA Draft Sugar Rodgers

Personnel changes

Roster

2014 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 8
F 32 Flag of the United States.svg Brunson, Rebekkah 6' 2" (1.88m)184 lb (83kg)1981-12-11 Georgetown 10
C 34 Flag of Brazil.svg Dantas, Damiris 6' 4" (1.93m)190 lb (86kg)1992-11-17 Brazil R
G 20 Flag of the United States.svg Liston, Tricia 6' 1" (1.85m)181 lb (82kg)1992-02-20 Duke R
C 4 Flag of the United States.svg McCarville, Janel 6' 2" (1.88m)218 lb (99kg)1982-11-03 Minnesota 7
G 3 Flag of the United States.svg McKenith, Nadirah 5' 7" (1.7m)155 lb (70kg)1991-09-06 St. John's 1
F 23 Flag of the United States.svg Moore, Maya 6' 0" (1.83m)176 lb (80kg)1989-06-11 Connecticut 3
F 14 Flag of the United States.svg Peters, Devereaux 6' 2" (1.88m)170 lb (77kg)1989-10-08 Notre Dame 2
G 31 Flag of the United States.svg Taylor, Asia 6' 1" (1.85m)165 lb (75kg)1991-08-21 Louisville R
G 13 Flag of the United States.svg Whalen, Lindsay 5' 9" (1.75m)162 lb (73kg)1982-05-09 Minnesota 10
G 5 Flag of the United States.svg White, Tan 5' 7" (1.7m)154 lb (70kg)1982-09-27 Mississippi State 10
G/F 22 Flag of the United States.svg Wright, Monica 5' 10" (1.78m)170 lb (77kg)1988-07-15 Virginia 4
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 Devereaux Peters
PF Damiris Dantas Asia Taylor
Rebekkah Brunson Cruz Roja.svg
SF Maya Moore Tricia Liston
SG Seimone Augustus Tan White
Monica Wright Cruz Roja.svg
PG Lindsay Whalen Lindsey Moore

Schedule

Preseason

2014 pre-season game log
Total: 30 (Home: 20; Road: 10)
Pre-season: 3–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
1 May 5 Australia W 82–66 Waltea Rolle (17) Maya Moore (7) Tan White (8) Target Center
2550
10
2 May 9 Phoenix W 72–64 Tan White (16) Maya Moore and Tricia Liston (6) Damiris Dantas and Tan White (3) ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex
3194
20
3 May 11 @ Chicago W 76–69 Asia Taylor (18) Damiris Dantas (9) Lindsey Moore (8) ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex
3194
30
2014 season schedule

Regular season

2014 game log
Total: 196 (Home: 121; Road: 75)
May: 6–0 (Home: 3–0; Road: 3–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
1 May 16 @ Washington W 89–77 Maya Moore (34) Damiris Dantas (12) Lindsay Whalen (8) Verizon Center
7395
10
2 May 18 Connecticut W 90–87 Maya Moore (33) Maya Moore (12) Lindsay Whalen (4) Target Center
9434
20
3 May 23 @ Tulsa W 94–93 Maya Moore (38) Maya Moore (13) Lindsay Whalen (5) BOK Center
6845
30
4 May 24 New York W 87–82 Maya Moore (30) Damiris Dantas (8) Janel McCarville (6) Target Center
8323
40
5 May 26 @ Chicago W 75–72 Lindsay Whalen (22) Janel McCarville (12) Lindsay Whalen (4) Allstate Arena
6058
50
6 May 30 San Antonio W 88–72 Maya Moore (26) Maya Moore (9) McCarville &
M. Moore (5)
Target Center
8734
60
June: 6–5 (Home: 3–1; Road: 3–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
7 June 1 @ San Antonio W 87–79 Seimone Augustus (25) Maya Moore (9) Lindsay Whalen (10) AT&T Center
5089
70
8 June 6 @ Seattle L 64–67 Augustus & M. Moore (12) Damaris Dantas (8) Tan White (5) KeyArena
6836
71
9 June 8 @ Los Angeles W 85–72 Seimone Augustus (26) Maya Moore (13) Lindsay Whalen (7) Staples Center
8770
81
10 June 13 @ Atlanta L 82–85 Lindsay Whalen (22) Maya Moore (9) Seimone Augustus (6) Philips Arena
6684
82
11 June 15 Phoenix L 82–85 Maya Moore (13) Damaris Dantas (12) Lindsay Whalen (5) Target Center
8957
83
12 June 17 @ Los Angeles W 94–77 Maya Moore (31) Devereaux Peters (6) Janel McCarville (8) Staples Center
9636
93
13 June 18 @ Phoenix L 79–92 Maya Moore (36) M. Moore & Whalen (4) Lindsay Whalen (5) US Airways Center
8963
94
14 June 20 Washington W 75–65 Maya Moore (20) Maya Moore (10) M. Moore & L.Whalen (7) Target Center
8813
104
15 June 22 Indiana W 83–77 Maya Moore (25) M. Moore & Peters (6) Lindsay Whalen (6) Target Center
8704
114
16 June 27 @ Seattle L 71–81 Maya Moore (20) Maya Moore (10) Lindsay Whalen (4) KeyArena
6547
115
17 June 29 Seattle W 74–69 Janel McCarville (22) Maya Moore (7) Maya Moore (7) Target Center
8814
125
July: 9–1 (Home: 7–0; Road: 2–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
18 July 3 San Antonio W 91–84 Lindsay Whalen (22) Janel McCarville (9) Lindsay Whalen (7) Target Center
7622
135
19 July 6 @ New York L 80–87 Maya Moore (25) Maya Moore (8) Lindsay Whalen (5) Madison Square Garden
8151
136
20 July 8 Los Angeles W 83–72 Maya Moore (30) Lindsay Whalen (9) Devereaux Peters (6) Target Center
7920
146
21 July 10 @ Tulsa W 91–85 Maya Moore (33) Maya Moore (11) Lindsay Whalen (10) BOK Center
4961
156
22 July 13 Seattle W 77–60 Maya Moore (26) Maya Moore (12) Lindsay Whalen (7) Target Center
9114
166
23 July 16 Tulsa W 93–82 Maya Moore (32) Damiris Dantas (11) Moore and Whalen (5) Target Center
16413
176
24 July 22 Atlanta W 112–108 Maya Moore (48) Rebekkah Brunson (12) Lindsay Whalen (9) Target Center
9332
186
25 July 25 San Antonio W 88–78 Seimone Augustus (17) Maya Moore (8) Seimone Augustus (6) Target Center
9104
196
26 July 27 @ Connecticut W 76–65 Maya Moore (17) Rebekkah Brunson (10) Maya Moore (4) Mohegan Sun Arena
8019
206
27 July 31 Phoenix W 75–67 Maya Moore (20) Rebekkah Brunson (11) McCarville & Whalen (5) Target Center
9513
216
August: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
28 August 2 @ Tulsa W 84–75 Maya Moore (40) Rebekkah Brunson (9) Lindsay Whalen (6) BOK Center
6339
226
29 August 5 @ Indiana Bankers Life Fieldhouse
236
30 August 7 Chicago Target Center
246
31 August 9 @ Phoenix US Airways Center
247
32 August 12 Los Angeles Target Center
248
33 August 15 @ San Antonio AT&T Center
249
34 August 16 Tulsa W 80–63 Maya Moore (19) Maya Moore (12) Lindsay Whalen (9) Target Center
259
2014 season schedule

2014 Season standings

# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB GP
1y-Phoenix Mercury 295.853-34
2x-Minnesota Lynx 259.7354.034
3x-San Antonio Stars 1618.47113.034
4x-Los Angeles Sparks 1618.47113.034
5e-Tulsa Shock 1222.35317.034
6e-Seattle Storm 1222.35317.034

Awards and honors

References