1999 Minnesota Lynx season

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

Offseason

Pick	Player	Nationality	WNBA Team	College/HS/Club Team
1	Kristin Folkl	USA	Minnesota	Stanford

Pick	Player	Nationality	WNBA Team	College/HS/Club Team
1	Brandy Reed (F)	United States	Minnesota Lynx (from Phoenix Mercury)	Southern Mississippi
3	Kim Williams (G)	United States	Minnesota Lynx (from Utah Starzz)	DePaul
5	Octavia Blue (G)	United States	Minnesota Lynx (from Los Angeles Sparks)	Miami (FL)
7	Adia Barnes (F)	United States	Minnesota Lynx (from Sacramento Monarchs)	Arizona

Pick	Player	Nationality	WNBA Team	College/HS/Club Team
1	Katie Smith (F)	United States	Minnesota Lynx	Ohio State (from Columbus Quest, ABL)

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	Team
1	7	Tonya Edwards (G)	United States	Tennessee (from Columbus Quest, ABL)

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
Houston Comets ^x	26	6	.813	16–4	–
Los Angeles Sparks ^x	20	12	.625	12–8	6.0
Sacramento Monarchs ^x	19	13	.594	9–11	7.0
Phoenix Mercury ^o	15	17	.469	7–13	11.0
Minnesota Lynx ^o	15	17	.469	8–12	11.0
Utah Starzz ^o	15	17	.469	8–12	11.0

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
June 12	Detroit	68-51	Win	1-0
June 14	Utah	78-54	Win	2-0
June 19	Houston	55-69	Loss	2-1
June 22	@ Sacramento	62-79	Loss	2-2
June 24	@ Los Angeles	86-73	Win	3-2
June 26	@ Utah	72-62	Win	4-2
June 29	Sacramento	72-86	Loss	4-3
July 1	Los Angeles	77-81 (2OT)	Loss	4-4
July 3	Phoenix	56-47	Win	5-4
July 6	@ Houston	54-80	Loss	5-5
July 7	@ Orlando	71-66	Win	6-5
July 11	@ New York	58-56	Win	7-5
July 12	@ Cleveland	55-67	Loss	7-6
July 17	New York	60-58	Win	8-6
July 19	Sacramento	76-69	Win	9-6
July 21	@ Charlotte	76-67	Win	10-6
July 23	Washington	55-60	Loss	10-7
July 25	Houston	57-62	Loss	10-8
July 27	@ Sacramento	61-59	Win	11-8
July 29	@ Phoenix	46-79	Loss	11-9
July 31	Charlotte	52-56	Loss	11-10
August 2	Phoenix	73-56	Win	12-10
August 4	@ Detroit	56-59	Loss	12-11
August 6	Los Angeles	59-77	Loss	12-12
August 7	@ Utah	70-80	Loss	12-13
August 9	@ Phoenix	55-64	Loss	12-14
August 11	Utah	83-73	Win	13-14
August 14	@ Houston	53-71	Loss	13-15
August 16	Cleveland	57-50	Win	14-15
August 18	@ Los Angeles	54-72	Loss	14-16
August 20	Orlando	80-83 (OT)	Loss	14-17
August 21	@ Washington	48-45	Win	15-17

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPF	BPG	PPG
Brandy Reed	25	24	30.3	.459	.342	.757	6.0	2.6	1.2	0.7	16.1
Tonya Edwards	32	32	32.2	.357	.344	.806	3.5	2.6	0.8	0.4	14.8
Katie Smith	30	29	32.4	.387	.382	.766	2.9	2.0	0.6	0.3	11.7
Andrea Lloyd-Curry	32	31	28.1	.375	.333	.409	4.3	2.8	0.9	0.4	6.7
Kristin Folkl	32	1	16.2	.479	.143	.538	3.6	0.7	0.4	0.4	4.9
Sonja Tate	32	18	25.9	.354	.239	.767	4.0	3.1	1.1	0.1	4.5
Angie Potthoff	32	25	22.2	.379	.167	.545	2.7	1.2	0.8	0.2	4.0
Trisha Fallon	26	0	10.8	.300	.353	.742	0.8	0.8	0.4	0.2	3.0
Annie La Fleur	25	0	13.3	.343	.440	.250	1.5	1.4	0.3	0.0	2.4
Adia Barnes	19	0	4.8	.304	.333	.500	1.1	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.1
Charmin Smith	13	0	4.3	.111	.000	.800	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.8

Tonya Edwards ranked second in the WNBA in Three Point Field Goals with 66
Katie Smith ranked sixth in the WNBA in Three Point Field Goals, 52
Katie Smith ranked eighth in the WNBA in Three Point Field Goal Attempts with, 136
Katie Smith ranked ninth in the WNBA in Three Point Field Goal Percentage, (.382) ^[2]

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

Minnesota Lynx

Franchise

Arenas

Head coaches

Administration

Owner:	Glen Taylor
General Manager:	Brian Agler Roger Griffith Cheryl Reeve Clare Duwelius

Retired Numbers

All-Stars

Seasons

Playoff appearances

Conference Championships

WNBA Championships

Culture and lore

Rivals

Media

v t e 1999 WNBA season by team
Draft All-Star Game Championship Playoffs
Eastern	Charlotte Sting Cleveland Rockers Detroit Shock New York Liberty Orlando Miracle Washington Mystics
Western	Houston Comets Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx Phoenix Mercury Sacramento Monarchs Utah Starzz
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