2013 Minnesota Lynx season

2013 Minnesota Lynx season
CoachCheryl Reeve
ArenaTarget Center
Attendance9,381 per game
Results
Record26–8 (.765)
Place1st (Western)
Playoff finishWNBA Champions
Team Leaders
PointsM. Moore (18.5)
ReboundsBrunson (8.9)
AssistsWhalen (5.8)
Media
RadioKLCI
TelevisionFS-N
ESPN2, NBATV
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The 2013 WNBA season was the 15th season for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association. 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.

Round Pick Player Nationality School/team/country
1 12 Lindsey Moore United States United States Nebraska
2 14 (From Phx.) Sugar Rodgers  United States Georgetown
2 24 Chucky Jeffery  United States Colorado
3 36 Waltiea Rolle  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]

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

Personnel changes

Additions

Player Signed Former team
Rachel Jarry February 16, 2013 Unsigned Draftee
Janel McCarville March 1, 2013 New York Liberty
Jacki Gemelos April 1, 2013 Unsigned Draftee
Lindsey Moore April 15, 2013 Draft Pick
Sugar Rodgers April 15, 2013 Draft Pick

Subtractions

Player Left New team
Candice Wiggins March 1, 2013 Tulsa Shock
Erin Thorn January 11, 2013 Released
Taj McWilliams-Franklin March 22, 2013 Retired
Jessica Adair May 16, 2013 Released
Jacki Gemelos May 22, 2013 Released

Roster

2013 Minnesota Lynx roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
G/F 33 United States Augustus, Seimone 6' 0" (1.83m) 165 lb (75kg) 04-30-1984 LSU 7
F 32 United States Brunson, Rebekkah 6' 2" (1.88m) 184 lb (83kg) 12-11-1981 Georgetown 9
F 6 United States Harris, Amber 6' 5" (1.96m) 202 lb (92kg) 01-16-1988 Xavier 2
G 12 Australia Jarry, Rachel 6' 1" (1.85m) 176 lb (80kg) 12-06-1991 Australia R
C 4 United States McCarville, Janel 6' 2" (1.88m) 205 lb (93kg) 11-03-1982 Minnesota 7
G 00 United States Moore, Lindsey 5' 8" (1.73m) 153 lb (69kg) 06-03-1991 Nebraska R
F 23 United States Moore, Maya 6' 0" (1.83m) 175 lb (79kg) 06-11-1989 Connecticut 2
F 14 United States Peters, Devereaux 6' 2" (1.88m) 170 lb (77kg) 10-08-1989 Notre Dame 1
G 15 United States Rodgers, Sugar 5' 9" (1.75m) 160 lb (73kg) 12-08-1989 Georgetown R
G 13 United States Whalen, Lindsay 5' 9" (1.75m) 160 lb (73kg) 05-09-1982 Minnesota 9
G/F 22 United States Wright, Monica 5' 10" (1.78m) 171 lb (78kg) 07-15-1988 Virginia 3
Head coach
United States Cheryl Reeve (La Salle)
Assistant coaches
United States Shelley Patterson (Washington State)
United States Jim Petersen (Minnesota)
Athletic trainer
United States Chuck Barta (Wisconsin-La Crosse)
Assistant trainer
United States Keith Uzpen (Minnesota State-Mankato)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Depth

Pos. Starter Bench
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
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Team W L PCT GB GP
1 z-Minnesota Lynx 26 8 .765 - 34
2 x-Los Angeles Sparks 24 10 .706 2 34
3 x-Phoenix Mercury 19 15 .559 7 34
4 x-Seattle Storm 17 17 .500 9 34
5 e-San Antonio Silver Stars 12 22 .353 14 34
6 e-Tulsa Shock 11 23 .324 15 34

Schedule

Preseason

2013 pre-season game log
Total: 1–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–0)
Pre-season: 1–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 May 18 Washington W 74–57 Monica Wright (16) Rebekkah Brunson (6) Monica Wright (4) Bismarck Civic Center
1513 		1–0
2 May 21 Connecticut L 80–88 Seimone Augustus (15) Rebekkah Brunson (10) Lindsay Whalen (8) Target Center
2803 		1–1
2013 season schedule

Regular season

2013 game log
Total: 26–8 (Home: 15–2; Road: 11–6)
May: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
June : 7–2 (Home: 5–0; Road: 2–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 June 1 Connecticut W 90–74 Maya Moore (26) M. Moore & Peters (7) M. Moore & Wright (5) Target Center
9223 		1–0
2 June 6 Phoenix W 99–79 Maya Moore (22) Rebekkah Brunson (10) Lindsay Whalen (10) Target Center
8511 		2–0
3 June 8 @ Washington L 80–85 Maya Moore (22) Rebekkah Brunson (17) Lindsay Whalen (9) Verizon Center
7870 		2–1
4 June 11 San Antonio W 87–72 Lindsay Whalen (23) Maya Moore (9) Lindsay Whalen (6) Target Center
7913 		3–1
5 June 14 @ Tulsa W 83–74 Rebekkah Brunson (19) Rebekkah Brunson (13) Augustus & M. Moore (4) BOK Center
5273 		4–1
6 June 19 @ Phoenix W 80–69 Maya Moore (26) Maya Moore (16) Maya Moore (5) US Airways Center
8464 		5–1
7 June 21 @ Los Angeles L 59–87 Monica Wright (14) Sugar Rodgers (6) Harris & Wright (3) Staples Center
6490 		5–2
8 June 23 Tulsa W 88–79 Augustus & M. Moore (22) Rebekkah Brunson (11) Lindsay Whalen (9) Target Center
8423 		6–2
9 June 28 Los Angeles W 88–64 Lindsay Whalen (20) Brunson, M. Moore, & Peters (9) Lindsay Whalen (6) Target Center
8814 		7–2
July : 7–1 (Home: 3–0; Road: 4–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
10 July 2 @ Los Angeles L 66–96 Lindsay Whalen (19) Rebekkah Brunson (12) Lindsay Whalen (4) Staples Center
7856 		7–3
11 July 7 Phoenix W 91–59 Maya Moore (23) Devereaux Peters (10) Maya Moore (5) Target Center
9104 		8–3
12 July 9 Atlanta W 94–72 Monica Wright (22) Rebekkah Brunson (12) Whalen & Wright (5) Target Center
8623 		9–3
13 July 11 @ Indiana W 69–62 Lindsay Whalen (23) Monica Wright (9) Monica Wright (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
10230 		10–3
14 July 13 @ Tulsa W 86–75 Lindsay Whalen (25) Rebekkah Brunson (12) Lindsay Whalen (11) BOK Center
6171 		11–3
15 July 19 @ San Antonio W 87–71 Lindsay Whalen (21) Maya Moore (8) Lindsay Whalen (7) AT&T Center
7105 		12–3
16 July 21 @ Phoenix W 82–77 Rebekkah Brunson (18) Rebekkah Brunson (13) Augustus & McCarville (4) US Airways Center
9806 		13–3
17 July 24 Phoenix W 81–69 Lindsay Whalen (18) Rebekkah Brunson (7) Lindsay Whalen (7) Target Center
16404 		14–3
August : 8–4 (Home: 5–2; Road: 3–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
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 		15–3
19 August 4 Seattle W 90–72 Lindsay Whalen (22) Rebekkah Brunson (11) McCarville & Whalen (7) Target Center
9032 		16–3
20 August 6 @ San Antonio W 93–80 Maya Moore (26) Maya Moore (10) Lindsay Whalen (10) AT&T Center
5390 		17–3
21 August 8 Washington L 75–79 Maya Moore (24) Rebekkah Brunson (7) Lindsay Whalen (5) Target Center
8723 		17–4
22 August 11 @ Chicago L 86–94 (OT) Seimone Augustus (26) Lindsay Whalen (10) Augustus & Whalen (6) Allstate Arena
6297 		17–5
23 August 16 Tulsa L 77–83 Seimone Augustus (29) Devereaux Peters (8) Lindsay Whalen (6) Target Center
9422 		17–6
24 August 18 NY Liberty W 88–57 Maya Moore (28) Rebekkah Brunson (8) Lindsay Whalen (7) Target Center
9004 		18–6
25 August 20 @ Atlanta L 75–88 Maya Moore (23) Rebekkah Brunson (14) Lindsay Whalen (6) Philips Arena
4855 		18–7
26 August 22 @ Connecticut W 91–77 Rebekkah Brunson (24) Rebekkah Brunson (11) Seimone Augustus (6) Mohegan Sun Arena
7088 		19–7
27 August 24 Indiana W 84–77 Maya Moore (35) Lindsay Whalen (9) Lindsay Whalen (7) Target Center
9504 		20–7
28 August 27 @ NY Liberty W 73–47 Lindsay Whalen (18) Maya Moore (10) Seimone Augustus (3) Prudential Center
5997 		21–7
29 August 31 Seattle W 97–74 Maya Moore (30) Monica Wright (6) Monica Wright (7) Target Center
9123 		22–7
September : 4–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 2–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
30 September 4 Los Angeles W 83–74 Seimone Augustus (23) Rebekkah Brunson (11) Lindsay Whalen (14) Target Center
9314 		23–7
31 September 7 @ Seattle W 75–60 Rebekkah Brunson (19) McCarville & Peters (10) McCarville & Whalen (4) Key Arena
8147 		24–7
32 September 10 @ Seattle W 73–60 Maya Moore (20) Rebekkah Brunson (8) Lindsay Whalen (4) Key Arena
5486 		25–7
33 September 12 @ Los Angeles L 84–85 Seimone Augustus (23) Rebekkah Brunson (11) Whalen & Wright (4) Staples Center
11553 		25–8
34 September 14 Chicago W 79–66 Lindsay Whalen (23) Maya Moore (11) M. Moore & Whalen (6) Target Center
9613 		26–8
2013 season schedule

Playoffs

2013 playoff game log
Total: 7–0 (Home: 4–0; Road: 3–0)
Conference Semifinals: 2–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 September 20 Seattle W 80–64 Seimone Augustus (19) Rebekkah Brunson (9) Maya Moore (6) Target Center
8832 		1–0
2 September 22 @ Seattle W 58–55 Maya Moore (22) Rebekkah Brunson (13) Janel McCarville (5) Tacoma Dome
3457 		2–0
Conference Finals: 2–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
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)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
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
  GP Games 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 game Team leader League leader

Regular season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Seimone Augustus 31 31 29.8 .516 .290 .879 3.20 2.5 0.58 0.58 16.3
Rebekkah Brunson 33 33 29.2 .497 1.000 .636 8.90 1.5 1.27 0.88 10.6
Amber Harris 30 1 8.8 .375 .143 .714 1.50 0.7 0.13 0.20 2.4
Rachel Jarry 27 0 6.8 .444 .600 .778 0.70 0.4 0.19 0.15 1.7
Janel McCarville 32 32 21.9 .488 .429 .804 4.30 2.9 1.00 0.66 6.3
Lindsey Moore 23 0 5.7 .258 .250 .750 0.60 1.0 0.13 0.00 1.0
Maya Moore 34 34 31.4 .509 .453 .882 6.20 3.0 1.74 0.97 18.5
Devereaux Peters 34 2 18.6 .396 .000 .852 4.60 1.1 0.71 1.00 4.1
Sugar Rodgers 28 0 7.6 .317 .313 .571 1.40 0.5 0.54 0.32 1.9
Lindsay Whalen 34 34 29.6 .486 .111 .783 4.40 5.8 0.76 0.06 14.9
Monica Wright 33 3 22.5 .428 .256 .791 2.90 2.30 1.03 0.18 9.0

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.

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