2013 Minnesota Lynx season

2013 Minnesota Lynx season

Head Coach

Arena

Attendance

9,381 per game

Results
Record	26–8 (.765)
Place	1st (Western)
Playoff Finish	WNBA Champions
Team Leaders
Points	M. Moore (18.5)
Rebounds	Brunson (8.9)
Assists	Whalen (5.8)
Media
Radio	KLCI
Television	FS-N ESPN2, NBATV
Minnesota Lynx seasons
< 2012	2014 >

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	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
March 1, 2013	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
2.5 !G/F	33	USA !	Augustus, Seimone	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	04-30-1984	LSU
4.0 !F	32	USA !	Brunson, Rebekkah	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	184 lb (83 kg)	12-11-1981	Georgetown
4.0 !F	6	USA !	Harris, Amber	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	202 lb (92 kg)	01-16-1988	Xavier
1.5 !G	12	AUS !	Jarry, Rachel	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	176 lb (80 kg)	12-06-1991	Australia
6.0 !C	4	USA !	McCarville, Janel	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	11-03-1982	Minnesota
1.5 !G	00	USA !	Moore, Lindsey	7000172720000000000♠5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	153 lb (69 kg)	06-03-1991	Nebraska
4.0 !F	23	USA !	Moore, Maya	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	06-11-1989	Connecticut
4.0 !F	14	USA !	Peters, Devereaux	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	10-08-1989	Notre Dame
1.5 !G	15	USA !	Rodgers, Sugar	7000175260000000000♠5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	12-08-1989	Georgetown
1.5 !G	13	USA !	Whalen, Lindsay	7000175260000000000♠5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	05-09-1982	Minnesota
2.5 !G/F	22	USA !	Wright, Monica	7000177800000000000♠5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	171 lb (78 kg)	07-15-1988	Virginia

Head coach: Cheryl Reeve (La Salle)
Assistant coaches: Shelley Patterson (Washington State)
Jim Petersen (Minnesota)

Athletic trainer: Chuck Barta (Wisconsin-La Crosse)
Assistant trainer: Keith Uzpen (Minnesota State-Mankato)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
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
#	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

Regular season

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

↑ "Lynx sweep Dream, win second WNBA title in three seasons". ESPN. 10 October 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
↑ "Lynx acquire McCarville in three-team trade; Wiggins to Tulsa". startribune.com. 2013-03-01.

External links

2013 Minnesota Lynx season at Official Site

Minnesota Lynx 2013 WNBA Champions

00 Lindsey Moore 4 Janel McCarville 11 Amber Harris 12 Rachel Jarry 13 Lindsay Whalen 14 Devereaux Peters 15 Sugar Rodgers 22 Monica Wright 23 Maya Moore (Finals MVP) 32 Rebekkah Brunson 33 Seimone Augustus Head Coach Cheryl Reeve Assistant Coaches Shelley Patterson Jim Petersen

Minnesota Lynx

Founded in 1999 Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota

The franchise	Franchise Current season

Arenas	Target Center

Head coaches	Brian Agler Heidi VanDerveer Suzie McConnell-Serio Carolyn Jenkins Don Zierden Jennifer Gillom Cheryl Reeve

General managers	Brian Agler Roger Griffith

Administration	Owner: Glen Taylor General Manager: Roger Griffith

All-Stars	Nicky Anosike Seimone Augustus Rebekkah Brunson Tonya Edwards Charde Houston Betty Lennox Maya Moore Katie Smith Lindsay Whalen

Seasons	1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Playoff appearances	2003 2004 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Conference titles	2011 2012 2013 2015

WNBA titles	2011 2013 2015

Culture and lore	"Apache" LosLynx Jesse Ventura

Rivals	Phoenix Mercury Los Angeles Sparks Indiana Fever Atlanta Dream

Media	TV: FS North (FS-N) Radio: KLCI (Bob 106) Announcers: Marney Gellner, Andrea Lloyd Curry, Alan Horton, Brian Siemen

2013 WNBA season by team

Draft All-Star Game Playoffs Finals

Eastern	Atlanta Dream Chicago Sky Connecticut Sun Indiana Fever New York Liberty Washington Mystics

Western	Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx Phoenix Mercury San Antonio Silver Stars Seattle Storm Tulsa Shock

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