2014 Minnesota Lynx season

2014 Minnesota Lynx season
Head Coach Cheryl Reeve
Arena Target Center
Results
Record 259
(.735)
Place 2nd (Western)
Playoff Finish Lost in Conference Finals
Team Leaders
Points Moore (23.9)
Rebounds Brunson (8.2)
Assists Whalen (5.6)
Media
Radio KLCI
Television FS-N
ESPN2, NBATV
Minnesota Lynx seasons
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The 2014 WNBA season is the 16th season for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association. The Lynx are defending their 2013 WNBA Championship, seeking to become the third franchise to win three titles.[1]

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' selections in the 2014 WNBA Draft.

Trades

Personnel changes

Additions

Subtractions

Roster

2014 Minnesota Lynx roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From
G/F 33 United States Augustus, Seimone 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 04-30-1984 LSU
F 32 United States Brunson, Rebekkah 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 184 lb (83 kg) 12-11-1981 Georgetown
C 34 Brazil Dantas, Damiris 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 11-17-1992 Brazil
G 20 United States Liston, Tricia 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 181 lb (82 kg) 02-20-1992 Duke
C 4 United States McCarville, Janel 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 218 lb (99 kg) 11-03-1982 Minnesota
G 3 United States McKenith, Nadirah 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 155 lb (70 kg) 09-06-1991 St. John's
F 23 United States Moore, Maya 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 176 lb (80 kg) 06-11-1989 Connecticut
F 14 United States Peters, Devereaux 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 10-08-1989 Notre Dame
G 31 United States Taylor, Asia 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 08-21-1991 Louisville
G 13 United States Whalen, Lindsay 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 162 lb (73 kg) 05-09-1982 Minnesota
G 5 United States White, Tan 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 154 lb (70 kg) 09-27-1982 Mississippi State
G/F 22 United States Wright, Monica 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 07-15-1988 Virginia
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

Depth

Pos. Starter Bench
C Janel McCarville Devereaux Peters
PF Damiris Dantas Asia Taylor
Rebekkah Brunson
SF Maya Moore Tricia Liston
SG Seimone Augustus Tan White
Monica Wright
PG Lindsay Whalen Lindsey Moore

Schedule

Preseason

2014 pre-season game log
Total: 30 (Home: 20; Road: 10)
2014 season schedule

Regular season

2014 game log
Total: 196 (Home: 121; Road: 75)
2014 season schedule

2014 Season standings

# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB GP
1 y-Phoenix Mercury 29 5 .853 - 34
2 x-Minnesota Lynx 25 9 .735 4.0 34
3 x-San Antonio Stars 16 18 .471 13.0 34
4 x-Los Angeles Sparks 16 18 .471 13.0 34
5 e-Tulsa Shock 12 22 .353 17.0 34
6 e-Seattle Storm 12 22 .353 17.0 34

Awards and honors

References

External links

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