1999 Minnesota Lynx season

1999 Minnesota Lynx season
Head Coach	Brian Agler
Arena	Target Center
Attendance	10,494 per game
Results
Record	15–17 (.469)
Place	5th (Western)
Playoff Finish	Did not qualify
Minnesota Lynx seasons
< 1998	2000 >

The 1999 WNBA season was the first in franchise history.

Contents 1 Offseason 1.1 Expansion Draft 1.2 Post Expansion Draft Player Allocation 1.3 WNBA Draft 2 Regular season 2.1 Season standings 2.2 Season Schedule 3 Player stats 4 Awards and honors 5 References 6 External links

Offseason

Expansion Draft

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

Post Expansion Draft Player Allocation

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

WNBA Draft

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

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Regular season

Season standings

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

Season Schedule

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 stats

Player	GP	MIN	FG	3P	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS
Tonya Edwards	32	1031	165	66	79	112	84	27	13	475
Brandy Reed	25	757	168	13	53	151	64	29	17	402
Katie Smith	30	971	113	52	72	88	60	19	10	350
Andrea Lloyd Curry	32	899	75	30	34	138	91	30	12	214
Kristin Folkl	32	518	67	2	21	116	23	14	12	157
Sonja Tate	32	828	52	16	23	127	100	36	3	143
Angie Potthoff	32	710	53	3	18	85	37	24	5	127
Trisha Fallon	26	281	24	6	23	22	22	11	6	77
Annie Burgess	25	333	23	11	2	38	36	8	0	59
Adia Barnes	19	91	7	1	6	20	6	5	0	21
Charmin Smith	13	56	1	0	8	9	2	1	0	10

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• 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) ^[3]

Awards and honors

• Tonya Edwards led the WNBA in Three Point Field Goal Attempts with 192^[3]

References

External links

• Lynx on Basketball Reference

Draft • All-Star Game • Championship
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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