2014 Minnesota Lynx season

2014 Minnesota Lynx season

Head Coach

Arena

Results
Record	25–9 (.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
< 2013	2015 >

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.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	12	Tricia Liston	United States	Duke
2	15	Asya Bussie	United States	West Virginia
2	24	Christina Foggie	United States	Vanderbilt
3	36	Asia Taylor	United States	Louisville

Trades

Date	Trade
	To Minnesota Lynx	To New York Liberty
	Right to swap 3rd round picks in 2015 WNBA Draft	Sugar Rodgers

Personnel changes

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Damiris Dantas	April 2, 2014	Unsigned 2012 Draftee
Tricia Liston	April 15, 2014	Draft Pick
Asya Bussie	April 15, 2014	Draft Pick
Christina Foggie	April 15, 2014	Draft Pick
Asia Taylor	April 15, 2014	Draft Pick
Tan White	April 16, 2014	Connecticut Sun (free agent)

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team
Amber Harris	February 14, 2014	Released
Sugar Rodgers	February 16, 2014	New York Liberty

Roster

Minnesota Lynx roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From	Yrs
2.5 !G/F	33	USA !	Augustus, Seimone	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 72 !6' 0" (1.83m)	165 lb (75kg)	04-30-1984	LSU	5 !9
1.5 !G	–	SLO !	Baric, Nika	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 67 !5' 7" (1.7m)	–	09-02-1992	Slovenia	0.5 !R
4.0 !F	32	USA !	Brunson, Rebekkah	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 74 !6' 2" (1.88m)	184 lb (83kg)	12-11-1981	Georgetown	6 !11
6.0 !C	34	BRA !	Dantas, Damiris	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 76 !6' 4" (1.93m)	190 lb (86kg)	11-17-1992	Brazil	1 !1
1.5 !G	20	USA !	Liston, Tricia	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 73 !6' 1" (1.85m)	181 lb (82kg)	02-20-1992	Duke	1 !1
6.0 !C	4	USA !	McCarville, Janel	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 74 !6' 2" (1.88m)	218 lb (99kg)	11-03-1982	Minnesota	4.5 !8
1.5 !G	3	USA !	McKenith, Nadirah	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 67 !5' 7" (1.7m)	155 lb (70kg)	09-06-1991	St. John's	1.5 !2
4.0 !F	23	USA !	Moore, Maya	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 72 !6' 0" (1.83m)	176 lb (80kg)	06-11-1989	Connecticut	2.5 !4
4.0 !F	14	USA !	Peters, Devereaux	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 74 !6' 2" (1.88m)	170 lb (77kg)	10-08-1989	Notre Dame	2 !3
1.5 !G	31	USA !	Taylor, Asia	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 73 !6' 1" (1.85m)	165 lb (75kg)	08-21-1991	Louisville	1 !1
1.5 !G	13	USA !	Whalen, Lindsay	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 69 !5' 9" (1.75m)	162 lb (73kg)	05-09-1982	Minnesota	6 !11
1.5 !G	5	USA !	White, Tan	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 67 !5' 7" (1.7m)	154 lb (70kg)	09-27-1982	Mississippi State	5.5 !10
2.5 !G/F	22	USA !	Wright, Monica	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 70 !5' 10" (1.78m)	170 lb (77kg)	07-15-1988	Virginia	3 !5

East: ATL • CHI • CON • IND • NY • WAS \| West: LA • MIN • PHO • SA • SEA • TUL

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

(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
Injured

WNBA roster page
Transactions

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: 3–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–0)

Pre-season: 3–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	May 5	Australia	W 82–66	Waltea Rolle (17)	Maya Moore (7)	Tan White (8)	Target Center 2550	1–0
2	May 9	Phoenix	W 72–64	Tan White (16)	Maya Moore and Tricia Liston (6)	Damiris Dantas and Tan White (3)	ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex 3194	2–0
3	May 11	@ Chicago	W 76–69	Asia Taylor (18)	Damiris Dantas (9)	Lindsey Moore (8)	ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex 3194	3–0

2014 season schedule

Regular season

2014 game log
Total: 19–6 (Home: 12–1; Road: 7–5)

May: 6–0 (Home: 3–0; Road: 3–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	May 16	@ Washington	W 89–77	Maya Moore (34)	Damiris Dantas (12)	Lindsay Whalen (8)	Verizon Center 7395	1–0
2	May 18	Connecticut	W 90–87	Maya Moore (33)	Maya Moore (12)	Lindsay Whalen (4)	Target Center 9434	2–0
3	May 23	@ Tulsa	W 94–93	Maya Moore (38)	Maya Moore (13)	Lindsay Whalen (5)	BOK Center 6845	3–0
4	May 24	New York	W 87–82	Maya Moore (30)	Damiris Dantas (8)	Janel McCarville (6)	Target Center 8323	4–0
5	May 26	@ Chicago	W 75–72	Lindsay Whalen (22)	Janel McCarville (12)	Lindsay Whalen (4)	Allstate Arena 6058	5–0
6	May 30	San Antonio	W 88–72	Maya Moore (26)	Maya Moore (9)	McCarville & M. Moore (5)	Target Center 8734	6–0

June: 6–5 (Home: 3–1; Road: 3–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
7	June 1	@ San Antonio	W 87–79	Seimone Augustus (25)	Maya Moore (9)	Lindsay Whalen (10)	AT&T Center 5089	7–0
8	June 6	@ Seattle	L 64–67	Augustus & M. Moore (12)	Damaris Dantas (8)	Tan White (5)	KeyArena 6836	7–1
9	June 8	@ Los Angeles	W 85–72	Seimone Augustus (26)	Maya Moore (13)	Lindsay Whalen (7)	Staples Center 8770	8–1
10	June 13	@ Atlanta	L 82–85	Lindsay Whalen (22)	Maya Moore (9)	Seimone Augustus (6)	Philips Arena 6684	8–2
11	June 15	Phoenix	L 82–85	Maya Moore (13)	Damaris Dantas (12)	Lindsay Whalen (5)	Target Center 8957	8–3
12	June 17	@ Los Angeles	W 94–77	Maya Moore (31)	Devereaux Peters (6)	Janel McCarville (8)	Staples Center 9636	9–3
13	June 18	@ Phoenix	L 79–92	Maya Moore (36)	M. Moore & Whalen (4)	Lindsay Whalen (5)	US Airways Center 8963	9–4
14	June 20	Washington	W 75–65	Maya Moore (20)	Maya Moore (10)	M. Moore & L.Whalen (7)	Target Center 8813	10–4
15	June 22	Indiana	W 83–77	Maya Moore (25)	M. Moore & Peters (6)	Lindsay Whalen (6)	Target Center 8704	11–4
16	June 27	@ Seattle	L 71–81	Maya Moore (20)	Maya Moore (10)	Lindsay Whalen (4)	KeyArena 6547	11–5
17	June 29	Seattle	W 74–69	Janel McCarville (22)	Maya Moore (7)	Maya Moore (7)	Target Center 8814	12–5

July: 9–1 (Home: 7–0; Road: 2–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
18	July 3	San Antonio	W 91–84	Lindsay Whalen (22)	Janel McCarville (9)	Lindsay Whalen (7)	Target Center 7622	13–5
19	July 6	@ New York	L 80–87	Maya Moore (25)	Maya Moore (8)	Lindsay Whalen (5)	Madison Square Garden 8151	13–6
20	July 8	Los Angeles	W 83–72	Maya Moore (30)	Lindsay Whalen (9)	Devereaux Peters (6)	Target Center 7920	14–6
21	July 10	@ Tulsa	W 91–85	Maya Moore (33)	Maya Moore (11)	Lindsay Whalen (10)	BOK Center 4961	15–6
22	July 13	Seattle	W 77–60	Maya Moore (26)	Maya Moore (12)	Lindsay Whalen (7)	Target Center 9114	16–6
23	July 16	Tulsa	W 93–82	Maya Moore (32)	Damiris Dantas (11)	Moore and Whalen (5)	Target Center 16413	17–6
24	July 22	Atlanta	W 112–108	Maya Moore (48)	Rebekkah Brunson (12)	Lindsay Whalen (9)	Target Center 9332	18–6
25	July 25	San Antonio	W 88–78	Seimone Augustus (17)	Maya Moore (8)	Seimone Augustus (6)	Target Center 9104	19–6
26	July 27	@ Connecticut	W 76–65	Maya Moore (17)	Rebekkah Brunson (10)	Maya Moore (4)	Mohegan Sun Arena 8019	20–6
27	July 31	Phoenix	W 75–67	Maya Moore (20)	Rebekkah Brunson (11)	McCarville & Whalen (5)	Target Center 9513	21–6

August: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
28	August 2	@ Tulsa	W 84–75	Maya Moore (40)	Rebekkah Brunson (9)	Lindsay Whalen (6)	BOK Center 6339	22–6
29	August 5	@ Indiana					Bankers Life Fieldhouse
30	August 7	Chicago					Target Center
31	August 9	@ Phoenix					US Airways Center
32	August 12	Los Angeles					Target Center
33	August 15	@ San Antonio					AT&T Center
34	August 16	Tulsa Shock					Target Center

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

June Player of the Month: Maya Moore
All-Star Game Starter: Maya Moore
All-Star Game Reserve: Seimone Augustus and Lindsay Whalen

References

External links

2014 Minnesota Lynx season at Official Site

Minnesota Lynx

Founded in 1999 Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota

The Franchise	Franchise Most Recent 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

Playoff Appearances	2003 2004 2011 2012 2013 2014

Conference Titles	2011 2012 2013

WNBA Titles	2011 2013

Culture and Lore	"Apache" LosLynx Jesse Ventura

Rivals	Phoenix Mercury Los Angeles Sparks Tulsa Shock Atlanta Dream

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

2014 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 Stars Seattle Storm Tulsa Shock

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