2016 Minnesota Lynx season

The 2016 WNBA season of the Minnesota Lynx is the 18th season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The Lynx are the defending WNBA champions. The Lynx finished with a record of 28–6, finishing first in the Western Conference (and the league as a whole) and qualifying for the playoffs. Minnesota advanced to their second straight Finals. Their 2016 roster included five competitors in the 2016 Rio Olympics (Moore, Whalen, Fowles, and Augustus of the U.S. squad and Cruz of the Spanish team) as well as seven current or previous all-stars (Moore, Whalen, Fowles, Augustus, Brunson, Perkins and Montgomery) with an astonishing 22 total past selections to the all-star game between them.

2016 Minnesota Lynx season
CoachCheryl Reeve
ArenaTarget Center
Attendanceper game
Results
Record28–6 (.824)
Place1st (Western)
Playoff finishLost 2016 WNBA Finals
Media
TelevisionESPN

Draft picks
See also: 2016 WNBA draft

The Lynx made three selections in the 2016 WNBA Entry Draft in Uncasville, Connecticut:

Round Pick Player Nationality WNBA Team School/Team/Country
2 14 Jazmon Gwathmey  United States Minnesota Lynx[nb 1] (then traded to San Antonio)[1] James Madison
2 22 Bashaara Graves  United States Minnesota Lynx[nb 2] Tennessee
3 35 Temi Fagbenle  United Kingdom Minnesota Lynx USC

Roster
Minnesota Lynx roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
G/F 33 Augustus, Seimone 6' 0" (1.83m) 169 lb (77kg) 04-30-1984 LSU 11
F 32 Brunson, Rebekkah 6' 2" (1.88m) 185 lb (84kg) 12-11-1981 Georgetown 13
G 51 Cruz, Anna 5' 9" (1.75m) 136 lb (62kg) 10-27-1986 Spain 3
C 34 Fowles, Sylvia 6' 6" (1.98m) 212 lb (96kg) 10-06-1985 LSU 9
F 24 Hampton, Keisha 6' 1" (1.85m) 171 lb (78kg) 02-22-1990 DePaul R
F 3 Howard, Natasha 6' 2" (1.88m) 171 lb (78kg) 09-02-1991 Florida State 2
F/C 4 McCarville, Janel 6' 2" (1.88m) 218 lb (99kg) 11-03-1982 Minnesota 11
G 21 Montgomery, Renee 5' 7" (1.7m) 143 lb (65kg) 12-02-1986 Connecticut 8
F 23 Moore, Maya 6' 0" (1.83m) 178 lb (81kg) 06-11-1989 Connecticut 6
G 7 Perkins, Jia 5' 8" (1.73m) 168 lb (76kg) 02-23-1982 Texas Tech 13
G 13 Whalen, Lindsay 5' 9" (1.75m) 166 lb (75kg) 05-09-1982 Minnesota 13



East: ATL • CHI • CON • IND • NY • WAS | West: DAL • LV • LA • MIN • PHO • SEA
Head coach
Cheryl Reeve (La Salle)
Assistant coaches
Shelley Patterson (Washington State)
Jim Petersen (Minnesota)
Athletic trainer
Chuck Barta (Wisconsin-La Crosse)
Assistant trainer
Kate Taber (Iowa)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

WNBA roster page

Game log

Preseason
2017 pre-season game log
Total: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
Pre-season: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
2016–17 season schedule

Standings
Western Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
1 - Minnesota Lynx286.824-15–213–415–1
2 - Los Angeles Sparks268.765214–312–511–5
7 - Seattle Storm1618.4711210–76–117–9
8 - Phoenix Mercury1618.4711211–65–126–10
e - Dallas Wings1123.324176–115–128–8
e - San Antonio Stars727.206214–133–141–15
Eastern Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
3 - New York Liberty2113.618-10-711-611-5
4 - Chicago Sky1816.529311-67-108-8
5 - Indiana Fever1717.50048-99-88-8
6 - Atlanta Dream1717.500411-66–119-7
e - Connecticut Sun1420.41278-96-114-12
e - Washington Mystics1321.38285-128-98-8


Regular season
2017 game log
Total: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
May: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
June : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
2016–17 season schedule

Playoffs

The Lynx qualified for the 2016 playoffs, and, as the team with the best regular season record in the WNBA, received two automatic byes, advancing straight to the best-of-five semifinal against the eighth-seeded Phoenix Mercury. They swept the Mercury three games to none to advance to the 2016 WNBA Finals.

2017 playoff game log
Total: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
Conference semifinals: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 September 28 Phoenix Mercury season Maya Moore (31) Sylvia Fowles (10)
2 September 30 Phoenix Mercury season Maya Moore (26) Rebekkah Brunson (11)
3 October 2 Phoenix Mercury season Maya Moore (20) Rebekkah Brunson (9)
2017 playoff schedule

Transactions

Additions
Player Signed Former Team
Anna Cruz New York Liberty

Awards
Recipient Award Date awarded Ref.
Maya Moore Player of the Week award
Maya Moore Player of the Week award
Maya Moore Player of the Week award
Maya Moore Player of the Month award
Maya Moore Player of the Month award
Sylvia Fowles Defensive Player of the Year Award
Cheryl Reeve Coach of the Year Award

References
  1. "Lynx Acquire WNBA All-Star Jia Perkins From San Antonio - Minnesota Lynx". Minnesota Lynx. Retrieved 2016-04-15.

Notes
  1. The Lynx received this pick and Renee Montgomery from Seattle in exchange for Monica Wright
  2. The Lynx received this pick from Chicago
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