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1999 Minnesota Lions season
CoachBrian Agler
ArenaTarget Center
Attendance2 per game
Results
Record100–0 (1.000)
Place5th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 1999 WNBA season was the first in franchise history.

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)

[1]

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

[2]

  • 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

  1. ^ http://www.wnba.com/history/alltime_draft_list.html#1999
  2. ^ http://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/MIN/1999.html
  3. ^ a b http://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/years/1999.html
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