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The 2016 WNBA season of the Minnesota Lynx is the 18th season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) . The Lynx were 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 (Maya Moore , Lindsay Whalen , Sylvia Fowles , and Seimone Augustus of the U.S. squad and Anna Cruz of the Spanish team) as well as seven current or previous all-stars (Moore, Whalen, Fowles, Augustus, Rebekkah Brunson , Jia Perkins and Renee Montgomery ) with an astonishing 22 total past selections to the all-star game between them.
Draft picks [ edit ]
The Lynx made three selections in the 2016 WNBA Entry Draft in Uncasville, Connecticut :
Minnesota Lynx roster
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
Nat.
Name
Height
Weight
DOB
From
Yrs
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
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
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
Injured
Game log [ edit ]
Preseason [ edit ]
2017 pre-season game log Total: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
Pre-season: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location Attendance
Record
1
May 5
New York Liberty
2016–17 season schedule
Standings [ edit ]
Regular season [ edit ]
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)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location Attendance
Record
2016–17 season schedule
Playoffs [ edit ]
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)
2017 playoff schedule
Transactions [ edit ]
Additions [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
External links [ edit ]
Franchise Arenas Head coaches Administration
Retired Numbers All-Stars Seasons Playoff appearances Conference Championships WNBA Championships Culture and lore Rivals Media