2013 Minnesota Lynx season

The 2013 Minnesota Lynx season was the 15th season for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association, and the 4th season under head coach Cheryl Reeve.

2013 Minnesota Lynx season
WNBA champions
Coach	Cheryl Reeve
Arena	Target Center
Attendance	9,381 per game
Results
Record	26–8 (.765)
Place	1st (Western)
Playoff finish	WNBA Champions
Team Leaders
Points	M. Moore (18.5)
Rebounds	Brunson (8.9)
Assists	Whalen (5.8)
Media
Radio	KLCI
Television	FS-N ESPN2, NBATV
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The Lynx won their second WNBA Championship in three years, and led the league in wins for the third straight season.

The Lynx entered the season as the two-time defending WNBA Western Conference champions. The Lynx won the 2011 WNBA Finals, but lost the 2012 WNBA Finals to the Indiana Fever.

The 2012 season saw the retirement of veteran center Taj McWilliams-Franklin. The Lynx replaced her in the offseason, trading guard Candice Wiggins for former University of Minnesota standout Janel McCarville, who had played with Lynx point guard Lindsay Whalen in college.

Despite returning three olympians and an all-star in their starting lineup, the Lynx were considered something of an afterthought going into the season, with much of the press going to the Phoenix Mercury, which drafted Brittney Griner.

Despite the lowered expectations, the Lynx had another outstanding season, finishing with the best record in the WNBA for the third straight year, and placing four players in the WNBA All-Star Game. After dispatching the Seattle Storm in the opening round of the playoffs, the Lynx swept the Phoenix Mercury in the Western Conference Finals, to earn their third straight trip to the WNBA Finals. They then defeated the Atlanta Dream to win their second WNBA title in three years.^[1]

Transactions

WNBA draft

The following are the Lynx' selections in the 2013 WNBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/team/country
1	12	Lindsey Moore	United States	Nebraska
2	14 (From Phx.)	Sugar Rodgers	United States	Georgetown
2	24	Chucky Jeffery	United States	Colorado
3	36	Waltiea Rolle	United States	North Carolina

Trades

On March 1, 2013, the Lynx announced that they had traded Candice Wiggins to the Tulsa Shock in exchange for a third-round pick in the draft and the rights to Janel McCarville from the New York Liberty.^[2]

Date	Trade
March 1, 2013	To Minnesota Lynx	To Tulsa Shock
	Janel McCarville	Candice Wiggins

Personnel changes

Additions Player Signed Former team Rachel Jarry February 16, 2013 Unsigned Draftee Janel McCarville March 1, 2013 New York Liberty Jacki Gemelos April 1, 2013 Unsigned Draftee Lindsey Moore April 15, 2013 Draft Pick Sugar Rodgers April 15, 2013 Draft Pick Subtractions Player Left New team Candice Wiggins March 1, 2013 Tulsa Shock Erin Thorn January 11, 2013 Released Taj McWilliams-Franklin March 22, 2013 Retired Jessica Adair May 16, 2013 Released Jacki Gemelos May 22, 2013 Released

Roster

2013 Minnesota Lynx roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs G/F 33 Augustus, Seimone 6' 0" (1.83m) 165 lb (75kg) 1984-04-30 LSU 7 F 32 Brunson, Rebekkah 6' 2" (1.88m) 184 lb (83kg) 1981-12-11 Georgetown 9 F 6 Harris, Amber 6' 5" (1.96m) 202 lb (92kg) 1988-01-16 Xavier 2 G 12 Jarry, Rachel 6' 1" (1.85m) 176 lb (80kg) 1991-12-06 Australia R C 4 McCarville, Janel 6' 2" (1.88m) 205 lb (93kg) 1982-11-03 Minnesota 7 G 00 Moore, Lindsey 5' 8" (1.73m) 153 lb (69kg) 1991-06-03 Nebraska R F 23 Moore, Maya 6' 0" (1.83m) 175 lb (79kg) 1989-06-11 Connecticut 2 F 14 Peters, Devereaux 6' 2" (1.88m) 170 lb (77kg) 1989-10-08 Notre Dame 1 G 15 Rodgers, Sugar 5' 9" (1.75m) 160 lb (73kg) 1989-12-08 Georgetown R G 13 Whalen, Lindsay 5' 9" (1.75m) 160 lb (73kg) 1982-05-09 Minnesota 9 G/F 22 Wright, Monica 5' 10" (1.78m) 171 lb (78kg) 1988-07-15 Virginia 3	Head coach Cheryl Reeve (La Salle) Assistant coaches Shelley Patterson (Washington State) Jim Petersen (Minnesota) Athletic trainer Chuck Barta (UW–La Crosse) Assistant trainer Keith Uzpen (Minnesota State) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
C	Janel McCarville	Amber Harris
PF	Rebekkah Brunson	Devereaux Peters
SF	Maya Moore	Rachel Jarry
SG	Seimone Augustus	Monica Wright Sugar Rodgers
PG	Lindsay Whalen	Lindsey Moore

Season standings

#	Western Conference v t e
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	z-Minnesota Lynx	26	8	.765	-	34
2	x-Los Angeles Sparks	24	10	.706	2	34
3	x-Phoenix Mercury	19	15	.559	7	34
4	x-Seattle Storm	17	17	.500	9	34
5	e-San Antonio Silver Stars	12	22	.353	14	34
6	e-Tulsa Shock	11	23	.324	15	34

Schedule

Preseason

2013 pre-season game log Total: 1–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–0)
Pre-season: 1–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 May 18 Washington W 74–57 Monica Wright (16) Rebekkah Brunson (6) Monica Wright (4) Bismarck Civic Center 1513 1–0 2 May 21 Connecticut L 80–88 Seimone Augustus (15) Rebekkah Brunson (10) Lindsay Whalen (8) Target Center 2803 1–1
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Regular season

2013 game log Total: 26–8 (Home: 15–2; Road: 11–6)
May: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
June : 7–2 (Home: 5–0; Road: 2–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 June 1 Connecticut W 90–74 Maya Moore (26) M. Moore & Peters (7) M. Moore & Wright (5) Target Center 9223 1–0 2 June 6 Phoenix W 99–79 Maya Moore (22) Rebekkah Brunson (10) Lindsay Whalen (10) Target Center 8511 2–0 3 June 8 @ Washington L 80–85 Maya Moore (22) Rebekkah Brunson (17) Lindsay Whalen (9) Verizon Center 7870 2–1 4 June 11 San Antonio W 87–72 Lindsay Whalen (23) Maya Moore (9) Lindsay Whalen (6) Target Center 7913 3–1 5 June 14 @ Tulsa W 83–74 Rebekkah Brunson (19) Rebekkah Brunson (13) Augustus & M. Moore (4) BOK Center 5273 4–1 6 June 19 @ Phoenix W 80–69 Maya Moore (26) Maya Moore (16) Maya Moore (5) US Airways Center 8464 5–1 7 June 21 @ Los Angeles L 59–87 Monica Wright (14) Sugar Rodgers (6) Harris & Wright (3) Staples Center 6490 5–2 8 June 23 Tulsa W 88–79 Augustus & M. Moore (22) Rebekkah Brunson (11) Lindsay Whalen (9) Target Center 8423 6–2 9 June 28 Los Angeles W 88–64 Lindsay Whalen (20) Brunson, M. Moore, & Peters (9) Lindsay Whalen (6) Target Center 8814 7–2
July : 7–1 (Home: 3–0; Road: 4–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 10 July 2 @ Los Angeles L 66–96 Lindsay Whalen (19) Rebekkah Brunson (12) Lindsay Whalen (4) Staples Center 7856 7–3 11 July 7 Phoenix W 91–59 Maya Moore (23) Devereaux Peters (10) Maya Moore (5) Target Center 9104 8–3 12 July 9 Atlanta W 94–72 Monica Wright (22) Rebekkah Brunson (12) Whalen & Wright (5) Target Center 8623 9–3 13 July 11 @ Indiana W 69–62 Lindsay Whalen (23) Monica Wright (9) Monica Wright (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 10230 10–3 14 July 13 @ Tulsa W 86–75 Lindsay Whalen (25) Rebekkah Brunson (12) Lindsay Whalen (11) BOK Center 6171 11–3 15 July 19 @ San Antonio W 87–71 Lindsay Whalen (21) Maya Moore (8) Lindsay Whalen (7) AT&T Center 7105 12–3 16 July 21 @ Phoenix W 82–77 Rebekkah Brunson (18) Rebekkah Brunson (13) Augustus & McCarville (4) US Airways Center 9806 13–3 17 July 24 Phoenix W 81–69 Lindsay Whalen (18) Rebekkah Brunson (7) Lindsay Whalen (7) Target Center 16404 14–3
August : 8–4 (Home: 5–2; Road: 3–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record All-Star Break 18 August 2 San Antonio W 85–63 Seimone Augustus (18) Rebekkah Brunson (12) Lindsay Whalen (8) Target Center 8733 15–3 19 August 4 Seattle W 90–72 Lindsay Whalen (22) Rebekkah Brunson (11) McCarville & Whalen (7) Target Center 9032 16–3 20 August 6 @ San Antonio W 93–80 Maya Moore (26) Maya Moore (10) Lindsay Whalen (10) AT&T Center 5390 17–3 21 August 8 Washington L 75–79 Maya Moore (24) Rebekkah Brunson (7) Lindsay Whalen (5) Target Center 8723 17–4 22 August 11 @ Chicago L 86–94 (OT) Seimone Augustus (26) Lindsay Whalen (10) Augustus & Whalen (6) Allstate Arena 6297 17–5 23 August 16 Tulsa L 77–83 Seimone Augustus (29) Devereaux Peters (8) Lindsay Whalen (6) Target Center 9422 17–6 24 August 18 NY Liberty W 88–57 Maya Moore (28) Rebekkah Brunson (8) Lindsay Whalen (7) Target Center 9004 18–6 25 August 20 @ Atlanta L 75–88 Maya Moore (23) Rebekkah Brunson (14) Lindsay Whalen (6) Philips Arena 4855 18–7 26 August 22 @ Connecticut W 91–77 Rebekkah Brunson (24) Rebekkah Brunson (11) Seimone Augustus (6) Mohegan Sun Arena 7088 19–7 27 August 24 Indiana W 84–77 Maya Moore (35) Lindsay Whalen (9) Lindsay Whalen (7) Target Center 9504 20–7 28 August 27 @ NY Liberty W 73–47 Lindsay Whalen (18) Maya Moore (10) Seimone Augustus (3) Prudential Center 5997 21–7 29 August 31 Seattle W 97–74 Maya Moore (30) Monica Wright (6) Monica Wright (7) Target Center 9123 22–7
September : 4–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 2–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 30 September 4 Los Angeles W 83–74 Seimone Augustus (23) Rebekkah Brunson (11) Lindsay Whalen (14) Target Center 9314 23–7 31 September 7 @ Seattle W 75–60 Rebekkah Brunson (19) McCarville & Peters (10) McCarville & Whalen (4) Key Arena 8147 24–7 32 September 10 @ Seattle W 73–60 Maya Moore (20) Rebekkah Brunson (8) Lindsay Whalen (4) Key Arena 5486 25–7 33 September 12 @ Los Angeles L 84–85 Seimone Augustus (23) Rebekkah Brunson (11) Whalen & Wright (4) Staples Center 11553 25–8 34 September 14 Chicago W 79–66 Lindsay Whalen (23) Maya Moore (11) M. Moore & Whalen (6) Target Center 9613 26–8
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Playoffs

2013 playoff game log Total: 7–0 (Home: 4–0; Road: 3–0)
Conference Semifinals: 2–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 September 20 Seattle W 80–64 Seimone Augustus (19) Rebekkah Brunson (9) Maya Moore (6) Target Center 8832 1–0 2 September 22 @ Seattle W 58–55 Maya Moore (22) Rebekkah Brunson (13) Janel McCarville (5) Tacoma Dome 3457 2–0
Conference Finals: 2–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 September 26 Phoenix W 85–62 M. Moore and Whalen (20) Lindsay Whalen (6) Lindsay Whalen (5) Target Center 9013 1-0 2 September 29 @ Phoenix W 72–65 Maya Moore (27) Rebekkah Brunson (14) Lindsay Whalen (7) US Airways Center 8020 2-0
WNBA Finals: 3–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 October 6 Atlanta W 84–59 Maya Moore (23) Rebekkah Brunson (8) Lindsay Whalen (5) Target Center 13804 1-0 2 October 8 Atlanta W 88–63 Seimone Augustus (20) Rebekkah Brunson (10) Lindsay Whalen (5) Target Center 12313 2-0 3 October 10 @ Atlanta W 86–77 Maya Moore (23) Rebekkah Brunson (12) Lindsay Whalen (6) Gwinnett Arena 5040 3-0
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Statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage	TO	Turnovers per game
PF	Fouls per game		Team leader		League leader

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Seimone Augustus	31	31	29.8	.516	.290	.879	3.20	2.5	0.58	0.58	16.3
Rebekkah Brunson	33	33	29.2	.497	1.000	.636	8.90	1.5	1.27	0.88	10.6
Amber Harris	30	1	8.8	.375	.143	.714	1.50	0.7	0.13	0.20	2.4
Rachel Jarry	27	0	6.8	.444	.600	.778	0.70	0.4	0.19	0.15	1.7
Janel McCarville	32	32	21.9	.488	.429	.804	4.30	2.9	1.00	0.66	6.3
Lindsey Moore	23	0	5.7	.258	.250	.750	0.60	1.0	0.13	0.00	1.0
Maya Moore	34	34	31.4	.509	.453	.882	6.20	3.0	1.74	0.97	18.5
Devereaux Peters	34	2	18.6	.396	.000	.852	4.60	1.1	0.71	1.00	4.1
Sugar Rodgers	28	0	7.6	.317	.313	.571	1.40	0.5	0.54	0.32	1.9
Lindsay Whalen	34	34	29.6	.486	.111	.783	4.40	5.8	0.76	0.06	14.9
Monica Wright	33	3	22.5	.428	.256	.791	2.90	2.30	1.03	0.18	9.0

Awards and honors

WNBA Champions

WNBA Finals MVP - Maya Moore

All-WNBA First Team - Maya Moore, Lindsay Whalen

All-WNBA Second Team - Seimone Augustus

All-WNBA Defensive Second Team - Rebekkah Brunson

WNBA Western Conference Player of the Month (August) - Maya Moore

WNBA Western Conference Player of the Month (September) - Maya Moore

WNBA Player of the Week - Maya Moore (3 times), Rebekkah Brunson

WNBA All-Stars - Seimone Augustus, Maya Moore, Rebekkah Brunson, Lindsay Whalen

WNBA Record for Fewest Turnovers per Game (12.1)