2014 Minnesota Lynx season

The 2014 Minnesota Lynx season was the 16th season for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association, and the 5th season under head coach Cheryl Reeve.

2014 Minnesota Lynx season
Coach	Cheryl Reeve
Arena	Target Center
Attendance	per game
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
← 2013 season 2015 season →

The Lynx were defending their 2013 WNBA Championship, seeking to become the third franchise to win three titles.^[1] However, their bid fell short as they lost to the Phoenix Mercury in the conference finals.

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's 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 Suspended Sugar Rodgers February 16, 2014 New York Liberty

Roster

2014 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 8 F 32 Brunson, Rebekkah 6' 2" (1.88m) 184 lb (83kg) 1981-12-11 Georgetown 10 C 34 Dantas, Damiris 6' 4" (1.93m) 190 lb (86kg) 1992-11-17 Brazil R G 20 Liston, Tricia 6' 1" (1.85m) 181 lb (82kg) 1992-02-20 Duke R C 4 McCarville, Janel 6' 2" (1.88m) 218 lb (99kg) 1982-11-03 Minnesota 7 G 3 McKenith, Nadirah 5' 7" (1.7m) 155 lb (70kg) 1991-09-06 St. John's 1 F 23 Moore, Maya 6' 0" (1.83m) 176 lb (80kg) 1989-06-11 Connecticut 3 F 14 Peters, Devereaux 6' 2" (1.88m) 170 lb (77kg) 1989-10-08 Notre Dame 2 G 31 Taylor, Asia 6' 1" (1.85m) 165 lb (75kg) 1991-08-21 Louisville R G 13 Whalen, Lindsay 5' 9" (1.75m) 162 lb (73kg) 1982-05-09 Minnesota 10 G 5 White, Tan 5' 7" (1.7m) 154 lb (70kg) 1982-09-27 Mississippi State 10 G/F 22 Wright, Monica 5' 10" (1.78m) 170 lb (77kg) 1988-07-15 Virginia 4	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	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 23–6 30 August 7 Chicago Target Center 24–6 31 August 9 @ Phoenix US Airways Center 24–7 32 August 12 Los Angeles Target Center 24–8 33 August 15 @ San Antonio AT&T Center 24–9 34 August 16 Tulsa W 80–63 Maya Moore (19) Maya Moore (12) Lindsay Whalen (9) Target Center 25–9
2014 season schedule

2014 Season standings

#	Western Conference v t e
	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