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2010 Minnesota Lynx season

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The 2010 Minnesota Lynx season was the 12th season for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association, and the 1st season under head coach Cheryl Reeve.

The season tipped-off on Saturday, May 15, 2010, in Tulsa against the Tulsa Shock. The Lynx failed to improve their 14–20 record from 2009 and finished the season with a 13–21 record, Thus missing the postseason for the 6th straight season.

Transactions

Dispersal draft

Based on the Lynx's 2009 record, they would pick 2nd in the Sacramento Monarchs dispersal draft. The Lynx picked Rebekkah Brunson.

WNBA draft

The following are the Lynx's selections in the 2010 WNBA draft.

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/team/country
12 (from Conn.)Monica WrightVirginia
13Kelsey GriffinNebraska
326Gabriela MargineanDrexel

Transaction log

  • January 30, 2009: The Lynx traded their second round pick in the 2010 Draft to the Washington Mystics as part of the Lindsey Harding transaction.
  • January 12: The Lynx traded Renee Montgomery and the first overall pick in the 2010 Draft to the Connecticut Sun in exchange for Lindsay Whalen and the second overall pick in the 2010 Draft.
  • February 8: The Lynx re-signed free agent Seimone Augustus.
  • February 16: The Lynx withdrew its qualifying offer to Tasha Humphrey, making her an unrestricted free agent.
  • February 17: The Lynx signed free agent Hamchetou Maiga-Ba.
  • February 19: The Lynx signed and traded Roneeka Hodges to the San Antonio Silver Stars in exchange for the right to swap second round picks with San Antonio in the 2011 WNBA Draft.
  • April 8: The Lynx traded the draft rights to Kelsey Griffin to the Connecticut Sun in exchange for their first- and second-round draft picks in the 2011 Draft.
  • April 20: The Lynx signed Nuria Martinez.
  • April 22: The Lynx signed Ashley Ellis-Milan, Brittany McCoy, Vanessa Gidden and Jessica Adair to training camp contracts.
  • May 12: The Lynx waived Jessica Adair, Ashley Ellis-Milan, Vanessa Gidden and Brittany McCoy.
  • May 24: The Lynx activated Rebekkah Brunson and waived Gabriela Marginean.
  • July 26: The Lynx traded Rashanda McCants to the Tulsa Shock in exchange for Alexis Hornbuckle.
  • August 3: The Lynx waived Nuria Martinez and signed Kristen Mann.
  • August 18: The Lynx signed Jessica Adair and suspended Nicky Anosike.

Trades

DateTrade
January 12, 2010To Minnesota Lynx
Lindsay Whalen and second overall pick in 2010 DraftRenee Montgomery and first overall pick in 2010 Draft
February 19, 2010To Minnesota Lynx
the right to swap second round picks in the 2011 DraftRoneeka Hodges and right to swap second round picks in the 2011 Draft
April 8, 2010To Minnesota Lynx
first- and second-round draft picks in the 2011 Draftdraft rights to Kelsey Griffin
July 26, 2010To Minnesota Lynx
Alexis HornbuckleRashanda McCants

Free agents

Additions

Kristen MannAugust 3, 2010free agent

Subtractions

Nuria MartinezAugust 3, 2010free agent

Roster

Depth

Pos.StarterBenchCPFSFSGPG
Rebekkah BrunsonQuanitra Hollingsworth
Nicky AnosikeCharde Houston
Seimone AugustusHamchetou Maiga-Ba / Kristen Mann
Monica WrightCandice Wiggins [[File:Cruz Roja.svg8px]]
Lindsay WhalenAlexis Hornbuckle

Season standings

Schedule

Preseason

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || April 30 || 1:00pm || Chicago || 78-87 || Wright (18) || Marginean (9) || Wright (4) || Concordia University 633 || 0-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || May 6 || 12:30pm || @ Chicago || 65-74 || Wright (18) || Wright (6) || Whalen (10) || Allstate Arena N/A || 0-2 |-

Regular season

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || May 15 || 8:00pm || @ Tulsa || NBATV COX || 80-74 || Houston (21) || Anosike (9) || Whalen (6) || BOK Center 7,806 || 1-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || May 16 || 7:00pm || Washington || FS-N || 76-87 || Houston (19) || 5 players (5) || Whalen (7) || Target Center 9,985 || 1-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || May 19 || 10:00pm || @ Seattle || KING || 76-79 || Wright (19) || Anosike (10) || Maiga-Ba (4) || KeyArena 6,687 || 1-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 4 || May 23 || 7:00pm || Tulsa || || 82-94 || Houston (23) || Anosike, Houston (9) || Maiga-Ba, Whalen (4) || Target Center 6,822 || 1-3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 5 || May 27 || 7:30pm || @ Connecticut || || 79-105 || Houston, McCants (16) || Anosike, McCants (7) || Anosike (5) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,401 || 1-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 6 || May 29 || 8:00pm || Chicago || CN100 || 58-73 || Houston, McCants (12) || Brunson (9) || Houston (3) || Target Center 6,129 || 1-5 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 7 || June 1 || 7:30pm || Phoenix || ESPN2 || 92-82 || Wright (32) || Brunson (15) || Anosike, Whalen (5) || Target Center 6,854 || 2-5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 8 || June 4 || 8:00pm || @ Tulsa || FS-OK || 79-92 || Brunson (23) || Brunson (11) || Anosike, Whalen (5) || BOK Center 4,521 || 2-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 9 || June 6 || 7:00pm || Indiana || FS-N || 51-89 || Wiggins (11) || Brunson (12) || Anosike, Wiggins (3) || Target Center 6,444 || 2-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 10 || June 10 || 10:00pm || @ Phoenix || FS-A || 88-99 || Wright (21) || Brunson (12) || Whalen (6) || US Airways Center 5,506 || 2-8 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 11 || June 13 || 3:00pm || @ Los Angeles || || 84-88 || Houston (21) || Brunson (15) || Whalen (7) || STAPLES Center 7,005 || 2-9 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 12 || June 18 || 8:00pm || Tulsa || || 78-67 || Augustus (27) || Anosike (9) || Whalen (12) || Target Center 6,953 || 3-9 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 13 || June 19 || 8:00pm || @ Tulsa || COX || 92-78 || Wiggins (19) || Brunson (11) || Whalen (6) || BOK Center 5,013 || 4-9 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 14 || June 22 || 7:30pm || @ New York || || 75-68 || Brunson (21) || Brunson (13) || Maiga-Ba, Whalen (4) || Madison Square Garden 7,537 || 5-9 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 15 || June 26 || 8:00pm || @ San Antonio || NBATV FS-SW || 66-80 || Augustus (14) || Brunson (9) || Whalen (4) || AT&T Center 10,184 || 5-10 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 16 || July 1 || 7:00pm || @ Atlanta || SSO || 58-76 || Augustus (17) || Anosike (7) || Maiga-Ba, Whalen (2) || Philips Arena 4,020 || 5-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 17 || July 8 || 8:00pm || San Antonio || || 89-66 || Brunson (24) || Brunson (10) || Whalen (5) || Target Center 7,182 || 6-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 18 || July 14 || 1:00pm || Atlanta || || 83-81 || Augustus (22) || Brunson (9) || Whalen (7) || Target Center 12,311 || 7-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 19 || July 17 || 3:30pm || Seattle || || 71-73 || Brunson (19) || Brunson (9) || Whalen (6) || Target Center 7,216 || 7-12 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 20 || July 22 || 8:00pm || San Antonio || || 72-74 || Augustus (22) || Brunson (14) || Whalen (8) || Target Center 6,126 || 7-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 21 || July 24 || 8:00pm || Phoenix || NBATV FS-N || 124-127 (2OT) || Augustus (36) || Brunson (17) || Whalen (10) || Target Center 8,518 || 7-14 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 22 || July 27 || 8:00pm || Los Angeles || || 58-71 || Whalen, Wright (12) || Brunson (11) || Wright (4) || Target Center 6,215 || 7-15 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 23 || July 29 || 10:00pm || @ Phoenix || || 92-110 || Houston (26) || Houston (13) || Whalen (4) || US Airways Center 7,037 || 7-16 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 24 || August 1 || 7:00pm || Seattle || NBATV FS-N || 72-71 || Augustus (24) || Brunson (8) || Whalen (7) || Target Center 7,312 || 8-16 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 25 || August 3 || 8:00pm || Connecticut || CSN-NE || 111-103 (OT) || Whalen (27) || Anosike (12) || Whalen (12) || Target Center 5,954 || 9-16 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 26 || August 7 || 3:00pm || @ Chicago || ESPN2 || 87-82 (OT) || Augustus (27) || Anosike, Whalen (7) || Whalen (7) || Allstate Arena 4,992 || 10-16 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 27 || August 8 || 7:00pm || New York || NBATV FS-N || 72-74 || Whalen (18) || Brunson (18) || Whalen, Wright (3) || Target Center 9,016 || 10-17 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 28 || August 10 || 8:00pm || @ San Antonio || || 73-66 || Augustus (20) || Brunson (12) || Hornbuckle, Whalen (4) || AT&T Center 5,142 || 11-17 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 29 || August 12 || 8:00pm || Los Angeles || || 77-78 || Houston (24) || Brunson (14) || Houston, Wright (3) || Target Center 7,867 || 11-18 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 30 || August 13 || 7:00pm || @ Washington || || 58-61 || Whalen, Wright (13) || Brunson (10) || Whalen (5) || Verizon Center 7,752 || 11-19 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 31 || August 15 || 7:00pm || San Antonio || NBATV FS-N FS-SW || 84-78 || Whalen (21) || Brunson, Houston (8) || Whalen (12) || Target Center 8,678 || 12-19 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 32 || August 17 || 10:00pm || @ Seattle || || 64-68 || Whalen (20) || Houston (9) || Whalen (5) || KeyArena 7,394 || 12-20 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 33 || August 20 || 10:30pm || @ Los Angeles || || 91-98 || Houston (21) || Brunson, Houston (7) || Whalen (7) || STAPLES Center 13,154 || 12-21 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 34 || August 22 || 5:00pm || @ Indiana || NBATV FS-I || 83-79 (OT) || Augustus (25) || Wright (7) || Houston (4) || Conseco Fieldhouse 10,015 || 13-21 |- | All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess

Statistics

Regular season

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
1014.01.000.000.7508.00.00.000.005.0
313029.9.372.000.7736.81.92.001.039.2
252533.3.429.336.6673.21.90.680.2816.9
303030.5.429.000.66310.30.81.200.9711.3
2507.3.378.000.6001.80.20.200.041.7
13014.9.283.167.7501.51.31.380.233.0
34822.3.416.365.7044.11.41.260.5911.8
34913.7.384.000.6672.30.90.380.153.2
503.0.167.250.0000.00.00.000.000.6
403.0.200.000.0001.00.30.250.250.5
1508.5.182.150.6670.70.70.330.001.8
333333.6.410.231.8994.05.61.390.1512.6
8729.8.405.457.9672.82.11.750.0013.8
342425.5.370.340.8192.91.51.000.2111.1

Awards and honors

  • Seimone Augustus was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of June 12, 2010.
  • Lindsay Whalen was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of July 31, 2010.
  • Rebekkah Brunson was named to the 2010 WNBA All-Star Team as a WNBA reserve.
  • Lindsay Whalen was named to the 2010 WNBA All-Star Team as a WNBA reserve.
  • Monica Wright was named to the All-Rookie Team.
  • Rebekkah Brunson was named to the All-Defensive Second Team.

References

References

  1. (January 13, 2010). "Lynx trade for ex-Gopher star Lindsay Whalen". [[Star Tribune]].
  2. (February 19, 2010). "Lynx trade Roneeka Hodges for draft considerations". [[St. Paul Pioneer Press]].
  3. (July 26, 2010). "Shock complete roster flip with trade". [[ESPN]].
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