2013 Minnesota Lynx season

none August 2023 March 2026 Minnesota Lynx 2013 26 8 Western 1 Cheryl Reeve Target Center WNBA Champions (defeated Atlanta 3–0) Fox Sports NorthESPN2, NBATV KLCI yes 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. 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 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. https://www.espn.com/wnba/recap?gameId=400505696 Lynx sweep Dream, win second WNBA title in three seasons 10 October 2013 ESPN 7 March 2014 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 USA United States Nebraska 2 14 (From Phx.) Sugar Rodgers Georgetown 2 24 Chucky Jeffery Colorado 3 36 Waltiea Rolle 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.http://www.startribune.com/sports/blogs/194321361.html Lynx acquire McCarville in three-team trade; Wiggins to Tulsa startribune.com 2013-03-01 March 2, 2013 March 4, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130304063910/http://www.startribune.com/sports/blogs/194321361.html dead DateTradeMarch 1, 2013To Minnesota LynxTo Tulsa Shock Janel McCarville Candice Wiggins Personnel changes 52% Additions PlayerSignedFormer 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 PlayerLeftNew 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 Minnesota Lynx 2013 WNBA 33 Seimone Augustus G/F 6 0 165 04-30-1984 7 LSU USA 32 Rebekkah Brunson F 6 2 184 12-11-1981 9 Georgetown USA no 6 Amber Harris F 6 5 202 01-16-1988 2 Xavier USA 12 Rachel Jarry G 6 1 176 12-06-1991 R Australia AUS no 4 Janel McCarville C 6 2 205 11-03-1982 7 Minnesota USA 00 Lindsey Moore G 5 8 153 06-03-1991 R Nebraska USA 23 Maya Moore F 6 0 175 06-11-1989 2 Connecticut USA 14 Devereaux Peters F 6 2 170 10-08-1989 1 Notre Dame USA no 15 Sugar Rodgers G 5 9 160 12-08-1989 R Georgetown USA no 13 Lindsay Whalen G 5 9 160 05-09-1982 9 Minnesota USA 22 Monica Wright G/F 5 10 171 07-15-1988 3 Virginia USA USA Cheryl Reeve La Salle USA Shelley Patterson Washington State USA Jim Petersen Minnesota USA Chuck Barta 1 University of Wisconsin–La Crosse USA Keith Uzpen 1 Minnesota State University, Mankato Depth Pos.StarterBench C Janel McCarville Amber Harris PF Rebekkah Brunson Devereaux Peters SF Maya Moore Rachel Jarry SG Seimone Augustus Monica WrightSugar Rodgers PG Lindsay Whalen Lindsey Moore Season standings MIN Schedule Preseason Minnesota Lynx yes 2013 Total: 1–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–0) Minnesota Lynx Pre-season yes 1 1 0 0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | May 18 | Washington | 20130518 WASMIN 74 57 | Monica Wright (16) | Rebekkah Brunson (6) | Monica Wright (4) | Bismarck Civic Center1513 | 1–0 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 | May 21 | Connecticut | 20130521 CONMIN 80 88 | Seimone Augustus (15) | Rebekkah Brunson (10) | Lindsay Whalen (8) | Target Center2803 | 1–1 min 2013 Regular season Minnesota Lynx 2013 Total: 26–8 (Home: 15–2; Road: 11–6) Minnesota Lynx May yes 0 0 0 0 Minnesota Lynx June 5 0 2 2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | June 1 | Connecticut | 20130601 CONMIN 90 74 | Maya Moore (26) | M. Moore & Peters (7) | M. Moore & Wright (5) | Target Center9223 | 1–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 | June 6 | Phoenix | 20130606 PHOMIN 99 79 | Maya Moore (22) | Rebekkah Brunson (10) | Lindsay Whalen (10) | Target Center8511 | 2–0 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 3 | June 8 | @ Washington | 20130608 MINWAS 80 85 | Maya Moore (22) | Rebekkah Brunson (17) | Lindsay Whalen (9) | Verizon Center7870 | 2–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 4 | June 11 | San Antonio | 20130611 SANMIN 87 72 | Lindsay Whalen (23) | Maya Moore (9) | Lindsay Whalen (6) | Target Center7913 | 3–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 5 | June 14 | @ Tulsa | 20130614 MINTUL 83 74 | Rebekkah Brunson (19) | Rebekkah Brunson (13) | Augustus & M. Moore (4) | BOK Center5273 | 4–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 6 | June 19 | @ Phoenix | 20130619 MINPHO 80 69 | Maya Moore (26) | Maya Moore (16) | Maya Moore (5) | US Airways Center8464 | 5–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 7 | June 21 | @ Los Angeles | 20130621 MINLAS 59 87 | Monica Wright (14) | Sugar Rodgers (6) | Harris & Wright (3) | Staples Center6490 | 5–2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 8 | June 23 | Tulsa | 20130623 TULMIN 88 79 | Augustus & M. Moore (22) | Rebekkah Brunson (11) | Lindsay Whalen (9) | Target Center8423 | 6–2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 9 | June 28 | Los Angeles | 20130628 LASMIN 88 64 | Lindsay Whalen (20) | Brunson, M. Moore, & Peters (9) | Lindsay Whalen (6) | Target Center8814 | 7–2 Minnesota Lynx July 3 0 4 1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 10 | July 2 | @ Los Angeles | 20130702 MINLAS 66 96 | Lindsay Whalen (19) | Rebekkah Brunson (12) | Lindsay Whalen (4) | Staples Center7856 | 7–3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 11 | July 7 | Phoenix | 20130707 PHOMIN 91 59 | Maya Moore (23) | Devereaux Peters (10) | Maya Moore (5) | Target Center9104 | 8–3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 12 | July 9 | Atlanta | 20130709 ATLMIN 94 72 | Monica Wright (22) | Rebekkah Brunson (12) | Whalen & Wright (5) | Target Center8623 | 9–3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 13 | July 11 | @ Indiana | 20130711 MININD 69 62 | Lindsay Whalen (23) | Monica Wright (9) | Monica Wright (4) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse10230 | 10–3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 14 | July 13 | @ Tulsa | 20130713 MINTUL 86 75 | Lindsay Whalen (25) | Rebekkah Brunson (12) | Lindsay Whalen (11) | BOK Center6171 | 11–3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 15 | July 19 | @ San Antonio | 20130719 MINSAN 87 71 | Lindsay Whalen (21) | Maya Moore (8) | Lindsay Whalen (7) | AT&T Center7105 | 12–3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 16 | July 21 | @ Phoenix | 20130721 MINPHO 82 77 | Rebekkah Brunson (18) | Rebekkah Brunson (13) | Augustus & McCarville (4) | US Airways Center9806 | 13–3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 17 | July 24 | Phoenix | 20130724 PHOMIN 81 69 | Lindsay Whalen (18) | Rebekkah Brunson (7) | Lindsay Whalen (7) | Target Center16404 | 14–3 Minnesota Lynx August 5 2 3 2 |- align="center" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break |- style="background:#cfc;" | 18 | August 2 | San Antonio | 20130802 SANMIN 85 63 | Seimone Augustus (18) | Rebekkah Brunson (12) | Lindsay Whalen (8) | Target Center8733 | 15–3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 19 | August 4 | Seattle | 20130804 SEAMIN 90 72 | Lindsay Whalen (22) | Rebekkah Brunson (11) | McCarville & Whalen (7) | Target Center9032 | 16–3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 20 | August 6 | @ San Antonio | 20130806 MINSAN 93 80 | Maya Moore (26) | Maya Moore (10) | Lindsay Whalen (10) | AT&T Center5390 | 17–3 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 21 | August 8 | Washington | 20130808 WASMIN 75 79 | Maya Moore (24) | Rebekkah Brunson (7) | Lindsay Whalen (5) | Target Center8723 | 17–4 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 22 | August 11 | @ Chicago | 20130811 MINCHI 86 94 1 | Seimone Augustus (26) | Lindsay Whalen (10) | Augustus & Whalen (6) | Allstate Arena6297 | 17–5 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 23 | August 16 | Tulsa | 20130816 TULMIN 77 83 | Seimone Augustus (29) | Devereaux Peters (8) | Lindsay Whalen (6) | Target Center9422 | 17–6 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 24 | August 18 | NY Liberty | 20130818 NYLMIN 88 57 | Maya Moore (28) | Rebekkah Brunson (8) | Lindsay Whalen (7) | Target Center9004 | 18–6 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 25 | August 20 | @ Atlanta | 20130820 MINATL 75 88 | Maya Moore (23) | Rebekkah Brunson (14) | Lindsay Whalen (6) | Philips Arena4855 | 18–7 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 26 | August 22 | @ Connecticut | 20130822 MINCON 91 77 | Rebekkah Brunson (24) | Rebekkah Brunson (11) | Seimone Augustus (6) | Mohegan Sun Arena7088 | 19–7 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 27 | August 24 | Indiana | 20130824 INDMIN 84 77 | Maya Moore (35) | Lindsay Whalen (9) | Lindsay Whalen (7) | Target Center9504 | 20–7 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 28 | August 27 | @ NY Liberty | 20130827 MINNYL 73 47 | Lindsay Whalen (18) | Maya Moore (10) | Seimone Augustus (3) | Prudential Center5997 | 21–7 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 29 | August 31 | Seattle | 20130831 SEAMIN 97 74 | Maya Moore (30) | Monica Wright (6) | Monica Wright (7) | Target Center9123 | 22–7 Minnesota Lynx September 2 0 2 1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 30 | September 4 | Los Angeles | 20130904 LASMIN 83 74 | Seimone Augustus (23) | Rebekkah Brunson (11) | Lindsay Whalen (14) | Target Center9314 | 23–7 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 31 | September 7 | @ Seattle | 20130907 MINSEA 75 60 | Rebekkah Brunson (19) | McCarville & Peters (10) | McCarville & Whalen (4) | Key Arena8147 | 24–7 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 32 | September 10 | @ Seattle | 20130910 MINSEA 73 60 | Maya Moore (20) | Rebekkah Brunson (8) | Lindsay Whalen (4) | Key Arena5486 | 25–7 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 33 | September 12 | @ Los Angeles | 20130912 MINLAS 84 85 | Seimone Augustus (23) | Rebekkah Brunson (11) | Whalen & Wright (4) | Staples Center11553 | 25–8 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 34 | September 14 | Chicago | 20130914 CHIMIN 79 66 | Lindsay Whalen (23) | Maya Moore (11) | M. Moore & Whalen (6) | Target Center9613 | 26–8 min 2013 Playoffs Minnesota Lynx 2013 yes Total: 7–0 (Home: 4–0; Road: 3–0) Minnesota Lynx Conference Semifinals yes no yes 1 0 1 0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | September 20 | Seattle | 20130920 SEAMIN 80 64 | Seimone Augustus (19) | Rebekkah Brunson (9) | Maya Moore (6) | Target Center8832 | 1–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 | September 22 | @ Seattle | 20130922 MINSEA 58 55 | Maya Moore (22) | Rebekkah Brunson (13) | Janel McCarville (5) | Tacoma Dome3457 | 2–0 Minnesota Lynx Conference Finals no yes 1 0 1 0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | September 26 | Phoenix | 20130926 PHOMIN 85 62 | M. Moore and Whalen (20) | Lindsay Whalen (6) | Lindsay Whalen (5) | Target Center9013 | 1-0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 | September 29 | @ Phoenix | 20130929 MINPHO 72 65 | Maya Moore (27) | Rebekkah Brunson (14) | Lindsay Whalen (7) | US Airways Center8020 | 2-0 Minnesota Lynx WNBA Finals yes yes 2 0 1 0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | October 6 | Atlanta | 20131006 ATLMIN 84 59 | Maya Moore (23) | Rebekkah Brunson (8) | Lindsay Whalen (5) | Target Center13804 | 1-0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 | October 8 | Atlanta | 20131008 ATLMIN 88 63 | Seimone Augustus (20) | Rebekkah Brunson (10) | Lindsay Whalen (5) | Target Center12313 | 2-0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 3 | October 10 | @ Atlanta | 20131010 MINATL 86 77 | Maya Moore (23) | Rebekkah Brunson (12) | Lindsay Whalen (6) | Gwinnett Arena5040 | 3-0 min 2013 Statistics Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Augustus, Seimone Seimone Augustus 31 31 29.8 .516 .290 .879 3.20 2.5 0.58 0.58 16.3 Brunson, Rebekkah Rebekkah Brunson 33 33 29.2 .497 1.000 .636 8.90 1.5 1.27 0.88 10.6 Harris, Amber Amber Harris 30 1 8.8 .375 .143 .714 1.50 0.7 0.13 0.20 2.4 Jarry, Rachel Rachel Jarry 27 0 6.8 .444 .600 .778 0.70 0.4 0.19 0.15 1.7 McCarville, Janel Janel McCarville 32 32 21.9 .488 .429 .804 4.30 2.9 1.00 0.66 6.3 Moore, Lindsey Lindsey Moore 23 0 5.7 .258 .250 .750 0.60 1.0 0.13 0.00 1.0 Moore, Maya Maya Moore34 34 31.4 .509 .453 .882 6.20 3.0 1.74 0.97 18.5 Peters, Devereaux Devereaux Peters34 2 18.6 .396 .000 .852 4.60 1.1 0.71 1.00 4.1 Rodgers, Sugar Sugar Rodgers 28 0 7.6 .317 .313 .571 1.40 0.5 0.54 0.32 1.9 Whalen, Lindsay Lindsay Whalen34 34 29.6 .486 .111 .783 4.40 5.8 0.76 0.06 14.9 Wright, Monica 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) References External links 2013 Minnesota Lynx season at Official Site Category:Minnesota Lynx seasons Minnesota Category:WNBA championship seasons Category:Western Conference (WNBA) championship seasons Minnesota Lynx