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
The Lynx made three selections in the 2016 WNBA Entry Draft in Uncasville, Connecticut :
Roster
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
Preseason
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
Regular season
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
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
Additions
Awards
References
Notes
External links
Franchise Arenas Head coaches Administration
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