2020 Minnesota Lynx season

The 2020 WNBA season will be the 22nd season for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association. The season will tip off on July 26, 2020, versus the Connecticut Sun.[1]

2020 Minnesota Lynx season
Coach	Cheryl Reeve
Arena	Originally: Target Center Rescheduled to: IMG Academy gymnasiums, Bradenton, Florida
Attendance	0 per game
Results
Record	7–3 (.700)
Place	T–3rd (Western)
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This WNBA season will feature an all-time high 36 regular-season games.[2] However, the plan for expanded games was put on hold on April 3, when the WNBA postponed its season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] Under a plan approved on June 15, the league is scheduled to hold a shortened 22-game regular season at IMG Academy, without fans present, starting on July 24.[4][5]

Transactions

WNBA Draft

See also: 2020 WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	6	Mikiah Herbert Harrigan	Anguilla  United Kingdom	South Carolina
2	16	Crystal Dangerfield	United States	Connecticut

Trades/Roster Changes

Date	Details
February 11, 2020	F Rebekkah Brunson retired and was hired as an assistant coach of the Lynx.[6]
February 25, 2020	Acquired G Rachel Banham from the Connecticut Sun in exchange for a 2nd round pick in the 2021 WNBA Draft.[7]
February 29, 2020	Signed F Cecilia Zandalasini[8]
March 6, 2020	Traded the 14th pick in the 2020 WNBA draft and their second round pick in the 2021 WNBA Draft to Indiana Fever in exchange for G Shenise Johnson and the 16th pick in the 2020 WNBA Draft.[9]
April 17, 2020	Traded F Stephanie Talbot to New York in exchange for the draft rights for G Erica Ogwumike.[10]
May 25, 2020	Waived G Linnae Harper and G Erica Ogwumike[11]
May 31, 2020	Moved G Odyssey Sims to an Inactive List and suspended F Jessica Shepard [12]
June 17, 2020	F Cecilia Zandalasini announces she will be opting out of the season due to COVID-19 and signed F Megan Huff[13] [14]
July 30, 2020	Waived F Karima Christmas-Kelly and signed F Erica McCall [15]
August 6, 2020	Activated G Odyssey Sims and waived F Megan Huff [16]

Roster

Minnesota Lynx roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs C 40 Alexander, Kayla 6' 4" (1.93m) 186 lb (84kg) 01-05-1991 Syracuse 7 G 15 Banham, Rachel 5' 9" (1.75m) 172 lb (78kg) 07-15-1993 Minnesota 4 G 4 Brown, Lexie 5' 9" (1.75m) 160 lb (73kg) 10-27-1994 Duke 2 G/F 6 Carleton, Bridget 6' 1" (1.85m) 180 lb (82kg) 05-22-1997 Iowa State 1 F 24 Collier, Napheesa 6' 2" (1.88m) 181 lb (82kg) 09-23-1996 Connecticut 1 G 2 Dangerfield, Crystal 5' 5" (1.65m) 122 lb (55kg) 05-11-1998 Connecticut R F 92 Dantas, Damiris 6' 3" (1.91m) 201 lb (91kg) 11-17-1992 Brazil 5 C 34 Fowles, Sylvia  6' 6" (1.98m) 217 lb (98kg) 10-06-1985 LSU 12 F 21 Herbert Harrigan, Mikiah 6' 2" (1.88m) 152 lb (69kg) 08-21-1998 South Carolina R G 42 Johnson, Shenise 5' 11" (1.8m) 168 lb (76kg) 12-08-1990 Miami 7 F 24 McCall, Erica 6' 2" (1.88m) 184 lb (83kg) 08-21-1995 Stanford 3 F 10 Shepard, Jessica (S) 6' 3" (1.91m) 198 lb (90kg) 09-11-1996 Notre Dame 1 G 1 Sims, Odyssey 5' 8" (1.73m) 163 lb (74kg) 07-13-1992 Baylor 6 F 9 Zandalasini, Cecilia (S) 6' 2" (1.88m) 175 lb (79kg) 03-16-1996 Italy 2	Head coach Cheryl Reeve (La Salle) Assistant coaches Plenette Pierson (Texas Tech) Katie Smith (Ohio State) Rebekkah Brunson (Georgetown) Athletic trainer Chuck Barta (Wisconsin-La Crosse) Assistant trainer Kate Taber (Iowa) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured   WNBA roster page
East ATL CHI CON IND NY WAS West DAL LV LA MIN PHO SEA

Game log

Regular season

2020 game log Total: 7–3
July Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 July 26 Connecticut Sun W 77–69 Sylvia Fowles (17) Sylvia Fowles (18) Damiris Dantas (5) IMG Academy No In-Person Attendance 1–0 2 July 28 Seattle L 66–90 Damiris Dantas (18) Sylvia Fowles (11) Napheesa Collier (5) IMG Academy No In-Person Attendance 1–1 3 July 30 Chicago Sky W 83–81 Napheesa Collier (20) Napheesa Collier (10) Collier, Johnson (4) IMG Academy No In-Person Attendance 2–1
August Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 4 August 1 Connecticut Sun W 78-69 Sylvia Fowles (21) Sylvia Fowles (13) Napheesa Collier (4) IMG Academy No In-Person Attendance 3–1 5 August 5 New York Liberty W 92–66 Bridget Carleton (25) Carleton, Collier (7) Rachel Banham (5) IMG Academy No In-Person Attendance 4–1 6 August 7 Indiana Fever W 87–80 Lexie Brown (26) Brown, Fowles (6) Lexie Brown (9) IMG Academy No In-Person Attendance 5-1 7 August 9 Los Angeles Sparks L 81-97 Crystal Dangerfield (29) Damiris Dantas (7) Lexie Brown (6) IMG Academy No In-Person Attendance 5–2 8 August 11 Washington Mystics W 68–48 Sylvia Fowles (16) Sylvia Fowles (13) Crystal Dangerfield (4) IMG Academy No In-Person Attendance 6–2 9 August 13 Las Vegas Aces L 77–87 Napheesa Collier (21) Napheesa Collier (14) Damiris Dantas (7) IMG Academy No In-Person Attendance 6–3 10 August 15 New York Liberty W 94-64 Napheesa Collier (26) Napheesa Collier (13) Collier, Sims (5) IMG Academy No In-Person Attendance 7–3 11 August 19 Dallas Wings IMG Academy No In-Person Attendance 0–0 12 August 21 Phoenix Mercury IMG Academy No In-Person Attendance 0–0 13 August 23 Atlanta Dream IMG Academy No In-Person Attendance 0–0 14 August 26 Los Angeles Sparks IMG Academy No In-Person Attendance 0–0 15 August 28 Atlanta Dream IMG Academy No In-Person Attendance 0–0 16 August 30 Phoenix Mercury IMG Academy No In-Person Attendance 0–0
September Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 17 September 2 Chicago Sky IMG Academy No In-Person Attendance 0–0 18 September 4 Dallas Wings IMG Academy No In-Person Attendance 0–0 19 September 6 Seattle Storm IMG Academy No In-Person Attendance 0–0 20 September 8 Washington Mystics IMG Academy No In-Person Attendance 0–0 21 September 10 Las Vegas Aces IMG Academy No In-Person Attendance 0–0 22 September 12 Indiana Fever IMG Academy No In-Person Attendance 0–0
2020 season schedule

Standings

#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Conf.
1	Seattle Storm	10	1	.909	–	4–0
2	Las Vegas Aces	8	2	.800	1.5	3–1
3	Los Angeles Sparks	7	3	.700	2.5	2–2
3	Minnesota Lynx	7	3	.700	2.5	0–3
5	Chicago Sky	7	4	.636	3	3–1
6	Phoenix Mercury	6	5	.545	4	2–3
7	Indiana Fever	4	6	.400	5.5	3–1
8	Connecticut Sun	4	7	.364	6	2–2
8	Dallas Wings	4	7	.364	6	1–3
10	Washington Mystics	3	7	.300	6.5	2–3
11	Atlanta Dream	2	9	.182	8	1–3
12	New York Liberty	1	9	.100	8.5	1–2

References

1. "2020 Minnesota Lynx Schedule". sparks.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
2. "Atlanta Dream Announce 2020 Schedule - Atlanta Dream". dream.wnba.com. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
3. "WNBA Statement Regarding the Start of the 2020 Regular Season". 2020-04-03. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
4. "WNBA Announces Plan To Tip Off 2020 Season". WNBA. 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
5. "WNBA announces plans for 2020 season to start late July in Florida". NBC Sports Washington. 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
6. "Brunson's Retirement Launches Next Chapter Of Her Lynx Career". lynx.wnba.com. WNBA. February 11, 2020. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
7. "Minnesota Lynx Acquire Rachel Banham". lynx.wnba.com. WNBA. February 25, 2020. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
8. "Lynx Re-Sign Forward Cecilia Zandalasini". lynx.wnba.com. WNBA. February 29, 2020.
9. "Minnesota Lynx Acquire Shenise Johnson from Indiana". lynx.wnba.com. WNBA. March 6, 2020. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
10. "Get To Know Erica Ogwumike". lynx.wnba.com. WNBA. April 17, 2020. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
11. "Minnesota Lynx Waive Linnae Harper and Erica Ogwumike". lynx.wnba.com. WNBA. May 25, 2020. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
12. "Lynx finalize roster; Shepard, Sims not among initial 12". startribune.com. Star Tribune. May 31, 2020. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
13. "Lynx's Cecilia Zandalasini skipping 2020 WNBA season". startribune.com. Star Tribune. June 17, 2020. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
14. "Lynx Sign Forward Megan Huff". lynx.wnba.com. WNBA. June 17, 2020. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
15. "Lynx Awarded Erica McCall From Waivers". lynx.wnba.com. WNBA. July 30, 2020. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
16. "Lynx Activate Odyssey Sims". lynx.wnba.com. WNBA. August 6, 2020. Retrieved August 6, 2020.

External links

• Official website