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. Round Pick Player Nationality School/team/country 1 2 (from Conn.) Monica Wright Virginia 1 3 Kelsey Griffin Nebraska 3 26 Gabriela Marginean Drexel
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 DateTradeJanuary 12, 2010To Minnesota LynxTo Connecticut Sun Lindsay Whalen and second overall pick in 2010 Draft Renee Montgomery and first overall pick in 2010 DraftFebruary 19, 2010To Minnesota LynxTo San Antonio Silver Stars the right to swap second round picks in the 2011 Draft Roneeka Hodges and right to swap second round picks in the 2011 DraftApril 8, 2010To Minnesota LynxTo Connecticut Sun first- and second-round draft picks in the 2011 Draft draft rights to Kelsey GriffinJuly 26, 2010To Minnesota LynxTo Tulsa Shock Alexis Hornbuckle Rashanda McCants
Free agents
Additions
PlayerSignedFormer team Rebekkah Brunson December 14, 2009 Sacramento Monarchs Lindsay Whalen January 12, 2010 Connecticut Sun Seimone Augustus February 8, 2010 re-signed Hamchetou Maiga-Ba February 17, 2010 Sacramento Monarchs Nuria Martinez April 20, 2010 free agent Alexis Hornbuckle July 26, 2010 Tulsa Shock Kristen Mann August 3, 2010 free agent
Subtractions PlayerLeftNew team Renee Montgomery January 12, 2010 Connecticut Sun Tasha Humphrey February 16, 2010 free agent Roneeka Hodges February 19, 2010 San Antonio Silver Stars Kelly Miller March 17, 2010 Atlanta Dream Rashanda McCants July 26, 2010 Tulsa Shock Nuria Martinez August 3, 2010 free agent
Roster
Depth Pos.StarterBench C Rebekkah Brunson Quanitra Hollingsworth PF Nicky Anosike Charde Houston SF Seimone Augustus Hamchetou Maiga-Ba / Kristen Mann SG Monica Wright Candice Wiggins PG Lindsay Whalen Alexis 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 || NBATVCOX || 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 || NBATVFS-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 || NBATVFS-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 || NBATVFS-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 || NBATVFS-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 || NBATVFS-NFS-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 || NBATVFS-I || 83-79 (OT) || Augustus (25) || Wright (7) || Houston (4) || Conseco Fieldhouse 10,015 || 13-21
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Statistics
Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 1 0 14.0 1.000 .000 .750 8.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 5.0 31 30 29.9 .372 .000 .773 6.8 1.9 2.00 1.03 9.2 25 25 33.3 .429 .336 .667 3.2 1.9 0.68 0.28 16.9 30 30 30.5 .429 .000 .663 10.3 0.8 1.20 0.97 11.3 25 0 7.3 .378 .000 .600 1.8 0.2 0.20 0.04 1.7 13 0 14.9 .283 .167 .750 1.5 1.3 1.38 0.23 3.0 34 8 22.3 .416 .365 .704 4.1 1.4 1.26 0.59 11.8 34 9 13.7 .384 .000 .667 2.3 0.9 0.38 0.15 3.2 5 0 3.0 .167 .250 .000 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.6 4 0 3.0 .200 .000 .000 1.0 0.3 0.25 0.25 0.5 15 0 8.5 .182 .150 .667 0.7 0.7 0.33 0.00 1.8 33 33 33.6 .410 .231 .899 4.0 5.6 1.39 0.15 12.6 8 7 29.8 .405 .457 .967 2.8 2.1 1.75 0.00 13.8 34 24 25.5 .370 .340 .819 2.9 1.5 1.00 0.21 11.1
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.
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