2020 Minnesota Lynx season

2020 Minnesota Lynx season
2020 Minnesota Lynx season
Head coach	Cheryl Reeve
Arena	Originally: Target Center; Rescheduled to: IMG Academy gymnasiums, Bradenton, Florida
Results
Record	14–8 (.636)
Place	4th (Western)
Playoff finish	4th Seed, Lost in Semifinals to Seattle Storm
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The 2020 Minnesota Lynx season was the 22nd season for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association, and the 11th season under head coach Cheryl Reeve.

Head coachCheryl Reeve

ArenaOriginally: Target Center
Rescheduled to: IMG Academy gymnasiums, Bradenton, Florida

Record14–8 (.636)

Place4th (Western)

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The season tipped-off on July 26, 2020, versus the Connecticut Sun.^[1]

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]

The Lynx' season started strongly, as the team won five of their first six games, with their only loss coming to the Seattle Storm. They won three of the next five to hold a 8–3 record at the halfway mark of the season. The team finished the season with a 3–2 stretch of five games and a 3–3 stretch of the last six games. Their overall 14–8 record earned them the fourth seed in the playoffs.

As the fourth seed, the Lynx earned a bye into the Second Round. They faced off against the Phoenix Mercury, and won a very close game 80–79. With that win, they advanced to face Seattle in the Semifinals. The Lynx lost the first game in the series by two points, and then were defeated by ten points and twenty-one points in games two and three. The three game sweep ended the Lynx' season.

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

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]

#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Conf.
1	x – Las Vegas Aces	18	4	.818	–	8–2
2	x – Seattle Storm	18	4	.818	–	8–2
3	x – Los Angeles Sparks	15	7	.682	3	5–5
4	x – Minnesota Lynx	14	8	.636	4	4–6
5	x – Phoenix Mercury	13	9	.591	5	4–6
6	x – Chicago Sky	12	10	.545	6	6–4
7	x – Connecticut Sun	10	12	.455	8	7–3
8	x – Washington Mystics	9	13	.409	9	6–4
9	e – Dallas Wings	8	14	.364	10	1–9
10	e – Atlanta Dream	7	15	.318	11	5–5
11	e – Indiana Fever	6	16	.273	12	4–6
12	e – New York Liberty	2	20	.091	16	2–8


First round Single elimination (September 15)			Second round Single elimination (September 17)			Semifinals Best-of-5 (September 20–29)			WNBA Finals Best-of-5 (October 2–11)



						1	Las Vegas Aces	3

			4	Minnesota Lynx	80	7	Connecticut Sun	2

5	Phoenix Mercury	85	5	Phoenix Mercury	79				1	Las Vegas Aces	0

8	Washington Mystics	84							2	Seattle Storm	3

						2	Seattle Storm	3

			3	Los Angeles Sparks	59	4	Minnesota Lynx	0

6	Chicago Sky	81	7	Connecticut Sun	73

7	Connecticut Sun	94

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage	TO	Turnovers per game
PF	Fouls per game		Team leader		League leader

2020 Minnesota Lynx season

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Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Crystal Dangerfield	21	19	30.0	47.1	33.3	92.2	2.0	3.6	0.9	0.0	16.2
Napheesa Collier	22	22	34.2	52.3	40.8	82.9	9.0	3.3	1.8	1.3	16.1
Sylvia Fowles	7	7	24.1	60.9	0	82.8	9.7	0.9	0.9	1.1	14.6
Damiris Dantas	22	22	26.6	46.4	4..6	72.7	6.1	2.6	1.1	0.2	12.9
Odyssey Sims	13	7	18.5	40.4	33.3	90.9	2.0	3.5	0.5	0.1	6.9
Rachel Banham	20	1	17.0	46.2	47.2	80.0	1.3	2.4	0.5	0.1	6.9
Bridget Carleton	22	15	25.8	52.0	45.7	64.3	3.5	2.5	0.7	0	6.6
Lexie Brown	17	13	22.0	34.2	26.9	79.2	1.9	2.4	1.8	0	6.4
Shenise Johnson	17	4	12.5	34.1	35.3	89.3	1.9	1.2	0.9	0.1	5.1
Mikiah Herbert Harrigan	21	0	11.1	36.6	42.4	71.4	2.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	3.8
Erica McCall	19	0	9.4	35.6	25.0	81.8	2.5	0.2	0.3	0.4	2.7
Kayla Alexander	16	0	5.6	53.3	0	62.5	0.9	0.2	0.1	0.2	2.3

Recipient	Award/Milestone	Date Awarded	Reference
Napheesa Collier	Western Conference Player of the Week	August 17, 2020	^[17]
	2nd Team All-Defense	September 29, 2020	^[18]
	All-WNBA Second Team	October 4, 2020	^[19]
Crystal Dangerfield	WNBA Rookie of the Month – August	September 1, 2020	^[20]
	WNBA Rookie of the Month – September	September 15, 2020	^[21]
	Rookie of the Year	September 17, 2020	^[22]
	All-Rookie Team	September 27, 2020	^[23]
Cheryl Reeve	Coach of the Year	September 17, 2020	^[24]