2010 Minnesota Lynx season

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2010 Minnesota Lynx season
CoachCheryl Reeve
ArenaTarget Center
Attendance7,622 per game
Results
Record13–21 (.382)
Place5th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Team Leaders
PointsAugustus (16.9)
ReboundsBrunson (10.3)
AssistsWhalen (5.6)
Media
RadioKLCI
TelevisionFS-N
NBATV, ESPN2

The 2010 WNBA season is the 12th season for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association.

Transactions[edit]

Dispersal draft[edit]

Based on the Lynx's 2009 record, they would pick 2nd in the Sacramento Monarchs dispersal draft. The Lynx picked Rebekkah Brunson.

WNBA draft[edit]

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  United States Virginia
1 3 Kelsey Griffin  United States Nebraska
3 26 Gabriela Marginean  United States Drexel

Transaction log[edit]

  • 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.[1]
  • 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.[2]
  • 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.[3]
  • August 3: The Lynx waived Nuria Martinez and signed Kristen Mann.
  • August 18: The Lynx signed Jessica Adair and suspended Nicky Anosike.

Trades[edit]

Date Trade
January 12, 2010 To Minnesota Lynx To Connecticut Sun
Lindsay Whalen and second overall pick in 2010 Draft Renee Montgomery and first overall pick in 2010 Draft
February 19, 2010 To Minnesota Lynx To 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 Draft
April 8, 2010 To Minnesota Lynx To Connecticut Sun
first- and second-round draft picks in the 2011 Draft draft rights to Kelsey Griffin
July 26, 2010 To Minnesota Lynx To Tulsa Shock
Alexis Hornbuckle Rashanda McCants

Free agents[edit]

Roster[edit]

Minnesota Lynx roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
F/C 21 United States Anosike, Nicky 6' 4" (1.93m) 211 lb (96kg) Tennessee
G 33 United States Augustus, Seimone 6' 0" (1.83m) 179 lb (81kg) LSU
F 32 United States Brunson, Rebekkah 6' 3" (1.91m) 175 lb (79kg) Georgetown
C 9 United States Hollingsworth, Quanitra 6' 5" (1.96m) 201 lb (91kg) VCU
SG 14 United States Hornbuckle, Alexis 5' 11" (1.8m) 155 lb (70kg) Tennessee
F 24 United States Houston, Charde 6' 1" (1.85m) 189 lb (86kg) Connecticut
F 99 Mali Maiga-Ba, Hamchetou 6' 2" (1.88m) 162 lb (73kg) Old Dominion
F 44 United States Mann, Kristen 6' 1" (1.85m) 185 lb (84kg) UC Santa Barbara
PG 13 United States Whalen, Lindsay 5' 9" (1.75m) 150 lb (68kg) Minnesota
G 11 United States Wiggins, Candice Injured 5' 11" (1.8m) 154 lb (70kg) Stanford
G 22 United States Wright, Monica 5' 11" (1.8m) 178 lb (81kg) Virginia
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Athletic trainer


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Depth[edit]

Pos. Starter Bench
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[edit]

Western Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Seattle Storm x 28 6 .824 – 17–0 11–6 20–2
Phoenix Mercury x 15 19 .441 13.0 9–8 6–11 13–9
San Antonio Silver Stars x 14 20 .412 14.0 8–9 6–11 11–11
Los Angeles Sparks x 13 21 .382 15.0 8–9 5–12 10–12
Minnesota Lynx o 13 21 .382 15.0 7–10 6–11 8–14
Tulsa Shock o 6 28 .176 22.0 4–13 2–15 4–18

Schedule[edit]

Preseason[edit]

2010 Game Log: Preseason
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
1 April 30 1:00pm Chicago 78-87 Wright (18) Marginean (9) Wright (4) Concordia University
633		 0-1
2 May 6 12:30pm @ Chicago 65-74 Wright (18) Wright (6) Whalen (10) Allstate Arena
N/A		 0-2

Regular season[edit]

2010 Game Log: Regular Season
May
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
1 May 15 8:00pm @ Tulsa NBATV
COX		 80-74 Houston (21) Anosike (9) Whalen (6) BOK Center
7,806		 1-0
2 May 16 7:00pm Washington FS-N 76-87 Houston (19) 5 players (5) Whalen (7) Target Center
9,985		 1-1
3 May 19 10:00pm @ Seattle KING 76-79 Wright (19) Anosike (10) Maiga-Ba (4) KeyArena
6,687		 1-2
4 May 23 7:00pm Tulsa 82-94 Houston (23) Anosike, Houston (9) Maiga-Ba, Whalen (4) Target Center
6,822		 1-3
5 May 27 7:30pm @ Connecticut 79-105 Houston, McCants (16) Anosike, McCants (7) Anosike (5) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,401		 1-4
6 May 29 8:00pm Chicago CN100 58-73 Houston, McCants (12) Brunson (9) Houston (3) Target Center
6,129		 1-5
June
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
7 June 1 7:30pm Phoenix ESPN2 92-82 Wright (32) Brunson (15) Anosike, Whalen (5) Target Center
6,854		 2-5
8 June 4 8:00pm @ Tulsa FS-OK 79-92 Brunson (23) Brunson (11) Anosike, Whalen (5) BOK Center
4,521		 2-6
9 June 6 7:00pm Indiana FS-N 51-89 Wiggins (11) Brunson (12) Anosike, Wiggins (3) Target Center
6,444		 2-7
10 June 10 10:00pm @ Phoenix FS-A 88-99 Wright (21) Brunson (12) Whalen (6) US Airways Center
5,506		 2-8
11 June 13 3:00pm @ Los Angeles 84-88 Houston (21) Brunson (15) Whalen (7) STAPLES Center
7,005		 2-9
12 June 18 8:00pm Tulsa 78-67 Augustus (27) Anosike (9) Whalen (12) Target Center
6,953		 3-9
13 June 19 8:00pm @ Tulsa COX 92-78 Wiggins (19) Brunson (11) Whalen (6) BOK Center
5,013		 4-9
14 June 22 7:30pm @ New York 75-68 Brunson (21) Brunson (13) Maiga-Ba, Whalen (4) Madison Square Garden
7,537		 5-9
15 June 26 8:00pm @ San Antonio NBATV
FS-SW		 66-80 Augustus (14) Brunson (9) Whalen (4) AT&T Center
10,184		 5-10
July
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
16 July 1 7:00pm @ Atlanta SSO 58-76 Augustus (17) Anosike (7) Maiga-Ba, Whalen (2) Philips Arena
4,020		 5-11
17 July 8 8:00pm San Antonio 89-66 Brunson (24) Brunson (10) Whalen (5) Target Center
7,182		 6-11
18 July 14 1:00pm Atlanta 83-81 Augustus (22) Brunson (9) Whalen (7) Target Center
12,311		 7-11
19 July 17 3:30pm Seattle 71-73 Brunson (19) Brunson (9) Whalen (6) Target Center
7,216		 7-12
20 July 22 8:00pm San Antonio 72-74 Augustus (22) Brunson (14) Whalen (8) Target Center
6,126		 7-13
21 July 24 8:00pm Phoenix NBATV
FS-N		 124-127 (2OT) Augustus (36) Brunson (17) Whalen (10) Target Center
8,518		 7-14
22 July 27 8:00pm Los Angeles 58-71 Whalen, Wright (12) Brunson (11) Wright (4) Target Center
6,215		 7-15
23 July 29 10:00pm @ Phoenix 92-110 Houston (26) Houston (13) Whalen (4) US Airways Center
7,037		 7-16
August
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
24 August 1 7:00pm Seattle NBATV
FS-N		 72-71 Augustus (24) Brunson (8) Whalen (7) Target Center
7,312		 8-16
25 August 3 8:00pm Connecticut CSN-NE 111-103 (OT) Whalen (27) Anosike (12) Whalen (12) Target Center
5,954		 9-16
26 August 7 3:00pm @ Chicago ESPN2 87-82 (OT) Augustus (27) Anosike, Whalen (7) Whalen (7) Allstate Arena
4,992		 10-16
27 August 8 7:00pm New York NBATV
FS-N		 72-74 Whalen (18) Brunson (18) Whalen, Wright (3) Target Center
9,016		 10-17
28 August 10 8:00pm @ San Antonio 73-66 Augustus (20) Brunson (12) Hornbuckle, Whalen (4) AT&T Center
5,142		 11-17
29 August 12 8:00pm Los Angeles 77-78 Houston (24) Brunson (14) Houston, Wright (3) Target Center
7,867		 11-18
30 August 13 7:00pm @ Washington 58-61 Whalen, Wright (13) Brunson (10) Whalen (5) Verizon Center
7,752		 11-19
31 August 15 7:00pm San Antonio NBATV
FS-N
FS-SW		 84-78 Whalen (21) Brunson, Houston (8) Whalen (12) Target Center
8,678		 12-19
32 August 17 10:00pm @ Seattle 64-68 Whalen (20) Houston (9) Whalen (5) KeyArena
7,394		 12-20
33 August 20 10:30pm @ Los Angeles 91-98 Houston (21) Brunson, Houston (7) Whalen (7) STAPLES Center
13,154		 12-21
34 August 22 5:00pm @ Indiana NBATV
FS-I		 83-79 (OT) Augustus (25) Wright (7) Houston (4) Conseco Fieldhouse
10,015		 13-21
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess

Statistics[edit]

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

Regular season[edit]

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Jessica Adair 1 0 14.0 1.000 .000 .750 8.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 5.0
Nicky Anosike 31 30 29.9 .372 .000 .773 6.8 1.9 2.00 1.03 9.2
Seimone Augustus 25 25 33.3 .429 .336 .667 3.2 1.9 0.68 0.28 16.9
Rebekkah Brunson 30 30 30.5 .429 .000 .663 10.3 0.8 1.20 0.97 11.3
Quanitra Hollingsworth 25 0 7.3 .378 .000 .600 1.8 0.2 0.20 0.04 1.7
Alexis Hornbuckle 13 0 14.9 .283 .167 .750 1.5 1.3 1.38 0.23 3.0
Charde Houston 34 8 22.3 .416 .365 .704 4.1 1.4 1.26 0.59 11.8
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba 34 9 13.7 .384 .000 .667 2.3 0.9 0.38 0.15 3.2
Kristen Mann 5 0 3.0 .167 .250 .000 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.6
Gabriela Marginean 4 0 3.0 .200 .000 .000 1.0 0.3 0.25 0.25 0.5
Nuria Martinez 15 0 8.5 .182 .150 .667 0.7 0.7 0.33 0.00 1.8
Lindsay Whalen 33 33 33.6 .410 .231 .899 4.0 5.6 1.39 0.15 12.6
Candice Wiggins 8 7 29.8 .405 .457 .967 2.8 2.1 1.75 0.00 13.8
Monica Wright 34 24 25.5 .370 .340 .819 2.9 1.5 1.00 0.21 11.1

Awards and honors[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Lynx trade for ex-Gopher star Lindsay Whalen". Star Tribune. January 13, 2010. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
  2. ^ "Lynx trade Roneeka Hodges for draft considerations". St. Paul Pioneer Press. February 19, 2010. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
  3. ^ "Shock complete roster flip with trade". ESPN. July 26, 2010. Retrieved February 21, 2024.

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