2007 Minnesota Lynx season

Last updated
2007 Minnesota Lynx season
Coach Don Zierden
Arena Target Center
Attendance7,119 per game
Results
Record1024 (.294)
Place6th (Western)
Playoff finishDid Not Qualify

The 2007 WNBA season was the ninth season for the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx tied their franchise-worst record from 2006 and never reached the playoff race.

Contents

Offseason

Dispersal Draft

PickPlayerNationalityFormer Team
2 Tangela Smith Flag of the United States.svg  United States Charlotte Sting

WNBA Draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalityCollege/School/Team
11 Lindsey Harding Flag of the United States.svg  United States Duke
14 Noelle Quinn Flag of the United States.svg  United States UCLA
215 Eshaya Murphy Flag of the United States.svg  United States USC
224 Kathrin Ress Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Boston College

Regular season

Season standings

Western Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Phoenix Mercury x2311.67612–511–617–5
San Antonio Silver Stars x2014.5883.09–811–613–9
Sacramento Monarchs x1915.5594.012–57–1012–10
Seattle Storm x1717.5006.012–55–1211–11
Houston Comets o1321.38210.07–106–1110–12
Minnesota Lynx o1024.29413.07–103–148–14
Los Angeles Sparks o1024.29413.05–125–126–16

Season schedule

DateOpponentScoreResultRecord
May 19@ Indiana 64-83Loss0-1
May 20 Sacramento 64-74Loss0-2
May 22@ Detroit 75-85Loss0-3
May 25 Chicago 77-82Loss0-4
May 29 Indiana 75-89Loss0-5
June 1 New York 60-70Loss0-6
June 3@ Chicago 72-78Loss0-7
June 5@ Phoenix 90-85Win1-7
June 8@ Los Angeles 87-90Loss1-8
June 9@ Seattle 76-90Loss1-9
June 13 Connecticut 77-73 (OT)Win2-9
June 16 Los Angeles 83-58Win3-9
June 20@ San Antonio 73-80Loss3-10
June 22 Seattle 78-76Win4-10
June 29@ San Antonio 77-66Win5-10
July 1@ Sacramento 68-76Loss5-11
July 3 Phoenix 79-95Loss5-12
July 6* Sacramento 80-85Loss5-13
July 8 Houston 67-79Loss5-14
July 10@ Washington 83-91 (OT)Loss5-15
July 12@ Houston 77-87Loss5-16
July 17@ Connecticut 79-84Loss5-17
July 20 Washington 87-91 (OT)Loss5-18
July 22@ Phoenix 93-106Loss5-19
July 25 Phoenix 79-103Loss5-20
July 27 Los Angeles 85-76Win6-20
July 29@ Sacramento 78-73Win7-20
August 2@ New York 66-71Loss7-21
August 4 Houston 77-80Loss7-22
August 7 Seattle 95-74Win8-22
August 12@ Los Angeles 80-89Loss8-23
August 14@ Seattle 67-81Loss8-24
August 16 Detroit 87-77Win9-24
August 19 San Antonio 81-55Win10-24


* The July 6 game was played at Williams Arena due to a conflict at Target Center. [1]

Player stats

PlayerGPREBASTSTLBLKPTS
Seimone Augustus34136794121769
Nicole Ohlde34208561720392
Svetlana Abrosimova3415085444345
Kristen Mann3412243317258
Lindsey Harding208778206233
Shay Murphy3210417198165
Kiesha Brown334952145153
Tiffany Stansbury30130151311130
Noelle Quinn3489148291396
Amber Jacobs2920409093
Tamika Raymond214062031
Navonda Moore191543021
Megan Duffy557107

[2]

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References

  1. "News Archive".
  2. "2007 Minnesota Lynx Stats".