1999 Minnesota Lynx season

The 1999 Minnesota Lynx season was the inaugural season of the franchise.

1999 Minnesota Lynx season
CoachBrian Agler
ArenaTarget Center
Attendanceper game
Results
Record15–17 (.469)
Place5th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
← 1998 season

Offseason

September 15, 1998 WNBA allocation
Pick Player Nationality WNBA Team College/HS/Club Team
1 Kristin Folkl USA Minnesota Stanford

April 6, 1999 Expansion Draft
Pick Player Nationality WNBA Team College/HS/Club Team
1 Brandy Reed (F)  United States Minnesota Lynx (from Phoenix Mercury) Southern Mississippi
3 Kim Williams (G)  United States Minnesota Lynx (from Utah Starzz) DePaul
5 Octavia Blue (G)  United States Minnesota Lynx (from Los Angeles Sparks) Miami (FL)
7 Adia Barnes (F)  United States Minnesota Lynx (from Sacramento Monarchs) Arizona

May 3, 1999 Post Expansion Draft Player Allocation
Pick Player Nationality WNBA Team College/HS/Club Team
1 Katie Smith (F)  United States Minnesota Lynx Ohio State (from Columbus Quest, ABL)

May 14, 1999 WNBA Draft
Round Pick Player Nationality Team
17Tonya Edwards (G) United StatesTennessee (from Columbus Quest, ABL)

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Regular season

Season standings
Western Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
Houston Comets x266.81316–4–
Los Angeles Sparks x2012.62512–86.0
Sacramento Monarchs x1913.5949–117.0
Phoenix Mercury o1517.4697–1311.0
Minnesota Lynx o1517.4698–1211.0
Utah Starzz o1517.4698–1211.0

Season Schedule
Date Opponent Score Result Record
June 12 Detroit 68-51 Win 1-0
June 14 Utah 78-54 Win 2-0
June 19 Houston 55-69 Loss 2-1
June 22 @ Sacramento 62-79 Loss 2-2
June 24 @ Los Angeles 86-73 Win 3-2
June 26 @ Utah 72-62 Win 4-2
June 29 Sacramento 72-86 Loss 4-3
July 1 Los Angeles 77-81 (2OT) Loss 4-4
July 3 Phoenix 56-47 Win 5-4
July 6 @ Houston 54-80 Loss 5-5
July 7 @ Orlando 71-66 Win 6-5
July 11 @ New York 58-56 Win 7-5
July 12 @ Cleveland 55-67 Loss 7-6
July 17 New York 60-58 Win 8-6
July 19 Sacramento 76-69 Win 9-6
July 21 @ Charlotte 76-67 Win 10-6
July 23 Washington 55-60 Loss 10-7
July 25 Houston 57-62 Loss 10-8
July 27 @ Sacramento 61-59 Win 11-8
July 29 @ Phoenix 46-79 Loss 11-9
July 31 Charlotte 52-56 Loss 11-10
August 2 Phoenix 73-56 Win 12-10
August 4 @ Detroit 56-59 Loss 12-11
August 6 Los Angeles 59-77 Loss 12-12
August 7 @ Utah 70-80 Loss 12-13
August 9 @ Phoenix 55-64 Loss 12-14
August 11 Utah 83-73 Win 13-14
August 14 @ Houston 53-71 Loss 13-15
August 16 Cleveland 57-50 Win 14-15
August 18 @ Los Angeles 54-72 Loss 14-16
August 20 Orlando 80-83 (OT) Loss 14-17
August 21 @ Washington 48-45 Win 15-17

Player stats
Player GP MIN FG 3P FT REB AST STL BLK PTS
Tonya Edwards3210311656679112842713475
Brandy Reed257571681353151642917402
Katie Smith30971113527288601910350
Andrea Lloyd Curry32899753034138913012214
Kristin Folkl3251867221116231412157
Sonja Tate32828521623127100363143
Angie Potthoff32710533188537245127
Trisha Fallon2628124623222211677
Annie Burgess253332311238368059
Adia Barnes19917162065021
Charmin Smith1356108921010

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  • Tonya Edwards ranked second in the WNBA in Three Point Field Goals with 66
  • Katie Smith ranked sixth in the WNBA in Three Point Field Goals, 52
  • Katie Smith ranked eighth in the WNBA in Three Point Field Goal Attempts with, 136
  • Katie Smith ranked ninth in the WNBA in Three Point Field Goal Percentage, (.382) [3]

Awards and honors
  • Tonya Edwards led the WNBA in Three Point Field Goal Attempts with 192[3]

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-05-09. Retrieved 2008-10-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/MIN/1999.html
  3. https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/years/1999.html
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