# 2013 Minnesota Lynx season

The 2013 WNBA season was the 15th season for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association. The Lynx won their second WNBA Championship in three years, and led the league in wins for the third straight season.
The Lynx entered the season as the two-time defending WNBA Western Conference champions. The Lynx won the 2011 WNBA Finals, but lost the 2012 WNBA Finals to the Indiana Fever.
The 2012 season saw the retirement of veteran center Taj McWilliams-Franklin. The Lynx replaced her in the offseason, trading guard Candice Wiggins for former University of Minnesota standout Janel McCarville, who had played with Lynx point guard Lindsay Whalen in college.
Despite returning three olympians and an all-star in their starting lineup, the Lynx were considered something of an afterthought going into the season, with much of the press going to the Phoenix Mercury, which drafted Brittney Griner.
Despite the lowered expectations, the Lynx had another outstanding season, finishing with the best record in the WNBA for the third straight year, and placing four players in the WNBA All-Star Game. After dispatching the Seattle Storm in the opening round of the playoffs, the Lynx swept the Phoenix Mercury in the Western Conference Finals, to earn their third straight trip to the WNBA Finals. They then defeated the Atlanta Dream to win their second WNBA title in three years.

## Transactions
### WNBA draft

The following are the Lynx' selections in the 2013 WNBA draft.
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/team/country |
| 1 | 12 | Lindsey Moore | United States | Nebraska |
| 2 | 14 (From Phx.) | Sugar Rodgers | United States | Georgetown |
| 2 | 24 | Chucky Jeffery | United States | Colorado |
| 3 | 36 | Waltiea Rolle | United States | North Carolina |

### Trades

On March 1, 2013, the Lynx announced that they had traded Candice Wiggins to the Tulsa Shock in exchange for a third-round pick in the draft and the rights to Janel McCarville from the New York Liberty.
| Date | Trade | Trade |
| March 1, 2013 | To Minnesota Lynx | To Tulsa Shock |
| March 1, 2013 | Janel McCarville | Candice Wiggins |

### Personnel changes

Additions
Player
Signed
Former team
Rachel JarryFebruary 16, 2013Unsigned Draftee
Janel McCarvilleMarch 1, 2013New York Liberty
Jacki GemelosApril 1, 2013Unsigned Draftee
Lindsey MooreApril 15, 2013Draft Pick
Sugar RodgersApril 15, 2013Draft Pick
Subtractions
Player
Left
New team
Candice WigginsMarch 1, 2013Tulsa Shock
Erin ThornJanuary 11, 2013Released
Taj McWilliams-FranklinMarch 22, 2013Retired
Jessica AdairMay 16, 2013Released
Jacki GemelosMay 22, 2013Released :

## Roster
### Depth

| Pos. | Starter | Bench |
| C | Janel McCarville | Amber Harris |
| PF | Rebekkah Brunson | Devereaux Peters |
| SF | Maya Moore | Rachel Jarry |
| SG | Seimone Augustus | Monica Wright Sugar Rodgers |
| PG | Lindsay Whalen | Lindsey Moore |

## Season standings

| # | Western Conference vte | Western Conference vte | Western Conference vte | Western Conference vte | Western Conference vte | Western Conference vte |
| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP |
| 1 | z-Minnesota Lynx | 26 | 8 | .765 | - | 34 |
| 2 | x-Los Angeles Sparks | 24 | 10 | .706 | 2 | 34 |
| 3 | x-Phoenix Mercury | 19 | 15 | .559 | 7 | 34 |
| 4 | x-Seattle Storm | 17 | 17 | .500 | 9 | 34 |
| 5 | e-San Antonio Silver Stars | 12 | 22 | .353 | 14 | 34 |
| 6 | e-Tulsa Shock | 11 | 23 | .324 | 15 | 34 |

## Schedule
### Preseason

2013 pre-season game log Total: 1–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–0) :
Pre-season: 1–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 18
Washington
W 74–57
Monica Wright (16)
Rebekkah Brunson (6)
Monica Wright (4)
Bismarck Civic Center 1513
1–0
2
May 21
Connecticut
L 80–88
Seimone Augustus (15)
Rebekkah Brunson (10)
Lindsay Whalen (8)
Target Center 2803
1–1 :
2013 season schedule :

### Regular season

2013 game log Total: 26–8 (Home: 15–2; Road: 11–6) :
May: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord :
June
: 7–2 (Home: 5–0; Road: 2–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
June 1
Connecticut
W 90–74
Maya Moore (26)
M. Moore & Peters (7)
M. Moore & Wright (5)
Target Center 9223
1–0
2
June 6
Phoenix
W 99–79
Maya Moore (22)
Rebekkah Brunson (10)
Lindsay Whalen (10)
Target Center 8511
2–0
3
June 8
@ Washington
L 80–85
Maya Moore (22)
Rebekkah Brunson (17)
Lindsay Whalen (9)
Verizon Center 7870
2–1
4
June 11
San Antonio
W 87–72
Lindsay Whalen (23)
Maya Moore (9)
Lindsay Whalen (6)
Target Center 7913
3–1
5
June 14
@ Tulsa
W 83–74
Rebekkah Brunson (19)
Rebekkah Brunson (13)
Augustus & M. Moore (4)
BOK Center 5273
4–1
6
June 19
@ Phoenix
W 80–69
Maya Moore (26)
Maya Moore (16)
Maya Moore (5)
US Airways Center 8464
5–1
7
June 21
@ Los Angeles
L 59–87
Monica Wright (14)
Sugar Rodgers (6)
Harris & Wright (3)
Staples Center 6490
5–2
8
June 23
Tulsa
W 88–79
Augustus & M. Moore (22)
Rebekkah Brunson (11)
Lindsay Whalen (9)
Target Center 8423
6–2
9
June 28
Los Angeles
W 88–64
Lindsay Whalen (20)
Brunson, M. Moore, & Peters (9)
Lindsay Whalen (6)
Target Center 8814
7–2 :
July
: 7–1 (Home: 3–0; Road: 4–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
10
July 2
@ Los Angeles
L 66–96
Lindsay Whalen (19)
Rebekkah Brunson (12)
Lindsay Whalen (4)
Staples Center 7856
7–3
11
July 7
Phoenix
W 91–59
Maya Moore (23)
Devereaux Peters (10)
Maya Moore (5)
Target Center 9104
8–3
12
July 9
Atlanta
W 94–72
Monica Wright (22)
Rebekkah Brunson (12)
Whalen & Wright (5)
Target Center 8623
9–3
13
July 11
@ Indiana
W 69–62
Lindsay Whalen (23)
Monica Wright (9)
Monica Wright (4)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 10230
10–3
14
July 13
@ Tulsa
W 86–75
Lindsay Whalen (25)
Rebekkah Brunson (12)
Lindsay Whalen (11)
BOK Center 6171
11–3
15
July 19
@ San Antonio
W 87–71
Lindsay Whalen (21)
Maya Moore (8)
Lindsay Whalen (7)
AT&T Center 7105
12–3
16
July 21
@ Phoenix
W 82–77
Rebekkah Brunson (18)
Rebekkah Brunson (13)
Augustus & McCarville (4)
US Airways Center 9806
13–3
17
July 24
Phoenix
W 81–69
Lindsay Whalen (18)
Rebekkah Brunson (7)
Lindsay Whalen (7)
Target Center 16404
14–3 :
August
: 8–4 (Home: 5–2; Road: 3–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
All-Star Break
18
August 2
San Antonio
W 85–63
Seimone Augustus (18)
Rebekkah Brunson (12)
Lindsay Whalen (8)
Target Center 8733
15–3
19
August 4
Seattle
W 90–72
Lindsay Whalen (22)
Rebekkah Brunson (11)
McCarville & Whalen (7)
Target Center 9032
16–3
20
August 6
@ San Antonio
W 93–80
Maya Moore (26)
Maya Moore (10)
Lindsay Whalen (10)
AT&T Center 5390
17–3
21
August 8
Washington
L 75–79
Maya Moore (24)
Rebekkah Brunson (7)
Lindsay Whalen (5)
Target Center 8723
17–4
22
August 11
@ Chicago
L 86–94 (OT)
Seimone Augustus (26)
Lindsay Whalen (10)
Augustus & Whalen (6)
Allstate Arena 6297
17–5
23
August 16
Tulsa
L 77–83
Seimone Augustus (29)
Devereaux Peters (8)
Lindsay Whalen (6)
Target Center 9422
17–6
24
August 18
NY Liberty
W 88–57
Maya Moore (28)
Rebekkah Brunson (8)
Lindsay Whalen (7)
Target Center 9004
18–6
25
August 20
@ Atlanta
L 75–88
Maya Moore (23)
Rebekkah Brunson (14)
Lindsay Whalen (6)
Philips Arena 4855
18–7
26
August 22
@ Connecticut
W 91–77
Rebekkah Brunson (24)
Rebekkah Brunson (11)
Seimone Augustus (6)
Mohegan Sun Arena 7088
19–7
27
August 24
Indiana
W 84–77
Maya Moore (35)
Lindsay Whalen (9)
Lindsay Whalen (7)
Target Center 9504
20–7
28
August 27
@ NY Liberty
W 73–47
Lindsay Whalen (18)
Maya Moore (10)
Seimone Augustus (3)
Prudential Center 5997
21–7
29
August 31
Seattle
W 97–74
Maya Moore (30)
Monica Wright (6)
Monica Wright (7)
Target Center 9123
22–7 :
September
: 4–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 2–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
30
September 4
Los Angeles
W 83–74
Seimone Augustus (23)
Rebekkah Brunson (11)
Lindsay Whalen (14)
Target Center 9314
23–7
31
September 7
@ Seattle
W 75–60
Rebekkah Brunson (19)
McCarville & Peters (10)
McCarville & Whalen (4)
Key Arena 8147
24–7
32
September 10
@ Seattle
W 73–60
Maya Moore (20)
Rebekkah Brunson (8)
Lindsay Whalen (4)
Key Arena 5486
25–7
33
September 12
@ Los Angeles
L 84–85
Seimone Augustus (23)
Rebekkah Brunson (11)
Whalen & Wright (4)
Staples Center 11553
25–8
34
September 14
Chicago
W 79–66
Lindsay Whalen (23)
Maya Moore (11)
M. Moore & Whalen (6)
Target Center 9613
26–8 :
2013 season schedule :

### Playoffs

2013 playoff game log Total: 7–0 (Home: 4–0; Road: 3–0) :
Conference Semifinals: 2–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
September 20
Seattle
W 80–64
Seimone Augustus (19)
Rebekkah Brunson (9)
Maya Moore (6)
Target Center 8832
1–0
2
September 22
@ Seattle
W 58–55
Maya Moore (22)
Rebekkah Brunson (13)
Janel McCarville (5)
Tacoma Dome 3457
2–0 :
Conference Finals: 2–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
September 26
Phoenix
W 85–62
M. Moore and Whalen (20)
Lindsay Whalen (6)
Lindsay Whalen (5)
Target Center 9013
1-0
2
September 29
@ Phoenix
W 72–65
Maya Moore (27)
Rebekkah Brunson (14)
Lindsay Whalen (7)
US Airways Center 8020
2-0 :
WNBA Finals: 3–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
October 6
Atlanta
W 84–59
Maya Moore (23)
Rebekkah Brunson (8)
Lindsay Whalen (5)
Target Center 13804
1-0
2
October 8
Atlanta
W 88–63
Seimone Augustus (20)
Rebekkah Brunson (10)
Lindsay Whalen (5)
Target Center 12313
2-0
3
October 10
@ Atlanta
W 86–77
Maya Moore (23)
Rebekkah Brunson (12)
Lindsay Whalen (6)
Gwinnett Arena 5040
3-0 :
2013 season schedule :

## Statistics
### Regular season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Seimone Augustus | 31 | 31 | 29.8 | .516 | .290 | .879 | 3.20 | 2.5 | 0.58 | 0.58 | 16.3 |
| Rebekkah Brunson | 33 | 33 | 29.2 | .497 | 1.000 | .636 | 8.90 | 1.5 | 1.27 | 0.88 | 10.6 |
| Amber Harris | 30 | 1 | 8.8 | .375 | .143 | .714 | 1.50 | 0.7 | 0.13 | 0.20 | 2.4 |
| Rachel Jarry | 27 | 0 | 6.8 | .444 | .600 | .778 | 0.70 | 0.4 | 0.19 | 0.15 | 1.7 |
| Janel McCarville | 32 | 32 | 21.9 | .488 | .429 | .804 | 4.30 | 2.9 | 1.00 | 0.66 | 6.3 |
| Lindsey Moore | 23 | 0 | 5.7 | .258 | .250 | .750 | 0.60 | 1.0 | 0.13 | 0.00 | 1.0 |
| Maya Moore | 34 | 34 | 31.4 | .509 | .453 | .882 | 6.20 | 3.0 | 1.74 | 0.97 | 18.5 |
| Devereaux Peters | 34 | 2 | 18.6 | .396 | .000 | .852 | 4.60 | 1.1 | 0.71 | 1.00 | 4.1 |
| Sugar Rodgers | 28 | 0 | 7.6 | .317 | .313 | .571 | 1.40 | 0.5 | 0.54 | 0.32 | 1.9 |
| Lindsay Whalen | 34 | 34 | 29.6 | .486 | .111 | .783 | 4.40 | 5.8 | 0.76 | 0.06 | 14.9 |
| Monica Wright | 33 | 3 | 22.5 | .428 | .256 | .791 | 2.90 | 2.30 | 1.03 | 0.18 | 9.0 |

## Awards and honors

WNBA Champions
WNBA Finals MVP - Maya Moore
All-WNBA First Team - Maya Moore, Lindsay Whalen
All-WNBA Second Team - Seimone Augustus
All-WNBA Defensive Second Team - Rebekkah Brunson
WNBA Western Conference Player of the Month (August) - Maya Moore
WNBA Western Conference Player of the Month (September) - Maya Moore
WNBA Player of the Week - Maya Moore (3 times), Rebekkah Brunson
WNBA All-Stars - Seimone Augustus, Maya Moore, Rebekkah Brunson, Lindsay Whalen
WNBA Record for Fewest Turnovers per Game (12.1)