# 2008 Minnesota Lynx season

The 2008 WNBA season was the tenth season for the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx were not able to return to the postseason for the first time since 2004.

## Offseason
### Expansion draft

* Kristen Mann was selected in the 2008 Expansion Draft for the Atlanta Dream.

### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School |
| 1 | 3 | Candice Wiggins | United States | Stanford |
| 2 | 16 | Nicky Anosike | United States | Tennessee |
| 3 | 30 | Charde Houston | United States | Connecticut |

## Transactions
### Trades

| March 14, 2008 | To Minnesota Lynx Kristen Rasmussen | To Connecticut Sun Tamika Raymond and the right to swap second-round picks in the 2009 WNBA draft. |
| June 22, 2008 | To Minnesota Lynx LaToya Thomas | To Detroit Shock Eshaya Murphy |

### Free agents

| Player | Signed | Former team |
| Anna DeForge | February 19, 2008 | Indiana Fever |
| Sharnee' Zoll | May 18, 2008 | Virginia (Undrafted) |
| Player | Left | New team |
| Amber Jacobs | March 17, 2008 | Washington Mystics |
| Sharnee' Zoll | June 26, 2008 | |
| Player | Re-signed |
| Nicole Ohlde | March 3, 2008 |
| Vanessa Hayden | April 18, 2008 |

## Regular season
### Season standings

| Western Conference | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
| San Antonio Silver Stars $^x$ | 24 | 10 | .706 | – | 15–2 | 9–8 | 10–10 |
| Seattle Storm $^x$ | 22 | 12 | .647 | 2.0 | 16–1 | 6–11 | 13–7 |
| Los Angeles Sparks $^x$ | 20 | 14 | .588 | 4.0 | 12–5 | 8–9 | 12–8 |
| Sacramento Monarchs $^x$ | 18 | 16 | .529 | 6.0 | 5–12 | 13–4 | 9–11 |
| Houston Comets $^o$ | 17 | 17 | .500 | 7.0 | 13–4 | 4–13 | 10–10 |
| Minnesota Lynx $^o$ | 16 | 18 | .471 | 8.0 | 10–7 | 6–11 | 8–12 |
| Phoenix Mercury $^o$ | 16 | 18 | .471 | 8.0 | 9–8 | 7–10 | 8–12 |

### Season schedule

| Date | Opponent | Score | Leading Scorer | Attendance | Record |
| May 18 | vs. Detroit | 84-70 | Charde Houston (21) | 9,972 | 1-0 |
| May 27 | @ Houston | 98-92 (OT) | Seimone Augustus (25) | 7,261 | 2-0 |
| May 29 | @ Chicago | 75-69 | Seimone Augustus (19) | 3,014 | 3-0 |
| May 31 | vs. Phoenix | 94-83 | Seimone Augustus (22) | 6,914 | 4-0 |
| June 3 | @ Atlanta | 85-81 | Candice Wiggins (22) | 5,844 | 5-0 |
| June 6 | @ Connecticut | 77-78 | Seimone Augustus (22) | 6,327 | 5-1 |
| June 8 | vs. San Antonio | 90-78 | Seimone Augustus (18) | 5,020 | 6-1 |
| June 10 | vs. Connecticut | 66-75 | Candice Wiggins (22) | 7,186 | 6-2 |
| June 12 | vs. Sacramento | 78-82 | Seimone Augustus (21) | 4,875 | 6-3 |
| June 14 | @ New York | 76-77 | Candice Wiggins (26) | 7,452 | 6-4 |
| June 20 | @ Detroit | 93-98 (OT) | Seimone Augustus (26) | 8,916 | 6-5 |
| June 21 | vs. Houston | 65-72 | Candice Wiggins (24) | 5,865 | 6-6 |
| June 24 | vs. New York | 91-69 | Seimone Augustus (21) | 6,280 | 7-6 |
| June 26 | vs. Sacramento | 80-76 | Seimone Augustus (23) | 5,722 | 8-6 |
| June 28 | @ San Antonio | 65-73 | Nicky Anosike (16) | 7,513 | 8-7 |
| July 1 | vs. Chicago | 71-73 | Candice Wiggins (17) | 4,765 | 8-8 |
| July 3 | @ Los Angeles | 88-70 | Seimone Augustus (29) | 8,587 | 9-8 |
| July 5 | @ Seattle | 71-96 | Nicky Anosike (15) | 7,553 | 9-9 |
| July 9 | vs. Atlanta | 67-73 | Seimone Augustus (17) | 5,893 | 9-10 |
| July 12 | vs. Houston | 85-71 | Seimone Augustus (27) | 6,495 | 10-10 |
| July 17 | @ Houston | 88-96 | Candice Wiggins (27) | 7,261 | 10-11 |
| July 19 | @ San Antonio | 87-74 | Seimone Augustus (30) | 8,614 | 11-11 |
| July 22 | vs. Seattle | 73-76 | Charde Houston (16) | 12,276 | 11-12 |
| July 24 | @ Indiana | 84-80 (OT) | Seimone Augustus (25) | 6,010 | 12-12 |
| July 25 | vs. San Antonio | 78-68 | Seimone Augustus (20) | 7,247 | 13-12 |
| July 27 | vs. Los Angeles | 84-92 (OT) | Seimone Augustus (29) | 9,433 | 13-13 |
| August 30 | vs. Washington | 92-78 | Candice Wiggins (22) | 6,980 | 14-13 |
| September 1 | @ Los Angeles | 58-82 | Seimone Augustus (13) | 9,072 | 14-14 |
| September 3 | @ Phoenix | 96-103 | Seimone Augustus (27) | 7,722 | 14-15 |
| September 6 | @ Seattle | 88-96 | Seimone Augustus (26) | 9,339 | 14-16 |
| September 7 | @ Sacramento | 71-78 | Charde Houston (19) | 7,999 | 14-17 |
| September 9 | vs. Indiana | 86-76 | Charde Houston (18) | 6,706 | 15-17 |
| September 12 | vs. Phoenix | 87-96 | Lindsey Harding (20) | 8,343 | 15-18 |
| September 14 | @ Washington | 96-70 | Charde Houston (18) | 10,438 | 16-18 |

## Player stats
### Regular season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Seimone Augustus | 31 | 31 | 33.6 | .470 | .317 | .890 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 19.1 |
| Candice Wiggins | 30 | 1 | 27.5 | .403 | .306 | .817 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 15.7 |
| Nicky Anosike | 34 | 34 | 27.1 | .438 | .000 | .699 | 6.8 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 9.2 |
| Charde Houston | 33 | 0 | 17.6 | .492 | .000 | .741 | 3.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 8.8 |
| Anna DeForge | 34 | 34 | 24.9 | .391 | .364 | .763 | 3.0 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 8.5 |
| Lindsey Harding | 24 | 11 | 24.6 | .367 | .080 | .694 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 6.4 |
| Nicole Ohlde | 34 | 34 | 16.4 | .453 | .000 | .785 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 5.8 |
| Vanessa Hayden | 30 | 0 | 10.1 | .445 | .000 | .614 | 3.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 5.2 |
| Noelle Quinn | 32 | 25 | 16.7 | .398 | .313 | .667 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 3.6 |
| LaToya Thomas | 13 | 0 | 11.3 | .500 | .714 | .444 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 3.6 |
| Navonda Moore | 16 | 0 | 7.8 | .319 | .333 | .556 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 3.0 |
| Kristen Rasmussen | 31 | 0 | 12.7 | .375 | .348 | .739 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 2.5 |
| Sharnee' Zoll | 6 | 0 | 5.0 | .250 | .333 | .833 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.7 |
| Eshaya Murphy | 2 | 0 | 2.5 | .200 | .000 | .000 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
Minnesota Lynx Regular Season Stats

## Awards and honors

* Seimone Augustus, WNBA Player of the Week (May 26 - June 1)
* Nicky Anosike, WNBA All-Rookie Team (Center)
* Candace Wiggins, WNBA All-Rookie Team (Guard)
* Candice Wiggins, WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year