# 2003 Minnesota Lynx season

The 2003 WNBA season was the fifth season for the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx reached their first WNBA Playoffs, but lost in 3 games to the Los Angeles Sparks in the opening round.

## Offseason
### Dispersal Draft

| Pick | Player | Nationality | Previous Team |
| 2 | Sheri Sam (F/G) | United States | Miami Sol |

### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | College/School/Team |
| 2 | 14 | Teresa Edwards (G) | United States | Georgia |
| 2 | 18 | Jordan Adams (C) | United States | New Mexico |
| 3 | 29 | Carla Bennett (C) | United States | Drake |

## Regular season
### Season standings

| Western Conference | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
| Los Angeles Sparks $^x$ | 24 | 10 | .706 | – | 11–6 | 13–4 | 17–7 |
| Houston Comets $^x$ | 20 | 14 | .588 | 4.0 | 14–3 | 6–11 | 14–10 |
| Sacramento Monarchs $^x$ | 19 | 15 | .559 | 5.0 | 12–5 | 7–10 | 13–11 |
| Minnesota Lynx $^x$ | 18 | 16 | .529 | 6.0 | 11–6 | 7–10 | 14–10 |
| Seattle Storm $^o$ | 18 | 16 | .529 | 6.0 | 13–4 | 5–12 | 11–13 |
| San Antonio Silver Stars $^o$ | 12 | 22 | .353 | 12.0 | 9–8 | 3–14 | 10–14 |
| Phoenix Mercury $^o$ | 8 | 26 | .235 | 16.0 | 6–11 | 2–15 | 5–19 |

### Season schedule

| Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Record |
| May 24 | Sacramento | 72-71 | Win | 1-0 |
| May 28 | Los Angeles | 80-83 | Loss | 1-1 |
| May 30 | @ San Antonio | 75-65 | Win | 2-1 |
| June 1 | Houston | 68-64 (OT) | Win | 3-1 |
| June 6 | New York | 60-70 | Loss | 3-2 |
| June 10 | @ Los Angeles | 75-76 | Loss | 3-3 |
| June 12 | @ Sacramento | 55-68 | Loss | 3-4 |
| June 14 | @ Seattle | 77-72 | Win | 4-4 |
| June 17 | Houston | 68-77 | Loss | 4-5 |
| June 20 | @ Charlotte | 72-76 | Loss | 4-6 |
| June 21 | Indiana | 66-58 | Win | 5-6 |
| June 27 | Phoenix | 67-59 | Win | 6-6 |
| June 29 | @ Washington | 59-50 | Win | 7-6 |
| July 1 | @ Houston | 69-71 | Loss | 7-7 |
| July 5 | Cleveland | 71-79 | Loss | 7-8 |
| July 8 | Sacramento | 77-59 | Win | 8-8 |
| July 10 | Connecticut | 83-75 | Win | 9-8 |
| July 16 | San Antonio | 85-78 | Win | 10-8 |
| July 17 | @ Cleveland | 61-70 | Loss | 10-9 |
| July 20 | Seattle | 69-58 | Win | 11-9 |
| July 23 | @ Connecticut | 70-84 | Loss | 11-10 |
| July 25 | San Antonio | 81-54 | Win | 12-10 |
| July 26 | @ Indiana | 70-65 | Win | 13-10 |
| July 29 | @ Houston | 58-73 | Loss | 13-11 |
| August 2 | Seattle | 73-71 | Win | 14-11 |
| August 4 | Phoenix | 61-56 | Win | 15-11 |
| August 6 | @ Phoenix | 49-56 | Loss | 15-12 |
| August 8 | @ Seattle | 65-68 | Loss | 15-13 |
| August 9 | @ Sacramento | 77-73 | Win | 16-13 |
| August 14 | Los Angeles | 83-87 | Loss | 16-14 |
| August 16 | @ San Antonio | 73-64 | Win | 17-14 |
| August 20 | @ Phoenix | 69-66 | Win | 18-14 |
| August 21 | @ Los Angeles | 65-88 | Loss | 18-15 |
| August 23 | Detroit | 77-86 (OT) | Loss | 18-16 |
| August 28 (first round, G1) | Los Angeles | 74-72 | Win | 1-0 |
| August 30 (first round, G2) | @ Los Angeles | 69-80 | Loss | 1-1 |
| September 1 (first round, G3) | @ Los Angeles | 64-74 | Loss | 1-2 |

## Player stats

| Player | Minutes | Field Goals | Rebounds | Assists | Steals | Blocks | Points |
| Katie Smith | 1185 | 208 | 138 | 84 | 25 | 6 | 620 |
| Sheri Sam | 953 | 138 | 142 | 88 | 38 | 6 | 374 |
| Svetlana Abrosimova | 792 | 112 | 141 | 82 | 44 | 11 | 318 |
| Tamika Williams | 1121 | 129 | 209 | 44 | 34 | 10 | 303 |
| Janell Burse | 438 | 76 | 108 | 19 | 13 | 28 | 206 |
| Teresa Edwards | 854 | 63 | 105 | 148 | 41 | 11 | 181 |
| Michele Van Gorp | 528 | 70 | 107 | 17 | 10 | 20 | 175 |
| Kristi Harrower | 499 | 32 | 39 | 72 | 18 | 3 | 88 |
| Shaunzinski Gortman | 200 | 21 | 32 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 50 |
| Jordan Adams | 96 | 13 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 33 |
| Georgia Schweitzer | 118 | 6 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 15 |