# 2005 Minnesota Lynx season

The 2005 WNBA season was the seventh for the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx missed the playoffs for the first time in three years. It also marked the final season for original franchise superstar Katie Smith, as she was traded to the Detroit Shock during the season.

## Offseason
### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Club Team |
| 1 | 11 | Kristen Mann (F) | United States | UC-Santa Barbara |
| 2 | 17 | Jacqueline Batteast (F) | United States | Notre Dame |
| 3 | 37 | Monique Bivins (G) | United States | Alabama |

## Regular season
### Season standings

| Western Conference | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
| Sacramento Monarchs $^x$ | 25 | 9 | .735 | – | 15–2 | 10–7 | 17–5 |
| Seattle Storm $^x$ | 20 | 14 | .588 | 5.0 | 14–3 | 6–11 | 13–9 |
| Houston Comets $^x$ | 19 | 15 | .559 | 6.0 | 11–6 | 8–9 | 11–11 |
| Los Angeles Sparks $^x$ | 17 | 17 | .500 | 8.0 | 11–6 | 6–11 | 12–10 |
| Phoenix Mercury $^o$ | 16 | 18 | .471 | 9.0 | 11–6 | 5–12 | 12–10 |
| Minnesota Lynx $^o$ | 14 | 20 | .412 | 11.0 | 11–6 | 3–14 | 9–13 |
| San Antonio Silver Stars $^o$ | 7 | 27 | .206 | 18.0 | 5–12 | 2–15 | 3–19 |

### Season schedule

| Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Record |
| May 22 | @ Houston | 65-79 | Loss | 0-1 |
| May 25 | Los Angeles | 68-65 | Win | 1-1 |
| May 29 | Sacramento | 66-67 | Loss | 1-2 |
| June 3 | @ Washington | 71-74 | Loss | 1-3 |
| June 4 | Charlotte | 73-67 | Win | 2-3 |
| June 7 | @ Houston | 62-58 | Win | 3-3 |
| June 11 | Washington | 78-60 | Win | 4-3 |
| June 15 | @ Seattle | 86-81 (OT) | Win | 5-3 |
| June 17 | @ Sacramento | 50-67 | Loss | 5-4 |
| June 18 | @ Los Angeles | 56-69 | Loss | 5-5 |
| June 22 | Phoenix | 75-59 | Win | 6-5 |
| June 24 | @ Indiana | 55-57 | Loss | 6-6 |
| June 26 | Seattle | 73-70 | Win | 7-6 |
| June 28 | San Antonio | 63-53 | Win | 8-6 |
| June 30 | @ Connecticut | 56-71 | Loss | 8-7 |
| July 7 | @ Charlotte | 58-66 | Loss | 8-8 |
| July 13 | Detroit | 71-61 | Win | 9-8 |
| July 15 | @ New York | 64-60 | Win | 10-8 |
| July 17 | Connecticut | 53-72 | Loss | 10-9 |
| July 19 | Indiana | 66-45 | Win | 11-9 |
| July 24 | New York | 47-59 | Loss | 11-10 |
| July 26 | @ San Antonio | 71-78 | Loss | 11-11 |
| July 29 | Phoenix | 65-69 | Loss | 11-12 |
| July 31 | @ Sacramento | 54-67 | Loss | 11-13 |
| August 3 | @ Phoenix | 64-70 | Loss | 11-14 |
| August 7 | Los Angeles | 76-72 | Win | 12-14 |
| August 9 | San Antonio | 76-72 | Win | 13-14 |
| August 11 | @ Detroit | 66-72 (OT) | Loss | 13-15 |
| August 12 | Seattle | 66-72 | Loss | 13-16 |
| August 16 | Houston | 73-62 | Win | 14-16 |
| August 18 | @ Seattle | 60-76 | Loss | 14-17 |
| August 21 | @ Phoenix | 69-83 | Loss | 14-18 |
| August 23 | @ Los Angeles | 63-74 | Loss | 14-19 |
| August 27 | Sacramento | 52-61 | Loss | 14-20 |

## Player stats

| Player | GP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS |
| Nicole Ohlde | 34 | 194 | 78 | 21 | 22 | 382 |
| Katie Smith | 23 | 55 | 61 | 25 | 2 | 306 |
| Svetlana Abrosimova | 31 | 107 | 60 | 48 | 6 | 304 |
| Vanessa Hayden | 31 | 163 | 23 | 15 | 68 | 246 |
| Stacey Lovelace | 34 | 107 | 31 | 24 | 11 | 209 |
| Tamika Raymond | 34 | 171 | 39 | 30 | 2 | 197 |
| Kristi Harrower | 34 | 82 | 96 | 38 | 1 | 156 |
| Amber Jacobs | 33 | 19 | 68 | 19 | 4 | 121 |
| Amanda Lassiter | 31 | 46 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 107 |
| Chandi Jones | 10 | 33 | 30 | 13 | 3 | 81 |
| Kristen Mann | 24 | 35 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 71 |
| Tynesha Lewis | 11 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 28 |
| Susan King Borchardt | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Jacqueline Batteast | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nuria Martinez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stacey Thomas | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |