2008 Minnesota Lynx season (original) (raw)

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Tenth season for the Minnesota Lynx

2008 Minnesota Lynx season
Coach Don Zierden
Arena Target Center
Attendance 6,968 per game
Results
Record 16–18 (.471)
Place 7th (Western)
Playoff finish Did not qualify
← 2007 season 2009 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.

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
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
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

Legend

GP Games played GS Games started MPG Minutes per game
FG% Field-goal percentage 3P% 3-point field-goal percentage FT% Free-throw percentage
RPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game SPG Steals per game
BPG Blocks per game PPG Points per game
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

Minnesota Lynx roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs F/C 21 United States Anosike, Nicky 6' 4" (1.93m) 211 lb (96kg) Tennessee G 33 United States Augustus, Seimone 6' 0" (1.83m) 179 lb (81kg) LSU G 30 United States DeForge, Anna 5' 10" (1.78m) 160 lb (73kg) Nebraska G 10 United States Harding, Lindsey 5' 8" (1.73m) 139 lb (63kg) Duke C 55 United States Hayden-Johnson, Vanessa 6' 4" (1.93m) 240 lb (109kg) Florida F 20 United States Houston, Charde 6' 1" (1.85m) 189 lb (86kg) Connecticut G 34 United States Moore, Navonda 5' 10" (1.78m) 145 lb (66kg) Alabama F/C 3 United States Ohlde, Nicole 6' 5" (1.96m) 190 lb (86kg) Kansas State G 45 United States Quinn, Noelle 6' 0" (1.83m) 175 lb (79kg) UCLA F 52 United States Rasmussen, Kristen 6' 4" (1.93m) 172 lb (78kg) Michigan State F 1 Italy Ress, Kathrin 6' 4" (1.93m) 208 lb (94kg) Boston College F 32 United States Thomas, LaToya 6' 2" (1.88m) 165 lb (75kg) Mississippi State G 11 United States Wiggins, Candice 5' 11" (1.8m) 154 lb (70kg) Stanford Head coach United States Don Zierden (Mount Senario) Assistant coaches United States Ed Prohofsky (Minnesota) United States Julie Plank (Ohio State) United States Jennifer Gillom (Mississippi) Athletic trainer United States Chuck Barta (Wisconsin–La Crosse) Strength and conditioning coach United States Tom Conroy Legend (C) Team captain (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured Injured
  1. ^ "WNBA.com: Atlanta Dream". Archived from the original on August 20, 2009. Retrieved April 25, 2008.
  2. ^ Traded LaToya Thomas to the Minnesota Lynx for Eshaya Murphy.