Tenth season for the Minnesota Lynx
The2008 Minnesota Lynx season was the 10th season for theMinnesota Lynx of theWomen's National Basketball Association , and the second and final season under head coachDon Zierden .
The Lynx finished the season 16–18, which saw them finish in seventh place in the playoff standings an improvement from 10-24 from the previous two seasons, However the Lynx missed the postseason for the fourth consecutive season.
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
Minnesota Lynx Regular Season Stats
2008Minnesota Lynx roster Players Coaches Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight From F/C 21 Anosike, Nicky 6' 4" (1.93m) 211 lb (96kg) Tennessee G 33 Augustus, Seimone 6' 0" (1.83m) 179 lb (81kg) LSU G 30 DeForge, Anna 5' 10" (1.78m) 160 lb (73kg) Nebraska G 10 Harding, Lindsey 5' 8" (1.73m) 139 lb (63kg) Duke C 55 Hayden-Johnson, Vanessa 6' 4" (1.93m) 240 lb (109kg) Florida F 20 Houston, Charde 6' 1" (1.85m) 189 lb (86kg) Connecticut G 34 Moore, Navonda 5' 10" (1.78m) 145 lb (66kg) Alabama F/C 3 Ohlde, Nicole 6' 5" (1.96m) 190 lb (86kg) Kansas State G 45 Quinn, Noelle 6' 0" (1.83m) 175 lb (79kg) UCLA F 52 Rasmussen, Kristen 6' 4" (1.93m) 172 lb (78kg) Michigan State F 1 Ress, Kathrin 6' 4" (1.93m) 208 lb (94kg) Boston College F 32 Thomas, LaToya 6' 2" (1.88m) 165 lb (75kg) Mississippi State G 11 Wiggins, Candice 5' 11" (1.8m) 154 lb (70kg) Stanford
Head coach Don Zierden (Mount Senario )Assistant coaches Ed Prohofsky (Minnesota )Julie Plank (Ohio State )Jennifer Gillom (Mississippi )Athletic trainer Chuck Barta (UW–La Crosse )Strength and conditioning coach Tom ConroyLegend (C) Team captain(DP) Unsigned draft pick(FA) Free agent(S) Suspended Injured WNBA roster page
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
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