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Last season, Cheryl Reeve was named the Coach of the Year, and Napheesa Collier was named the Defensive Player of the Year on September 22, 2024. Collier was also named to the AP All-WNBA First team. The Lynx wrapped the season, having won 14 out of the 16 games after the Olympic break. The team had the highest number of assists per game and the highest three-point shooting percentage in the league. A little over 76% of their baskets were done with an assist in the regular season. They finished the regular season with a 30–10 record and headed into the playoffs ranked second in the league.
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In the 2024 season, the Minnesota Lynx were 30-10 straight up, 25-14-1 against the spread, and 15-23-2 over/under the total. Minnesota was first in the Western Conference playoff standings, three games behind the Las Vegas Aces.
Minnesota's WNBA metrics were 6th for scoring offense, 4th for field goal percentage, 1st for 3-point field goal percentage, 5th for free throw percentage, and 7th for offensive rebounding. On defense, the Lynx's metrics were 2nd for scoring defense, 1st for field goal percentage permitted, 1st for 3-point field goal percentage allowed, and 8th for defensive rebounding.
In the postseason opener against the Phoenix Mercury at Target Center on September 22, 2024, the Lynx made playoff history by having seven players with 3+ assists. This had never happened in the playoffs and only happened six times in the regular season. The team also had the largest assist rate in WNBA playoffs history with 30 assists on 34 field goals made. The Lynx won over the Mercury with a score of 102-95. The Lynx swept the Mercury by winning the second game on September 25, 2024, with a score of 101–88, advancing to the semifinals against the Connecticut Sun. In these two games, the Lynx set the highest amount of assists on field goals made (FGM) with 58 assists on 68 FGM (85.3% of makes assisted on).
With the Lynx win against the Sun on October 8, 2024, in game 5 of the semifinals, the Lynx have the most postseason wins in WNBA history (with 48). In this same game, the Lynx set another league record by having three players in a postseason game have 16+ field goal attempts while shooting 50+%. The three Lynx players were Napheesa Collier, Courtney Williams, and Kayla McBride. The Lynx went to the finals for the seventh time, the most in WNBA history.
In Game 1 of the finals against the New York Liberty on October 10, 2024, the Lynx became the first WNBA team in postseason history to win after trailing by 15+ points in the final five minutes of regulation. The Lynx won in overtime 95-93. The Lynx also became the first team to win a WNBA finals game in overtime on the road. The trio of Napheesa Collier, Kayla McBride, and Courtney Williams became the first in Lynx history to score 20+ points in a finals game.
Minnesota Lynx Key Players
Napheesa Collier was the sixth overall pick of the 2019 WNBA Draft out of UConn by the Lynx. She is a 4-time WNBA All-Star and was the 2024 WNBA Defensive Player of the Year. Last year, she led Minnesota with 20.4 points and 9.7 rebounds per game. In the 2024 WNBA Playoffs, Collier averaged 23.8 points and 9.0 rebounds per game.
Minnesota Lynx Head Coach
Cheryl Reeve is arguably the greatest coach in WNBA history. She has led Minnesota to four WNBA championships and is a 4-time WNBA Coach of the Year.
Minnesota Lynx Season-by-Season Record (Last 5)
| SEASON |
GAMES |
WINS |
LOSSES |
FINISH |
PLAYOFFS |
| 2024 |
40 |
30 |
10 |
1st, Western |
Lost WNBA Finals |
| 2023 |
40 |
19 |
21 |
3rd, Western |
Lost 1st Round |
| 2022 |
36 |
14 |
22 |
5th, Western |
- |
| 2021 |
32 |
22 |
10 |
2nd, Western |
Lost 2nd Round |
| 2020 |
22 |
14 |
8 |
4th, Western |
Lost Semifinals |
Minnesota Lynx History
Founded in 1999, the Minnesota Lynx is a former WNBA dynasty that won four championships from 2011 through 2017, with two additional appearances in the finals during that span. In 2024, Minnesota lost the WNBA Finals after a dominant regular season.
The franchise has been home to players such as Katie Smith, Seimone Augustus, native Minnesotan Lindsay Whalen, Maya Moore, Rebekkah Brunson, and Sylvia Fowles. The Lynx have qualified for the WNBA playoffs in 15 of their 26 years.
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