The 2008 Minnesota Lynx season was the 10th season for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association, and the second and final season under head coach Don 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.
Offseason
Expansion draft Kristen Mann was selected in the 2008 Expansion Draft for the Atlanta Dream.
WNBA draft Round Pick Player Nationality School13 Candice Wiggins Stanford216 Nicky Anosike Tennessee330 Charde Houston Connecticut
Transactions
Trades March 14, 2008 To Minnesota Lynx Kristen Rasmussen To Connecticut Sun Tamika Raymond and the right to swap second-round picks in the 2009 WNBA draft. June 22, 2008Traded LaToya Thomas to the Minnesota Lynx for Eshaya Murphy. To Minnesota Lynx LaToya Thomas To Detroit Shock Eshaya Murphy
Free agents Player Signed Former team Anna DeForge February 19, 2008 Indiana Fever Sharnee' Zoll May 18, 2008 Virginia (Undrafted) Player Left New team Amber Jacobs March 17, 2008 Washington Mystics Sharnee' Zoll June 26, 2008 Player Re-signed Nicole Ohlde March 3, 2008 Vanessa Hayden April 18, 2008
Regular season Season standings
Season schedule Date Opponent Score Leading Scorer Attendance Record May 18 vs. Detroit84-70Charde Houston (21)9,9721-0 May 27 @ Houston98-92 (OT)Seimone Augustus (25)7,2612-0 May 29 @ Chicago75-69Seimone Augustus (19)3,0143-0 May 31 vs. Phoenix94-83Seimone Augustus (22)6,9144-0 June 3 @ Atlanta85-81Candice Wiggins (22)5,8445-0 June 6 @ Connecticut77-78Seimone Augustus (22)6,3275-1 June 8 vs. San Antonio90-78Seimone Augustus (18)5,0206-1 June 10 vs. Connecticut66-75Candice Wiggins (22)7,1866-2 June 12 vs. Sacramento78-82Seimone Augustus (21)4,8756-3 June 14 @ New York76-77Candice Wiggins (26)7,4526-4 June 20 @ Detroit93-98 (OT)Seimone Augustus (26)8,9166-5 June 21 vs. Houston65-72Candice Wiggins (24)5,8656-6 June 24 vs. New York91-69Seimone Augustus (21)6,2807-6 June 26 vs. Sacramento80-76Seimone Augustus (23)5,7228-6 June 28 @ San Antonio65-73Nicky Anosike (16)7,5138-7 July 1 vs. Chicago71-73Candice Wiggins (17)4,7658-8 July 3 @ Los Angeles88-70Seimone Augustus (29)8,5879-8 July 5 @ Seattle71-96Nicky Anosike (15)7,5539-9 July 9 vs. Atlanta67-73Seimone Augustus (17)5,8939-10 July 12 vs. Houston85-71Seimone Augustus (27)6,49510-10 July 17 @ Houston88-96Candice Wiggins (27)7,26110-11 July 19 @ San Antonio87-74Seimone Augustus (30)8,61411-11 July 22 vs. Seattle73-76Charde Houston (16)12,27611-12 July 24 @ Indiana84-80 (OT)Seimone Augustus (25)6,01012-12 July 25 vs. San Antonio78-68Seimone Augustus (20)7,24713-12 July 27 vs. Los Angeles84-92 (OT)Seimone Augustus (29)9,43313-13 August 30 vs. Washington92-78Candice Wiggins (22)6,98014-13 September 1 @ Los Angeles58-82Seimone Augustus (13)9,07214-14 September 3 @ Phoenix96-103Seimone Augustus (27)7,72214-15 September 6 @ Seattle88-96Seimone Augustus (26)9,33914-16 September 7 @ Sacramento71-78Charde Houston (19)7,99914-17 September 9 vs. Indiana86-76Charde Houston (18)6,70615-17 September 12 vs. Phoenix87-96Lindsey Harding (20)8,34315-18 September 14 @ Washington96-70Charde Houston (18)10,43816-18
Player stats
Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 31 31 33.6 .470 .317 .890 3.9 2.7 1.0 0.4 19.1 30 1 27.5 .403 .306 .817 3.2 3.0 1.8 0.2 15.7 34 34 27.1 .438 .000 .699 6.8 1.3 2.2 1.2 9.2 33 0 17.6 .492 .000 .741 3.7 0.8 0.9 0.4 8.8 34 34 24.9 .391 .364 .763 3.0 1.7 0.8 0.2 8.5 24 11 24.6 .367 .080 .694 2.3 3.2 1.1 0.2 6.4 34 34 16.4 .453 .000 .785 3.3 1.3 0.3 0.7 5.8 30 0 10.1 .445 .000 .614 3.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 5.2 32 25 16.7 .398 .313 .667 2.2 2.5 0.7 0.1 3.6 13 0 11.3 .500 .714 .444 1.9 0.2 0.2 0.0 3.6 16 0 7.8 .319 .333 .556 0.9 0.3 0.3 0.2 3.0 31 0 12.7 .375 .348 .739 2.7 0.9 0.4 0.2 2.5 6 0 5.0 .250 .333 .833 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.0 1.7 2 0 2.5 .200 .000 .000 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 Minnesota Lynx Regular Season Stats
Roster
Awards and honors 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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