1999 Minnesota Lynx season

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The 1999 Minnesota Lynx season was the inaugural season of the franchise.

Transactions

WNBA expansion draft

Player Nationality Former WNBA Team
Brandy Reed Script error: No such module "flag". Phoenix Mercury
Kim Williams Script error: No such module "flag". Utah Starzz
Octavia Blue Script error: No such module "flag". Los Angeles Sparks
Adia Barnes Script error: No such module "flag". Sacramento Monarchs

WNBA allocation draft

Player Nationality School/Team/Country
Kristin Folkl Script error: No such module "flag". Stanford
Katie Smith Script error: No such module "flag". Columbus Quest

WNBA draft

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Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 7 Tonya Edwards Script error: No such module "flag". Columbus Quest
2 19 Trisha Fallon Script error: No such module "flag". Sydney Flames (Australia)
3 31 Andrea Lloyd-Curry Script error: No such module "flag". Columbus Quest
4 43 Sonja Tate Script error: No such module "flag". Columbus Quest
4 49 Angie Potthoff Script error: No such module "flag". Columbus Quest

Transactions

Date Transaction
November 17, 1998 Hired Brian Agler as Head Coach[1]
April 6, 1999 Drafted Brandy Reed, Kim Williams, Octavia Blue and Adia Barnes in the 1999 WNBA expansion Draft[1]
May 3, 1999 Drafted Kristin Folkl and Katie Smith in the 1999 WNBA Allocation Draft[1]
May 4, 1999 Drafted Tonya Edwards, Trisha Fallon, Andrea Lloyd-Curry, Sonja Tate and Angie Potthoff in the 1999 WNBA Draft[1]
May 14, 1999 Signed Charmin Smith, DeMya Walker, Itoro Umoh-Coleman and Jamie Redd[1]
May 17, 1999 Waived Jamie Redd[1]
June 8, 1999 Waived DeMya Walker and Itoro Umoh-Coleman[1]
May 21, 1999 Waived Octavia Blue[1]
May 26, 1999 Signed Annie La Fleur[1]
June 8, 1999 Waived Kim Williams[1]
October 27, 1999 Traded Adia Barnes, Tonya Edwards and Trisha Fallon to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Marlies Askamp, Kristi Harrower and Angela Aycock[1]

Roster

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Schedule

Regular season

Template:WNBA game log start Template:WNBA game log section |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 1 | June 12 | Detroit | W 68–51 | Tonya Edwards (20) | Kristin Folkl (6) | Sonja Tate (7) | Target Center | 1–0 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 2 | June 14 | Utah | W 78–54 | Brandy Reed (16) | Folkl
Reed (7) | Andrea Lloyd-Curry (6) | Target Center | 2–0 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 3 | June 19 | Houston | L 55–69 | Tonya Edwards (19) | Andrea Lloyd-Curry (8) | Andrea Lloyd-Curry (4) | Target Center | 2–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 4 | June 22 | @ Sacramento | L 62–79 | Andrea Lloyd-Curry (17) | Sonja Tate (8) | Sonja Tate (4) | ARCO Arena | 2–2 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 5 | June 24 | @ Los Angeles | W 72–62 | Brandy Reed (28) | Sonja Tate (6) | Sonja Tate (5) | Great Western Forum | 3–2 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 6 | June 26 | @ Utah | W 72–62 | Tonya Edwards (23) | Sonja Tate (5) | Brandy Reed (4) | Delta Center | 4–2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 7 | June 29 | Sacramento | L 72–86 | Katie Smith (21) | Sonja Tate (6) | Sonja Tate (5) | Target Center | 4–3 Template:WNBA game log section |- style="background:#fcc;" | 8 | July 1 | Los Angeles | L 77–81 (2OT) | Brandy Reed (23) | Folkl
Tate (8) | Andrea Lloyd-Curry (6) | Target Center | 4–4 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 9 | July 3 | Phoenix | W 56–47 | Brandy Reed (14) | Brandy Reed (8) | Sonja Tate (4) | Target Center | 5–4 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 10 | July 6 | @ Houston | L 54–80 | Adia Barnes (9) | Katie Smith (6) | Sonja Tate (4) | Compaq Center | 5–5 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 11 | July 9 | @ Orlando | W 71–66 | Tonya Edwards (22) | Brandy Reed (7) | Tonya Edwards (5) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 6–5 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 12 | July 11 | @ New York | W 58–56 | Brandy Reed (19) | Brandy Reed (7) | Reed
K. Smith (4) | Madison Square Garden | 7–5 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 13 | July 12 | @ Cleveland | L 55–67 | Katie Smith (17) | Brandy Reed (8) | Sonja Tate (5) | Gund Arena | 7–6 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 14 | July 17 | New York | W 60–58 | Brandy Reed (20) | Brandy Reed (8) | Reed
Edwards (4) | Target Center | 8–6 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 15 | July 19 | Sacramento | W 76–69 | Brandy Reed (22) | Andrea Lloyd-Curry (8) | Brandy Reed (6) | Target Center | 9–6 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 16 | July 19 | @ Charlotte | W 76–67 | Brandy Reed (26) | Reed
K. Smith (6) | Andrea Lloyd-Curry (11) | Charlotte Coliseum | 10–6 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 17 | July 21 | Washington | L 55–60 | Brandy Reed (28) | Reed
Tate (7) | Katie Smith (5) | Target Center | 10–7 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 18 | July 25 | Houston | L 57–62 | Tonya Edwards (25) | Lloyd-Curry
Reed
Potthoff (6) | Andrea Lloyd-Curry (5) | Target Center | 10–8 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 19 | July 27 | @ Sacramento | W 61–59 | Tonya Edwards (17) | Andrea Lloyd-Curry (8) | Tonya Edwards (8) | ARCO Arena | 11–8 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 20 | July 29 | @ Phoenix | L 46–79 | Brandy Reed (12) | Brandy Reed (9) | Andrea Lloyd-Curry (3) | America West Arena | 11–9 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 21 | July 31 | Charlotte | L 52–56 | Brandy Reed (21) | Brandy Reed (13) | Tonya Edwards (5) | Target Center | 11–10 Template:WNBA game log section |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 22 | August 2 | Phoenix | W 73–56 | Brandy Reed (17) | Andrea Lloyd-Curry (9) | Sonja Tate (5) | Target Center | 12–10 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 23 | August 4 | @ Detroit | L 56–59 | Brandy Reed (19) | Andrea Lloyd-Curry (9) | Sonja Tate (5) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 12–11 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 24 | August 6 | Los Angeles | L 59–77 | Edwards
K. Smith (13) | Tonya Edwards (8) | Reed
Potthoff (4) | Target Center | 12–12 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 25 | August 7 | @ Utah | L 70–80 | Brandy Reed (24) | Andrea Lloyd-Curry (6) | Tonya Edwards (5) | Delta Center | 12–13 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 26 | August 9 | @ Phoenix | L 55–64 | Tonya Edwards (18) | Brandy Reed (6) | Tonya Edwards (4) | America West Arena | 12–14 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 27 | August 11 | Utah | W 83–73 | Katie Smith (27) | Tonya Edwards (7) | Andrea Lloyd-Curry (6) | Charlotte Coliseum | 13–14 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 28 | August 14 | @ Houston | L 53–71 | Sonja Tate (15) | Kristin Folkl (9) | La Fleur
Tate (3) | Compaq Center | 13–15 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 29 | August 16 | Cleveland | W 57–50 | Katie Smith (15) | Kristin Folkl (6) | La Fleur
K. Smith (3) | Target Center | 14–15 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 30 | August 18 | @ Los Angeles | L 54–72 | Kristin Folkl (15) | Barnes
La Fleur (5) | Sonja Tate (5) | Great Western Forum | 14–16 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 31 | August 20 | Orlando | L 80–83 (OT) | Kristin Folkl (21) | Kristin Folkl (9) | Annie La Fleur (7) | Target Center | 14–17 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 32 | August 21 | @ Washington | W 48–45 | Edwards
K. Smith (17) | Kristin Folkl (7) | Tonya Edwards (4) | MCI Center | 15–17 Template:WNBA game log end

Season standings

Western Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
Houston Comets x 26 6 .813 16–4 –
Los Angeles Sparks x 20 12 .625 12–8 6.0
Sacramento Monarchs x 19 13 .594 9–11 7.0
Phoenix Mercury o 15 17 .469 7–13 11.0
Minnesota Lynx o 15 17 .469 8–12 11.0
Utah Starzz o 15 17 .469 8–12 11.0

Statistics

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Regular Season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Katie Smith 30 29 32.4 .387 .382 .766 2.9 2.0 0.6 0.3 11.7
Tonya Edwards 32 32 32.2 .357 .344 .806 3.5 2.6 0.8 0.4 14.8
Brandy Reed 25 24 30.3 .459 .342 .757 6.0 2.6 1.2 0.7 16.1
Andrea Lloyd-Curry 32 31 28.1 .375 .333 .756 4.3 2.8 0.9 0.4 6.7
Sonja Tate 32 18 25.9 .354 .239 .767 4.0 3.1 1.1 0.1 4.5
Angie Potthoff 32 25 22.2 .379 .167 .545 2.7 1.2 0.8 0.2 4.0
Kristin Folkl 32 1 16.2 .479 .143 .538 3.6 0.7 0.4 0.4 4.9
Annie La Fleur 25 0 13.3 .343 .440 .250 1.5 1.4 0.3 0.0 2.4
Trisha Fallon 26 0 10.8 .300 .353 .742 0.8 0.8 0.4 0.2 3.0
Adia Barnes 19 0 4.8 .304 .333 .500 1.1 0.3 0.3 0.0 1.1
Charmin Smith 13 0 4.3 .111 .000 .800 0.7 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.8


‡Waived/Released during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season

  • Tonya Edwards ranked second in the WNBA in Three Point Field Goals with 66
  • Katie Smith ranked sixth in the WNBA in Three Point Field Goals, 52
  • Katie Smith ranked eighth in the WNBA in Three Point Field Goal Attempts with, 136
  • Katie Smith ranked ninth in the WNBA in Three Point Field Goal Percentage, (.382) [2]

Awards and honors

  • Tonya Edwards led the WNBA in Three Point Field Goal Attempts with 192[2]

References

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External links

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