2007 Minnesota Lynx season
{{Short description|Sports season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{WNBA season
| team = Minnesota Lynx
| year = 2007
| attendance = 7,119
| wins = 10
| losses = 24
| conf = Western
| conf_place = 6th
| coach = Don Zierden
| arena = Target Center
| playoffs = Did not qualify
}}
The 2007 WNBA season was the ninth season for the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx tied their franchise-worst record from 2006 and never reached the playoff race.
Offseason
=Dispersal Draft=
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! Pick !! Player !! Nationality !! Former Team | |||
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| 2 | Tangela Smith | {{USA}} | Charlotte Sting |
=WNBA draft=
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! Round !! Pick !! Player !! Nationality !! College/School/Team | ||||
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| 1 | 1 | Lindsey Harding | {{USA}} | Duke |
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| 1 | 4 | Noelle Quinn | {{USA}} | UCLA |
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| 2 | 15 | Eshaya Murphy | {{USA}} | USC |
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| 2 | 24 | Kathrin Ress | {{ITA}} | Boston College |
Regular season
=Season standings=
{{2007 WNBA Western Conference standings|team=MIN}}
=Season schedule=
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! Date !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Record | ||||
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| May 19 | @ Indiana | 64-83 | Loss | 0-1 |
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| May 20 | Sacramento | 64-74 | Loss | 0-2 |
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| May 22 | @ Detroit | 75-85 | Loss | 0-3 |
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| May 25 | Chicago | 77-82 | Loss | 0-4 |
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| May 29 | Indiana | 75-89 | Loss | 0-5 |
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| June 1 | New York | 60-70 | Loss | 0-6 |
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| June 3 | @ Chicago | 72-78 | Loss | 0-7 |
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| June 5 | @ Phoenix | 90-85 | Win | 1-7 |
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| June 8 | @ Los Angeles | 87-90 | Loss | 1-8 |
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| June 9 | @ Seattle | 76-90 | Loss | 1-9 |
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| June 13 | Connecticut | 77-73 (OT) | Win | 2-9 |
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| June 16 | Los Angeles | 83-58 | Win | 3-9 |
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| June 20 | @ San Antonio | 73-80 | Loss | 3-10 |
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| June 22 | Seattle | 78-76 | Win | 4-10 |
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| June 29 | @ San Antonio | 77-66 | Win | 5-10 |
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| July 1 | @ Sacramento | 68-76 | Loss | 5-11 |
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| July 3 | Phoenix | 79-95 | Loss | 5-12 |
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| July 6* | Sacramento | 80-85 | Loss | 5-13 |
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| July 8 | Houston | 67-79 | Loss | 5-14 |
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| July 10 | @ Washington | 83-91 (OT) | Loss | 5-15 |
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| July 12 | @ Houston | 77-87 | Loss | 5-16 |
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| July 17 | @ Connecticut | 79-84 | Loss | 5-17 |
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| July 20 | Washington | 87-91 (OT) | Loss | 5-18 |
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| July 22 | @ Phoenix | 93-106 | Loss | 5-19 |
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| July 25 | Phoenix | 79-103 | Loss | 5-20 |
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| July 27 | Los Angeles | 85-76 | Win | 6-20 |
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| July 29 | @ Sacramento | 78-73 | Win | 7-20 |
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| August 2 | @ New York | 66-71 | Loss | 7-21 |
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| August 4 | Houston | 77-80 | Loss | 7-22 |
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| August 7 | Seattle | 95-74 | Win | 8-22 |
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| August 12 | @ Los Angeles | 80-89 | Loss | 8-23 |
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| August 14 | @ Seattle | 67-81 | Loss | 8-24 |
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| August 16 | Detroit | 87-77 | Win | 9-24 |
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| August 19 | San Antonio | 81-55 | Win | 10-24 |
* The July 6 game was played at Williams Arena due to a conflict at Target Center.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wnba.com/lynx/news/july_6_lynx_game_moved_to_williams_arena_070620.html|title = News Archive}}
Player stats
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! Player !! GP !! REB !! AST !! STL !! BLK !! PTS | ||||||
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| Seimone Augustus | 34 | 136 | 79 | 41 | 21 | 769 |
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| Nicole Ohlde | 34 | 208 | 56 | 17 | 20 | 392 |
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| Svetlana Abrosimova | 34 | 150 | 85 | 44 | 4 | 345 |
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| Kristen Mann | 34 | 122 | 43 | 31 | 7 | 258 |
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| Lindsey Harding | 20 | 87 | 78 | 20 | 6 | 233 |
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| Shay Murphy | 32 | 104 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 165 |
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| Kiesha Brown | 33 | 49 | 52 | 14 | 5 | 153 |
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| Tiffany Stansbury | 30 | 130 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 130 |
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| Noelle Quinn | 34 | 89 | 148 | 29 | 13 | 96 |
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| Amber Jacobs | 29 | 20 | 40 | 9 | 0 | 93 |
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| Tamika Raymond | 21 | 40 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 31 |
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| Navonda Moore | 19 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 21 |
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| Megan Duffy | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
References
{{reflist}}
{{Minnesota Lynx}}
{{2007 WNBA season by team}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:2007 Minnesota Lynx Season}}