The 2014 WNBA season was the 16th season for the

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of the Women's National Basketball Association. The Lynx were defending their 2013 WNBA Championship, seeking to become the third franchise to win three titles. However, their bid fell short as they lost to the

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in the conference finals. The Lynx had a positive offseason, re-signing free agent center Janel McCarville and guard

Monica Wright Monica Ashante Wright (born July 15, 1988) is an American basketball coach and former player. She played college basketball for Virginia and was selected second overall by the Minnesota Lynx in the 2010 WNBA draft. Outside of the WNBA, she played ...

, two key components of the 2013 championship team. The Lynx also announced their first uniform sponsor, the

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.Lynx to put Mayo Clinic logo on jerseys
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Transactions

Draft

The following are the Lynx's selections in the

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Trades

Personnel changes

Additions

Subtractions

Roster

Depth

Schedule

Preseason

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, , Waltea Rolle (17) , Maya Moore (7) , Tan White (8) , Target Center
2550 , 1–0 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2 , May 9 , Phoenix , , Tan White (16) , Maya Moore and

Tricia Liston Patricia Maureen Liston (born February 20, 1992) is an American professional basketball player. Born in Chicago, Illinois, she is a graduate of Fenwick High School in Oak Park, Illinois. She was drafted in 2014 by the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA ...

(6) , Damiris Dantas and Tan White (3) , ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex
3194 , 2–0 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 3 , May 11 , @ Chicago , , Asia Taylor (18) , Damiris Dantas (9) ,

Lindsey Moore Lindsey Moore (born June 3, 1991) is an American professional basketball player, who formerly played for the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA, Virtus Elite La Spezia of LegA Basket Femminile and the Australian Women's National Basketball League (WNBL ...

(8) , ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex
3194 , 3–0

Regular season

, - style="background:#cfc;" , 1 , May 16 , @ Washington , , Maya Moore (34) , Damiris Dantas (12) ,

Lindsay Whalen Lindsay Marie Whalen (born May 9, 1982) is the head coach of the University of Minnesota's women's basketball team. She began her professional career as a point guard for the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) ...

(8) ,

Verizon Center Verizon Center may refer to: * Verizon Center (Mankato, Minnesota), now Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center, a multi-purpose arena in Mankato, Minnesota * Verizon Center (Washington, D.C.), now Capital One Arena See also *Verizon Arena, now Sim ...

7395 , 1–0 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2 , May 18 , Connecticut , , Maya Moore (33) , Maya Moore (12) ,

(4) , Target Center
9434 , 2–0 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 3 , May 23 , @ Tulsa , , Maya Moore (38) , Maya Moore (13) ,

(5) ,

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6845 , 3–0 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 4 , May 24 ,

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, , Maya Moore (30) , Damiris Dantas (8) , Janel McCarville (6) , Target Center
8323 , 4–0 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 5 , May 26 , @ Chicago , ,

(22) , Janel McCarville (12) ,

(4) , Allstate Arena
6058 , 5–0 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 6 , May 30 , San Antonio , , Maya Moore (26) , Maya Moore (9) , McCarville &
M. Moore (5) , Target Center
8734 , 6–0 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 7 , June 1 , @ San Antonio , ,

Seimone Augustus Seimone Delicia Augustus (born April 30, 1984) is an American former professional basketball player who is currently an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She was drafted first overa ...

(25) , Maya Moore (9) ,

(10) , AT&T Center
5089 , 7–0 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 8 , June 6 , @ Seattle , , Augustus & M. Moore (12) , Damaris Dantas (8) , Tan White (5) , KeyArena
6836 , 7–1 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 9 , June 8 , @ Los Angeles , ,

(26) , Maya Moore (13) ,

(7) ,

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8770 , 8–1 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 10 , June 13 , @ Atlanta , ,

(22) , Maya Moore (9) ,

(6) , Philips Arena
6684 , 8–2 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 11 , June 15 , Phoenix , , Maya Moore (13) , Damaris Dantas (12) ,

(5) , Target Center
8957 , 8–3 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 12 , June 17 , @ Los Angeles , , Maya Moore (31) , Devereaux Peters (6) , Janel McCarville (8) ,

9636 , 9–3 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 13 , June 18 , @ Phoenix , , Maya Moore (36) , M. Moore & Whalen (4) ,

(5) ,

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8963 , 9–4 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 14 , June 20 , Washington , , Maya Moore (20) , Maya Moore (10) , M. Moore & L.Whalen (7) , Target Center
8813 , 10–4 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 15 , June 22 , Indiana , , Maya Moore (25) , M. Moore & Peters (6) ,

(6) , Target Center
8704 , 11–4 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 16 , June 27 , @ Seattle , , Maya Moore (20) , Maya Moore (10) ,

(4) , KeyArena
6547 , 11–5 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 17 , June 29 , Seattle , , Janel McCarville (22) , Maya Moore (7) , Maya Moore (7) , Target Center
8814 , 12–5 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 18 , July 3 , San Antonio , ,

(22) , Janel McCarville (9) ,

(7) , Target Center
7622 , 13–5 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 19 , July 6 , @

, , Maya Moore (25) , Maya Moore (8) ,

(5) ,

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8151 , 13–6 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 20 , July 8 , Los Angeles , , Maya Moore (30) ,

(9) , Devereaux Peters (6) , Target Center
7920 , 14–6 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 21 , July 10 , @ Tulsa , , Maya Moore (33) , Maya Moore (11) ,

(10) ,

4961 , 15–6 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 22 , July 13 , Seattle , , Maya Moore (26) , Maya Moore (12) ,

(7) , Target Center
9114 , 16–6 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 23 , July 16 , Tulsa , , Maya Moore (32) , Damiris Dantas (11) ,

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and Whalen (5) , Target Center
16413 , 17–6 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 24 , July 22 , Atlanta , , Maya Moore (48) ,

Rebekkah Brunson Rebekkah Brunson (born December 11, 1981) is an American basketball coach, currently an assistant coach with the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Brunson is a former forward for the Lynx and is the only playe ...

(12) ,

(9) , Target Center
9332 , 18–6 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 25 , July 25 , San Antonio , ,

(17) , Maya Moore (8) ,

(6) , Target Center
9104 , 19–6 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 26 , July 27 , @ Connecticut , , Maya Moore (17) ,

(10) , Maya Moore (4) ,

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8019 , 20–6 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 27 , July 31 , Phoenix , , Maya Moore (20) ,

(11) , McCarville & Whalen (5) , Target Center
9513 , 21–6 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 28 , August 2 , @ Tulsa , , Maya Moore (40) ,

(9) ,

(6) ,

6339 , 22–6 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 29 , August 5 , @ Indiana , , , , , Bankers Life Fieldhouse
, 23–6 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 30 , August 7 , Chicago , , , , , Target Center
, 24–6 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 31 , August 9 , @ Phoenix , , , , ,

, 24–7 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 32 , August 12 , Los Angeles , , , , , Target Center
, 24–8 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 33 , August 15 , @ San Antonio , , , , , AT&T Center
, 24–9 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 34 , August 16 , Tulsa , , Maya Moore (19) , Maya Moore (12) ,

(9) , Target Center
, 25–9

2014 Season standings

Awards and honors

*''June Player of the Month'': Maya Moore *''All-Star Game Starter'': Maya Moore *''All-Star Game Reserve'':

and

References

External links

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