2006 Minnesota Lynx season

2006 Minnesota Lynx season
Head Coach	Suzie McConnell-Serio Carolyn Jenkins (interim)
Arena	Target Center
Attendance	6,442 per game
Results Record 10–24 (.294) Place 7th (Western) Playoff Finish Did Not Qualify Minnesota Lynx seasons < 2005 2007 >

The 2006 WNBA season was the 8th season for the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx played horribly all season, leading them to dead last in the West and a franchise-worst of 10-24.

Offseason

Expansion Draft

Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert was selected by the Chicago Sky in the draft.

WNBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/School/Team
1	1	Seimone Augustus (G)	United States	LSU
1	7	Shona Thorburn (G)	England	Utah
3	31	Megan Duffy (G)	United States	Notre Dame

• The Detroit Shock traded Ambrosia Anderson to the Lynx during the draft.

Regular season

Season standings

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Los Angeles Sparks ^x	25	9	.735	–	15–2	10–7	15–5
Sacramento Monarchs ^x	21	13	.618	4.0	14–3	7–10	10–10
Houston Comets ^x	18	16	.529	7.0	12–5	6–11	11–9
Seattle Storm ^x	18	16	.529	7.0	9–8	9–8	10–10
Phoenix Mercury ^o	18	16	.529	7.0	10–7	8–9	8–12
San Antonio Silver Stars ^o	13	21	.382	12.0	6–11	7–10	10–10
Minnesota Lynx ^o	10	24	.294	15.0	8–9	2–15	6–14

Season schedule

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
May 23	Connecticut	69-81	Loss	0-1
May 24	@ Detroit	69-78	Loss	0-2
May 27	@ Washington	75-90	Loss	0-3
May 31	Los Angeles	114-71	Win	1-3
June 2	Indiana	92-87	Win	2-3
June 4	@ Houston	62-85	Loss	2-4
June 9	@ San Antonio	86-79	Win	3-4
June 11	Houston	75-62	Win	4-4
June 14	Seattle	66-74	Loss	4-5
June 16	@ San Antonio	60-90	Loss	4-6
June 18	Phoenix	94-82	Win	5-6
June 22	@ Connecticut	62-79	Loss	5-7
June 24	New York	83-93	Loss	5-8
June 28	@ Phoenix	78-81	Loss	5-9
June 29	@ Sacramento	78-87	Loss	5-10
July 1	@ Seattle	75-92	Loss	5-11
July 5	Washington	84-74	Win	6-11
July 7	Detroit	80-92	Loss	6-12
July 9	San Antonio	85-80	Win	7-12
July 16	Los Angeles	78-90	Loss	7-13
July 19	Chicago	90-82	Win	8-13
July 20	@ Houston	55-78	Loss	8-14
July 22	Sacramento	59-86	Loss	8-15
July 25	@ Charlotte	70-62	Win	9-15
July 27	Charlotte	68-81	Loss	9-16
July 28	@ Chicago	65-79	Loss	9-17
July 30	@ New York	69-78	Loss	9-18
August 1	Seattle	75-77	Loss	9-19
August 3	@ Indiana	59-69	Loss	9-20
August 4	Houston	73-77 (OT)	Loss	9-21
August 6	San Antonio	82-68	Win	10-21
August 8	@ Phoenix	68-99	Loss	10-22
August 10	@ Sacramento	66-74	Loss	10-23
August 13	@ Los Angeles	59-78	Loss	10-24

Player stats

Player	GP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS
Seimone Augustus	34	128	50	21	18	744
Nicole Ohlde	34	190	54	20	25	327
Amber Jacobs	34	90	115	26	2	279
Svetlana Abrosimova	34	106	54	34	1	263
Kristen Mann	33	113	94	19	7	245
Vanessa Hayden	33	115	19	6	44	177
Adrian Williams	32	149	8	25	8	157
Tamika Williams	31	174	21	16	1	147
Megan Duffy	31	29	36	9	0	105
Tynesha Lewis	19	27	18	12	5	46
Chandi Jones	6	5	3	1	0	17
Shona Thorburn	22	18	19	4	2	16

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References

1. http://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/MIN/2006.html