2016 Minnesota Lynx season


The 2016 WNBA season of the Minnesota Lynx is the 18th season in the Women's National Basketball Association. The Lynx are the defending WNBA champions. The Lynx finished with a record of 28–6, finishing first in the Western Conference and qualifying for the playoffs. Minnesota advanced to their second straight Finals. Their 2016 roster included five competitors in the 2016 Rio Olympics as well as seven current or previous all-stars with an astonishing 22 total past selections to the all-star game between them.

Draft picks

The Lynx made three selections in the 2016 WNBA Entry Draft in Uncasville, Connecticut:
RoundPickPlayerNationalityWNBA TeamSchool/Team/Country
214Jazmon GwathmeyMinnesota Lynx James Madison
222Bashaara GravesMinnesota LynxTennessee
335Temi FagbenleMinnesota LynxUSC

Roster

Game log

Preseason

Standings

Regular season

Playoffs

The Lynx qualified for the 2016 playoffs, and, as the team with the best regular season record in the WNBA, received two automatic byes, advancing straight to the best-of-five semifinal against the eighth-seeded Phoenix Mercury. They swept the Mercury three games to none to advance to the 2016 WNBA Finals.

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Awards