Today after practice, Kayla McBride received the game ball from June 17, 2021 vs DAL where she scored her 3,000th career point.
Additionally, Sylvia Fowles was honored with the game ball from May 20, 2021 vs SEA where she became the
@WNBA
’s all-time defensive rebound leader.
With the announcement, the
#Lynx
games will be featured six times on
@CBSSports
this season:
May 25: Chicago at Minnesota
May 29: Seattle at Minnesota
June 25: Minnesota at Indiana
July 2: Atlanta at Minnesota
July 10: Minnesota at Chicago
Aug. 9: Connecticut at Minnesota
Napheesa Collier finishes her 2nd
@WNBA
season with averages of 16.1 points, 9.0 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 1.82 steals and 1.27 blocks per game. Only Lisa Leslie (2006), Tamika Catchings (2007) and Candace Parker (2012 & 2015) finished a season with such averages.
h/t
@WBBTimeline
With her first rebound of the night, Sylvia Fowles (2,426) passes Lisa Leslie (2,425) to become the
@WNBA
career leader in defensive rebounds.
#CantTameUs
Last night, Jessica Shepard joined Lisa Leslie as just the second player in WNBA history to collect 22+pts/19+ reb/6+ast in a single game(the first since 2002).
Shepard joined Maya Moore as the second player in team history to pass the 15+pts/15+reb/5+ast threshold in one game.
JUST ANNOUNCED:
#Lynx
Forward Napheesa Collier (
@PHEEsespieces
) Named Western Conference Player of the Week.
The Player of the Week award is the second of her career and first this season.
Full release:
Rachel Banham (47.2%, 25-for-53) and Bridget Carleton (45.7%, 21-for-46) both end up breaking Maya Moore’s single-season
@minnesotalynx
record for 3-point accuracy (45.3% in 2013).
NEWS:
@PHEEsespieces
Named 2019
@WNBA
Rookie of the Year.
Collier is the fourth
#Lynx
player to earn Rookie of the Year honors (Maya Moore 2011, Seimone Augustus 2006, Lennox 2000) and the third No. 6 overall pick to win the award (Temeka Johnson 2005, Betty Lennox 2000).
With that rebound, Sylvia Fowles tallied her 4,000th career rebound, becoming the only player in
@WNBA
history to reach the mark.
The next closest is Tina Charles who has 3,635 career rebounds.
Tonight in the
@minnesotalynx
's 92-64 victory over the Dallas Wings, Moriah Jefferson recorded the first triple-double in Minnesota Lynx history with 13 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists.
Jefferson becomes just the 10th player in
@WNBA
history to record a triple-double.
JUST ANNOUNCED:
#Lynx
Forward Napheesa Collier (
@PHEEsespieces
) Named Replacement Player For AT&T
@WNBA
All-Star 2019.
Minnesota to have three or more players (Collier, Fowles and Sims) at the All-Star Game for WNBA-record seventh time.
Full release:
The Minnesota
#Lynx
have issued the following statements on the University of Minnesota’s announcement regarding their Women’s Basketball Head Coach position. Congrats
@Lindsay_13
!
Players finishing with the below totals in a single
@WNBA
season:
400 points
200 rebounds
75 assists
50 steals
25 blocks
25 made 3FG
Tamika Catchings 7x,
Maya Moore 3x,
Sheryl Swoopes and now...
@PHEEsespieces
#ROY
Most Points by an International Player in
@minnesotalynx
history:
28 — Damiris Dantas, 9/2/2020 at Chi.
27 — Svetlana Abrosimova, 7/30/2001 at L.A.
27 — Svetlana Abrosimova, 7/21/2001 at Orl.
26 — Svetlana Abrosimova, 5/25/2002 vs. Utah
25 — Bridget Carleton, 8/5/2020 at N.Y.
NEWS: Minnesota
#Lynx
to Retire
@Lindsay_13
’s Number 13. Minnesota basketball legend becomes first player in franchise history to see number go to rafters at
@TargetCenterMN
.
Full release:
JUST ANNOUNCED:
@LynxCoachReeve
Named 2020 WNBA Coach of the Year.
She joins Van Chancellor and Mike Thibault as the only three-time winners.
Full release:
.
@PHEEsespieces
finishes her rookie campaign with 444 points, 223 rebounds, 87 assists, 65 steals and 32 blocks. The only other rookie in
@WNBA
history with those such totals was Tamika Catchings in 2002 (594 points, 275 rebound, 118 assists, 94 steals and 43 blocks).
#ROY
With the first shot of the night for
#TeamWilson
,
@minnesotalynx
center Sylvia Fowles drained a three-pointer.
Fowles has only attempted and made 1 shot from deep in her entire regular and post season career ( July 24, 2010, Chicago at San Antonio)
After her career night finishing with a career-high 29 points and a career-high 10 assists, Rachel Banham became the third player in
@WNBA
history to have at least 29 points and 10 assists in a game. She joins Jia Perkins (6/29/07) and Diana Taurasi (8/1/10).
(h/t
@WBBTimeline
)
.
@seimoneaugustus
on coming back: “I couldn’t be more excited to be re-signing with the only place I’ve called home in the WNBA. Being a member of this franchise means a lot to me and my family and I’m ready to continue what we’ve built here; and that’s a championship group.”
With that rebound, Rebekkah Brunson is now the WNBA's all-time leading rebounder, surpassing Tamika Catchings for the top spot. She has 11 rebounds on the night, along with 15 points and 2 assists.
#WNBAVote
Another MVP for
@SylviaFowles
! In six games, Fowles averaged 13.2 points on 76.6% from the field, 7.8 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 0.67 blocks in 17.8 minutes per game.
#Lynx
With her 4th point of the night, Sylvia Fowles now has scored 3,000 points in a Lynx uniform, making her the 5th
@minnesotalynx
player to eclipse the 3,000 point mark joining Seimone Augustus (5,881), Maya Moore (4,984), Katie Smith (3,605) and Lindsay Whalen (3,233).
Injury Update: The Minnesota Lynx today announced that an MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) taken at Mayo Clinic in Minneapolis revealed that Lynx forward Jessica Shepard has a torn ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament) in her right knee.
Lexie Brown becomes the third player in
#Lynx
history to have a game with 25+ points and 9+ assists, joining Lindsay Whalen (3x, MR: 26 pts and 9 asts vs Atlanta, 7/22/14) and Maya Moore (27 pts and 10 asts, vs Phoenix, 5/14/16).
@PHEEsespieces
@WNBA
Collier becomes the first
#Lynx
rookie since Maya Moore (2011) and fourth Lynx rookie ever (Moore, Seimone Augustus and Betty Lennox) to be named to the All-Star Game in their first WNBA season.
Happy birthday to the 4x
@WNBA
champ, 8x All-Star, 3x Olympic Gold Medalist, Finals MVP and everyone's favorite interview,
@seimoneaugustus
! Have a great day Mone!
#Year14
#Lynx
Rookie of the Year
@PHEEsespieces
headlines this year's
@WNBA
All-Rookie Team. She becomes the eighth
#Lynx
rookie to be named to the All-Rookie team and first since Maya Moore in 2011.
In 21:36 minutes off the bench,
@rachelbanham_1
finished with a season-high 18 points on 6-6 from the field, including 4-4 from three, becoming the first
@minnesotalynx
bench player to have at 18+ points and shoot perfectly from the field and from deep. (h/t
@WBBTimeline
)
Per Swanny: Minnesota remains the
@WNBA
’s only unbeaten team in 2019 and is off to the eighth 3-0 start in franchise history (2008, 2009, 2012, 2014-15-16-17). The
#Lynx
did not register win
#3
last year until their eighth game (June 9 at Washington).
Last night,
@bridgecarleton
led the
#Lynx
with a career-high nine rebounds vs. Dallas; the minute total (37:02) was also a career best. She has started four of the past seven contests while averaging 13.5 ppg (62.5%), 6.0 rpg and 1.25 spg as a starter.
From yesterday afternoon: .
@crystald2_
became the 14th player in
#Lynx
history to reach double figures in her WNBA debut with Sunday's 10-point effort.
Sylvia Fowles was voted as the
@AP
Defensive Player of the Year, the 3rd time she’s been honored with the award since 2016 — the first year the Associated Press gave out awards
Fowles finished the season 2nd in the
@WNBA
in rebounds (10.2), blocks (1.8) and steals (1.8) per game
Tonight the
@minnesotalynx
wore custom t-shirts in support of Sylvia Fowles for the
@WNBA
Defensive Player of the Year & MVP awards. Fowles currently ranks 2nd in the league for three defensive categories: rebounds per game (10.0), blocks per game (1.9) and steals per game (1.8)
Sylvia Fowles finished the night with 16 points, on 7-of-9 shooting, 20 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 assist and 1 block.
Her 20 boards are the most recorded in a single game this
@wnba
season.
This performance extends Fowles career double-double record to 186 (6th this season).
Aerial Powers has scored 89 points over her last 3 starts, the most prolific three-game stretch in the
@WNBA
this season and the most by any
@minnesotalynx
player since Maya Moore in 2014
32 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST, 59% FG
22 PTS, 11 REB, 2 AST, 67% 3PT
35 PTS, 13 REB, 3 AST, 54% FG
Over her last 10 games,
@PHEEsespieces
is averaging averaging 18.2 points on 54.9% shooting, 10.0 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 2.00 steals and 1.70 blocks while logging 34.8 minutes per game.
#MVPhee
Also per
@EliasSports
: Jessica Shepard had a game-high 13 rebounds, the most by any player in her
@WNBA
debut since DeTrina White (13 rebounds) on May 21, 2004 for New York at Indiana.
#Lynx
Final from
@TargetCenterMN
,
#Lynx
win the opener over Chicago 89-71.
Per
@EliasSports
: Napheesa Collier scored a game-high 27 points, the most by any player in her
@WNBA
debut since Candace Parker (34 points) on May 17, 2008 for Los Angeles at Phoenix.