The 2020 Minnesota Lynx season was the 22nd season for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association, and the 11th season under head coach Cheryl Reeve.
The season tipped-off on July 26, 2020, versus the Connecticut Sun.
This WNBA season will feature an all-time high 36 regular-season games. However, the plan for expanded games was put on hold on April 3, when the WNBA postponed its season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Under a plan approved on June 15, the league is scheduled to hold a shortened 22-game regular season at IMG Academy, without fans present, starting on July 24.
The Lynx' season started strongly, as the team won five of their first six games, with their only loss coming to the Seattle Storm. They won three of the next five to hold a 8âÂÂ3 record at the halfway mark of the season. The team finished the season with a 3âÂÂ2 stretch of five games and a 3âÂÂ3 stretch of the last six games. Their overall 14âÂÂ8 record earned them the fourth seed in the playoffs.
As the fourth seed, the Lynx earned a bye into the Second Round. They faced off against the Phoenix Mercury, and won a very close game 80âÂÂ79. With that win, they advanced to face Seattle in the Semifinals. The Lynx lost the first game in the series by two points, and then were defeated by ten points and twenty-one points in games two and three. The three game sweep ended the Lynx' season.
|- | 1 | July 26 | Connecticut Sun | W 77âÂÂ69 | Sylvia Fowles (17) | Sylvia Fowles (18) | Damiris Dantas (5) | IMG Academy<br>No In-Person Attendance | 1âÂÂ0 |- | 2 | July 28 | Seattle Storm | L 66âÂÂ90 | Damiris Dantas (18) | Sylvia Fowles (11) | Napheesa Collier (5) | IMG Academy<br>No In-Person Attendance | 1âÂÂ1 |- | 3 | July 30 | Chicago Sky | W 83âÂÂ81 | Napheesa Collier (20) | Napheesa Collier (10) | Collier, Johnson (4) | IMG Academy<br>No In-Person Attendance | 2âÂÂ1
|- | 4 | August 1 | Connecticut Sun | W 78-69 | Sylvia Fowles (21) | Sylvia Fowles (13) | Napheesa Collier (4) | IMG Academy<br>No In-Person Attendance | 3âÂÂ1 |- | 5 | August 5 | New York Liberty | W 92âÂÂ66 | Bridget Carleton (25) | Carleton, Collier (7) | Rachel Banham (5) | IMG Academy<br>No In-Person Attendance | 4âÂÂ1 |- | 6 | August 7 | Indiana Fever | W 87âÂÂ80 | Lexie Brown (26) | Brown, Fowles (6) | Lexie Brown (9) | IMG Academy<br>No In-Person Attendance | 5-1 |- | 7 | August 9 | Los Angeles Sparks | L 81-97 | Crystal Dangerfield (29) | Damiris Dantas (7) | Lexie Brown (6) | IMG Academy<br>No In-Person Attendance | 5âÂÂ2 |- | 8 | August 11 | Washington Mystics | W 68âÂÂ48 | Sylvia Fowles (16) | Sylvia Fowles (13) | Crystal Dangerfield (4) | IMG Academy<br>No In-Person Attendance | 6âÂÂ2 |- | 9 | August 13 | Las Vegas Aces | L 77âÂÂ87 | Napheesa Collier (21) | Napheesa Collier (14) | Damiris Dantas (7) | IMG Academy<br>No In-Person Attendance | 6âÂÂ3 |- | 10 | August 15 | New York Liberty | W 94-64 | Napheesa Collier (26) | Napheesa Collier (13) | Collier, Sims (5) | IMG Academy<br>No In-Person Attendance | 7âÂÂ3 |- | 11 | August 19 | Dallas Wings | W 91-84 | Crystal Dangerfield (21) | Bridget Carleton (9) | Crystal Dangerfield (6) | IMG Academy<br>No In-Person Attendance | 8âÂÂ3 |- | 12 | August 21 | Phoenix Mercury | W 90-80 | Napheesa Collier (20) | Napheesa Collier (9) | Collier, Carleton (6) | IMG Academy<br>No In-Person Attendance | 9âÂÂ3 |- | 13 | August 23 | Atlanta Dream | L 75âÂÂ78 | Napheesa Collier (18) | Damiris Dantas (9) | Carleton, Dantas, Dangerfield (3) | IMG Academy<br>No In-Person Attendance | 9âÂÂ4 |- | 14 | August 28 | Atlanta Dream | W 88âÂÂ79 | Crystal Dangerfield (23) | Napheesa Collier (12) | Odyssey Sims (9) | IMG Academy<br>No In-Person Attendance | 10âÂÂ4 |- | 15 | August 30 | Phoenix Mercury | L 79âÂÂ83 | Crystal Dangerfield (20) | Napheesa Collier (6) | Odyssey Sims (5) | IMG Academy<br>No In-Person Attendance | 10âÂÂ5 |- | 16 | August 31 | Los Angeles Sparks | W 96âÂÂ78 | Napheesa Collier (25) | Collier, Dantas (9) | Bridget Carleton (10) | IMG Academy<br>No In-Person Attendance | 11âÂÂ5
|- | 17 | September 2 | Chicago Sky | W 86âÂÂ83 | Damiris Dantas (28) | Napheesa Collier (9) | Crystal Dangerfield (7) | IMG Academy<br>No In-Person Attendance | 12âÂÂ5 |- | 18 | September 4 | Dallas Wings | W 88âÂÂ75 | Damiris Dantas (18) | Napheesa Collier (14) | Crystal Dangerfield (5) | IMG Academy<br>No In-Person Attendance | 13âÂÂ5 |- | 19 | September 6 | Seattle Storm | L 88âÂÂ103 | Damiris Dantas (22) | Damiris Dantas (9) | Odyssey Sims (4) | IMG Academy<br>No In-Person Attendance | 13âÂÂ6 |- | 20 | September 8 | Washington Mystics | L 86âÂÂ89 | Napheesa Collier (21) | Napheesa Collier (11) | Crystal Dangerfield (7) | IMG Academy<br>No In-Person Attendance | 13âÂÂ7 |- | 21 | September 10 | Las Vegas Aces | L 89âÂÂ104 | Crystal Dangerfield (24) | Napheesa Collier (11) | Napheesa Collier (10) | IMG Academy<br>No In-Person Attendance | 13-8 |- | 22 | September 12 | Indiana Fever | W 98âÂÂ86 | Rachel Banham (29) | Napheesa Collier (8) | Rachel Banham (10) | IMG Academy<br>No In-Person Attendance | 14âÂÂ8
|- | 1 | September 17 | Phoenix Mercury | W 80âÂÂ79 | Damiris Dantas (22) | Napheesa Collier (9) | Napheesa Collier (6) | IMG Academy | 1âÂÂ0
|- | 1 | September 22 | Seattle Storm | L 86âÂÂ88 | Napheesa Collier (25) | Napheesa Collier (9) | Crystal Dangerfield (6) | IMG Academy | 0âÂÂ1 |- | 2 | September 24 | Seattle Storm | L 79âÂÂ89 | Damiris Dantas (23) | Carleton, Dantas (7) | Crystal Dangerfield (7) | IMG Academy | 0âÂÂ2 |- | 3 | September 27 | Seattle Storm | L 71âÂÂ92 | Napheesa Collier (22) | Napheesa Collier (15) | Dantas & Sims (4) | IMG Academy | 0âÂÂ3