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22 Facts About Minnesota Lynx

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Minnesota Lynx are an American professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association .

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Minnesota Lynx have qualified for the WNBA playoffs in twelve of their twenty-one years.

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The Minnesota Lynx started their inaugural season in 1999 with 12,122 fans in attendance to watch the first regular-season game against the Detroit Shock at Target Center.

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Minnesota Lynx began the 2006 season as the youngest team in the WNBA.

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5.

On December 13,2006, the Minnesota Lynx named veteran NBA assistant Don Zierden their fifth head coach.

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Minnesota Lynx earned the top overall seed in the 2011 WNBA Playoffs.

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The Minnesota Lynx then swept the Phoenix Mercury in two games to win their first conference championship.

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Minnesota Lynx used both the loss in the Finals and prognosticators' pre-season focus on the Phoenix Mercury's new phenom, Brittney Griner, to motivate themselves for the 2013 season.

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In doing so, the Minnesota Lynx became the second WNBA team and fifth major professional sports franchise to sweep through the postseason.

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10.

In 2014, the Minnesota Lynx again had a successful regular season, claiming the second best record in the league, second only to Griner and the Mercury.

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11.

The Minnesota Lynx would go on to win their third franchise title, all three of them in a five-year span dating back to 2011.

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12.

The Minnesota Lynx avenged 2016's Finals loss to the Sparks by defeating them in five games to win their fourth championship in seven seasons and tying the now-defunct Houston Comets for most WNBA championship titles.

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13.

In 2018, with back-up point guard Renee Montgomery leaving in free agency to sign with the Atlanta Dream and a now aging roster intact, the Minnesota Lynx would start falling way short of championship contention.

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14.

The Minnesota Lynx started off their playoff run against the rival Los Angeles Sparks in the first round elimination game.

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15.

In 2019 and 2020 the Minnesota Lynx would produce players that won WNBA Rookie of the Year.

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16.

The Minnesota Lynx previously used an Adidas uniform that was standard throughout the league, but the WNBA partnered with Nike, Inc for eight years beginning in 2018.

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17.

The Minnesota Lynx are one of 11 WNBA teams sponsored by Verizon, whose logo is prominently featured on their uniforms.

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18.

Minnesota Lynx Foundation holds an annual "Catwalk for a Cure" event at the Mall of America during the WNBA's Breast Health Awareness Week to raise funds for breast cancer related charities.

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19.

In 2012, the Minnesota Lynx hosted the Catwalk for a Cure at the Mall of America rotunda for the first time, occupying the largest staging area inside the country's biggest mall.

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20.

The Minnesota Lynx donated a $10,000 grant to the Edith Sanford Breast Cancer Foundation.

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21.

Minnesota Lynx games are broadcast on either Bally Sports North or Bally Sports North Plus.

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Furthermore, some Minnesota Lynx games are broadcast nationally on ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC.

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