2014 Minnesota Lynx season

The 2014 WNBA season was the 16th season for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association. The Lynx were defending their 2013 WNBA Championship, seeking to become the third franchise to win three titles. However, their bid fell short as they lost to the Phoenix Mercury in the conference finals.

The Lynx had a positive offseason, re-signing free agent center Janel McCarville and guard Monica Wright, two key components of the 2013 championship team. The Lynx also announced their first uniform sponsor, the Mayo Clinic.

Draft
The following are the Lynx's selections in the 2014 WNBA draft.

Preseason
| 1 		 | May 5 | Australia | 		 | Waltea Rolle (17) | Maya Moore (7) | Tan White (8) | Target Center 2550 | 1–0		 | 2 		 | May 9 | Phoenix | 		 | Tan White (16) | Maya Moore and Tricia Liston (6) | Damiris Dantas and Tan White (3) | ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex 3194 | 2–0		 | 3 		 | May 11 | @ Chicago | 		 | Asia Taylor (18) | Damiris Dantas (9) | Lindsey Moore (8) | ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex 3194 | 3–0
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Regular season
| 1 		 | May 16 | @ Washington | 		 | Maya Moore (34) | Damiris Dantas (12) | Lindsay Whalen (8) | Verizon Center 7395 | 1–0		 | 2 		 | May 18 | Connecticut | 		 | Maya Moore (33) | Maya Moore (12) | Lindsay Whalen (4) | Target Center 9434 | 2–0		 | 3 		 | May 23 | @ Tulsa | 		 | Maya Moore (38) | Maya Moore (13) | Lindsay Whalen (5) | BOK Center 6845 | 3–0		 | 4 		 | May 24 | New York | 		 | Maya Moore (30) | Damiris Dantas (8) | Janel McCarville (6) | Target Center 8323 | 4–0		 | 5 		 | May 26 | @ Chicago | 		 | Lindsay Whalen (22) | Janel McCarville (12) | Lindsay Whalen (4) | Allstate Arena 6058 | 5–0		 | 6 		 | May 30 | San Antonio | 		 | Maya Moore (26) | Maya Moore (9) | McCarville & M. Moore (5) | Target Center 8734 | 6–0
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| 7		 | June 1 | @ San Antonio | 		 | Seimone Augustus (25) | Maya Moore (9) | Lindsay Whalen (10) | AT&T Center 5089 | 7–0		 | 8 		 | June 6 | @ Seattle | 		 | Augustus & M. Moore (12) | Damaris Dantas (8) | Tan White (5) | KeyArena 6836 | 7–1		 | 9 		 | June 8 | @ Los Angeles | 		 | Seimone Augustus (26) | Maya Moore (13) | Lindsay Whalen (7) | Staples Center 8770 | 8–1		 | 10		 | June 13 | @ Atlanta | 		 | Lindsay Whalen (22) | Maya Moore (9) | Seimone Augustus (6) | Philips Arena 6684 | 8–2		 | 11		 | June 15 | Phoenix | 		 | Maya Moore (13) | Damaris Dantas (12) | Lindsay Whalen (5) | Target Center 8957 | 8–3		 | 12                | June 17 | @ Los Angeles | 		 | Maya Moore (31) | Devereaux Peters (6) | Janel McCarville (8) | Staples Center 9636 | 9–3		 | 13		 | June 18 | @ Phoenix | 		 | Maya Moore (36) | M. Moore & Whalen (4) | Lindsay Whalen (5) | US Airways Center 8963 | 9–4		 | 14		 | June 20 | Washington | 		 | Maya Moore (20) | Maya Moore (10) | M. Moore & L.Whalen (7) | Target Center 8813 | 10–4		 | 15                | June 22 | Indiana | 		 | Maya Moore (25) | M. Moore & Peters (6) | Lindsay Whalen (6) | Target Center 8704 | 11–4		 | 16		 | June 27 | @ Seattle | 		 | Maya Moore (20) | Maya Moore (10) | Lindsay Whalen (4) | KeyArena 6547 | 11–5		 | 17                | June 29 | Seattle | 		 | Janel McCarville (22) | Maya Moore (7) | Maya Moore (7) | Target Center 8814 | 12–5
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| 18		 | July 3 | San Antonio | 		 | Lindsay Whalen (22) | Janel McCarville (9) | Lindsay Whalen (7) | Target Center 7622 | 13–5		 | 19		 | July 6 | @ New York | 		 | Maya Moore (25) | Maya Moore (8) | Lindsay Whalen (5) | Madison Square Garden 8151 | 13–6		 | 20 		 | July 8 | Los Angeles | 		 | Maya Moore (30) | Lindsay Whalen (9) | Devereaux Peters (6) | Target Center 7920 | 14–6		 | 21		 | July 10 | @ Tulsa | 		 | Maya Moore (33) | Maya Moore (11) | Lindsay Whalen (10) | BOK Center 4961 | 15–6		 | 22		 | July 13 | Seattle | 		 | Maya Moore (26) | Maya Moore (12) | Lindsay Whalen (7) | Target Center 9114 | 16–6		 | 23                | July 16 | Tulsa | 		 | Maya Moore (32) | Damiris Dantas (11) | Moore and Whalen (5) | Target Center 16413 | 17–6		 | 24		 | July 22 | Atlanta | 		 | Maya Moore (48) | Rebekkah Brunson (12) | Lindsay Whalen (9) | Target Center 9332 | 18–6		 | 25		 | July 25 | San Antonio | 		 | Seimone Augustus (17) | Maya Moore (8) | Seimone Augustus (6) | Target Center 9104 | 19–6		 | 26		 | July 27 | @ Connecticut |		 | Maya Moore (17) |Rebekkah Brunson (10) | Maya Moore (4) | Mohegan Sun Arena 8019 | 20–6		 | 27                | July 31 | Phoenix | 		 | Maya Moore (20) | Rebekkah Brunson (11) | McCarville & Whalen (5) | Target Center 9513 | 21–6
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| 28		 | August 2 | @ Tulsa | 		 |Maya Moore (40) | Rebekkah Brunson (9) | Lindsay Whalen (6) | BOK Center 6339 | 22–6		 | 29		 | August 5 | @ Indiana | 		 | 		 |		 | 		 | Bankers Life Fieldhouse | 23–6		 | 30 		 | August 7 | Chicago | 		 | 		 |		 | 		 | Target Center | 24–6		 | 31		 | August 9 | @ Phoenix | 		 | 		 |		 | 		 | US Airways Center | 24–7		 | 32		 | August 12 | Los Angeles | 		 | 		 |		 | 		 | Target Center | 24–8		 | 33                | August 15 | @ San Antonio | 		 | 		 |		 | 		 | AT&T Center | 24–9		 | 34		 | August 16 | Tulsa | 		 | Maya Moore (19) | Maya Moore (12) | Lindsay Whalen (9) | Target Center | 25–9
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Awards and honors

 * June Player of the Month: Maya Moore
 * All-Star Game Starter: Maya Moore
 * All-Star Game Reserve: Seimone Augustus and Lindsay Whalen