2004 Minnesota Lynx season
Introduction The 2004 WNBA season was the sixth for the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx qualified for their second consecutive playoff berth, but lost in the opening round to eventual champion Seattle Storm.
Offseason ===Dispersal Draft===Based on the Lynx's 2003 record, they would pick 7th in the Cleveland Rockers dispersal draft. The Lynx picked Helen Darling.===WNBA draft=== Round  Pick  Player  Nationality  School/Club Team 1  6  Nicole Ohlde (C)    Kansas State 1  7  Vanessa Hayden (C)    Florida 2  20  Tasha Butts (F)    Tennessee 3  33  Amber Jacobs (G)    Boston College 3  38  Kate Bulger (G)    West Virginia
Regular season ===Season standings======Season schedule=== Date  Opponent  Score  Result  Record May 20  @ Seattle  85-88  Loss  0-1 May 22  @ Sacramento  69-61  Win  1-1 May 26  @ San Antonio  44-56  Loss  1-2 May 28  Washington  73-62  Win  2-2 May 30  New York  64-68  Loss  2-3 June 3  San Antonio  55-47  Win  3-3 June 5  Phoenix  76-68  Win  4-3 June 11  @ Los Angeles  55-69  Loss  4-4 June 17  Sacramento  50-60  Loss  4-5 June 19  Houston  66-58  Win  5-5 June 22  @ Phoenix  46-69  Loss  5-6 June 24  @ San Antonio  57-70  Loss  5-7 June 27  Los Angeles  67-83  Loss  5-8 June 30  Houston  58-50 (OT)  Win  6-8 July 3  Detroit  78-70  Win  7-8 July 8  @ Indiana  56-58  Loss  7-9 July 9  Phoenix  61-59  Win  8-9 July 11  Sacramento  83-73 (OT)  Win  9-9 July 14  Connecticut  66-63  Win  10-9 July 15  @ New York  69-66  Win  11-9 July 18  @ Phoenix  63-60  Win  12-9 July 22  @ Connecticut  68-52  Win  13-9 July 23  @ Washington  61-65  Loss  13-10 July 28  San Antonio  66-53  Win  14-10 July 30  Seattle  55-70  Loss  14-11 August 1  @ Detroit  59-58  Win  15-11 September 1  @ Houston  72-64  Win  16-11 September 3  Indiana  61-69  Loss  16-12 September 8  Charlotte  68-72  Loss  16-13 September 10  Seattle  64-61  Win  17-13 September 11  @ Charlotte  50-60  Loss  17-14 September 14  @ Houston  59-70  Loss  17-15 September 17  @ Los Angeles  78-66  Win  18-15 September 19  @ Sacramento  63-72  Loss  18-16
Playoffs  Game  Date  Opponent  Score  Result  Record '''Western Conference Semifinals''' 1  September 25  Seattle  58-70  Loss  0-1 2  September 27  @ Seattle  54-64  Loss  0-2
Player stats  Player  GP  REB  AST  STL  BLK  PTS Katie Smith  23  84  52  23  6  432 Nicole Ohlde  34  194  60  16  45  397 Tamika Raymond  34  205  38  39  5  254 Teresa Edwards  34  90  79  47  8  194 Vanessa Hayden  29  84  7  7  29  153 Svetlana Abrosimova  22  74  45  30  2  146 Helen Darling  33  67  115  30  4  140 Amanda Lassiter  33  80  37  21  22  127 Stacey Lovelace  34  66  20  18  9  121 Amber Jacobs  32  36  47  13  0  101 Tasha Butts  30  62  25  13  7  76 Michele Van Gorp  8  13  1  0  1  22 Gwen Slaughter  3  1  0  0  1  2
Awards and honors *Teresa Edwards, '''Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award'''*Suzie McConnell Serio, '''WNBA Coach of the Year Award'''
References
External links * Lynx on Basketball Reference