Minnesota Lynx to Open 2017 Season at Xcel Energy Center on May 14
November 29, 2016 - Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Minnesota Lynx News Release
MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL - The Minnesota Lynx today announced the team's schedule for the upcoming 2017 season. The Lynx will kick off their 19th season in the WNBA at Xcel Energy Center vs. Chicago on Sunday, May 14 at 6:00 p.m. The 2017 campaign includes 34 regular-season games from May 14 through Sept. 3. Full-season memberships, which include tickets to all 17 home games and priority playoff seating, are still available by visiting www.lynxbasketball.com/membership or by calling 612-673-8400.
Last season the Lynx announced that Xcel Energy Center will be the team's venue for home games during the 2017 season. The team's relocation is due to the previously announced major renovation and complete shutdown of Target Center taking place during the summer and early fall of 2017.
The 2017 campaign includes three nationally broadcast games on ESPN2: May 18 at New York, July 6 vs. Los Angeles and Aug. 8 at Atlanta.
Minnesota's 17-game home schedule includes 11 weekend games (4 Friday, 1 Saturday, 6 Sunday), three on Tuesday, one on Wednesday and two on Thursday. The team's annual camp day is Wednesday, July 19 at 12 p.m. when the Lynx host Dallas. The Lynx have two three-game homestands (June 17-25; July 16-25) and two three-game road trips (June 3-11; Aug. 25-30).
The Lynx' home half of the schedule is highlighted by a rematch of last year's WNBA Finals when the Los Angeles Sparks visit the Xcel Energy Center on Thursday, July 6 and Friday, Aug. 11. Other notable home games include matchups against Diana Taurasi and the Phoenix Mercury on Sunday, July 16 and Tuesday, Aug. 22 and Breanna Stewart, Jewel Lloyd and the Seattle Storm on Sunday, July 30.
Minnesota's preseason schedule and 2017 local television broadcast schedule will be released at a later date. Following are key facts regarding the Lynx 2017 regular-season schedule. The full Lynx regular season schedule is available for download in PDF here.
Key Facts about the 2017 Lynx Regular Season Schedule
By month, the schedule breaks down as follows: May (3 home, 3 away = 6 total), June (3 home, 4 away = 7 total), July (5 home, 3 away = 8 total), August (4 home, 7 away = 11 total), September (2 home, 0 away = 2 total).
By day, the schedule breaks down as follows: Monday (0 total), Tuesday (3 home, 1 away = 4 total), Wednesday (1 home, 2 away = 3 total), Thursday (2 home, 1 away = 3 total), Friday (4 home, 6 away = 10 total), Saturday (1 home, 3 away = 4 total), Sunday (6 home, 4 away = 10 total). Minnesota's home schedule will feature three different starting times: 10 games tip off at 7:00 p.m., six Sunday games will commence at 6:00 p.m. and one Wednesday game will start at 12:00 p.m. The Lynx will begin the regular season at home against Chicago on Sunday, May 14, the 12th time in franchise history they've started at home. Minnesota's road opener is in New York on Thursday, May 18. Minnesota has a pair of three-game homestands: June 17-25 (vs. Connecticut, Washington and San Antonio) and July 16-25 (vs. Phoenix, Dallas and New York). The most home-friendly portion of the Lynx schedule is a 13-game stretch from mid-June to early August, when they play nine of 13 games at Xcel Energy Center (June 17-Aug. 3). The most consecutive road games this season for the Lynx is two strings of three: June 3-11 (at Seattle, Washington, Dallas) and Aug. 25-30 (at San Antonio, Los Angeles and Indiana). The Lynx also have three stretches of two consecutive road games: May 18-20 (at New York and Dallas), July 8-14 (at Chicago and Phoenix) and Aug. 6-8 (at Indiana and Atlanta).
Minnesota will play zero games on back-to-back nights this season.
Lynx 2017 Opponent Breakdown
Los Angeles (H: 7/6, 8/11; A: 8/27); Phoenix (H: 7/16, 8/22; A: 6/30, 7/14); San Antonio (H: 5/28, 6/25; A: 8/25); Seattle (H: 7/30; A: 6/3, 8/16); Dallas (H: 7/19; A: 5/20, 6/11).
Atlanta (H: 8/3; A: 7/28, 8/8); Chicago (H: 5/14, 9/1; A: 7/8); Connecticut (H: 5/23, 6/17; A: 5/26); Indiana (H: 8/18; A: 8/6, 8/30); New York (H: 7/25; A: 5/18, 8/20); Washington (H: 6/23, 9/3; A: 6/9).
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