All season long, the Minnesota Lynx overcame hardships and adversity to exceed expectations when many around the WNBA expected them to fail.
Coming into the 2023 season, Minnesota was viewed as a team in a rebuilding year and in a transition with an infusion of youth and new faces joining the roster.
When the season began, the Lynx dropped to the bottom of the league at 0-6, sparking debate of if they should already start to tank in an attempt to get better positioning in the 2024 WNBA Draft.
But Minnesota wasn’t going to tank, and it didn’t give up.