The 2019 Lynx schedule looks like it will be more team-friendly than the 2018 slate was.
Because of the FIBA world championships last fall, the 2018 WNBA season compressed its 34-game slate into a 94-day window. That meant fewer days off for the veteran Lynx. This year the Lynx open at home against Chicago (coached by former Lynx assistant James Wade) on May 25 and finish the season Sept. 8 at Los Angeles, a season 107 days long. Unlike last season, there will be no back-to-back games for the Lynx. Other highlights of the schedule:
• Four nationally televised games, including one on ABC (June 8 at Los Angeles) and three on ESPN2 (July 6 at Connecticut, Aug. 22 vs. Dallas and Sept. 8 at Los Angeles).
• The team's first four-game homestand since 2015 (Aug. 22-Sept. 1 vs. Dallas, Las Vegas, Chicago and Indiana).
• Only one three-game road trip (July 6-12 at Connecticut, Chicago and Atlanta).
The schedule:
May
Saturday 25: vs. Chicago, 7 p.m.
Wednesday 29: vs. Seattle, 7 p.m.
June
Saturday 1: at Dallas, 7 p.m.
Tuesday 4: at Seattle, 9 p.m.
Thursday 6: vs. Phoenix, 7 p.m.
Saturday 8: vs. Los Angeles, 2:30 p.m.
Wednesday 12: at New York, 6 p.m.
Friday 14: vs. Connecticut, 7 p.m.
Sunday 16: vs. Las Vegas, 6 p.m.
Saturday 22: vs. New York, 7 p.m.
Tuesday 25: at Indiana, 6 p.m.
Sunday 30: at Dallas, 3 p.m.
July
Tuesday 2: vs. Atlanta, 7 p.m.
Saturday 6 at Connecticut, 1 p.m.
Wednesday 10: at Chicago, 7:30 p.m.
Friday 12: at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.
Sunday 14: vs. Phoenix, 6 p.m.
Wednesday 17: vs. Seattle, 7 p.m.
Sunday 21: at Las Vegas, 5 p.m.
Wednesday 24: vs. Washington, noon
August
Saturday 3: at Indiana, 6 p.m.
Tuesday 6: at Atlanta, 6 p.m.
Friday 9: vs. Connecticut, 7 p.m.
Sunday 11: at Washington, 2 p.m.
Tuesday 13: at New York, 10 a.m.
Friday 16: vs. Washington, 7 p.m.
Sunday 18: at Seattle, 6 p.m.
Tuesday 20: at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m.
Thursday 22: vs. Dallas, 7 p.m.
Sunday 25: vs. Las Vegas, 6 p.m.
Tuesday 27: vs. Chicago, 7 p.m.
September
Sunday 1: vs. Indiana, 6 p.m.
Friday 6: at Phoenix, 9 p.m.
Sunday 8: at Los Angeles, 4 p.m.
