WNBA Heat Check: Minnesota Lynx Are Scorching (10-0 Last 10)

Every WNBA season has a week when the temperature map redraws itself, and this feels like one of them. Minnesota Lynx have become the team nobody wants to see next on the schedule, while Toronto Tempo are hunting for anything that resembles a good night.

Burning up

Minnesota Lynx own the league's best recent ledger at 10-0, and the +101 points margin underneath it says the record is earned. Per game the numbers read 98.2 for and 88.1 against, a gap that does not happen by accident across 10 games.

The chase belongs to Indiana Fever, who have gone 9-1 with a +124 margin of their own.

Golden State Valkyries (8-2) round out the warm end of the ledger.

For scale, the league as a whole is averaging 90.0 points a game over this window, Minnesota Lynx are clearing that bar by 8.2 a night all on their own.

The cold end

At the bottom of the temperature map sit Toronto Tempo: 1-9 in their last 10, -138 on points margin. That is about 13.8 a game in the wrong direction, and no lineup shuffle fixes it overnight.

Seattle Storm (1-9) share the cold row, for whatever comfort that provides.

The middle of the table is where the real congestion lives: Las Vegas Aces (5-5) and New York Liberty (5-5) are separated by almost nothing, and one good weekend reshuffles the whole neighborhood.

By the numbers

For the fuller picture, the five best recent records in the league:

One more thing

One reading tip before you go: points margin travels better than record. A fat margin with a modest record usually means the wins are coming; the reverse usually means they are not.

One to circle: Seattle Storm meet Portland Fire in their next game, and we will find out quickly whether this stretch travels.