WNBA Heat Check, Minnesota Lynx 10-0 in Their 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.

The warm end of the table

Start with Minnesota Lynx. They have won 10 of their last 10, and they have not been sneaking past anyone: the points margin over that stretch is +101, which breaks down to about 98.2 scored and 88.1 allowed per game. That is the arithmetic of a team winning on merit, not on bounces.

The chase belongs to Indiana Fever, who have gone 9-1 with a +132 margin of their own.

And do not sleep on Atlanta Dream, quietly 8-2 across their last 10.

The whole league is averaging 89.8 points a game in this stretch, which makes Minnesota Lynx outrunning that number by 8.4 per night the loudest stat on the page.

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.

They have company at the cold end: Los Angeles Sparks, 1-9 over the same window.

In between the extremes it gets crowded, Dallas Wings at 5-5 and Las Vegas Aces at 5-5 are basically sharing a seat, and the next series either way will split them.

By the numbers

The top of the ledger, at a glance:

One more thing

As always, watch where record and points margin tell different stories about the same club. The margin tends to know first.

Next up on the slate: Minnesota Lynx against Las Vegas Aces. Check back after that one goes final.