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 Los Angeles Sparks 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 +104, which breaks down to about 95.1 scored and 84.7 allowed per game. That is the arithmetic of a team winning on merit, not on bounces.

The chase belongs to Atlanta Dream, who have gone 9-1 with a +134 margin of their own.

And do not sleep on Indiana Fever, quietly 9-1 across their last 10.

The whole league is averaging 89.2 points a game in this stretch, which makes Minnesota Lynx outrunning that number by 5.9 per night the loudest stat on the page.

The deep freeze

At the bottom of the temperature map sit Los Angeles Sparks: 0-10 in their last 10, -101 on points margin. That is about 10.1 a game in the wrong direction, and no lineup shuffle fixes it overnight.

They have company at the cold end: Toronto Tempo, 1-9 over the same window.

In between the extremes it gets crowded, Chicago Sky 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

Here is the warm half of the form table, last ten games for every club:

The fine print

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.

Next up on the slate: Minnesota Lynx against Washington Mystics. Check back after that one goes final.