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.

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 +106, which breaks down to about 94.4 scored and 83.8 allowed per game. That is the arithmetic of a team winning on merit, not on bounces.

Right behind them sit Atlanta Dream, 9-1 over the same kind of stretch and +135 on points margin, quieter, but pointed the same direction.

Indiana Fever (8-2) round out the warm end of the ledger.

For scale, the league as a whole is averaging 88.9 points a game over this window, Minnesota Lynx are clearing that bar by 5.5 a night all on their own.

Who's cold

At the bottom of the temperature map sit Toronto Tempo: 1-9 in their last 10, -133 on points margin. That is about 13.3 a game in the wrong direction, and no lineup shuffle fixes it overnight.

Los Angeles Sparks are not far behind on the misery index at 1-9.

Do not ignore the middle class, either: Las Vegas Aces (5-5) and Chicago Sky (5-5) sit close enough that a single hot or cold series flips their order.

By the numbers

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

Worth remembering

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 Golden State Valkyries. Check back after that one goes final.