The Lynx won their second WNBA Championship in three years, and led the league in wins for the third straight season.
The Lynx entered the season as the two-time defending WNBA Western Conference champions.
The Lynx replaced her in the offseason, trading guard Candice Wiggins for former University of Minnesota standout Janel McCarville, who had played with Lynx point guard Lindsay Whalen in college.
Despite returning three olympians and an all-star in their starting lineup, the Lynx were considered something of an afterthought going into the season, with much of the press going to the Phoenix Mercury, which drafted Brittney Griner.
On March 1, 2013, the Lynx announced that they had traded Candice Wiggins to the Tulsa Shock in exchange for a third-round pick in the draft and the rights to Janel McCarville from the New York Liberty.