The Minnesota Lynx are hoping to draw in the largest crowd since Lindsay Whalen’s return to Minnesota on July 14, 2004. The former Gopher standout was a rookie with the Connecticut Sun at the time.

The Lynx sold out the lower bowl of the Target Center and have started selling upper-deck tickets for Sunday’s game 1 of the WNBA Finals. The team has averaged a WNBA-best 9,846 fans per game this postseason and will need to top 16,227 fans to set the single-game record.
 

The Lynx brought in 11,891 fans for Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals, the largest crowd of the season.
 

Lynx forward Rebekkah Brunson has been named to the 2011 WNBA All-Defensive First Team; and Hutchinson-native Lindsay Whalen finished fifth in the 2011 WNBA MVP voting. Whalen had four first-place votes out of the 40 sportswriters and broadcasters that vote on the award.

The Lynx will continue the run for their first WNBA title by sponsoring a block party at Target Plaza featuring live music, starting at 5 p.m., with tip off set for 7:30 p.m. against the Atlanta Dream.