For the first time since her WNBA debut, Lindsay Whalen will not start

Tanisha Wright will start for the Lynx tonight, with Whalen coming off the bench

August 12, 2018 at 10:50PM
Minnesota Lynx guard Lindsay Whalen (13) directs her teammates while moving the ball down the court under pressure from Las Vegas Aces guard Moriah Jefferson in the first half on Friday, July 13, 2018, at Target Center in Minneapolis. (Aaron Lavinsky/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS)
Minnesota Lynx guard Lindsay Whalen (13) directs her teammates while moving the ball down the court under pressure from Las Vegas Aces guard Moriah Jefferson in the first half on Friday, July 13, 2018, at Target Center in Minneapolis. (Aaron Lavinsky/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS) (Brian Wicker — Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

After taking the last two games off to get rest, Lindsay Whalen will return to action tonight against Seattle.

But she will not start.

Tanisha Wright will start at point guard.

This is news. The last time Whalen played in a game but didn't start? Her WNBA debut, for Connecticut, back on May 22, 2004, when she came off the bench for the Sun. Since that night Whalen had started 475 consecutive games, a streak that will end tonight.

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