2001 Portland Fire season

2001 Portland Fire season
Coach	Linda Hargrove
Arena	Rose Garden
Attendance	8,604 per game
Results
Record	11–21 (.344)
Place	7th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did Not Qualify
Team Leaders
Points	Jackie Stiles 14.9 ppg
Rebounds	Kristin Folkl 7.7 rpg
Assists	Tully Bevilaqua 3.3 apg
← 2000 season 2002 season →

The 2001 WNBA season was the 2nd season for the Portland Fire. The Fire failed to qualify for the WNBA Playoffs for the second consecutive year.

Offseason

WNBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/School/Team
1	4	Jackie Stiles (G)	United States	Southwest Missouri State
1	12	LaQuanda Barksdale (G/F)	United States	North Carolina
2	20	Jenny Mowe (C)	United States	Oregon
3	36	Rasheeda Clark (G)	United States	Pepperdine
4	52	Natasha Pointer (G)	United States	Rutgers

Regular season

Season standings

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
Los Angeles Sparks ^x	28	4	.875	19–2	–
Sacramento Monarchs ^x	20	12	.625	13–8	8.0
Utah Starzz ^x	19	13	.594	11–10	9.0
Houston Comets ^x	19	13	.594	13–8	9.0
Phoenix Mercury ^o	13	19	.406	8–13	15.0
Minnesota Lynx ^o	12	20	.375	9–12	16.0
Portland Fire ^o	11	21	.344	5–16	17.0
Seattle Storm ^o	10	22	.313	6–15	18.0

Season schedule

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
May 31	Minnesota	65-82	Loss	0-1
June 2	@ Utah	76-71	Win	1-1
June 4	Phoenix	71-69	Win	2-1
June 12	Cleveland	67-62	Win	3-1
June 16	@ Sacramento	81-74	Win	4-1
June 17	@ Los Angeles	75-90	Loss	4-2
June 19	Seattle	58-43	Win	5-2
June 22	Charlotte	66-62	Win	6-2
June 24	@ Houston	57-67	Loss	6-3
June 26	@ Cleveland	57-61	Loss	6-4
June 27	@ Indiana	68-65	Win	7-4
June 29	@ Miami	74-72	Win	8-4
July 2	@ Houston	67-74	Loss	8-5
July 4	Seattle	56-61	Loss	8-6
July 6	Washington	69-58	Win	9-6
July 8	Utah	63-65	Loss	9-7
July 10	@ Minnesota	52-73	Loss	9-8
July 12	Houston	57-71	Loss	9-9
July 19	@ Phoenix	58-60	Loss	9-10
July 20	@ Seattle	56-49	Win	10-10
July 22	Detroit	77-80	Loss	10-11
July 24	New York	86-68	Win	11-11
July 27	@ Sacramento	62-85	Loss	11-12
July 28	Los Angeles	83-88	Loss	11-13
July 30	Utah	73-79	Loss	11-14
August 1	@ Orlando	63-65	Loss	11-15
August 3	@ Washington	50-64	Loss	11-16
August 4	@ Detroit	65-70	Loss	11-17
August 8	Minnesota	58-70	Loss	11-18
August 11	@ Phoenix	62-73	Loss	11-19
August 12	Sacramento	58-64	Loss	11-20
August 14	Los Angeles	58-67	Loss	11-21

Player stats

Player	GP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS
Jackie Stiles	32	77	55	24	3	478
Sophia Witherspoon	31	74	54	30	8	373
Sylvia Crawley	32	203	54	19	26	299
Kristin Folkl	32	245	45	20	34	180
Tully Bevilaqua	31	88	103	59	6	153
Tamicha Jackson	32	44	50	28	0	132
DeMya Walker	21	58	10	7	12	113
Carolyn Young	23	34	15	14	1	111
Alisa Burras	26	59	10	5	3	106
Vanessa Nygaard	31	35	10	6	2	76
Stacey Thomas	32	70	41	30	10	59
Jenny Mowe	5	3	0	0	1	6
LaQuanda Barksdale	5	6	4	2	0	2

References

↑ https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/POR/2001.html

2001 WNBA season by team
Draft All-Star Game Championship Playoffs
Eastern	Charlotte Sting Cleveland Rockers Detroit Shock Indiana Fever Miami Sol New York Liberty Orlando Miracle Washington Mystics
Western	Houston Comets Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx Phoenix Mercury Portland Fire Sacramento Monarchs Seattle Storm Utah Starzz
← 2000 WNBA season 2002 →

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