2002 New York Liberty season

2002 New York Liberty season
Coach Richie Adubato
Arena Madison Square Garden
Attendance 14,670 per game
Results
Record 18–14 (.563)
Place 1st (Eastern)
Playoff finish Lost WNBA Finals (2-0) to Los Angeles Sparks

The 2002 WNBA season was the sixth season for the New York Liberty. The Liberty franchise reached their 4th berth to the WNBA Finals, but lost in a sweep to the Los Angeles Sparks. As of the 2016 season, this was the last season that New York qualified for the WNBA Finals.

Offseason

WNBA Draft

Round Pick Player Nationality College/School/Team
2 26 Linda Fröhlich (F)  Germany UNLV
3 46 Tracy Gahan (G)  United States Iowa State
4 62 Deedee Warley (F)  United States Maryland

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
New York Liberty x1814.56311–10–
Charlotte Sting x1814.56312–9–
Washington Mystics x1715.53112–91.0
Indiana Fever x1616.50012–92.0
Orlando Miracle o1616.50013–82.0
Miami Sol o1517.46911–103.0
Cleveland Rockers o1022.3127–148.0
Detroit Shock o923.2816–159.0

Season schedule

Date Opponent Score Result Record
May 25@ Los Angeles64-72Loss0-1
May 29@ Portland84-62Win1-1
May 30@ Seattle78-61Win2-1
June 2Miami58-52Win3-1
June 5Detroit60-59Win4-1
June 8@ Indiana62-71Loss4-2
June 9@ Detroit70-63Win5-2
June 11@ Utah71-68Win6-2
June 13@ Sacramento77-78 (OT)Loss6-3
June 16Charlotte54-53Win7-3
June 18Orlando62-71Loss7-4
June 21@ Cleveland69-80Loss7-5
June 23@ Orlando65-77Loss7-6
June 25Indiana74-55Win8-6
June 28Cleveland58-67Loss8-7
June 30Portland44-54Loss8-8
July 2Seattle74-63Win9-8
July 8Phoenix77-71Win10-8
July 10@ Detroit63-66Loss10-9
July 13@ Washington67-53Win11-9
July 18Los Angeles72-59Win12-9
July 19@ Indiana70-62Win13-9
July 22Cleveland73-52Win14-9
July 23@ Miami46-54Loss14-10
July 28Houston62-56Win15-10
August 2Miami66-54Win16-10
August 4@ Charlotte71-58Win17-10
August 6Minnesota49-52Loss17-11
August 8Washington54-65Loss17-12
August 9@ Washington74-66Win18-12
August 11Charlotte58-71Loss18-13
August 13@ Orlando63-70Loss18-14
August 16
1st Round, G1		@ Indiana55-73Loss0-1
August 18
1st Round, G2		Indiana84-65Win1-1
August 20
1st Round, G3		Indiana75-60Win2-1
August 22
East Finals, G1		@ Washington74-79Loss2-2
August 24
East Finals, G2		Washington96-79Win3-2
August 25
East Finals, G3		Washington64-57Win4-2
August 29
WNBA Finals, G1		Los Angeles63-71Loss4-3
August 31
WNBA Finals, G2		@ Los Angeles66-69Loss4-4

Player stats

Player GP REB AST STL BLK PTS
Tari Phillips32223415814451
Tamika Whitmore32141232743406
Crystal Robinson3292814812378
Vickie Johnson3110986274359
Becky Hammon326854250256
Teresa Weatherspoon3286181423108
Sue Wicks3010114221566
Camille Cooper231634527
Korie Hlede1616126226
Linda Fröhlich16131206
Bernadette Ngoyisa750026

[1]

References

  1. ↑ https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/NYL/2002.html
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.