2002 WNBA season
Appearance
2002 WNBA season | |
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League | Women's National Basketball Association |
Sport | Basketball |
Duration | May 25 - August 31, 2002 |
Number of games | 32 |
Number of teams | 16 |
Total attendance | 2,362,412 |
Average attendance | 9,228 |
TV partner(s) | ESPN, NBC, Oxygen |
2002 WNBA Draft | |
Top draft pick | ![]() |
Picked by | Seattle Storm |
Regular season | |
Season MVP | ![]() |
Playoffs | |
Eastern champions | New York Liberty |
Eastern runners-up | Washington Mystics |
Western champions | Los Angeles Sparks |
Western runners-up | Utah Starzz |
Finals | |
Champions | Los Angeles Sparks |
Runners-up | New York Liberty |
Finals MVP | ![]() |
The 2002 WNBA Season was the Women's National Basketball Association's sixth season. The season ended with the Los Angeles Sparks winning their second WNBA championship.
Regular season standings
[edit]Eastern Conference
Eastern Conference | W | L | PCT | Conf. | GB |
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New York Liberty x | 18 | 14 | .563 | 11–10 | – |
Charlotte Sting x | 18 | 14 | .563 | 12–9 | – |
Washington Mystics x | 17 | 15 | .531 | 12–9 | 1.0 |
Indiana Fever x | 16 | 16 | .500 | 12–9 | 2.0 |
Orlando Miracle o | 16 | 16 | .500 | 13–8 | 2.0 |
Miami Sol o | 15 | 17 | .469 | 11–10 | 3.0 |
Cleveland Rockers o | 10 | 22 | .312 | 7–14 | 8.0 |
Detroit Shock o | 9 | 23 | .281 | 6–15 | 9.0 |
Western Conference
Western Conference | W | L | PCT | Conf. | GB |
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Los Angeles Sparks x | 25 | 7 | .781 | 17–4 | – |
Houston Comets x | 24 | 8 | .750 | 16–5 | 1.0 |
Utah Starzz x | 20 | 12 | .625 | 12–9 | 5.0 |
Seattle Storm x | 17 | 15 | .531 | 10–11 | 8.0 |
Portland Fire o | 16 | 16 | .500 | 8–13 | 9.0 |
Sacramento Monarchs o | 14 | 18 | .438 | 8–13 | 11.0 |
Phoenix Mercury o | 11 | 21 | .344 | 7–14 | 14.0 |
Minnesota Lynx o | 10 | 22 | .313 | 6–15 | 15.0 |
Season award winners
[edit]Playoffs
[edit]First Round Best of 3 | Conference Finals Best of 3 | WNBA Finals Best of 3 | ||||||||||||
E1 | New York | 2 | ||||||||||||
E4 | Indiana | 1 | ||||||||||||
E1 | New York | 2 | ||||||||||||
Eastern Conference | ||||||||||||||
E3 | Washington | 1 | ||||||||||||
E2 | Charlotte | 0 | ||||||||||||
E3 | Washington | 2 | ||||||||||||
E1 | New York | 0 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Los Angeles | 2 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Los Angeles | 2 | ||||||||||||
W4 | Seattle | 0 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Los Angeles | 2 | ||||||||||||
Western Conference | ||||||||||||||
W3 | Utah | 0 | ||||||||||||
W2 | Houston | 1 | ||||||||||||
W3 | Utah | 2 |
Coaches
[edit]Eastern Conference
[edit]- Charlotte Sting: Anne Donovan
- Cleveland Rockers: Dan Hughes
- Detroit Shock: Greg Williams and Bill Laimbeer
- Indiana Fever: Nell Fortner
- Miami Sol: Ron Rothstein
- New York Liberty: Richie Adubato
- Orlando Miracle: Dee Brown
- Washington Mystics: Marianne Stanley
Western Conference
[edit]- Houston Comets: Van Chancellor
- Los Angeles Sparks: Michael Cooper
- Minnesota Lynx: Brian Agler and Heidi VanDerveer
- Phoenix Mercury: Cynthia Cooper and Linda Sharp
- Portland Fire: Linda Hargrove
- Sacramento Monarchs: Maura McHugh
- Seattle Storm: Lin Dunn
- Utah Starzz: Candi Harvey