2002 Minnesota Lynx season

2002 Minnesota Lynx season
Head Coach Brian Agler
Heidi VanDerveer (interim)
Arena Target Center
Attendance 7,819 per game
Results
Record 1022
(.313)
Place 8th (Western)
Playoff Finish Did Not Qualify
Minnesota Lynx seasons
< 2001 2003 >

The 2002 WNBA season was the 4th for the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx failed to emerge from their recent struggles, going dead last in the West.

Offseason

WNBA Draft

Round Pick Player Nationality College/School/Team
1 6 Tamika Williams (F)  United States Connecticut
3 38 Lindsey Meder (G)  United States Iowa
4 54 Shárron Francis (G)  United States Old Dominion

Regular season

Season standings

Western Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
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 schedule

Date Opponent Score Result Record
May 25 Utah 75-79 (OT) Loss 0-1
May 28 @ Miami 66-63 Win 1-1
June 1 @ Sacramento 63-61 Win 2-1
June 4 @ Seattle 68-78 (OT) Loss 2-2
June 8 Los Angeles 72-76 Loss 2-3
June 11 Sacramento 72-63 Win 3-3
June 13 Portland 60-46 Win 4-3
June 15 @ Houston 50-51 Loss 4-4
June 18 @ Portland 51-59 Loss 4-5
June 21 @ Los Angeles 64-73 Loss 4-6
June 23 @ Phoenix 61-70 Loss 4-7
June 25 Houston 55-73 Loss 4-8
June 29 Orlando 67-59 Win 5-8
July 1 Detroit 85-80 (OT) Win 6-8
July 3 Washington 63-64 Loss 6-9
July 5 @ Utah 56-87 Loss 6-10
July 10 Portland 72-75 Loss 6-11
July 12 @ Detroit 69-72 Loss 6-12
July 13 @ Charlotte 60-63 Loss 6-13
July 17 Cleveland 48-58 Loss 6-14
July 19 Miami 58-61 Loss 6-15
July 24 Utah 70-62 Win 7-15
July 26 @ Indiana 63-73 Loss 7-16
July 28 @ Sacramento 56-66 Loss 7-17
July 29 @ Phoenix 45-57 Loss 7-18
July 31 @ Seattle 63-75 Loss 7-19
August 2 Phoenix 75-51 Win 8-19
August 4 Seattle 73-60 Win 9-19
August 6 @ New York 52-49 Win 10-19
August 9 Charlotte 62-68 Loss 10-20
August 11 Los Angeles 58-69 Loss 10-21
August 13 @ Houston 51-63 Loss 10-22

Player stats

Player GP REB AST STL BLK PTS
Katie Smith 31 92 79 32 7 512
Svetlana Abrosimova 27 146 60 42 10 314
Tamika Williams 31 229 51 44 13 314
Georgia Schweitzer 30 51 37 15 5 124
Lynn Pride 31 103 43 25 25 123
Michele Van Gorp 22 64 14 6 11 100
Kristi Harrower 27 46 54 12 0 96
Shaunzinski Gortman 29 61 21 13 6 91
Janell Burse 31 60 7 7 13 83
Val Whiting-Raymond 6 9 5 2 2 13
Shanele Stires 9 6 1 0 1 6

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