2001 Houston Comets season | |
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Coach | Van Chancellor |
Arena | Compaq Center |
Attendance | 11,320 per game |
Results | |
Record | 19–13 (.594) |
Place | 4th (Western) |
Playoff finish | Lost First Round (2-0) to Los Angeles Sparks |
Media | |
Television | KNWS (IND 51) Fox Sports Net Southwest |
The 2001 WNBA season was the fifth season for the Houston Comets. The team advanced to the WNBA Playoffs, but failed to win a fifth consecutive championship.
Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | College/School/Team |
1 | 15 | Amanda Lassiter (F) | United States | Missouri |
2 | 31 | Tynesha Lewis (G/F) | United States | North Carolina State |
3 | 33 | ShaRae Mansfield (F) | United States | Western Kentucky |
3 | 47 | Shala Crawford (C) | United States | Life |
4 | 63 | Kristen Clement (G) | United States | Tennessee |
Western Conference | W | L | PCT | Conf. | GB |
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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 |
Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Record |
May 28 | Los Angeles | 63-66 | Loss | 0-1 |
May 31 | @ Indiana | 82-78 | Win | 1-1 |
June 2 | @ Detroit | 74-73 | Win | 2-1 |
June 5 | @ Utah | 72-68 | Win | 3-1 |
June 7 | Detroit | 87-66 | Win | 4-1 |
June 10 | @ Phoenix | 60-58 | Win | 5-1 |
June 21 | Los Angeles | 69-65 | Win | 6-1 |
June 23 | Sacramento | 70-56 | Win | 7-1 |
June 24 | Portland | 67-57 | Win | 8-1 |
June 27 | Washington | 76-63 | Win | 9-1 |
June 28 | @ Sacramento | 54-64 | Loss | 9-2 |
June 30 | @ Minnesota | 59-52 | Win | 10-2 |
July 2 | Portland | 74-67 | Win | 11-2 |
July 6 | Indiana | 79-64 | Win | 12-2 |
July 8 | Cleveland | 53-63 | Loss | 12-3 |
July 10 | @ Sacramento | 76-78 | Loss | 12-4 |
July 12 | @ Portland | 71-57 | Win | 13-4 |
July 13 | @ Seattle | 58-55 | Win | 14-4 |
July 18 | @ Orlando | 52-57 | Loss | 14-5 |
July 20 | @ Miami | 50-64 | Loss | 14-6 |
July 23 | @ Minnesota | 51-46 | Win | 15-6 |
July 24 | Utah | 67-76 | Loss | 15-7 |
July 28 | New York | 61-64 | Loss | 15-8 |
July 30 | Seattle | 55-51 | Win | 16-8 |
August 1 | Utah | 63-71 | Loss | 16-9 |
August 3 | Orlando | 72-60 | Win | 17-9 |
August 4 | @ Charlotte | 49-54 | Loss | 17-10 |
August 6 | Phoenix | 62-48 | Win | 18-10 |
August 8 | @ Seattle | 55-72 | Loss | 18-11 |
August 11 | @ Los Angeles | 54-65 | Loss | 18-12 |
August 13 | Minnesota | 74-60 | Win | 19-12 |
August 14 | @ Phoenix | 38-56 | Loss | 19-13 |
August 18 1st Round, G1 | Los Angeles | 59-64 | Loss | 0-1 |
August 20 1st Round, G2 | @ Los Angeles | 58-70 | Loss | 0-2 |
Player | GP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS |
Janeth Arcain | 32 | 136 | 94 | 60 | 3 | 591 |
Tina Thompson | 30 | 233 | 58 | 29 | 22 | 579 |
Coquese Washington | 32 | 118 | 122 | 69 | 9 | 169 |
Tiffani Johnson | 32 | 138 | 22 | 12 | 15 | 148 |
Amanda Lassiter | 32 | 110 | 34 | 16 | 21 | 138 |
Trisha Stafford-Odom | 30 | 85 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 113 |
Tammy Jackson | 32 | 91 | 21 | 22 | 11 | 104 |
Tynesha Lewis | 29 | 62 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 97 |
Jawann Kelley-Gibson | 28 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 44 |
Elena Shakirova | 26 | 35 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 38 |
Nekeshia Henderson | 23 | 21 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 26 |
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