2001 Minnesota Lynx season

2001 Minnesota Lynx season
Coach	Brian Agler
Arena	Target Center
Attendance	7,538 per game
Results
Record	12–20 (.375)
Place	6th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Media
Television	KMSP (UPN 9) Fox Sports Net North
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The 2001 Minnesota Lynx season was the 3rd season for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association, and the third season under head coach Brian Agler.

The season tipped-off on May 31, 2001 against the Fire.

The Lynx failed to improve or match their 15-17 records from the last two seasons, and they missed the playoffs for the third consecutive season.

Transactions

WNBA draft

See also: 2001 WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	7	Svetlana Abrosimova	Soviet Union	UConn
2	23	Erin Buescher	United States	Master's
2	28	Janell Burse	United States	Tulane
3	39	Tombi Bell	United States	Miami
4	55	Megan Taylor	United States	Iowa State

Transactions

Date	Transaction
February 20, 2001	Traded Kristin Folkl and a 2001 2nd Round Pick to the Portland Fire in exchange for Lynn Pride and Michele Van Gorp [1]
April 17, 2001	Traded Annie La Fleur to the Washington Mystics in exchange for 2001 2nd Round Pick [1]
April 20, 2001	Drafted Svetlana Abrosimova, Erin Buescher, Janell Burse, Tombi Bell and Megan Taylor in the 2001 WNBA Draft [1]
	Traded a 2002 2nd Round Pick to the Detroit Shock in exchange for Val Whiting-Raymond [1]
	Traded Marla Brumfield to the Miami Sol in exchange for Georgia Schweitzer [1]
April 25, 2001	Waived Angela Aycock [1]
May 7, 2001	Waived Angie Potthoff and Tombi Bell [1]
May 25, 2001	Waived Keitha Dickerson and Megan Taylor [1]
May 27, 2001	Waived Andrea Lloyd-Curry and Sonja Tate [1]

Roster

2001 Minnesota Lynx roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs F 25 Abrosimova, Svetlana 6' 2" (1.88m) 169 lb (77kg) 1980-07-09 Connecticut R F 11 Buescher, Erin 6' 3" (1.91m) 181 lb (82kg) 1979-06-05 Master's R C 33 Burse, Janell 6' 5" (1.96m) 199 lb (90kg) 1979-05-19 Tulane R G 8 Harrower, Kristi 5' 4" (1.63m) 139 lb (63kg) 1975-03-04 2 G 22 Lennox, Betty 5' 8" (1.73m) 143 lb (65kg) 1976-12-04 Louisiana Tech 1 F/C 13 Martin, Maylana 6' 2" (1.88m) 174 lb (79kg) 1978-04-17 UCLA 1 G 7 Paye, Kate 5' 8" (1.73m) 150 lb (68kg) 1974-03-06 Stanford 1 G/F 34 Pride, Lynn 6' 2" (1.88m) 180 lb (82kg) 1978-10-16 Kansas 1 G/F 23 Schweitzer, Georgia 6' 0" (1.83m) 1979-01-31 Duke R G 30 Smith, Katie 5' 11" (1.8m) 175 lb (79kg) 1974-06-04 Ohio State 2 F 3 Stires, Shanele 5' 11" (1.8m) 208 lb (94kg) 1972-05-21 Kansas State 1 C 31 Van Gorp, Michele 6' 6" (1.98m) 187 lb (85kg) 1977-05-10 Duke 2 F/C 52 Whiting-Raymond, Val 6' 2" (1.88m) 199 lb (90kg) 1972-04-09 Stanford 1	Head coach Brian Agler (Wittenberg) Assistant coaches Heidi VanDerveer Kelly Kramer Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Schedule

Regular season

2001 game log Total: 12–20 (Home: 6–11; Road: 6–9)
May: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 May 31 @ Portland W 82–65 Katie Smith (31) Lynn Pride (7) Kristi Harrower (3) Rose Garden 1–0
June : 4–6 (Home: 2–4; Road: 2–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 2 June 2 Phoenix L 80–89 Katie Smith (22) Betty Lennox (8) Kate Paye (8) Target Center 1–1 3 June 9 Los Angeles L 60–62 Katie Smith (24) Betty Lennox (11) Paye Smith (4) Target Center 1–2 4 June 12 Indiana L 60–65 Smith Whiting-Raymond (13) Val Whiting-Raymond (9) Kristi Harrower (4) Target Center 1–3 5 June 16 @ Indiana L 67–68 (OT) Katie Smith (22) Betty Lennox (8) Kate Paye (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 1–4 6 June 17 @ Detroit W 71–63 Katie Smith (40) Betty Lennox (10) Kate Paye (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 2–4 7 June 22 Miami W 63–57 Katie Smith (26) Erin Buescher (9) Kate Paye (6) Target Center 3–4 8 June 23 @ Utah L 80–87 Katie Smith (27) Svetlana Abrosimova (8) Kate Paye (4) Delta Center 3–5 9 June 25 @ Washington W 55–51 Katie Smith (22) Svetlana Abrosimova (10) Paye Stires (3) MCI Center 4–5 10 June 28 Seattle W 68–59 Katie Smith (26) Svetlana Abrosimova (9) Kate Paye (8) Target Center 5–5 11 June 30 Houston L 52–59 Katie Smith (18) Abrosimova Paye (5) Kate Paye (5) Target Center 5–6
July : 2–11 (Home: 2–5; Road: 0–6) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 12 July 1 @ Cleveland L 47–52 Katie Smith (17) Buescher Paye (6) Erin Buescher (4) Gund Arena 5–7 13 July 3 Sacramento L 52–91 Katie Smith (18) Martin Pride (5) Erin Buescher (4) Target Center 5–8 14 July 6 New York L 57–70 Katie Smith (27) Maylana Martin (7) Kate Paye (4) Target Center 5–9 15 July 8 @ Los Angeles L 95–100 Katie Smith (46) Buescher Martin Pride (5) Katie Smith (4) Staples Center 5–10 16 July 10 Portland W 73–52 Katie Smith (28) Abrosimova Buescher (7) Buescher Paye Smith (4) Target Center 6–10 17 July 13 @ New York L 64–67 (OT) Katie Smith (23) Maylana Martin (9) Georgia Schweitzer (4) Madison Square Garden 6–11 18 July 14 Phoenix L 67–80 Katie Smith (27) Svetlana Abrosimova (6) Kate Paye (5) Target Center 6–12 19 July 18 Seattle W 68–58 Svetlana Abrosimova (21) Abrosimova Buescher Paye Smith (5) Katie Smith (8) Target Center 7–12 20 July 21 @ Orlando L 49–71 Svetlana Abrosimova (27) Lynn Pride (7) Abrosimova Buescher Paye (2) TD Waterhouse Centre 7–13 21 July 23 Houston L 46–51 Svetlana Abrosimova (20) Svetlana Abrosimova (11) Abrosimova Buescher (4) Target Center 7–14 22 July 27 Washington L 60–62 Katie Smith (22) Buescher Pride (8) Erin Buescher (3) Target Center 7–15 23 July 28 @ Utah L 60–68 (OT) Katie Smith (30) Abrosimova Buescher (9) Abrosimova Smith (2) Delta Center 7–16 24 July 30 @ Los Angeles L 69–78 Svetlana Abrosimova (27) Svetlana Abrosimova (10) Paye Schweitzer Van Gorp (4) Staples Center 7–17
August : 5–3 (Home: 2–2; Road: 3–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 25 August 1 @ Phoenix W 68–63 Katie Smith (36) Lynn Pride (7) Abrosimova Paye (4) America West Arena 8–17 26 August 3 Charlotte L 64–72 Katie Smith (21) Janell Burse (5) Svetlana Abrosimova (4) Target Center 8–18 27 August 5 Sacramento W 79–76 (OT) Svetlana Abrosimova (21) Svetlana Abrosimova (15) Georgia Schweitzer (6) American Airlines Arena 9–18 28 August 7 @ Sacramento L 59–76 Svetlana Abrosimova (16) Abrosimova Pride (7) Svetlana Abrosimova (5) ARCO Arena 9–19 29 August 8 @ Portland W 70–58 Katie Smith (27) Abrosimova Smith (10) Kate Paye (4) Rose Garden 10–19 30 August 10 @ Seattle W 65–51 Katie Smith (22) Svetlana Abrosimova (13) Abrosimova Pride (4) KeyArena 11–19 31 August 12 Utah W 69–62 Betty Lennox (18) Svetlana Abrosimova (12) Katie Smith (5) Target Center 12–19 32 August 14 Houston L 60–74 Katie Smith (29) Georgia Schweitzer (6) Abrosimova Van Gorp (3) Compaq Center 12–20
2001 season schedule

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

Statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage	TO	Turnovers per game
PF	Fouls per game		Team leader		League leader

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Katie Smith	32	32	38.6	.393	.354	.895	3.8	2.2	0.7	0.2	23.1
Svetlana Abrosimova	26	23	32.5	.391	.260	.727	6.7	2.0	1.6	0.3	13.3
Erin Buescher	32	19	22.7	.348	.276	.618	3.7	1.9	0.8	0.9	5.7
Lynn Pride	32	14	22.3	.391	.250	.600	4.6	0.9	0.9	0.6	5.3
Betty Lennox	11	7	21.9	.373	.385	.950	4.9	1.5	0.9	0.4	11.0
Kate Paye	32	16	20.4	.385	.357	.688	1.9	3.0	0.7	0.0	2.8
Kristi Harrower	4	1	18.0	.467	.500	1.000	1.0	2.8	0.8	0.0	5.3
Val Whiting-Raymond	26	15	17.8	,267	.000	.741	3.2	0.6	0.6	0.5	3.4
Georgia Schweitzer	24	8	17.6	.314	.167	.765	2.1	1.4	0.5	0.3	3.5
Maylana Martin	31	12	15.9	.340	.333	.613	2.8	0.6	0.5	0.5	3.1
Shanele Stires	18	5	11.2	.377	.240	.714	1.5	0.8	0.4	0.2	2.8
Michele Van Gorp	22	8	11.0	.375	.000	.550	1.5	0.5	0.1	0.3	1.9
Janell Burse	20	0	8.5	.333	.000	.750	2.1	0.3	0.1	0.8	2.4

^‡Waived/Released during the season
^†Traded during the season
^≠Acquired during the season

References

1. "2001 Minnesota Lynx Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 20, 2024.