2001 New York Liberty season

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2001 New York Liberty season
Coach Richie Adubato
Arena Madison Square Garden
Attendance15,660 per game
Results
Record2111 (.656)
Place2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finishLost Conference Finals (2-1) to Charlotte Sting
Media
Television WPIX (WB 11)
Fox Sports Net New York
MSG Network
MetroTV

The 2001 WNBA season was the fifth season for the New York Liberty. The team attempted to reach the WNBA Finals, but they failed in the conference finals, losing in three games to the Charlotte Sting.

Contents

Transactions

WNBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
457Taru TuukkanenFlag of Finland.svg  Finland Xavier
460Tara MitchemFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Southwest Missouri State

Transactions

DateTransaction
April 17, 2001Traded a 2001 2nd Round Pick and a 2001 3rd Round Pick to the Washington Mystics in exchange for Andrea Nagy and a 2001 4th Round Pick [1]
April 20, 2001Drafted Taru Tuukkanen and Tara Mitchem in the 2001 WNBA Draft [1]
April 30, 2001Signed Hadjana Radunović and Stacey Ford [1]
May 3, 2001Signed Katie Cronin [1]
May 7, 2001Waived Shea Mahoney and Taru Tuukkanen [1]
May 10, 2001Waived Jessica Bibby [1]
May 14, 2001Waived Desiree Francis and Olga Firsova [1]
May 16, 2001Waived Tara Mitchem [1]
May 25, 2001Waived Katie Cronin [1]
May 26, 2001Waived Marina Ferragut [1]
June 5, 2001Traded a 2002 2nd Round Pick to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for Camille Cooper [1]
Waived Stacey Ford [1]
July 9, 2001Signed Mactabene Amachree [1]

Roster

2001 New York Liberty roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
F 13 Flag of Nigeria.svg Amachree, Mactabene 6' 1" (1.85m)175 lb (79kg)1978-01-30R
C 42 Flag of the United States.svg Cooper, Camille 6' 4" (1.93m)1979-02-05 Purdue R
G 5 Flag of the United States.svg Daley, Grace 5' 8" (1.73m)147 lb (67kg)1978-06-26 Tulane 1
F 20 Flag of the United States.svg Ford, Stacey 6' 2" (1.88m)1969-01-14 Georgia R
G 25 Flag of the United States.svg Hammon, Becky 5' 6" (1.68m)136 lb (62kg)1977-03-11 Colorado State 2
G/F 55 Flag of the United States.svg Johnson, Vickie 5' 9" (1.75m)150 lb (68kg)1972-04-15 Louisiana Tech 4
G 10 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Lazić, Katarina 5' 10" (1.78m)147 lb (67kg)1980-05-25R
C 50 Flag of the United States.svg Lobo, Rebecca 6' 4" (1.93m)185 lb (84kg)1973-10-06 Connecticut 3
G 16 Flag of Hungary.svg Nagy, Andrea 5' 7" (1.7m)147 lb (67kg)1971-11-16 FIU 2
F/C 24 Flag of the United States.svg Phillips, Tari 6' 2" (1.88m)200 lb (91kg)1970-03-06 Central Florida 2
C 7 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Radunović, Hajdana 6' 3" (1.91m)187 lb (85kg)1978-01-10R
F 3 Flag of the United States.svg Robinson, Crystal 5' 11" (1.8m)155 lb (70kg)1974-01-22 SE Oklahoma State 2
G 11 Flag of the United States.svg Weatherspoon, Teresa 5' 8" (1.73m)161 lb (73kg)1965-12-08 Louisiana Tech 4
F 44 Flag of the United States.svg Whitmore, Tamika 6' 2" (1.88m)215 lb (98kg)1977-06-05 Memphis 2
F 23 Flag of the United States.svg Wicks, Sue 6' 3" (1.91m)174 lb (79kg)1966-11-26 Rutgers 4
Head coach
Flag of the United States.svg Richie Adubato (William Paterson)
Assistant coaches
Flag of the United States.svg Lisa White
Flag of the United States.svg Jeff House
Flag of the United States.svg Pat Coyle




Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Schedule

Regular season

2001 game log
Total: 21–11 (Home: 13–3; Road: 8–8)
May: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
1May 31@ Miami L 59–68 Vickie Johnson (20) Sue Wicks (9) Teresa Weatherspoon (7) American Airlines Arena 0–1
June : 9–3 (Home: 5–1; Road: 4–2)
July : 8–5 (Home: 4–1; Road: 4–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
14July 2 Detroit W 66–60 Tari Phillips (16) Johnson
Phillips (9)
Johnson
Weatherspoon (3)
Madison Square Garden 10–4
15July 3@ Charlotte L 61–66 Vickie Johnson (16) Tari Phillips (12) Teresa Weatherspoon (5) Charlotte Coliseum 10–5
16July 6@ Minnesota W 70–57 Tari Phillips (20) Tari Phillips (6) Teresa Weatherspoon (7) Target Center 11–5
17July 8@ Indiana W 58–56 Tari Phillips (24) Tari Phillips (13) Teresa Weatherspoon (9) Conseco Fieldhouse 12–5
18July 9 Indiana W 72–65 Tari Phillips (20) Tari Phillips (14) Hammon
Weatherspoon (6)
Madison Square Garden 13–5
19July 11 Seattle W 67–53 Becky Hammon (16) Teresa Weatherspoon (10) Hammon
Johnson
Weatherspoon (4)
Madison Square Garden 14–5
20July 13 Minnesota W 67–64 Teresa Weatherspoon (14) Phillips
Weatherspoon (5)
Teresa Weatherspoon (6) Madison Square Garden 15–5
21July 18@ Detroit W 80–67 Tari Phillips (20) Tari Phillips (7) Teresa Weatherspoon (7) The Palace of Auburn Hills 16–5
22July 19@ Cleveland L 60–65 Crystal Robinson (16) Sue Wicks (9) Teresa Weatherspoon (7) Gund Arena 16–6
23July 22 Miami L 52–68 Crystal Robinson (15) Weatherspoon
Whitmore (5)
Vickie Johnson (6) Madison Square Garden 16–7
24July 24@ Portland L 68–86 Phillips
Robinson (18)
Tari Phillips (14) Teresa Weatherspoon (5) Rose Garden 16–8
25July 26@ Utah L 63–71 Vickie Johnson (19) Vickie Johnson (7) Teresa Weatherspoon (8) Delta Center 16–9
26July 28@ Houston W 64–61 Crystal Robinson (15) Sue Wicks (8) Teresa Weatherspoon (7) Compaq Center 17–9
August : 4–2 (Home: 4–1; Road: 0–1)
2001 season schedule

Playoffs

2001 playoff game log
First round vs. Miami Sol
Won Series: 2–0
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
1August 17@ Miami W 62–46 Vickie Johnson (18) Tari Phillips (13) Teresa Weatherspoon (7) American Airlines Arena 1–0
2August 19 Miami L 50–53 Crystal Robinson (13) Tari Phillips (15) Vickie Johnson (5) Madison Square Garden 1–1
3August 21 Miami W 72–61 Vickie Johnson (22) Vickie Johnson (7) Vickie Johnson (6) Madison Square Garden 2–1
Conference Finals vs. Charlotte Sting
Lost Series: 1–2
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
1August 24@ Charlotte W 61–57 Tari Phillips (14) Tari Phillips (6) Vickie Johnson (7) Charlotte Coliseum 1–0
2August 26 Charlotte L 53–62 Vickie Johnson (16) Tari Phillips (7) Teresa Weatherspoon (6) Madison Square Garden 1–1
3August 27 Charlotte L 44–48 Vickie Johnson (13) Crystal Robinson (6) Teresa Weatherspoon (4) Madison Square Garden 1–2
2001 playoff schedule

Season standings

Eastern Conference WLPCTConf.GB
Cleveland Rockers x2210.68815–6
New York Liberty x2111.65613–81.0
Miami Sol x2012.62514–72.0
Charlotte Sting x1814.56315–64.0
Orlando Miracle o1319.4069–129.0
Indiana Fever o1022.3137–1412.0
Detroit Shock o1022.3137–1412.0
Washington Mystics o1022.3134–1712.0

Statistics

Legend
  GPGames 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 gameTeam leaderLeague leader

Regular Season

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Tari Phillips 323232.8.507.000.5848.01.11.50.515.3
Crystal Robinson 323230.6.461.417.8972.92.61.00.310.7
Teresa Weatherspoon 323230.4.431.385.6713.76.31.70.16.5
Vickie Johnson 323229.3.414.366.7573.32.71.10.111.0
Tamika Whitmore 322923.5.432.500.5693.00.60.50.37.1
Sue Wicks 30320.1.469.000.6734.61.21.21.05.2
Becky Hammon 32019.3.457.378.7841.61.60.80.08.2
Camille Cooper 4012.8.667N/A.7692.80.30.00.56.5
Andrea Nagy 2309.3.419.500.5000.41.00.10.11.5
Katarina Lazić 806.9.400.000.5000.80.40.40.02.1
Rebecca Lobo 1605.3.318.500.5000.90.10.10.01.1
Grace Daley 1504.4.476.000.5560.50.70.50.11.7
Stacey Ford103.01.000N/AN/A1.00.00.00.02.0
Hajdana Radunović 402.3.500N/A1.0001.00.00.00.31.0
Mactabene Amachree 201.5N/AN/A.5000.50.00.00.50.5


Waived/Released during the season
Traded during the season
Acquired during the season

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