2002 Minnesota Lynx season

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2002 Minnesota Lynx season
Coach Brian Agler (resigned Jul. 16, 6–13 record)
Heidi VanDerveer (interim, 4–9 record)
Arena Target Center
Attendance7,819 per game
Results
Record10–22 (.313)
Place8th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify

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

Contents

Transactions

WNBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
16 Tamika Williams Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States UConn
338Lindsey MederFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Iowa
454Shárron FrancisFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Old Dominion

Transactions

DateTransaction
April 19, 2002Traded Erin Buescher to the Charlotte Sting in exchange for Shaunzinski Gortman [1]
Drafted Tamika Williams, Lindsey Meder, and Shárron Francis in the 2002 WNBA Draft [1]
April 26, 2002Signed ShaRae Mansfield and Sonja Tate [1]
May 7, 2002Waived ShaRae Mansfield and Shárron Francis [1]
May 11, 2002Signed Angelina Wolvert [1]
May 12, 2002Waived Kate Paye [1]
May 16, 2002Waived Angelina Wolvert [1]
Suspended contract of Sonja Tate [1]
June 11, 2002Traded Betty Lennox and a 2003 1st Round Pick to the Miami Sol in exchange for Tamara Moore and a 2003 2nd Round Pick [1]
June 13, 2002Signed Tamara Moore [1]
July 16, 2002 Brian Agler resigned as Head Coach [1]
Hired Heidi VanDerveer as Interim Head Coach [1]

Roster

2002 Minnesota Lynx roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
F 25 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Abrosimova, Svetlana 6' 2" (1.88m)169 lb (77kg)1980-07-09 Connecticut 1
C 33 Flag of the United States.svg Burse, Janell 6' 5" (1.96m)199 lb (90kg)1979-05-19 Tulane 1
G 32 Flag of the United States.svg Gortman, Shaunzinski 5' 10" (1.78m)158 lb (72kg)1979-12-07 South Carolina R
G 8 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Harrower, Kristi 5' 4" (1.63m)139 lb (63kg)1975-03-043
G 22 Flag of the United States.svg Lennox, Betty 5' 8" (1.73m)143 lb (65kg)1976-12-04 Louisiana Tech 2
G 21 Flag of the United States.svg Moore, Tamara 5' 10" (1.78m)176 lb (80kg)1980-04-11 Wisconsin R
G/F 34 Flag of the United States.svg Pride, Lynn 6' 2" (1.88m)180 lb (82kg)1978-10-16 Kansas 2
G/F 23 Flag of the United States.svg Schweitzer, Georgia 6' 0" (1.83m)1979-01-31 Duke 1
G 30 Flag of the United States.svg Smith, Katie 5' 11" (1.8m)175 lb (79kg)1974-06-04 Ohio State 3
F 3 Flag of the United States.svg Stires, Shanele 5' 11" (1.8m)208 lb (94kg)1972-05-21 Kansas State 2
C 31 Flag of the United States.svg Van Gorp, Michele 6' 6" (1.98m)187 lb (85kg)1977-05-10 Duke 3
F/C 52 Flag of the United States.svg Whiting-Raymond, Val 6' 2" (1.88m)199 lb (90kg)1972-04-09 Stanford 2
F 20 Flag of the United States.svg Williams, Tamika 6' 2" (1.88m)195 lb (88kg)1980-04-12 Connecticut R
Head coach
Flag of the United States.svg Heidi VanDerveer (College of Charleston)
Assistant coaches
Flag of the United States.svg Kelly Kramer
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Schedule

Regular season

2002 game log
Total: 10–22 (Home: 7–9; Road: 3–13)
May: 1–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1May 25 Utah L 75–79 (OT) Svetlana Abrosimova (26) Tamika Williams (11) Abrosimova
Williams (4)		 Target Center 0–1
2May 28@ Miami W 66–63 Svetlana Abrosimova (21) Tamika Williams (7) Betty Lennox (5) American Airlines Arena 1–1
June : 4–7 (Home: 3–2; Road: 1–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
3June 1@ New York W 63–61 Katie Smith (23) Tamika Williams (7) Georgia Schweitzer (4) ARCO Arena 2–1
4June 4@ Seattle L 68–78 (OT) Svetlana Abrosimova (16) Abrosimova
Williams (6)		 Abrosimova
Schweitzer (4)		 KeyArena 2–2
5June 8 Los Angeles L 72–76 Svetlana Abrosimova (23) Abrosimova
Williams (6)		 Georgia Schweitzer (4) Target Center 2–3
6June 11 Sacramento W 72–63 Katie Smith (22) Pride
Williams (7)		 Katie Smith (5) Target Center 3–3
7June 13 Portland W 60–46 Katie Smith (17) Svetlana Abrosimova (13) Tamika Williams (4) Target Center 4–3
8June 15@ Houston L 50–51 Abrosimova
Williams (17)		 Pride
Williams (7)		 Lynn Pride (3) Compaq Center 4–4
9June 18@ Portland L 51–59 Katie Smith (13) Abrosimova
Williams (7)		 Katie Smith (3) Rose Garden 4–5
10June 21@ Los Angeles L 64–73 Katie Smith (27) Tamika Williams (9) Kristi Harrower (6) Staples Center 4–6
11June 23@ Phoenix L 61–70 Tamika Williams (19) Tamika Williams (12) Harrower
Moore (3)		 America West Arena 4–7
12June 25 Houston L 55–73 Tamara Moore (16) Tamika Williams (8) Tamara Moore (5) Target Center 4–8
13June 29 Orlando W 67–59 Katie Smith (25) Svetlana Abrosimova (10) Svetlana Abrosimova (5) Target Center 5–8
July : 2–11 (Home: 2–4; Road: 0–7)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
14July 1 Detroit W 85–80 Katie Smith (28) Tamika Williams (11) Tamara Moore (7) Target Center 6–8
15July 3 Washington L 63–64 Katie Smith (18) Tamara Moore (6) Pride
Smith
Williams (3)		 Target Center 6–9
16July 5@ Utah L 56–87 Shaunzinski Gortman (14) Lynn Pride (8) Tamara Moore (4) Delta Center 6–10
17July 10 Portland L 72–75 Katie Smith (21) Abrosimova
Williams (9)		 Lynn Pride (3) Target Center 6–11
18July 12@ Detroit L 69–72 Katie Smith (27) Tamika Williams (7) Abrosimova
Harrower (4)		 The Palace of Auburn Hills 6–12
19July 13@ Charlotte L 60–63 Svetlana Abrosimova (17) Lynn Pride (7) Lynn Pride (5) Charlotte Coliseum 6–13
20July 17 Cleveland L 48–58 Tamara Moore (14) Tamika Williams (8) Tamara Moore (6) Target Center 6–14
21July 19 Miami L 58–61 Katie Smith (12) Michele Van Gorp (6) Tamara Moore (6) Target Center 6–15
22July 24 Utah W 70–62 Katie Smith (20) Svetlana Abrosimova (12) Tamara Moore (6) Target Center 7–15
23July 26@ Indiana L 63–73 Tamara Moore (19) Svetlana Abrosimova (11) Lynn Pride (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 7–16
24July 28@ Sacramento L 56–66 Katie Smith (19) Tamara Moore (7) Tamara Moore (3) ARCO Arena 7–17
25July 29@ Phoenix L 45–57 Svetlana Abrosimova (13) Michele Van Gorp (8) Katie Smith (4) America West Arena 7–18
26July 30@ Seattle L 63–75 Katie Smith (13) Moore
Smith
Williams (6)		 Tamara Moore (4) Staples Center 7–19
August : 3–3 (Home: 2–2; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
27August 2 Phoenix W 75–51 Katie Smith (22) Svetlana Abrosimova (6) Schweitzer
Smith (5)		 Target Center 8–19
28August 4 Seattle W 73–60 Schweitzer
Smith (17)		 Tamika Williams (9) Moore
Smith (5)		 Target Center 9–19
29August 6@ New York W 52–49 Tamika Williams (13) Tamika Williams (7) Kristi Harrower (3) Madison Square Garden 10–19
30August 9 Charlotte L 62–68 Katie Smith (24) Tamika Williams (8) Kristi Harrower (5) Target Center 10–20
31August 11 Los Angeles L 58–69 Schweitzer
Smith (13)		 Tamika Williams (6) Katie Smith (6) Target Center 10–21
32August 13@ Houston L 51–63 Tamara Moore (11) Tamika Williams (8) Katie Smith (4) Compaq Center 10–22
2002 season schedule

Season standings

Western Conference WLPCTConf.GB
Los Angeles Sparks x257.78117–4–
Houston Comets x248.75016–51.0
Utah Starzz x2012.62512–95.0
Seattle Storm x1715.53110–118.0
Portland Fire o1616.5008–139.0
Sacramento Monarchs o1418.4388–1311.0
Phoenix Mercury o1121.3447–1414.0
Minnesota Lynx o1022.3136–1515.0

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
Katie Smith 313136.7.404.330.8243.02.51.00.216.5
Tamika Williams 313133.0.561.273.5837.41.61.40.410.1
Svetlana Abrosimova 272729.8.377.333.4835.42.21.60.411.6
Betty Lennox 5127.6.208.217.6003.23.21.00.06.2
Tamara Moore 262025.1.366.382.8302.93.00.90.37.5
Lynn Pride 311519.0.385.100.4713.31.40.80.84.0
Kristi Harrower 27617.8.389.333.4001.72.00.40.03.6
Georgia Schweitzer 30917.0.483.424.8671.71.20.50.24.1
Michele Van Gorp 221316.0.456.286.7272.90.60.30.54.5
Shaunzinski Gortman 29212.7.361.326.7782.10.70.40.23.1
Janell Burse 31211.1.373.000.5831.90.20.20.42.7
Val Whiting-Raymond 638.7.308N/A.4171.50.80.30.32.2
Shanele Stires 902.4.500.500.5000.70.10.00.10.7


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

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