2002 Orlando Miracle season

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2002 Orlando Miracle season
Coach Dee Brown
Arena TD Waterhouse Centre
Attendance7,115 per game
Results
Record16–16 (.500)
Place5th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Team Leaders
Points Shannon Johnson (16.1)
Rebounds Wendy Palmer (5.8)
Assists Shannon Johnson (5.3)

The 2002 WNBA season was their fourth season and their last in Orlando. The Miracle missed out of the playoffs by losing in a tiebreaker to the Indiana Fever. It was also the final season in Orlando.

Contents

Offseason

WNBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
223 Davalyn Cunningham Flag of the United States.svg United States Rutgers
339 Saundra Jackson Flag of the United States.svg United States Mississippi
455 Tomeka Brown Flag of the United States.svg United States Ohio State

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Transactions

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Roster

2002 Orlando Miracle roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHeightWeightFrom
F 50 Flag of the United States.svg Cunningham, Davalyn 6' 0" (1.83m)187 lb (85kg) Rutgers
C 28 Flag of Brazil.svg dos Santos, Cintia 6' 5" (1.96m)187 lb (85kg) Brazil
G/F 32 Flag of the United States.svg Douglas, Katie 6' 0" (1.83m)165 lb (75kg) Purdue
F/C 7 Flag of the United States.svg Hicks, Jessie 6' 4" (1.93m)188 lb (85kg) Maryland
G 31 Flag of the United States.svg Johnson, Adrienne 5' 10" (1.78m)154 lb (70kg) Ohio State
G 14 Flag of the United States.svg Johnson, Shannon 5' 7" (1.7m)152 lb (69kg) South Carolina
C 00 Flag of Mozambique.svg Machanguana, Clarisse 6' 5" (1.96m)180 lb (82kg) Old Dominion
G/F 12 Flag of the United States.svg McCain, Tiffany 5' 10" (1.78m)167 lb (76kg) Kentucky
F 10 Flag of the United States.svg McGhee, Carla 6' 1" (1.85m)179 lb (81kg) Tennessee
F/C 11 Flag of the United States.svg McWilliams, Taj  (C)6' 2" (1.88m)184 lb (83kg) St. Edward's College
F 3 Flag of the United States.svg Palmer-Daniel, Wendy 6' 2" (1.88m)165 lb (75kg) Virginia
G/F 42 Flag of the United States.svg Sales, Nykesha  (C)6' 0" (1.83m)175 lb (79kg) Connecticut
F 21 Flag of the United States.svg Wyckoff, Brooke 6' 1" (1.85m)183 lb (83kg) Florida State
Head coach
Flag of the United States.svg Dee Brown (Jacksonville)
Assistant coaches
Flag of the United States.svg Vonn Read (Clark Atlanta)
Flag of the United States.svg Valerie Still (Kentucky)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Season standings

Eastern Conference WLPCTConf.GB
New York Liberty x1814.56311–10–
Charlotte Sting x1814.56312–9–
Washington Mystics x1715.53112–91.0
Indiana Fever x1616.50012–92.0
Orlando Miracle o1616.50013–82.0
Miami Sol o1517.46911–103.0
Cleveland Rockers o1022.3127–148.0
Detroit Shock o923.2816–159.0

Schedule

Preseason

GameDateOpponentResultRecord
1May 11 Miami W 67-591-0
2May 19 Los Angeles L 75-851-1
3May 21@ Houston W 61-562-1

Regular season

GameDateOpponentResultRecord
1May 30 Detroit W 80-661-0
2June 1@ Washington L 82-931-1
3June 4@ Miami W 71-692-1
4June 8 Cleveland W 103-99 (3OT)3-1
5June 11 Indiana L 69-753-2
6June 15 Miami L 65-693-3
7June 18@ New York W 71-624-3
8June 19@ Cleveland W 66-625-3
9June 21@ Detroit W 80-596-3
10June 23 New York W 77-657-3
11June 26@ Portland L 57-647-4
12June 27@ Seattle L 71-737-5
13June 29@ Minnesota L 59-677-6
14July 3 Indiana W 79-71 (OT)8-6
15July 6 Phoenix W 72-709-6
16July 8 Washington L 51-639-7
17July 12 Charlotte L 67-729-8
18July 13@ Miami L 56-709-9
19July 17@ Charlotte L 62-899-10
20July 19 Utah W 84-7310-10
21July 21@ Sacramento L 60-6210-11
22July 22@ Los Angeles L 84-9210-12
23July 25 Seattle L 76-7910-13
24July 28@ Cleveland W 76-70 (OT)11-13
25July 30@ Washington W 70-5512-13
26August 1 Charlotte W 65-6313-13
27August 3@ Houston L 62-6913-14
28August 4 Portland W 63-6114-14
29August 7@ Indiana L 63-7014-15
30August 8@ Sacramento L 72-8214-16
31August 11 Detroit W 71-5815-16
32August 13 New York W 70-6316-16

Playoffs

The Miracle tied for fourth place with the Indiana Fever. However, the Miracle lost two of the three regular season meetings with the Fever and therefore, the Fever took fourth place and advanced to the postseason for the first time ever.

Depth

Pos.Starting 5Bench 1Bench 2Inactive
C Clarisse Machanguana Jessie Hicks Cintia dos Santos
PF Taj McWilliams-Franklin Wendy Palmer-Daniel Davalyn Cunningham
SF Katie Douglas Brooke Wyckoff Carla McGhee
SG Nykesha Sales Adrienne Johnson
PG Shannon Johnson Tiffany McCain

Player stats

Awards and honors

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