2002 Portland Fire season

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2002 Portland Fire season
Coach Linda Hargrove
Arena Rose Garden
Attendance8,041 per game
Results
Record1616 (.500)
Place5th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Team Leaders
Points DeMya Walker 10.9 ppg
Rebounds DeMya Walker 5.0 rpg
Assists Ukari Figgs 3.4 apg

The 2002 WNBA season was the 3rd and final season for the Portland Fire franchise. The team improved compared from their first two seasons, but playoff hopes were denied when they finished one game back for a playoff berth. The team later folded after the season.

Contents

A new Portland Fire team would begin play in 2026.

Offseason

WNBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalityCollege/School/Team
15 Nikki Teasley (G)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States North Carolina
337Mandy Nightingale (G)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Colorado
450Melody Johnson (C)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Arizona State
453 Monique Cardenas (G)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Florida

Regular season

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

Season schedule

DateOpponentScoreResultRecord
May 29 New York 62-84Loss0-1
May 30@ Utah 64-69Loss0-2
June 2 Seattle 47-57Loss0-3
June 3@ Los Angeles 72-89Loss0-4
June 6 Sacramento 86-73Win1-4
June 11@ Seattle 70-63Win2-4
June 13@ Minnesota 46-60Loss2-5
June 15 Detroit 67-60Win3-5
June 18 Minnesota 59-51Win4-5
June 20 Indiana 72-81Loss4-6
June 23 Houston 58-71Loss4-7
June 25@ Utah 83-86Loss4-8
June 26 Orlando 64-57Win5-8
June 28 Washington 72-66Win6-8
June 30@ New York 54-44Win7-8
July 2@ Cleveland 68-64Win8-8
July 3@ Charlotte 76-73Win9-8
July 7 Sacramento 74-59Win10-8
July 10@ Minnesota 75-72Win11-8
July 12 Los Angeles 76-82 (OT)Loss11-9
July 17 Phoenix 73-61Win12-9
July 19 Houston 70-60Win13-9
July 21@ Phoenix 87-75Win14-9
July 24@ Los Angeles 69-73Loss14-10
July 25@ Sacramento 80-81 (OT)Loss14-11
July 27 Miami 71-61Win15-11
July 30@ Houston 59-89Loss15-12
August 2@ Washington 67-65Win16-12
August 4@ Orlando 61-63Loss16-13
August 6 Utah 69-82Loss16-14
August 9@ Seattle 74-83Loss16-15
August 11 Phoenix 70-73Loss16-16

Player stats

Note: GP = Games Played; REB = Rebounds; AST = Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points

PlayerGPREBASTSTLBLKPTS
DeMya Walker 31154512633339
Tamicha Jackson 325995551314
Sylvia Crawley 32134471837279
Alisa Burras 321477107278
Ukari Figgs 3180104252264
Kristin Folkl 32148321817155
Stacey Thomas 3294674212143
Jackie Stiles 21182040125
LaQuanda Barksdale 17401287100
Tully Bevilaqua 27334422384
Carolyn Young1914124083
Amber Hall 202617130
Jenny Mowe 510001

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References

  1. "2002 Portland Fire Stats".