| 2002 Seattle Storm season | |
|---|---|
| Coach | Lin Dunn |
| Arena | KeyArena |
| Attendance | 6,986 per game |
| Results | |
| Record | 17–15 (.531) |
| Place | 4th (Western) |
| Playoff finish | Lost Western Conference Semifinals (0-2) to Los Angeles Sparks |
| Team Leaders | |
| Points | Lauren Jackson 17.2 ppg |
| Rebounds | Lauren Jackson 6.8 rpg |
| Assists | Sue Bird 6.8 apg |
The 2002 WNBA season was the third season for the Seattle Storm basketball team. They made to the playoffs for the first time, but losing to the Los Angeles Sparks in a sweep, who went on to win the WNBA Finals for the second year in a row. The Storm beat the Portland Fire by 1 game for the final spot, which the Fire would later cease operations.
Sue Bird was among four of the top six draft picks, (along with Swin Cash (#2), Asjha Jones (#4) and Tamika (Williams) Raymond (#6) ) that were from the same team, the 2002 NCAA Champion University of Connecticut.
| Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Club Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sue Bird |  United States | University of Connecticut |
| 19 | Lucienne Berthieu | ||
| 28 | Felicia Ragland | ||
| 35 | Takeisha Lewis |
| Western Conference | W | L | PCT | Conf. | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Sparks x | 25 | 7 | .781 | 17–4 | – |
| Houston Comets x | 24 | 8 | .750 | 16–5 | 1.0 |
| Utah Starzz x | 20 | 12 | .625 | 12–9 | 5.0 |
| Seattle Storm x | 17 | 15 | .531 | 10–11 | 8.0 |
| Portland Fire o | 16 | 16 | .500 | 8–13 | 9.0 |
| Sacramento Monarchs o | 14 | 18 | .438 | 8–13 | 11.0 |
| Phoenix Mercury o | 11 | 21 | .344 | 7–14 | 14.0 |
| Minnesota Lynx o | 10 | 22 | .313 | 6–15 | 15.0 |
| Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30 | vs New York | 61-78 | Loss | 0-1 |
| June 2 | at Portland | 57-47 | Win | 1-1 |
| June 4 | vs Minnesota | 78-68 (OT) | Win | 2-1 |
| June 6 | vs Charlotte | 65-59 | Win | 3-1 |
| June 9 | vs Utah | 68-71 | Loss | 3-2 |
| June 11 | vs Portland | 63-70 | Loss | 3-3 |
| June 14 | at Phoenix | 90-82 | Win | 4-3 |
| June 15 | at Utah | 54-61 | Loss | 4-4 |
| June 18 | vs Los Angeles | 68-80 | Loss | 4-5 |
| June 20 | at Sacramento | 64-72 | Loss | 4-6 |
| June 21 | vs Indiana | 63-51 | Win | 5-6 |
| June 23 | vs Sacramento | 86-60 | Win | 6-6 |
| June 26 | at Phoenix | 53-62 | Loss | 6-7 |
| June 27 | vs Orlando | 73-71 | Win | 7-7 |
| July 2 | at New York | 63-74 | Loss | 7-8 |
| July 5 | at Cleveland | 73-65 | Win | 8-8 |
| July 7 | at Miami | 61-65 (OT) | Loss | 8-9 |
| July 9 | at Houston | 59-67 | Loss | 8-10 |
| July 11 | vs Los Angeles | 79-60 | Win | 9-10 |
| July 12 | vs Cleveland | 58-62 | Loss | 9-11 |
| July 19 | vs Phoenix | 89-48 | Win | 10-11 |
| July 20 | vs Houston | 54-56 | Loss | 10-12 |
| July 23 | at Houston | 54-66 | Loss | 10-13 |
| July 25 | at Orlando | 79-76 | Win | 11-13 |
| July 27 | at Washington | 80-71 | Win | 12-13 |
| July 28 | at Detroit | 72-59 | Win | 13-13 |
| July 31 | vs Minnesota | 75-63 | Win | 14-13 |
| August 1 | at Los Angeles | 81-76 | Win | 15-13 |
| August 4 | at Minnesota | 60-73 | Loss | 15-14 |
| August 9 | vs Portland | 83-74 | Win | 16-14 |
| August 11 | vs Utah | 74-57 | Win | 17-14 |
| August 13 | at Sacramento | 51-59 | Loss | 17-15 |
| August 15 (Playoffs, Game 1) | vs Los Angeles | 61-78 | Loss | 0-1 |
| August 17 (Playoffs, Game 2) | at Los Angeles | 59-69 | Loss | 0-2 |
| Player | GP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS |
| Lauren Jackson | 28 | 190 | 41 | 30 | 81 | 482 |
| Sue Bird | 32 | 83 | 191 | 55 | 3 | 461 |
| Kamila Vodičková | 32 | 176 | 47 | 36 | 18 | 295 |
| Simone Edwards | 32 | 141 | 19 | 21 | 12 | 223 |
| Felicia Ragland | 31 | 48 | 23 | 27 | 1 | 141 |
| Semeka Randall | 21 | 68 | 29 | 20 | 1 | 134 |
| Amanda Lassiter | 24 | 63 | 55 | 27 | 19 | 126 |
| Adia Barnes | 26 | 102 | 28 | 32 | 9 | 90 |
| Michelle Marciniak | 23 | 28 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 72 |
| Kate Starbird | 9 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 53 |
| Jamie Redd | 10 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 52 |
| Kate Paye | 19 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 21 |
| Takeisha Lewis | 14 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
| Sonja Henning | 8 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 18 |
| Danielle McCulley | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
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