2002 New York Liberty season

2002 New York Liberty season
CoachRichie Adubato
ArenaMadison Square Garden
Attendance14,670 per game
Results
Record18–14 (.563)
Place1st (Eastern)
Playoff finishLost WNBA Finals (2-0) to Los Angeles Sparks
Media
TelevisionWPIX (WB 11)
MSG Network

The 2002 WNBA season was the sixth season for the New York Liberty. The Liberty franchise reached their 4th berth to the WNBA Finals, but lost in a sweep to the Los Angeles Sparks. This was the last season that New York qualified for the WNBA Finals, before their appearance in 2023.

Transactions

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WNBA draft

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See also: 2002 WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
2 26 Linda Fröhlich  West Germany UNLV
3 46 Tracy Gahan  United States Iowa State
4 62 Deedee Warley  United States Maryland

Transactions

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Date Transaction
April 3, 2002 Traded Rebecca Lobo to the Houston Comets in exchange for a 2002 2nd Round Pick[1]
April 18, 2002 Traded a 2002 1st Round Pick to the Utah Starzz in exchange for Korie Hlede[1]
April 19, 2002 Drafted Linda Fröhlich, Tracy Gahan, and Deedee Warley in the 2002 WNBA Draft[1]
April 22, 2002 Traded Andrea Nagy to the Sacramento Monarchs in exchange for a 2003 2nd Round Pick[1]
April 23, 2002 Traded Grace Daley to the Houston Comets in exchange for a 2003 2nd Round Pick[1]
May 7, 2002 Waived Bethany Donaphin and Deedee Warley[1]
May 8, 2002 Waived Shondra Johnson[1]
May 21, 2002 Waived Mactabene Amachree and Tracy Gahan[1]
July 2, 2002 Waived Marina Ferragut[1]

Roster

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2002 New York Liberty roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
C 42 United States Cooper, Camille 6' 4" (1.93m) – 1979-02-05 Purdue 1
F/C 31 West Germany Fröhlich, Linda 6' 2" (1.88m) 185 lb (84kg) 1979-06-23 UNLV R
G 25 United States Hammon, Becky 5' 6" (1.68m) 136 lb (62kg) 1977-03-11 Colorado State 3
G 7 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hlede, Korie 5' 9" (1.75m) 155 lb (70kg) 1975-03-29 Duquesne 4
G/F 55 United States Johnson, Vickie 5' 9" (1.75m) 150 lb (68kg) 1972-04-15 Louisiana Tech 5
C 50 Zaire Ngoyisa, Bernadette 6' 4" (1.93m) 195 lb (88kg) 1982-08-26 R
F/C 24 United States Phillips, Tari 6' 2" (1.88m) 200 lb (91kg) 1970-03-06 Central Florida 3
F 3 United States Robinson, Crystal 5' 11" (1.8m) 155 lb (70kg) 1974-01-22 SE Oklahoma State 3
G 11 United States Weatherspoon, Teresa 5' 8" (1.73m) 161 lb (73kg) 1965-12-08 Louisiana Tech 5
F 44 United States Whitmore, Tamika 6' 2" (1.88m) 215 lb (98kg) 1977-06-05 Memphis 3
F 23 United States Wicks, Sue 6' 3" (1.91m) 174 lb (79kg) 1966-11-26 Rutgers 5
Head coach
United States Richie Adubato (William Paterson)
Assistant coaches
United States Lisa White
United States Jeff House
United States Pat Coyle



Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Schedule

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Regular season

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2002 game log
Total: 18–14 (Home: 10–6; Road: 8–8)
May: 2–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 2–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 May 25 @ Los Angeles L 64–72 Vickie Johnson (19) Vickie Johnson (6) Teresa Weatherspoon (5) Staples Center 0–1
2 May 28 @ Portland W 84–62 Becky Hammon (22) Tari Phillips (9) Teresa Weatherspoon (11) Rose Garden 1–1
3 May 30 @ Seattle W 78–61 Crystal Robinson (17) Johnson
Whitmore (7) 		Teresa Weatherspoon (4) KeyArena 2–1
June : 6–7 (Home: 4–3; Road: 2–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
4 June 2 Miami W 58–52 Crystal Robinson (16) Phillips
Whitmore (5) 		Teresa Weatherspoon (3) Madison Square Garden 3–1
5 June 5 Detroit W 60–59 Vickie Johnson (21) Tari Phillips (8) Teresa Weatherspoon (4) Madison Square Garden 4–1
6 June 8 @ Indiana L 62–71 Tamika Whitmore (18) Phillips
Wicks (6) 		Teresa Weatherspoon (6) Conseco Fieldhouse 4–2
7 June 9 @ Detroit W 70–63 Crystal Robinson (19) Phillips
Wicks (6) 		Teresa Weatherspoon (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 5–2
8 June 11 @ Utah W 71–68 Tari Phillips (22) Tari Phillips (8) Teresa Weatherspoon (5) Delta Center 6–2
9 June 13 @ Sacramento L 77–78 (2OT) Tamika Whitmore (21) Phillips
Robinson (7) 		Teresa Weatherspoon (12) ARCO Arena 6–3
10 June 16 Charlotte W 54–53 Vickie Johnson (15) Tari Phillips (7) Teresa Weatherspoon (5) Madison Square Garden 7–3
11 June 18 Orlando L 62–71 Crystal Robinson (19) Tari Phillips (7) Teresa Weatherspoon (6) Madison Square Garden 7–4
12 June 21 @ Cleveland L 69–80 Vickie Johnson (19) Tari Phillips (5) Teresa Weatherspoon (9) Gund Arena 7–5
13 June 23 @ Orlando L 65–77 Tari Phillips (16) Phillips
Whitmore (8) 		Johnson
Weatherspoon (5) 		TD Waterhouse Centre 7–6
14 June 25 Indiana W 74–55 Crystal Robinson (24) Tari Phillips (8) Teresa Weatherspoon (10) Madison Square Garden 8–6
15 June 28 Cleveland L 58–67 Tari Phillips (18) Tari Phillips (9) Robinson
Weatherspoon (4) 		Madison Square Garden 8–7
16 June 30 Portland L 44–54 Crystal Robinson (17) Tari Phillips (7) Teresa Weatherspoon (6) Madison Square Garden 8–8
July : 7–2 (Home: 5–0; Road: 2–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
17 July 2 Seattle W 74–63 Tari Phillips (19) Hammon
Phillips
Weathersppon
Wicks (3) 		Johnson
Weathersppon (6) 		Madison Square Garden 9–8
18 July 8 Phoenix W 77–71 Tamika Whitmore (28) Phillips
Whitmore (5) 		Teresa Weatherspoon (9) Madison Square Garden 10–8
19 July 10 @ Detroit L 63–66 Crystal Robinson (17) Tari Phillips (7) Teresa Weatherspoon (5) The Palace of Auburn Hills 10–9
20 July 13 @ Washington W 67–53 Vickie Johnson (19) Tari Phillips (12) Vickie Johnson (5) MCI Center 11–9
21 July 18 Los Angeles W 72–59 Tamika Whitmore (25) Tari Phillips (9) Teresa Weatherspoon (6) Target Center 12–9
22 July 19 @ Indiana W 70–62 Becky Hammon (15) Tari Phillips (5) Vickie Johnson (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 13–9
23 July 22 Cleveland W 73–52 Tari Phillips (15) Hammon
Phillips (5) 		Hammon
Johnson (3) 		Madison Square Garden 14–9
24 July 23 @ Miami L 46–54 Crystal Robinson (12) Tamika Whitmore (8) Teresa Weatherspoon (3) American Airlines Arena 14–10
25 July 28 Houston W 62–56 Tamika Whitmore (15) Phillips
Whitmore (8) 		Teresa Weatherspoon (4) Madison Square Garden 15–10
August : 3–4 (Home: 1–3; Road: 2–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
26 August 2 Miami W 66–54 Vickie Johnson (20) Tari Phillips (8) Teresa Weatherspoon (10) Madison Square Garden 16–10
27 August 4 @ Charlotte W 71–58 Vickie Johnson (20) Sue Wicks (9) Teresa Weatherspoon (8) Charlotte Coliseum 17–10
28 August 6 Minnesota L 49–52 Tari Phillips (17) Tari Phillips (11) Vickie Johnson (6) Madison Square Garden 17–11
29 August 8 Washington L 54–65 Tari Phillips (22) Tari Phillips (11) Hammon
Weatherspoon (4) 		Madison Square Garden 17–12
30 August 9 @ Washington W 74–66 Becky Hammon (22) Weatherspoon
Whitmore (6) 		Teresa Weatherspoon (8) MCI Center 18–12
31 August 11 Charlotte L 58–71 Crystal Robinson (16) Tamika Whitmore (8) Teresa Weatherspoon (7) Madison Square Garden 18–13
32 August 13 @ Orlando L 63–70 Phillips
Whitmore (20) 		Tari Phillips (10) Hammon
Robinson (3) 		TD Waterhouse Centre 18–14
2002 season schedule

Playoffs

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2002 playoff game log
First round vs. Indiana Fever
Won Series: 2–1
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 August 16 @ Indiana L 55–73 Tamika Whitmore (18) Becky Hammon (5) Teresa Weatherspoon (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 0–1
2 August 18 Indiana W 84–65 Tamika Whitmore (24) Tamika Whitmore (6) Teresa Weatherspoon (9) Madison Square Garden 1–1
3 August 20 Indiana W 75–60 Vickie Johnson (19) Vickie Johnson (7) Teresa Weatherspoon (7) Madison Square Garden 2–1
Conference Finals vs. Washington Mystics
Won Series: 2–1
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 August 22 @ Washington L 74–79 Tari Phillips (21) Phillips
Robinson
Weatherspoon
Whitmore (5) 		Teresa Weatherspoon (9) MCI Center 0–1
2 August 24 Washington W 96–79 Phillips
Whitmore (23) 		Tari Phillips (6) Teresa Weatherspoon (12) Madison Square Garden 1–1
3 August 25 Washington W 64–57 Vickie Johnson (19) Tari Phillips (11) Teresa Weatherspoon (4) Madison Square Garden 2–1
WNBA Finals vs. Los Angeles Sparks
Lost Series: 0–2
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 August 29 Los Angeles L 63–71 Becky Hammon (18) Teresa Weatherspoon (7) Johnson
Phillips
Weatherspoon (3) 		Madison Square Garden 0–1
2 August 31 @ Los Angeles L 66–69 Phillips
Whitmore (17) 		Tari Phillips (8) Teresa Weatherspoon (5) Staples Center 0–2
2002 playoff schedule

Season standings

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Eastern Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
New York Liberty x 18 14 .563 11–10 –
Charlotte Sting x 18 14 .563 12–9 –
Washington Mystics x 17 15 .531 12–9 1.0
Indiana Fever x 16 16 .500 12–9 2.0
Orlando Miracle o 16 16 .500 13–8 2.0
Miami Sol o 15 17 .469 11–10 3.0
Cleveland Rockers o 10 22 .312 7–14 8.0
Detroit Shock o 9 23 .281 6–15 9.0

Statistics

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Legend
  GP Games 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 game Team leader League leader

Regular Season

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Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Crystal Robinson 32 32 33.4 .417 .370 .819 2.8 2.5 1.5 0.4 11.8
Vickie Johnson 31 31 33.2 .456 .421 .803 3.5 2.8 0.9 0.1 11.6
Tari Phillips 32 31 31.5 .491 .000 .675 7.0 1.3 1.8 0.4 14.1
Tamika Whitmore 32 32 30.5 .477 .000 .733 4.4 0.7 0.8 1.3 12.7
Teresa Weatherspoon 32 32 29.8 .342 .100 .519 2.7 5.7 1.3 0.1 3.4
Becky Hammon 32 1 20.6 .442 .386 .679 2.1 1.7 0.8 0.0 8.0
Sue Wicks 30 0 14.3 .343 .000 .667 3.4 0.5 0.7 0.5 2.2
Korie Hlede 16 0 8.1 .423 .000 .444 1.0 0.8 0.4 0.1 1.6
Camille Cooper 23 1 5.2 .393 N/A .625 0.7 0.1 0.2 0.2 1.2
Linda Fröhlich 16 0 4.2 .100 .000 1.000 0.8 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.4
Bernadette Ngoyisa 7 0 1.7 .600 N/A N/A 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.9


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

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "2002 New York Liberty Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
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