2001 Minnesota Lynx season

2001 Minnesota Lynx season
CoachBrian Agler
ArenaTarget Center
Attendance7,538 per game
Results
Record12–20 (.375)
Place6th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Media
TelevisionKMSP (UPN 9)
Fox Sports Net North

The 2001 WNBA season was the third season for the Minnesota Lynx.

Transactions

WNBA draft

See also: 2001 WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 7 Svetlana Abrosimova  Soviet Union UConn
2 23 Erin Buescher  United States Master's
2 28 Janell Burse  United States Tulane
3 39 Tombi Bell  United States Miami
4 55 Megan Taylor  United States Iowa State

Transactions

Date Transaction
February 20, 2001 Traded Kristin Folkl and a 2001 2nd Round Pick to the Portland Fire in exchange for Lynn Pride and Michele Van Gorp[1]
April 17, 2001 Traded Annie La Fleur to the Washington Mystics in exchange for 2001 2nd Round Pick[1]
April 20, 2001 Drafted Svetlana Abrosimova, Erin Buescher, Janell Burse, Tombi Bell and Megan Taylor in the 2001 WNBA Draft[1]
Traded a 2002 2nd Round Pick to the Detroit Shock in exchange for Val Whiting-Raymond[1]
Traded Marla Brumfield to the Miami Sol in exchange for Georgia Schweitzer[1]
April 25, 2001 Waived Angela Aycock[1]
May 7, 2001 Waived Angie Potthoff and Tombi Bell[1]
May 25, 2001 Waived Keitha Dickerson and Megan Taylor[1]
May 27, 2001 Waived Andrea Lloyd-Curry and Sonja Tate[1]

Roster

2001 Minnesota Lynx roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
F 25 Soviet Union Abrosimova, Svetlana 6' 2" (1.88m) 169 lb (77kg) 1980-07-09 Connecticut R
F 11 United States Buescher, Erin 6' 3" (1.91m) 181 lb (82kg) 1979-06-05 Master's R
C 33 United States Burse, Janell 6' 5" (1.96m) 199 lb (90kg) 1979-05-19 Tulane R
G 8 Australia Harrower, Kristi 5' 4" (1.63m) 139 lb (63kg) 1975-03-04 2
G 22 United States Lennox, Betty 5' 8" (1.73m) 143 lb (65kg) 1976-12-04 Louisiana Tech 1
F/C 13 United States Martin, Maylana 6' 2" (1.88m) 174 lb (79kg) 1978-04-17 UCLA 1
G 7 United States Paye, Kate 5' 8" (1.73m) 150 lb (68kg) 1974-03-06 Stanford 1
G/F 34 United States Pride, Lynn 6' 2" (1.88m) 180 lb (82kg) 1978-10-16 Kansas 1
G/F 23 United States Schweitzer, Georgia 6' 0" (1.83m) – 1979-01-31 Duke R
G 30 United States Smith, Katie 5' 11" (1.8m) 175 lb (79kg) 1974-06-04 Ohio State 2
F 3 United States Stires, Shanele 5' 11" (1.8m) 208 lb (94kg) 1972-05-21 Kansas State 1
C 31 United States Van Gorp, Michele 6' 6" (1.98m) 187 lb (85kg) 1977-05-10 Duke 2
F/C 52 United States Whiting-Raymond, Val 6' 2" (1.88m) 199 lb (90kg) 1972-04-09 Stanford 1
Head coach
United States Brian Agler (Wittenberg)
Assistant coaches
United States Heidi VanDerveer
United States Kelly Kramer



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

Schedule

Regular season

2001 game log
Total: 12–20 (Home: 6–11; Road: 6–9)
May: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 May 31 @ Portland W 82–65 Katie Smith (31) Lynn Pride (7) Kristi Harrower (3) Rose Garden 1–0
June : 4–6 (Home: 2–4; Road: 2–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
2 June 2 Phoenix L 80–89 Katie Smith (22) Betty Lennox (8) Kate Paye (8) Target Center 1–1
3 June 9 Los Angeles L 60–62 Katie Smith (24) Betty Lennox (11) Paye
Smith (4) 		Target Center 1–2
4 June 12 Indiana L 60–65 Smith
Whiting-Raymond (13) 		Val Whiting-Raymond (9) Kristi Harrower (4) Target Center 1–3
5 June 16 @ Indiana L 67–68 (OT) Katie Smith (22) Betty Lennox (8) Kate Paye (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 1–4
6 June 17 @ Detroit W 71–63 Katie Smith (40) Betty Lennox (10) Kate Paye (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 2–4
7 June 22 Miami W 63–57 Katie Smith (26) Erin Buescher (9) Kate Paye (6) Target Center 3–4
8 June 23 @ Utah L 80–87 Katie Smith (27) Svetlana Abrosimova (8) Kate Paye (4) Delta Center 3–5
9 June 25 @ Washington W 55–51 Katie Smith (22) Svetlana Abrosimova (10) Paye
Stires (3) 		MCI Center 4–5
10 June 28 Seattle W 68–59 Katie Smith (26) Svetlana Abrosimova (9) Kate Paye (8) Target Center 5–5
11 June 30 Houston L 52–59 Katie Smith (18) Abrosimova
Paye (5) 		Kate Paye (5) Target Center 5–6
July : 2–11 (Home: 2–5; Road: 0–6)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
12 July 1 @ Cleveland L 47–52 Katie Smith (17) Buescher
Paye (6) 		Erin Buescher (4) Gund Arena 5–7
13 July 3 Sacramento L 52–91 Katie Smith (18) Martin
Pride (5) 		Erin Buescher (4) Target Center 5–8
14 July 6 New York L 57–70 Katie Smith (27) Maylana Martin (7) Kate Paye (4) Target Center 5–9
15 July 8 @ Los Angeles L 95–100 Katie Smith (46) Buescher
Martin
Pride (5) 		Katie Smith (4) Staples Center 5–10
16 July 10 Portland W 73–52 Katie Smith (28) Abrosimova
Buescher (7) 		Buescher
Paye
Smith (4) 		Target Center 6–10
17 July 13 @ New York L 64–67 (OT) Katie Smith (23) Maylana Martin (9) Georgia Schweitzer (4) Madison Square Garden 6–11
18 July 14 Phoenix L 67–80 Katie Smith (27) Svetlana Abrosimova (6) Kate Paye (5) Target Center 6–12
19 July 18 Seattle W 68–58 Svetlana Abrosimova (21) Abrosimova
Buescher
Paye
Smith (5) 		Katie Smith (8) Target Center 7–12
20 July 21 @ Orlando L 49–71 Svetlana Abrosimova (27) Lynn Pride (7) Abrosimova
Buescher
Paye (2) 		TD Waterhouse Centre 7–13
21 July 23 Houston L 46–51 Svetlana Abrosimova (20) Svetlana Abrosimova (11) Abrosimova
Buescher (4) 		Target Center 7–14
22 July 27 Washington L 60–62 Katie Smith (22) Buescher
Pride (8) 		Erin Buescher (3) Target Center 7–15
23 July 28 @ Utah L 60–68 (OT) Katie Smith (30) Abrosimova
Buescher (9) 		Abrosimova
Smith (2) 		Delta Center 7–16
24 July 30 @ Los Angeles L 69–78 Svetlana Abrosimova (27) Svetlana Abrosimova (10) Paye
Schweitzer
Van Gorp (4) 		Staples Center 7–17
August : 5–3 (Home: 2–2; Road: 3–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
25 August 1 @ Phoenix W 68–63 Katie Smith (36) Lynn Pride (7) Abrosimova
Paye (4) 		America West Arena 8–17
26 August 3 Charlotte L 64–72 Katie Smith (21) Janell Burse (5) Svetlana Abrosimova (4) Target Center 8–18
27 August 5 Sacramento W 79–76 (OT) Svetlana Abrosimova (21) Svetlana Abrosimova (15) Georgia Schweitzer (6) American Airlines Arena 9–18
28 August 7 @ Sacramento L 59–76 Svetlana Abrosimova (16) Abrosimova
Pride (7) 		Svetlana Abrosimova (5) ARCO Arena 9–19
29 August 8 @ Portland W 70–58 Katie Smith (27) Abrosimova
Smith (10) 		Kate Paye (4) Rose Garden 10–19
30 August 10 @ Seattle W 65–51 Katie Smith (22) Svetlana Abrosimova (13) Abrosimova
Pride (4) 		KeyArena 11–19
31 August 12 Utah W 69–62 Betty Lennox (18) Svetlana Abrosimova (12) Katie Smith (5) Target Center 12–19
32 August 14 Houston L 60–74 Katie Smith (29) Georgia Schweitzer (6) Abrosimova
Van Gorp (3) 		Compaq Center 12–20
2001 season schedule

Season standings

Western Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
Los Angeles Sparks x 28 4 .875 19–2 –
Sacramento Monarchs x 20 12 .625 13–8 8.0
Utah Starzz x 19 13 .594 11–10 9.0
Houston Comets x 19 13 .594 13–8 9.0
Phoenix Mercury o 13 19 .406 8–13 15.0
Minnesota Lynx o 12 20 .375 9–12 16.0
Portland Fire o 11 21 .344 5–16 17.0
Seattle Storm o 10 22 .313 6–15 18.0

Statistics

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

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Katie Smith 32 32 38.6 .393 .354 .895 3.8 2.2 0.7 0.2 23.1
Svetlana Abrosimova 26 23 32.5 .391 .260 .727 6.7 2.0 1.6 0.3 13.3
Erin Buescher 32 19 22.7 .348 .276 .618 3.7 1.9 0.8 0.9 5.7
Lynn Pride 32 14 22.3 .391 .250 .600 4.6 0.9 0.9 0.6 5.3
Betty Lennox 11 7 21.9 .373 .385 .950 4.9 1.5 0.9 0.4 11.0
Kate Paye 32 16 20.4 .385 .357 .688 1.9 3.0 0.7 0.0 2.8
Kristi Harrower 4 1 18.0 .467 .500 1.000 1.0 2.8 0.8 0.0 5.3
Val Whiting-Raymond 26 15 17.8 ,267 .000 .741 3.2 0.6 0.6 0.5 3.4
Georgia Schweitzer 24 8 17.6 .314 .167 .765 2.1 1.4 0.5 0.3 3.5
Maylana Martin 31 12 15.9 .340 .333 .613 2.8 0.6 0.5 0.5 3.1
Shanele Stires 18 5 11.2 .377 .240 .714 1.5 0.8 0.4 0.2 2.8
Michele Van Gorp 22 8 11.0 .375 .000 .550 1.5 0.5 0.1 0.3 1.9
Janell Burse 20 0 8.5 .333 .000 .750 2.1 0.3 0.1 0.8 2.4


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

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "2001 Minnesota Lynx Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 20, 2024.