2002 Phoenix Mercury season

2002 Phoenix Mercury season
2002 Phoenix Mercury season
Coach	Cynthia Cooper; Linda Sharp (interim)
Arena	America West Arena
Attendance	8,737 per game
Results
Record	11–21 (.344)
Place	7th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
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The 2002 WNBA season was the sixth season for the Phoenix Mercury. The Mercury's head coach, Cynthia Cooper, resigned during the season.

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Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/School/Team
2	25	Tootie Shaw (F)	United States	Wichita State
3	40	Kayte Christensen (F)	United States	UC-Santa Barbara
4	56	Amba Kongolo (F/C)	United States	North Carolina Central

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 29	@ Houston	56-61	Loss	0-1
June 1	Utah	71-66	Win	1-1
June 3	Washington	71-65	Win	2-1
June 9	Charlotte	80-77	Win	3-1
June 13	Detroit	70-67	Win	4-1
June 14	Seattle	82-90	Loss	4-2
June 18	Sacramento	78-63	Win	5-2
June 21	@ Houston	59-61	Loss	5-3
June 23	Minnesota	70-61	Win	6-3
June 25	@ Los Angeles	66-89	Loss	6-4
June 26	Seattle	62-53	Win	7-4
June 28	Los Angeles	72-84	Loss	7-5
July 1	@ Charlotte	68-90	Loss	7-6
July 3	@ Miami	61-86	Loss	7-7
July 6	@ Orlando	70-72	Loss	7-8
July 8	@ New York	71-77	Loss	7-9
July 9	@ Washington	54-68	Loss	7-10
July 11	Houston	58-52	Win	8-10
July 13	@ Utah	66-75	Loss	8-11
July 17	@ Portland	61-73	Loss	8-12
July 19	@ Seattle	48-89	Loss	8-13
July 21	Portland	75-87	Loss	8-14
July 26	@ Utah	61-74	Loss	8-15
July 27	Sacramento	64-79	Loss	8-16
July 29	Minnesota	57-46	Win	9-16
July 31	Indiana	56-58	Loss	9-17
August 2	@ Minnesota	51-75	Loss	9-18
August 4	@ Detroit	75-91	Loss	9-19
August 6	@ Sacramento	70-73	Loss	9-20
August 7	Cleveland	59-57	Win	10-20
August 11	@ Portland	73-70	Win	11-20
August 13	Los Angeles	56-63	Loss	11-21

Player	GP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS
Jennifer Gillom	31	116	37	29	21	473
Gordana Grubin	32	64	104	36	3	317
Lisa Harrison	32	126	40	31	3	262
Adrian Williams	32	220	35	48	29	200
Adriana Moises Pinto	32	60	79	30	3	193
Kayte Christensen	30	80	15	24	13	120
Tracy Reid	24	77	14	22	2	113
Susanna Bonfiglio	22	37	23	12	0	105
Jaynetta Saunders	27	38	23	9	4	99
Slobodanka Tuvic	26	63	11	9	9	86
Kristen Veal	23	27	41	14	2	71
Brandy Reed	5	4	4	2	3	38
Oksana Zakaluzhnaya	5	3	0	0	0	6
Shea Mahoney	3	2	1	0	0	5
Quacy Barnes	2	1	0	1	2	3

Offseason