2001 WNBA season
2001 WNBA season | |
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League | Women's National Basketball Association |
Sport | Basketball |
Duration | May 28 - September 3 |
Number of games | 32 |
Number of teams | 16 |
Total attendance | 2,322,962 |
Average attendance | 9,074 |
TV partner(s) | ESPN, NBC |
2001 WNBA Draft | |
Top draft pick | Lauren Jackson |
Picked by | Seattle Storm |
Regular season | |
Season MVP | Lisa Leslie (Los Angeles) |
Playoffs | |
Eastern champions | Charlotte Sting |
Eastern runners-up | New York Liberty |
Western champions | Los Angeles Sparks |
Western runners-up | Sacramento Monarchs |
Finals | |
Champions | Los Angeles Sparks |
Runners-up | Charlotte Sting |
Finals MVP | Lisa Leslie (Los Angeles) |
The 2001 WNBA Season was the Women's National Basketball Association's fifth season. The season ended with the Los Angeles Sparks winning their first WNBA championship.
Regular season standings
Eastern Conference
Eastern Conference | W | L | PCT | Conf. | GB |
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Cleveland Rockers x | 22 | 10 | .688 | 15–6 | – |
New York Liberty x | 21 | 11 | .656 | 13–8 | 1.0 |
Miami Sol x | 20 | 12 | .625 | 14–7 | 2.0 |
Charlotte Sting x | 18 | 14 | .563 | 15–6 | 4.0 |
Orlando Miracle o | 13 | 19 | .406 | 9–12 | 9.0 |
Indiana Fever o | 10 | 22 | .313 | 7–14 | 12.0 |
Detroit Shock o | 10 | 22 | .313 | 7–14 | 12.0 |
Washington Mystics o | 10 | 22 | .313 | 4–17 | 12.0 |
Western Conference
Western Conference | W | L | PCT | Conf. | GB |
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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 |
Season award winners
Playoffs
First Round Best of 3 | Conference Finals Best of 3 | WNBA Finals Best of 3 | ||||||||||||
E1 | Cleveland | 1 | ||||||||||||
E4 | Charlotte | 2 | ||||||||||||
E4 | Charlotte | 2 | ||||||||||||
Eastern Conference | ||||||||||||||
E2 | New York | 1 | ||||||||||||
E2 | New York | 2 | ||||||||||||
E3 | Miami | 1 | ||||||||||||
E4 | Charlotte | 0 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Los Angeles | 2 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Los Angeles | 2 | ||||||||||||
W4 | Houston | 0 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Los Angeles | 2 | ||||||||||||
Western Conference | ||||||||||||||
W2 | Sacramento | 1 | ||||||||||||
W2 | Sacramento | 2 | ||||||||||||
W3 | Utah | 0 |
Coaches
Eastern Conference
- Charlotte Sting: Anne Donovan
- Cleveland Rockers: Dan Hughes
- Detroit Shock: Greg Williams
- Indiana Fever: Nell Fortner
- Miami Sol: Ron Rothstein
- New York Liberty: Richie Adubato
- Orlando Miracle: Carolyn Peck
- Washington Mystics: Tom Maher
Western Conference
- Houston Comets: Van Chancellor
- Los Angeles Sparks: Michael Cooper
- Minnesota Lynx: Brian Agler
- Phoenix Mercury: Cynthia Cooper
- Portland Fire: Linda Hargrove
- Sacramento Monarchs: Maura McHugh
- Seattle Storm: Lin Dunn
- Utah Starzz: Fred Williams and Candi Harvey