2001 Minnesota Lynx season

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

2001 Minnesota Lynx season
Coach	Brian Agler
Arena	Target Center
Attendance	7,538 per game
Results
Record	12–20 (.375)
Place	6th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Media
Television	KMSP (UPN 9) Fox Sports Net North
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Offseason

WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/School/Team
1	7	Svetlana Abrosimova (F)	Russia	Connecticut
2	23	Erin Buescher (G)	United States	Master's College
2	28	Janell Burse (C)	United States	Tulane
3	39	Tombi Bell (G)	United States	Miami
4	55	Megan Taylor (G/F)	United States	Iowa State

Regular season

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

Season schedule

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
May 31	@ Portland	82-65	Win	1-0
June 2	Phoenix	80-89	Loss	1-1
June 9	Los Angeles	60-62	Loss	1-2
June 12	Indiana	60-65	Loss	1-3
June 16	@ Indiana	65-67	Loss	1-4
June 17	@ Detroit	71-63	Win	2-4
June 22	Miami	63-57	Win	3-4
June 23	@ Utah	80-87	Loss	3-5
June 25	@ Washington	55-51	Win	4-5
June 28	Seattle	68-59	Win	5-5
June 30	Houston	52-59	Loss	5-6
July 1	@ Cleveland	47-52	Loss	5-7
July 3	Sacramento	52-91	Loss	5-8
July 6	New York	57-70	Loss	5-9
July 8	@ Los Angeles	95-100	Loss	5-10
July 10	Portland	73-52	Win	6-10
July 13	@ New York	64-67	Loss	6-11
July 14	Phoenix	67-80	Loss	6-12
July 18	Seattle	68-58	Win	7-12
July 21	@ Orlando	49-71	Loss	7-13
July 23	Houston	46-51	Loss	7-14
July 27	Washington	60-62	Loss	7-15
July 28	@ Utah	60-68	Loss	7-16
July 30	@ Los Angeles	69-78	Loss	7-17
August 1	@ Phoenix	68-63	Win	8-17
August 3	Charlotte	64-72	Loss	8-18
August 5	Sacramento	79-76	Win	9-18
August 7	@ Sacramento	59-76	Loss	9-19
August 8	@ Portland	70-58	Win	10-19
August 10	@ Seattle	65-51	Win	11-19
August 12	Utah	69-62	Win	12-19
August 13	@ Houston	60-74	Loss	12-20

Player stats

Player	GP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS
Katie Smith	32	122	70	23	5	739
Svetlana Abrosimova	26	174	53	42	9	343
Erin Buescher	32	118	62	27	29	183
Lynn Pride	32	146	28	28	20	170
Betty Lennox	11	54	16	10	4	121
Maylana Martin	31	86	19	17	15	95
Kate Paye	32	61	97	21	0	91
Val Whiting-Raymond	26	83	16	15	14	88
Georgia Schweitzer	24	50	34	11	6	87
Shanele Stires	18	27	14	8	4	51
Janell Burse	20	42	5	2	15	47
Michele VanGorp	22	34	12	3	6	41
Kristi Harrower	4	4	11	3	0	21

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References

1. "2001 Minnesota Lynx Stats".