2001 Houston Comets season

2001 Houston Comets season
Head Coach Van Chancellor
Arena Compaq Center
Attendance 11,320 per game
Results
Record 1913
(.594)
Place 4th (Western)
Playoff Finish Lost First Round (2-0) to Los Angeles Sparks
Houston Comets seasons
< 2000 2002 >

The 2001 WNBA season was the fifth season for the Houston Comets. The team advanced to the WNBA Playoffs, but later failed to conquer for a fifth consecutive championship.

Offseason

WNBA Draft

Round Pick Player Nationality College/School/Team
1 15 Amanda Lassiter (F)  United States Missouri
2 31 Tynesha Lewis (G/F)  United States North Carolina State
3 33 ShaRae Mansfield (F)  United States Western Kentucky
3 47 Shala Crawford (C)  United States Life
4 63 Kristen Clement (G)  United States Tennessee

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 28 Los Angeles 63-66 Loss 0-1
May 31 @ Indiana 82-78 Win 1-1
June 2 @ Detroit 74-73 Win 2-1
June 5 @ Utah 72-68 Win 3-1
June 7 Detroit 87-66 Win 4-1
June 10 @ Phoenix 60-58 Win 5-1
June 21 Los Angeles 69-65 Win 6-1
June 23 Sacramento 70-56 Win 7-1
June 24 Portland 67-57 Win 8-1
June 27 Washington 76-63 Win 9-1
June 28 @ Sacramento 54-64 Loss 9-2
June 30 @ Minnesota 59-52 Win 10-2
July 2 Portland 74-67 Win 11-2
July 6 Indiana 79-64 Win 12-2
July 8 Cleveland 53-63 Loss 12-3
July 10 @ Sacramento 76-78 Loss 12-4
July 12 @ Portland 71-57 Win 13-4
July 13 @ Seattle 58-55 Win 14-4
July 18 @ Orlando 52-57 Loss 14-5
July 20 @ Miami 50-64 Loss 14-6
July 23 @ Minnesota 51-46 Win 15-6
July 24 Utah 67-76 Loss 15-7
July 28 New York 61-64 Loss 15-8
July 30 Seattle 55-51 Win 16-8
August 1 Utah 63-71 Loss 16-9
August 3 Orlando 72-60 Win 17-9
August 4 @ Charlotte 49-54 Loss 17-10
August 6 Phoenix 62-48 Win 18-10
August 8 @ Seattle 55-72 Loss 18-11
August 11 @ Los Angeles 54-65 Loss 18-12
August 13 Minnesota 74-60 Win 19-12
August 14 @ Phoenix 38-56 Loss 19-13
August 18
1st Round, G1
Los Angeles 59-64 Loss 0-1
August 20
1st Round, G2
@ Los Angeles 58-70 Loss 0-2

Player stats

Player GP REB AST STL BLK PTS
Janeth Arcain 32 136 94 60 3 591
Tina Thompson 30 233 58 29 22 579
Coquese Washington 32 118 122 69 9 169
Tiffani Johnson 32 138 22 12 15 148
Amanda Lassiter 32 110 34 16 21 138
Trisha Stafford-Odom 30 85 16 12 2 113
Tammy Jackson 32 91 21 22 11 104
Tynesha Lewis 29 62 15 11 4 97
Jawann Kelley-Gibson 28 29 13 8 6 44
Elena Shakirova 26 35 9 6 2 38
Nekeshia Henderson 23 21 22 6 0 26
Elen Chakirova 6 4 0 0 1 5

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References

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