2002 Portland Fire season

2002 Portland Fire season
Head Coach	Linda Hargrove
Arena	Rose Garden
Attendance	8,041 per game
Results Record 16–16 (.500) Place 5th (Western) Playoff Finish Did Not Qualify Portland Fire seasons < 2001 2003 >

The 2002 WNBA season was the 3rd and final season for the Portland Fire franchise. The team improved compared from their first two seasons, but playoff hopes were denied when they finished one game back for a playoff berth. The team later folded after the season.

Offseason

WNBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/School/Team
1	5	Nikki Teasley (G)	United States	North Carolina
3	37	Mandy Nightingale (G)	United States	Colorado
4	50	Melody Johnson (C)	United States	Arizona State
4	53	Monique Cardenas (G)	United States	Florida

Regular season

Season standings

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

Season schedule

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
May 29	New York	62-84	Loss	0-1
May 30	@ Utah	64-69	Loss	0-2
June 2	Seattle	47-57	Loss	0-3
June 3	@ Los Angeles	72-89	Loss	0-4
June 6	Sacramento	86-73	Win	1-4
June 11	@ Seattle	70-63	Win	2-4
June 13	@ Minnesota	46-60	Loss	2-5
June 15	Detroit	67-60	Win	3-5
June 18	Minnesota	59-51	Win	4-5
June 20	Indiana	72-81	Loss	4-6
June 23	Houston	58-71	Loss	4-7
June 25	@ Utah	83-86	Loss	4-8
June 26	Orlando	64-57	Win	5-8
June 28	Washington	72-66	Win	6-8
June 30	@ New York	54-44	Win	7-8
July 2	@ Cleveland	68-64	Win	8-8
July 3	@ Charlotte	76-73	Win	9-8
July 7	Sacramento	74-59	Win	10-8
July 10	@ Minnesota	75-72	Win	11-8
July 12	Los Angeles	76-82 (OT)	Loss	11-9
July 17	Phoenix	73-61	Win	12-9
July 19	Houston	70-60	Win	13-9
July 21	@ Phoenix	87-75	Win	14-9
July 24	@ Los Angeles	69-73	Loss	14-10
July 25	@ Sacramento	80-81 (OT)	Loss	14-11
July 27	Miami	71-61	Win	15-11
July 30	@ Houston	59-89	Loss	15-12
August 2	@ Washington	67-65	Win	16-12
August 4	@ Orlando	61-63	Loss	16-13
August 6	Utah	69-82	Loss	16-14
August 9	@ Seattle	74-83	Loss	16-15
August 11	Phoenix	70-73	Loss	16-16

Player stats

Note: GP = Games Played; REB = Rebounds; AST = Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points

Player	GP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS
DeMya Walker	31	154	51	26	33	339
Tamicha Jackson	32	59	95	55	1	314
Sylvia Crawley	32	134	47	18	37	279
Alisa Burras	32	147	7	10	7	278
Ukari Figgs	31	80	104	25	2	264
Kristin Folkl	32	148	32	18	17	155
Stacey Thomas	32	94	67	42	12	143
Jackie Stiles	21	18	20	4	0	125
LaQuanda Barksdale	17	40	12	8	7	100
Tully Bevilaqua	27	33	44	22	3	84
Carolyn Young	19	14	12	4	0	83
Amber Hall	20	26	1	7	1	30
Jenny Mowe	5	1	0	0	0	1

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References

1. http://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/POR/2002.html