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1997 New York Liberty season
The 1997 WNBA season was the first season for the New York Liberty.
WNBA allocation draft
| Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
|---|---|---|
| Rebecca Lobo | UConn | |
| Teresa Weatherspoon | Louisiana Tech |
WNBA elite draft
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Kym Hampton | Arizona State | |
| 2 | 12 | Vickie Johnson | Louisiana Tech |
WNBA draft
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Sue Wicks | Rutgers | |
| 2 | 11 | Sophia Witherspoon | Florida | |
| 3 | 22 | Trena Trice | NC State | |
| 4 | 27 | Kisha Ford | Georgia Tech |
Transactions
| Date | Transaction | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 22, 1997 | Drafted Rebecca Lobo and Teresa Weatherspoon in the 1997 WNBA Allocation Draft | ||||
| February 27, 1997 | Drafted Kym Hampton and Vickie Johnson in the 1997 WNBA Elite Draft | ||||
| April 19, 1997 | title=1997 New York Liberty Transactions | url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/NYL/1997_transactions.html | access-date=2024-05-22 | website=Basketball-Reference.com | language=en}} |
| April 28, 1997 | Drafted Sue Wicks, Sophia Witherspoon, Trena Trice and Kisha Ford in the [1997 WNBA draft](1997-wnba-draft) | ||||
| August 11, 1997 | Waived Jasmina Perazić-Gipe |
Roster
Schedule
Regular season
|- | 1 | June 21 | @ Los Angeles | W 67–57 | Rebecca Lobo (16) | Vickie Johnson (8) | Teresa Weatherspoon (10) | Great Western Forum
| 1–0 |
|---|
| 2 |
| June 23 |
| @ Sacramento |
| W 73–62 |
| Sophia Witherspoon (15) |
| Rebecca Lobo (9) |
| Vickie Johnson (3) |
| ARCO Arena |
| 2–0 |
| - |
| 3 |
| June 26 |
| @ Houston |
| W 62–60 (OT) |
| Hampton |
| Johnson |
| Lobo (10) |
| Rebecca Lobo (8) |
| Kisha Ford (4) |
| The Summit |
| 3–0 |
| - |
| 4 |
| June 29 |
| Phoenix |
| W 65–57 |
| Vickie Johnson (20) |
| Rebecca Lobo (9) |
| Teresa Weatherspoon (5) |
| Madison Square Garden |
| 4–0 |
| - |
| 5 |
| July 2 |
| Houston |
| W 72–67 |
| Sophia Witherspoon (14) |
| Kym Hampton (9) |
| Teresa Weatherspoon (6) |
| Madison Square Garden |
| 5–0 |
| - |
| 6 |
| July 4 |
| @ Houston |
| W 65–58 |
| Sophia Witherspoon (21) |
| Rebecca Lobo (11) |
| Teresa Weatherspoon (6) |
| The Summit |
| 6–0 |
| - |
| 7 |
| July 5 |
| @ Utah |
| W 66–53 |
| Sophia Witherspoon (14) |
| Teresa Weatherspoon (11) |
| Teresa Weatherspoon (5) |
| Delta Center |
| 7–0 |
| - |
| 8 |
| July 7 |
| @ Phoenix |
| L 50–69 |
| Vickie Johnson (11) |
| Sophia Witherspoon (6) |
| Teresa Weatherspoon (5) |
| America West Arena |
| 7–1 |
| - |
| 9 |
| July 9 |
| @ Charlotte |
| L 69–87 |
| Vickie Johnson (14) |
| Rebecca Lobo (8) |
| Teresa Weatherspoon (7) |
| Charlotte Coliseum |
| 7–2 |
| - |
| 10 |
| July 10 |
| Charlotte |
| W 62–48 |
| Rebecca Lobo (16) |
| Rebecca Lobo (11) |
| Teresa Weatherspoon (7) |
| Madison Square Garden |
| 8–2 |
| - |
| 11 |
| July 14 |
| @ Cleveland |
| W 68–57 |
| Rebecca Lobo (18) |
| Rebecca Lobo (8) |
| Teresa Weatherspoon (5) |
| Gund Arena |
| 9–2 |
| - |
| 12 |
| July 15 |
| Cleveland |
| W 76–59 |
| Sophia Witherspoon (16) |
| Lobo |
| Wicks (8) |
| Teresa Weatherspoon (8) |
| Madison Square Garden |
| 10–2 |
| - |
| 13 |
| July 17 |
| Utah |
| W 80–54 |
| Rebecca Lobo (17) |
| Kym Hampton (9) |
| Teresa Weatherspoon (7) |
| Madison Square Garden |
| 11–2 |
| - |
| 14 |
| July 19 |
| Los Angeles |
| W 69–57 |
| Sophia Witherspoon (24) |
| Kym Hampton (9) |
| Rebecca Lobo (5) |
| Madison Square Garden |
| 12–2 |
| - |
| 15 |
| July 22 |
| Utah |
| L 71–78 |
| Sophia Witherspoon (16) |
| Kym Hampton (7) |
| Teresa Weatherspoon (6) |
| Madison Square Garden |
| 12–3 |
| - |
| 16 |
| July 23 |
| @ Charlotte |
| W 65–63 |
| Rebecca Lobo (17) |
| Rebecca Lobo (4) |
| Vickie Johnson (6) |
| Charlotte Coliseum |
| 13–3 |
| - |
| 17 |
| July 26 |
| Charlotte |
| L 61–64 |
| Sophia Witherspoon (21) |
| Rebecca Lobo (11) |
| Teresa Weatherspoon (7) |
| Madison Square Garden |
| 13–4 |
| - |
| 18 |
| July 30 |
| Sacramento |
| W 73–68 |
| Sophia Witherspoon (26) |
| Rebecca Lobo (12) |
| Teresa Weatherspoon (10) |
| Madison Square Garden |
| 14–4 |
| |- | 19 | August 2 | Phoenix | W 80–70 | Sophia Witherspoon (20) | Kym Hampton (10) | Vickie Johnson (6) | Madison Square Garden
| 15–4 |
|---|
| 20 |
| August 5 |
| Los Angeles |
| L 50–67 |
| Hampton |
| Witherspoon (12) |
| Rebecca Lobo (10) |
| Johnson |
| Weatherspoon (3) |
| Madison Square Garden |
| 15–5 |
| - |
| 21 |
| August 11 |
| @ Sacramento |
| L 69–76 |
| Kym Hampton (17) |
| Kym Hampton (6) |
| Teresa Weatherspoon (6) |
| ARCO Arena |
| 15–6 |
| - |
| 22 |
| August 12 |
| @ Phoenix |
| L 67–77 |
| Kym Hampton (14) |
| Kym Hampton (11) |
| Teresa Weatherspoon (8) |
| America West Arena |
| 15–7 |
| - |
| 23 |
| August 15 |
| Sacramento |
| W 79–63 |
| Sophia Witherspoon (21) |
| Kym Hampton (8) |
| Teresa Weatherspoon (8) |
| Madison Square Garden |
| 16–7 |
| - |
| 24 |
| August 17 |
| Houston |
| L 55–70 |
| Rebecca Lobo (13) |
| Johnson |
| Lobo (6) |
| Teresa Weatherspoon (5) |
| Madison Square Garden |
| 16–8 |
| - |
| 25 |
| August 19 |
| @ Utah |
| L 75–81 |
| Rebecca Lobo (27) |
| Rebecca Lobo (9) |
| Teresa Weatherspoon (5) |
| Delta Center |
| 16–9 |
| - |
| 26 |
| August 20 |
| @ Los Angeles |
| L 76–78 |
| Sophia Witherspoon (27) |
| Johnson |
| Wicks (5) |
| Teresa Weatherspoon (12) |
| Great Western Forum |
| 16–10 |
| - |
| 27 |
| August 23 |
| @ Cleveland |
| L 71–72 |
| Trena Trice (17) |
| Kym Hampton (9) |
| Johnson |
| Weatherspoon (5) |
| Gund Arena |
| 16–11 |
| - |
| 28 |
| August 24 |
| Cleveland |
| W 79–72 (OT) |
| Kym Hampton (21) |
| Rebecca Lobo (7) |
| Teresa Weatherspoon (8) |
| Madison Square Garden |
| 17–11 |
Playoffs
|- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 1 | August 28 | @ Phoenix | W 59–41 | Rebecca Lobo (16) | Kym Hampton (14) | Teresa Weatherspoon (5) | America West Arena | 1–0 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 1 | August 30 | New York | L 51–65 | Kym Hampton (13) | Kym Hampton (13) | Teresa Weatherspoon (5) | The Summit | 1–0
Season standings
Statistics
Regular season
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rebecca Lobo | 28 | 28 | 33.5 | .376 | .286 | .610 | 7.3 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 12.4 |
| Teresa Weatherspoon | 28 | 28 | 33.0 | .467 | .086 | .650 | 4.1 | 6.2 | 3.0 | 0.1 | 7.0 |
| Sophia Witherspoon | 28 | 28 | 31.0 | .406 | .349 | .748 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 14.5 |
| Vickie Johnson | 26 | 25 | 30.3 | .404 | .190 | .771 | 4.2 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 9.6 |
| Kym Hampton | 28 | 28 | 23.7 | .474 | .000 | .640 | 5.8 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 9.8 |
| Kisha Ford | 28 | 3 | 16.9 | .377 | .150 | .614 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 4.1 |
| Trena Trice | 28 | 0 | 12.1 | .554 | .250 | .667 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 4.8 |
| Sue Wicks | 28 | 0 | 11.9 | .355 | .286 | .667 | 3.4 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 3.6 |
| Rhonda Blades | 28 | 0 | 10.4 | .357 | .315 | .650 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2.9 |
| Cassandra Crumpton-Moorer | 2 | 0 | 5.5 | .250 | .000 | N/A | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Jasmina Perazić-Gipe | 9 | 0 | 5.2 | .385 | .000 | N/A | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.1 |
‡Waived/Released during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season
- Kym Hampton ranked tenth in the WNBA in total rebounds with 163
- Kym Hampton ranked tenth in the WNBA in blocks with 19.
- Kym Hampton ranked fifth in the WNBA in Field Goal Percentage (.471)
- Rebecca Lobo ranked fourth in the WNBA in blocks with 51.
- Rebecca Lobo ranked fourth in the WNBA in total rebounds with 203.
- Rebecca Lobo ranked eighth in the WNBA in minutes per game with 33.5 minutes per game.
- Sophia Witherspoon ranked seventh in the WNBA in points with 407 points.
- Sophia Witherspoon ranked ninth in the WNBA in field goals with 140.
- Sophia Witherspoon ranked seventh in the WNBA in points per game with 14.5
- Sophia Witherspoon was tied for tenth in the WNBA in steals with 49.
- Teresa Weatherspoon ranked tenth in the WNBA in minutes per game with 33.0 minutes.
Awards and honors
- Rebecca Lobo, Forward, All-WNBA Second Team
- Teresa Weatherspoon, Guard, All-WNBA Second Team
- Teresa Weatherspoon: Led WNBA, Assists, 172
- Teresa Weatherspoon: Led WNBA, Steals, 85
- Teresa Weatherspoon: Led WNBA, Assists per game, 6.1
- Teresa Weatherspoon: Led WNBA, Steals per game, 3.0
References
References
- "1997 New York Liberty Transactions".
- "1997 WNBA Season Summary".
- "Postseason Awards: 1997". WNBA.com.
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