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2001 Houston Comets season
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The 2001 WNBA season was the fifth season for the Houston Comets. The team advanced to the WNBA Playoffs, but failed to win a fifth consecutive championship.
Transactions
WNBA draft
| Houston Comets}}" width="2%" | Round | Houston Comets}}" width="5%" | Pick | Houston Comets}}" width="10%" | Player | Houston Comets}}" width="10%" | Nationality | Houston Comets}}" width="10%" | School/Team/Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 | Amanda Lassiter | Missouri | ||||||
| 2 | 31 | Tynesha Lewis | NC State | ||||||
| 3 | 33 | ShaRae Mansfield | Western Kentucky | ||||||
| 3 | 47 | Shala Crawford | Life | ||||||
| 4 | 63 | Kristen Clement | Tennessee |
Transactions
| Houston Comets}}" width=125" | Date | Houston Comets}}" colspan="2" | Transaction |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 20, 2001 | Drafted Amanda Lassiter, Tynesha Lewis, ShaRae Mansfield, Shala Crawford and Kristen Clement in the [2001 WNBA draft](2001-wnba-draft) | ||
| April 23, 2001 | Traded Jennifer Rizzotti to the Detroit Shock in exchange for Anna DeForge | ||
| April 30, 2001 | Signed Daliborka Vilipić, Pietra Gay and Trisha Stafford-Odom | ||
| May 8, 2001 | Waived Pietra Gay and Shala Crawford | ||
| Signed Angela Aycock and Franthea Price | |||
| May 10, 2001 | Waived Anna DeForge | ||
| May 11, 2001 | Waived Franthea Price | ||
| May 14, 2001 | Waived ShaRae Mansfield | ||
| May 25, 2001 | Waived Kristen Clement | ||
| May 27, 2001 | Suspended contracts of Angela Aycock, Daliborka Vilipić, Natalya Zasulskaya and Polina Tzekova | ||
| June 6, 2001 | Waived Angela Aycock | ||
| June 8, 2001 | Waived Daliborka Vilipić |
Roster
Schedule
Regular season
|- | 1 | May 28 | Los Angeles | L 63–66 | Tina Thompson (23) | Janeth Arcain (6) | Janeth Arcain (4) | Compaq Center
| 0–1 |
|---|
| 2 |
| May 31 |
| @ Indiana |
| W 82–78 |
| Arcain |
| Thompson (26) |
| Janeth Arcain (7) |
| Coquese Washington (6) |
| Conseco Fieldhouse |
| 1–1 |
| - |
| 3 |
| June 2 |
| @ Detroit |
| W 74–73 |
| Tina Thompson (28) |
| Tina Thompson (11) |
| Arcain Gibson |
| Thompson |
| Washington (2) |
| The Palace of Auburn Hills |
| 2–1 |
| - |
| 4 |
| June 5 |
| @ Utah |
| W 72–68 |
| Janeth Arcain (27) |
| Tina Thompson (10) |
| Amanda Lassiter (6) |
| Delta Center |
| 3–1 |
| - |
| 5 |
| June 7 |
| Detroit |
| W 87–66 |
| Janeth Arcain (27) |
| Tina Thompson (12) |
| Janeth Arcain (5) |
| Compaq Center |
| 4–1 |
| - |
| 6 |
| June 10 |
| @ Phoenix |
| W 60–58 |
| Tina Thompson (22) |
| Tina Thompson (10) |
| Coquese Washington (5) |
| America West Arena |
| 5–1 |
| - |
| 7 |
| June 21 |
| Los Angeles |
| W 69–65 |
| Tina Thompson (29) |
| Tammy Jackson (7) |
| Arcain |
| Washington (5) |
| Compaq Center |
| 6–1 |
| - |
| 8 |
| June 23 |
| Sacramento |
| W 70–56 |
| Tina Thompson (21) |
| Tina Thompson (9) |
| Coquese Washington (5) |
| Compaq Center |
| 7–1 |
| - |
| 9 |
| June 24 |
| Portland |
| W 67–57 |
| Arcain |
| Thompson (22) |
| Tina Thompson (7) |
| Coquese Washington (3) |
| Compaq Center |
| 8–1 |
| - |
| 10 |
| June 27 |
| Washington |
| W 76–63 |
| Tina Thompson (24) |
| Tina Thompson (8) |
| Coquese Washington (5) |
| Compaq Center |
| 9–1 |
| - |
| 11 |
| June 28 |
| @ Sacramento |
| L 54–64 |
| Tina Thompson (24) |
| Coquese Washington (8) |
| Coquese Washington (5) |
| ARCO Arena |
| 9–2 |
| - |
| 12 |
| June 30 |
| @ Minnesota |
| W 59–52 |
| Tina Thompson (17) |
| Tina Thompson (10) |
| Arcain |
| Thompson |
| Washington (4) |
| Target Center |
| 10–2 |
| - |
| 13 |
| July 2 |
| Portland |
| W 74–67 |
| Tina Thompson (29) |
| Tina Thompson (12) |
| Tammy Jackson (4) |
| Compaq Center |
| 11–2 |
| - |
| 14 |
| July 6 |
| Indiana |
| W 79–64 |
| Janeth Arcain (17) |
| Arcain |
| Johnson (7) |
| Coquese Washington (5) |
| Compaq Center |
| 12–2 |
| - |
| 15 |
| July 8 |
| Cleveland |
| L 53–63 |
| Tina Thompson (19) |
| Lassiter |
| Washington (5) |
| Coquese Washington (6) |
| Compaq Center |
| 12–3 |
| - |
| 16 |
| July 10 |
| @ Sacramento |
| L 76–78 (2OT) |
| Tina Thompson (26) |
| Amanda Lassiter (13) |
| Janeth Arcain (6) |
| ARCO Arena |
| 12–4 |
| - |
| 17 |
| July 12 |
| @ Portland |
| W 71–57 |
| Arcain |
| Thompson (22) |
| Tynesha Lewis (8) |
| Janeth Arcain (9) |
| Rose Garden |
| 13–4 |
| - |
| 18 |
| July 13 |
| @ Seattle |
| W 58–55 |
| Tina Thompson (22) |
| Tina Thompson (9) |
| Janeth Arcain (4) |
| KeyArena |
| 14–4 |
| - |
| 19 |
| July 18 |
| @ Orlando |
| L 52–57 |
| Janeth Arcain (17) |
| Tina Thompson (12) |
| Coquese Washington (4) |
| TD Waterhouse Centre |
| 14–5 |
| - |
| 20 |
| July 20 |
| @ Miami |
| L 50–64 |
| Tammy Jackson (18) |
| Nekeshia Henderson (5) |
| Arcain |
| Lassiter |
| Shakirova (2) |
| American Airlines Arena |
| 14–6 |
| - |
| 21 |
| July 23 |
| @ Minnesota |
| W 51–46 |
| Tina Thompson (24) |
| Tina Thompson (10) |
| Coquese Washington (6) |
| Target Center |
| 15–6 |
| - |
| 22 |
| July 24 |
| Utah |
| L 67–76 |
| Janeth Arcain (29) |
| Janeth Arcain (8) |
| Coquese Washington (4) |
| Compaq Center |
| 15–7 |
| - |
| 23 |
| July 28 |
| New York |
| L 61–64 |
| Janeth Arcain (19) |
| Tina Thompson (9) |
| Coquese Washington (5) |
| Compaq Center |
| 15–8 |
| - |
| 24 |
| July 30 |
| Seattle |
| W 55–51 |
| Janeth Arcain (16) |
| Tina Thompson (11) |
| Tina Thompson (4) |
| Compaq Center |
| 16–8 |
| - |
| 25 |
| August 1 |
| Utah |
| L 63–71 |
| Janeth Arcain (18) |
| Tiffani Johnson (10) |
| Janeth Arcain (4) |
| Compaq Center |
| 16–9 |
| - |
| 26 |
| August 3 |
| Orlando |
| W 72–60 |
| Janeth Arcain (18) |
| Tina Thompson (11) |
| Coquese Washington (6) |
| Compaq Center |
| 17–9 |
| - |
| 27 |
| August 4 |
| @ Charlotte |
| L 49–54 |
| Janeth Arcain (20) |
| Tammy Jackson (9) |
| Coquese Washington (2) |
| Charlotte Coliseum |
| 17–10 |
| - |
| 28 |
| August 6 |
| Phoenix |
| W 62–48 |
| Janeth Arcain (18) |
| Tina Thompson (7) |
| Janeth Arcain (5) |
| Compaq Center |
| 18–10 |
| - |
| 29 |
| August 8 |
| @ Seattle |
| L 55–72 |
| Janeth Arcain (24) |
| Trisha Stafford-Odom (12) |
| Coquese Washington (4) |
| KeyArena |
| 18–11 |
| - |
| 30 |
| August 11 |
| @ Los Angeles |
| L 54–65 |
| Janeth Arcain (20) |
| Tina Thompson (6) |
| Thompson |
| Washington (5) |
| Staples Center |
| 18–12 |
| - |
| 31 |
| August 13 |
| Minnesota |
| W 74–60 |
| Arcain |
| Thompson (17) |
| Trisha Stafford-Odom (9) |
| Janeth Arcain (3) |
| Compaq Center |
| 19–12 |
| - |
| 32 |
| August 14 |
| @ Phoenix |
| L 38–56 |
| Elena Tornikidou (16) |
| Wendy Palmer (5) |
| Edwina Brown (7) |
| America West Arena |
| 19–13 |
Playoffs
|- | 1 | August 18 | Los Angeles | L 59–64 | Amanda Lassiter (17) | Tiffani Johnson (12) | Tina Thompson (5) | Compaq Center
| 0–1 |
|---|
| 2 |
| August 20 |
| @ Los Angeles |
| L 58–70 |
| Janeth Arcain (18) |
| Coquese Washington (7) |
| Coquese Washington (3) |
| Staples Center |
| 0–2 |
Season standings
Statistics
Regular season
| Houston Comets}}" width="6%" | Player | Houston Comets}}" width="6%" | GP | Houston Comets}}" width="6%" | GS | Houston Comets}}" width="6%" | MPG | Houston Comets}}" width="6%" | FG% | Houston Comets}}" width="6%" | 3P% | Houston Comets}}" width="6%" | FT% | Houston Comets}}" width="6%" | RPG | Houston Comets}}" width="5%" | APG | Houston Comets}}" width="6%" | SPG | Houston Comets}}" width="6%" | BPG | Houston Comets}}" width="6%" | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tina Thompson | 30 | 30 | 36.7 | .377 | .293 | .840 | 7.8 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 19.3 | ||||||||||||
| Janeth Arcain | 32 | 32 | 36.1 | .426 | .333 | .900 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 18.5 | ||||||||||||
| Coquese Washington | 32 | 32 | 31.7 | .356 | .358 | .636 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 5.3 | ||||||||||||
| Tiffani Johnson | 32 | 28 | 21.0 | .449 | N/A | .857 | 4.3 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 4.6 | ||||||||||||
| Amanda Lassiter | 32 | 18 | 19.2 | .367 | .388 | .667 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 4.3 | ||||||||||||
| Tynesha Lewis | 29 | 4 | 14.4 | .424 | .400 | .647 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 3.3 | ||||||||||||
| Tammy Jackson | 32 | 4 | 13.8 | .500 | N/A | .450 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 3.3 | ||||||||||||
| Trisha Stafford-Odom | 30 | 4 | 12.2 | .368 | .000 | .673 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 3.8 | ||||||||||||
| Kelley Gibson | 28 | 6 | 10.3 | .228 | .143 | .682 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.6 | ||||||||||||
| Nekeshia Henderson | 23 | 0 | 7.8 | .237 | .273 | .286 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.1 | ||||||||||||
| Elena Shakirova | 26 | 2 | 7.8 | .316 | .000 | .609 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.5 |
‡Waived/Released during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season
References
References
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