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2001 Minnesota Lynx season
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The 2001 Minnesota Lynx season was the 3rd season for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association, and the third season under head coach Brian Agler.
The season tipped-off on May 31, 2001 against the Fire.
The Lynx failed to improve or match their 15-17 records from the last two seasons, and they missed the playoffs for the third consecutive season.
Transactions
WNBA draft
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Svetlana Abrosimova | UConn | |
| 2 | 23 | Erin Buescher | Master's | |
| 2 | 28 | Janell Burse | Tulane | |
| 3 | 39 | Tombi Bell | Miami | |
| 4 | 55 | Megan Taylor | Iowa State |
Transactions
| Date | Transaction |
|---|---|
| February 20, 2001 | Traded Kristin Folkl and a [2001](2001-wnba-draft) 2nd Round Pick to the Portland Fire in exchange for Lynn Pride and Michele Van Gorp |
| April 17, 2001 | Traded Annie La Fleur to the Washington Mystics in exchange for [2001](2001-wnba-draft) 2nd Round Pick |
| April 20, 2001 | Drafted Svetlana Abrosimova, Erin Buescher, Janell Burse, Tombi Bell and Megan Taylor in the [2001 WNBA draft](2001-wnba-draft) |
| Traded a [2002](2002-wnba-draft) 2nd Round Pick to the Detroit Shock in exchange for Val Whiting-Raymond | |
| Traded Marla Brumfield to the Miami Sol in exchange for Georgia Schweitzer | |
| April 25, 2001 | Waived Angela Aycock |
| May 7, 2001 | Waived Angie Potthoff and Tombi Bell |
| May 25, 2001 | Waived Keitha Dickerson and Megan Taylor |
| May 27, 2001 | Waived Andrea Lloyd-Curry and Sonja Tate |
Roster
Schedule
Regular season
|- | 1 | May 31 | @ Portland | W 82–65 | Katie Smith (31) | Lynn Pride (7) | Kristi Harrower (3) | Rose Garden
| 1–0 |
|---|
| 2 |
| June 2 |
| Phoenix |
| L 80–89 |
| Katie Smith (22) |
| Betty Lennox (8) |
| Kate Paye (8) |
| Target Center |
| 1–1 |
| - |
| 3 |
| June 9 |
| Los Angeles |
| L 60–62 |
| Katie Smith (24) |
| Betty Lennox (11) |
| Paye |
| Smith (4) |
| Target Center |
| 1–2 |
| - |
| 4 |
| June 12 |
| Indiana |
| L 60–65 |
| Smith |
| Whiting-Raymond (13) |
| Val Whiting-Raymond (9) |
| Kristi Harrower (4) |
| Target Center |
| 1–3 |
| - |
| 5 |
| June 16 |
| @ Indiana |
| L 67–68 (OT) |
| Katie Smith (22) |
| Betty Lennox (8) |
| Kate Paye (4) |
| Conseco Fieldhouse |
| 1–4 |
| - |
| 6 |
| June 17 |
| @ Detroit |
| W 71–63 |
| Katie Smith (40) |
| Betty Lennox (10) |
| Kate Paye (4) |
| The Palace of Auburn Hills |
| 2–4 |
| - |
| 7 |
| June 22 |
| Miami |
| W 63–57 |
| Katie Smith (26) |
| Erin Buescher (9) |
| Kate Paye (6) |
| Target Center |
| 3–4 |
| - |
| 8 |
| June 23 |
| @ Utah |
| L 80–87 |
| Katie Smith (27) |
| Svetlana Abrosimova (8) |
| Kate Paye (4) |
| Delta Center |
| 3–5 |
| - |
| 9 |
| June 25 |
| @ Washington |
| W 55–51 |
| Katie Smith (22) |
| Svetlana Abrosimova (10) |
| Paye |
| Stires (3) |
| MCI Center |
| 4–5 |
| - |
| 10 |
| June 28 |
| Seattle |
| W 68–59 |
| Katie Smith (26) |
| Svetlana Abrosimova (9) |
| Kate Paye (8) |
| Target Center |
| 5–5 |
| - |
| 11 |
| June 30 |
| Houston |
| L 52–59 |
| Katie Smith (18) |
| Abrosimova |
| Paye (5) |
| Kate Paye (5) |
| Target Center |
| 5–6 |
| - |
| 12 |
| July 1 |
| @ Cleveland |
| L 47–52 |
| Katie Smith (17) |
| Buescher |
| Paye (6) |
| Erin Buescher (4) |
| Gund Arena |
| 5–7 |
| - |
| 13 |
| July 3 |
| Sacramento |
| L 52–91 |
| Katie Smith (18) |
| Martin |
| Pride (5) |
| Erin Buescher (4) |
| Target Center |
| 5–8 |
| - |
| 14 |
| July 6 |
| New York |
| L 57–70 |
| Katie Smith (27) |
| Maylana Martin (7) |
| Kate Paye (4) |
| Target Center |
| 5–9 |
| - |
| 15 |
| July 8 |
| @ Los Angeles |
| L 95–100 |
| Katie Smith (46) |
| Buescher |
| Martin |
| Pride (5) |
| Katie Smith (4) |
| Staples Center |
| 5–10 |
| - |
| 16 |
| July 10 |
| Portland |
| W 73–52 |
| Katie Smith (28) |
| Abrosimova |
| Buescher (7) |
| Buescher |
| Paye |
| Smith (4) |
| Target Center |
| 6–10 |
| - |
| 17 |
| July 13 |
| @ New York |
| L 64–67 (OT) |
| Katie Smith (23) |
| Maylana Martin (9) |
| Georgia Schweitzer (4) |
| Madison Square Garden |
| 6–11 |
| - |
| 18 |
| July 14 |
| Phoenix |
| L 67–80 |
| Katie Smith (27) |
| Svetlana Abrosimova (6) |
| Kate Paye (5) |
| Target Center |
| 6–12 |
| - |
| 19 |
| July 18 |
| Seattle |
| W 68–58 |
| Svetlana Abrosimova (21) |
| Abrosimova |
| Buescher |
| Paye |
| Smith (5) |
| Katie Smith (8) |
| Target Center |
| 7–12 |
| - |
| 20 |
| July 21 |
| @ Orlando |
| L 49–71 |
| Svetlana Abrosimova (27) |
| Lynn Pride (7) |
| Abrosimova |
| Buescher |
| Paye (2) |
| TD Waterhouse Centre |
| 7–13 |
| - |
| 21 |
| July 23 |
| Houston |
| L 46–51 |
| Svetlana Abrosimova (20) |
| Svetlana Abrosimova (11) |
| Abrosimova |
| Buescher (4) |
| Target Center |
| 7–14 |
| - |
| 22 |
| July 27 |
| Washington |
| L 60–62 |
| Katie Smith (22) |
| Buescher |
| Pride (8) |
| Erin Buescher (3) |
| Target Center |
| 7–15 |
| - |
| 23 |
| July 28 |
| @ Utah |
| L 60–68 (OT) |
| Katie Smith (30) |
| Abrosimova |
| Buescher (9) |
| Abrosimova |
| Smith (2) |
| Delta Center |
| 7–16 |
| - |
| 24 |
| July 30 |
| @ Los Angeles |
| L 69–78 |
| Svetlana Abrosimova (27) |
| Svetlana Abrosimova (10) |
| Paye |
| Schweitzer |
| Van Gorp (4) |
| Staples Center |
| 7–17 |
| - |
| 25 |
| August 1 |
| @ Phoenix |
| W 68–63 |
| Katie Smith (36) |
| Lynn Pride (7) |
| Abrosimova |
| Paye (4) |
| America West Arena |
| 8–17 |
| - |
| 26 |
| August 3 |
| Charlotte |
| L 64–72 |
| Katie Smith (21) |
| Janell Burse (5) |
| Svetlana Abrosimova (4) |
| Target Center |
| 8–18 |
| - |
| 27 |
| August 5 |
| Sacramento |
| W 79–76 (OT) |
| Svetlana Abrosimova (21) |
| Svetlana Abrosimova (15) |
| Georgia Schweitzer (6) |
| American Airlines Arena |
| 9–18 |
| - |
| 28 |
| August 7 |
| @ Sacramento |
| L 59–76 |
| Svetlana Abrosimova (16) |
| Abrosimova |
| Pride (7) |
| Svetlana Abrosimova (5) |
| ARCO Arena |
| 9–19 |
| - |
| 29 |
| August 8 |
| @ Portland |
| W 70–58 |
| Katie Smith (27) |
| Abrosimova |
| Smith (10) |
| Kate Paye (4) |
| Rose Garden |
| 10–19 |
| - |
| 30 |
| August 10 |
| @ Seattle |
| W 65–51 |
| Katie Smith (22) |
| Svetlana Abrosimova (13) |
| Abrosimova |
| Pride (4) |
| KeyArena |
| 11–19 |
| - |
| 31 |
| August 12 |
| Utah |
| W 69–62 |
| Betty Lennox (18) |
| Svetlana Abrosimova (12) |
| Katie Smith (5) |
| Target Center |
| 12–19 |
| - |
| 32 |
| August 14 |
| Houston |
| L 60–74 |
| Katie Smith (29) |
| Georgia Schweitzer (6) |
| Abrosimova |
| Van Gorp (3) |
| Compaq Center |
| 12–20 |
Season standings
Statistics
Regular season
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Katie Smith | 32 | 32 | 38.6 | .393 | .354 | .895 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 23.1 |
| Svetlana Abrosimova | 26 | 23 | 32.5 | .391 | .260 | .727 | 6.7 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 13.3 |
| Erin Buescher | 32 | 19 | 22.7 | .348 | .276 | .618 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 5.7 |
| Lynn Pride | 32 | 14 | 22.3 | .391 | .250 | .600 | 4.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 5.3 |
| Betty Lennox | 11 | 7 | 21.9 | .373 | .385 | .950 | 4.9 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 11.0 |
| Kate Paye | 32 | 16 | 20.4 | .385 | .357 | .688 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 2.8 |
| Kristi Harrower | 4 | 1 | 18.0 | .467 | .500 | 1.000 | 1.0 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 5.3 |
| Val Whiting-Raymond | 26 | 15 | 17.8 | ,267 | .000 | .741 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 3.4 |
| Georgia Schweitzer | 24 | 8 | 17.6 | .314 | .167 | .765 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 3.5 |
| Maylana Martin | 31 | 12 | 15.9 | .340 | .333 | .613 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 3.1 |
| Shanele Stires | 18 | 5 | 11.2 | .377 | .240 | .714 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 2.8 |
| Michele Van Gorp | 22 | 8 | 11.0 | .375 | .000 | .550 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.9 |
| Janell Burse | 20 | 0 | 8.5 | .333 | .000 | .750 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 2.4 |
‡Waived/Released during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season
References
References
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