From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base
2001 Orlando Miracle season
Sunshine Network
The 2001 WNBA season was their third in the league. The Miracle missed the playoffs for the second time in franchise history. The Miracle also hosted the 2001 WNBA All-Star Game.
Transactions
WNBA draft
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | Katie Douglas | Purdue | |
| 2 | 26 | Brooke Wyckoff | Florida State | |
| 3 | 42 | Jaclyn Johnson | Kansas | |
| 4 | 58 | Anne Thorius | Michigan |
Transactions
| Date | Transaction |
|---|---|
| April 20, 2001 | Drafted Katie Douglas, Brooke Wyckoff, Jaclyn Johnson and Anne Thorius in the [2001 WNBA draft](2001-wnba-draft) |
| April 30, 2001 | Signed Denique Graves, Nakia Sanford, Nyree Roberts, Shaka Massey, Shawnetta Stewart, Tauja Catchings and Tawona Alhaleem |
| May 1, 2001 | Waived Tauja Catchings |
| May 3, 2001 | Waived Nakia Sanford |
| Signed LaCharlotte Smith and Tora Suber | |
| May 4, 2001 | Waived Shawnetta Stewart |
| May 14, 2001 | Waived LaCharlotte Smith, Shaka Massey and Tora Suber |
| May 21, 2001 | Waived Jannon Roland |
| May 22, 2001 | Waived Andrea Congreaves |
| May 26, 2001 | Waived Anne Thorius, Denique Graves and Romana Hamzová |
Roster
Schedule
Regular season
|- | 1 | June 1 | Los Angeles | L 62–68 | Nykesha Sales (20) | McWilliams-Franklin Sales (6) | Katie Douglas Sales (3) | TD Waterhouse Centre
| 0–1 |
|---|
| 2 |
| June 5 |
| @ Detroit |
| W 92–71 |
| Nykesha Sales (19) |
| Taj McWilliams-Franklin (12) |
| Nykesha Sales (5) |
| The Palace of Auburn Hills |
| 1–1 |
| - |
| 3 |
| June 7 |
| @ Utah |
| L 79–82 |
| Taj McWilliams-Franklin (19) |
| Hicks |
| McWilliams-Franklin (6) |
| Elaine Powell (6) |
| Delta Center |
| 1–2 |
| - |
| 4 |
| June 9 |
| Charlotte |
| L 79–86 |
| Taj McWilliams-Franklin (23) |
| Elaine Powell (9) |
| Elaine Powell (8) |
| TD Waterhouse Centre |
| 1–3 |
| - |
| 5 |
| June 12 |
| @ Seattle |
| L 63–70 |
| Taj McWilliams-Franklin (14) |
| Taj McWilliams-Franklin (7) |
| Douglas |
| McWilliams-Franklin |
| Sales (3) |
| KeyArena |
| 1–4 |
| - |
| 6 |
| June 14 |
| @ Los Angeles |
| L 68–84 |
| Elaine Powell (16) |
| Taj McWilliams-Franklin (12) |
| Douglas |
| McWilliams-Franklin (3) |
| Staples Center |
| 1–5 |
| - |
| 7 |
| June 16 |
| @ Phoenix |
| L 68–72 |
| Nykesha Sales (14) |
| Taj McWilliams-Franklin (10) |
| Tiffany McCain (5) |
| America West Arena |
| 1–6 |
| - |
| 8 |
| June 18 |
| @ Indiana |
| W 72–65 |
| Nykesha Sales (20) |
| Taj McWilliams-Franklin (9) |
| McWilliams-Franklin |
| Powell (4) |
| Conseco Fieldhouse |
| 2–6 |
| - |
| 9 |
| June 23 |
| Washington |
| W 67–59 |
| Nykesha Sales (21) |
| Nykesha Sales (8) |
| S. Johnson |
| Wyckoff (4) |
| TD Waterhouse Centre |
| 3–6 |
| - |
| 10 |
| June 25 |
| New York |
| W 67–54 |
| Nykesha Sales (18) |
| Sales |
| McWilliams-Franklin (9) |
| Jessie Hicks (5) |
| TD Waterhouse Centre |
| 4–6 |
| - |
| 11 |
| June 27 |
| Cleveland |
| L 41–65 |
| Brooke Wyckoff (8) |
| S. Johnson |
| Sales |
| Wyckoff (5) |
| McWilliams-Franklin |
| Sales (2) |
| TD Waterhouse Centre |
| 4–7 |
| - |
| 12 |
| June 30 |
| @ New York |
| L 60–72 |
| McWilliams-Franklin |
| Sales (14) |
| Taj McWilliams-Franklin (9) |
| Sales |
| Powell (3) |
| Madison Square Garden |
| 4–8 |
| - |
| 13 |
| July 1 |
| @ Washington |
| L 64–76 |
| S. Johnson |
| Sales (14) |
| Taj McWilliams-Franklin (8) |
| Tiffany McCain (3) |
| MCI Center |
| 4–9 |
| - |
| 14 |
| July 6 |
| Sacramento |
| L 68–75 |
| Nykesha Sales (16) |
| McWilliams-Franklin |
| Powell (8) |
| Taj McWilliams-Franklin (4) |
| TD Waterhouse Centre |
| 4–10 |
| - |
| 15 |
| July 8 |
| Detroit |
| W 73–67 |
| S. Johnson |
| McWilliams-Franklin (19) |
| Taj McWilliams-Franklin (10) |
| Elaine Powell (3) |
| TD Waterhouse Centre |
| 5–10 |
| - |
| 16 |
| July 10 |
| Miami |
| L 63–65 (OT) |
| S. Johnson |
| Sales (15) |
| McWilliams-Franklin |
| Wyckoff (7) |
| McWilliams-Franklin |
| Powell (3) |
| TD Waterhouse Centre |
| 5–11 |
| - |
| 17 |
| July 12 |
| @ Charlotte |
| W 72–69 |
| S. Johnson |
| Sales (18) |
| McWilliams-Franklin |
| Sales (10) |
| Ahlaheem |
| McWilliams-Franklin (3) |
| Charlotte Coliseum |
| 6–11 |
| - |
| 18 |
| July 13 |
| @ Indiana |
| L 60–74 |
| Shannon Johnson (21) |
| Taj McWilliams-Franklin (7) |
| Shannon Johnson (3) |
| Conseco Fieldhouse |
| 6–12 |
| - |
| 19 |
| July 18 |
| Houston |
| W 57–52 |
| Taj McWilliams-Franklin (16) |
| Taj McWilliams-Franklin (13) |
| Shannon Johnson (6) |
| TD Waterhouse Centre |
| 7–12 |
| - |
| 20 |
| July 20 |
| @ Charlotte |
| L 65–72 |
| Taj McWilliams-Franklin (19) |
| Nykesha Sales (7) |
| Shannon Johnson (5) |
| Charlotte Coliseum |
| 7–13 |
| - |
| 21 |
| July 21 |
| Minnesota |
| W 71–49 |
| Nykesha Sales (15) |
| Nykesha Sales (10) |
| Elaine Powell (5) |
| TD Waterhouse Centre |
| 8–13 |
| - |
| 22 |
| July 24 |
| Washington |
| W 71–63 |
| Nykesha Sales (20) |
| Taj McWilliams-Franklin (13) |
| Shannon Johnson (5) |
| TD Waterhouse Centre |
| 9–13 |
| - |
| 23 |
| July 27 |
| @ Miami |
| L 63–71 (OT) |
| Shannon Johnson (14) |
| Nykesha Sales (8) |
| Elaine Powell (5) |
| American Airlines Arena |
| 9–14 |
| - |
| 24 |
| July 29 |
| @ Detroit |
| L 62–64 |
| Hicks |
| McWilliams-Franklin (15) |
| Taj McWilliams-Franklin (12) |
| Elaine Powell (5) |
| The Palace of Auburn Hills |
| 9–15 |
| - |
| 25 |
| July 30 |
| @ Cleveland |
| L 47–65 |
| Nykesha Sales (15) |
| Brooke Wyckoff (9) |
| Elaine Powell (2) |
| Gund Arena |
| 9–16 |
| - |
| 26 |
| August 1 |
| Portland |
| W 65–63 |
| Nykesha Sales (21) |
| Shannon Johnson (9) |
| Shannon Johnson (5) |
| TD Waterhouse Centre |
| 10–16 |
| - |
| 27 |
| August 3 |
| @ Houston |
| L 60–72 |
| Taj McWilliams-Franklin (17) |
| Taj McWilliams-Franklin (8) |
| Elaine Powell (3) |
| Compaq Center |
| 10–17 |
| - |
| 28 |
| August 5 |
| Phoenix |
| W 79–68 |
| Shannon Johnson (25) |
| Taj McWilliams-Franklin (8) |
| S. Johnson |
| Powell (6) |
| TD Waterhouse Centre |
| 11–17 |
| - |
| 29 |
| August 7 |
| Cleveland |
| W 74–67 |
| Douglas |
| Powell (16) |
| Shannon Johnson (6) |
| Shannon Johnson (6) |
| TD Waterhouse Centre |
| 12–17 |
| - |
| 30 |
| August 10 |
| @ New York |
| L 67–77 |
| Nykesha Sales (21) |
| Nykesha Sales (9) |
| Katie Douglas (5) |
| Madison Square Garden |
| 12–18 |
| - |
| 31 |
| August 11 |
| Miami |
| L 64–75 |
| Shannon Johnson (16) |
| Elaine Powell (7) |
| Nykesha Sales (5) |
| TD Waterhouse Centre |
| 12–19 |
| - |
| 32 |
| August 14 |
| Indiana |
| W 78–72 |
| Katie Douglas (18) |
| Jessie Hicks (8) |
| Elaine Powell (4) |
| TD Waterhouse Centre |
| 13–19 |
Season standings
Statistics
Regular season
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taj McWilliams-Franklin | 32 | 32 | 33.1 | .474 | .200 | .744 | 7.6 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 12.6 |
| Elaine Powell | 32 | 32 | 33.0 | .402 | .382 | .755 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 11.2 |
| Nykesha Sales | 32 | 31 | 32.5 | .438 | .314 | .784 | 5.4 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 13.5 |
| Shannon Johnson | 26 | 22 | 30.2 | .367 | .365 | .757 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 11.6 |
| Brooke Wyckoff | 32 | 27 | 20.3 | .328 | .162 | .714 | 3.8 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 3.4 |
| Katie Douglas | 22 | 0 | 20.0 | .362 | .316 | .723 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 7.0 |
| Jessie Hicks | 32 | 5 | 14.3 | .389 | N/A | .652 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 5.3 |
| Tiffany McCain | 32 | 9 | 13.8 | .321 | .313 | .667 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 3.0 |
| Tawona Alhaleem | 26 | 1 | 9.7 | .328 | .364 | .500 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.9 |
| Jaclyn Johnson | 17 | 1 | 8.2 | .560 | .429 | .800 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 2.1 |
| Cíntia dos Santos | 10 | 0 | 6.5 | .368 | N/A | .833 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.9 |
| Carla McGhee | 17 | 0 | 4.2 | .250 | N/A | .500 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 |
‡Waived/Released during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season
Awards and honors
- Taj McWilliams-Franklin and Nykesha Sales were named to the WNBA All-Star team.
- Adrienne Johnson received the Hometown Hero Award.
References
References
Info: Wikipedia Source
This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.
Ask Mako anything about 2001 Orlando Miracle season — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.
Research with MakoFree with your Surf account
Create a free account to save articles, ask Mako questions, and organize your research.
Sign up free
Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.
Report