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2002 Houston Comets season

The 2002 WNBA season was the sixth season for the Houston Comets. They made their best record in two years at 24–8. Despite with that, they eventually lost in the first round to the Utah Starzz.

Transactions

WNBA draft

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110Michelle SnowTennessee
342Shondra JohnsonAlabama
458Cori EnghusenStanford

Transactions

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April 3, 2002Traded a [2002](2002-wnba-draft) 2nd Round Pick to the New York Liberty in exchange for Rebecca Lobo
April 19, 2002Drafted Michelle Snow, Shondra Johnson and Cori Enghusen in the [2002 WNBA draft](2002-wnba-draft)
April 23, 2002Traded Shondra Johnson and a [2003](2003-wnba-draft) 2nd Round Pick to the New York Liberty in exchange for Grace Daley
May 8, 2002Waived Niesa Johnson and Tora Suber
May 21, 2002Waived Larecha Jones
May 22, 2002Waived Nekeshia Henderson
Signed Anna DeForge
May 24, 2002Waived Anna DeForge and Cori Enghusen
Suspended contract of Elena Shakirova
June 17, 2002Traded Amanda Lassiter to the Seattle Storm in exchange for Sonja Henning
Traded Elena Shakirova to the Charlotte Sting in exchange for a [2003](2003-wnba-draft) 3rd Round Pick
June 20, 2002Waived Amaya Valdemoro
July 22, 2002Traded Coquese Washington to the Indiana Fever in exchange for Rita Williams

Roster

Schedule

Regular season

|- | 1 | May 27 | Los Angeles | L 55–68 | Sheryl Swoopes (15) | Tina Thompson (8) | Sheryl Swoopes (6) | Compaq Center

0–1
2
May 29
Phoenix
W 61–56
Sheryl Swoopes (20)
Tina Thompson (12)
Tina Thompson (6)
Compaq Center
1–1
-
3
June 1
@ Cleveland
W 69–65 (OT)
Tina Thompson (26)
Johnson
Thompson (8)
Sheryl Swoopes (8)
Gund Arena
2–1
-
4
June 3
@ Charlotte
L 52–67
Sheryl Swoopes (17)
Johnson
Snow (6)
Janeth Arcain (5)
Charlotte Coliseum
2–2
-
5
June 5
@ Indiana
W 56–45
Tina Thompson (20)
Arcain
Johnson
Thompson (8)
Swoopes
Thompson (6)
Conseco Fieldhouse
3–2
-
6
June 9
Sacramento
W 75–62
Tina Thompson (23)
Tina Thompson (13)
Daley
Swoopes
Thompson (3)
Compaq Center
4–2
-
7
June 11
Charlotte
W 78–66
Sheryl Swoopes (25)
Sheryl Swoopes (8)
Sheryl Swoopes (6)
Compaq Center
5–2
-
8
June 13
@ Washington
L 64–70
Tina Thompson (18)
Swoopes
Thompson (7)
Sheryl Swoopes (5)
MCI Center
5–3
-
9
June 15
Minnesota
W 51–50
Kelley Gibson (13)
Tina Thompson (11)
Tynesha Lewis (4)
Compaq Center
6–3
-
10
June 18
@ Miami
W 53–46
Sheryl Swoopes (16)
Snow
Thompson (7)
Sheryl Swoopes (4)
American Airlines Arena
7–3
-
11
June 21
Phoenix
W 61–59
Sheryl Swoopes (27)
Tina Thompson (10)
Janeth Arcain (6)
Compaq Center
8–3
-
12
June 23
@ Portland
W 71–58
Tina Thompson (31)
Tina Thompson (6)
Sheryl Swoopes (5)
Rose Garden
9–3
-
13
June 25
@ Minnesota
W 73–55
Swoopes
Thompson (18)
Tina Thompson (7)
Janeth Arcain (7)
Target Center
10–3
-
14
June 28
Utah
W 73–57
Sheryl Swoopes (27)
Arcain
Johnson (7)
Janeth Arcain (5)
Compaq Center
11–3
-
15
June 30
@ Los Angeles
W 60–58
Sheryl Swoopes (20)
Tiffani Johnson (14)
Arcain
Henning
Swoopes
Thompson (2)
Staples Center
12–3
-
16
July 3
@ Utah
W 78–67
Janeth Arcain (23)
Tina Thompson (9)
Janeth Arcain (6)
Delta Center
13–3
-
17
July 6
Detroit
W 61–40
Tina Thompson (19)
Tina Thompson (9)
Sheryl Swoopes (5)
Compaq Center
14–3
-
18
July 9
Seattle
W 67–59
Sheryl Swoopes (24)
Tina Thompson (13)
Coquese Washington (5)
Compaq Center
15–3
-
19
July 11
@ Phoenix
L 52–58
Sheryl Swoopes (20)
Sheryl Swoopes (8)
Sheryl Swoopes (4)
America West Arena
15–4
-
20
July 12
@ Washington
W 74–60
Sheryl Swoopes (15)
Tina Thompson (7)
Janeth Arcain (6)
MCI Center
16–4
-
21
July 17
@ Utah
L 67–75
Janeth Arcain (17)
Michelle Snow (8)
Janeth Arcain (4)
Delta Center
16–5
-
22
July 19
@ Portland
L 60–70
Swoopes
Thompson (22)
Michelle Snow (9)
Arcain
Swoopes (3)
Rose Garden
16–6
-
23
July 20
@ Seattle
W 56–54
Tina Thompson (18)
Tina Thompson (10)
Janeth Arcain (6)
KeyArena
17–6
-
24
July 23
Seattle
W 74–66
Sheryl Swoopes (19)
Michelle Snow (9)
Sheryl Swoopes (10)
Compaq Center
18–6
-
25
July 25
Miami
W 69–60
Janeth Arcain (22)
Tina Thompson (8)
Sheryl Swoopes (4)
Compaq Center
19–6
-
26
July 28
@ New York
L 56–62
Sheryl Swoopes (23)
Tina Thompson (5)
Tina Thompson (3)
Madison Square Garden
19–7
-
27
July 30
Portland
W 89–59
Tina Thompson (19)
Snow
Swoopes (7)
Sonja Henning (4)
Compaq Center
20–7
-
28
August 3
Orlando
W 69–62
Sheryl Swoopes (25)
Sonja Henning (9)
Sonja Henning (5)
Compaq Center
21–7
-
29
August 6
Cleveland
W 67–54
Tina Thompson (19)
Tina Thompson (7)
Arcain
Henning (4)
Compaq Center
22–7
-
30
August 8
@ Los Angeles
W 67–64
Sheryl Swoopes (31)
Michelle Snow (11)
Sonja Henning (4)
Staples Center
23–7
-
31
August 10
Sacramento
L 59–61
Sheryl Swoopes (32)
Michelle Snow (9)
Janeth Arcain (3)
Compaq Center
23–8
-
32
August 13
Minnesota
L 63–51
Rita Williams (15)
Michelle Snow (8)
Henning
Swoopes (4)
Compaq Center
24–8

Playoffs

|- | 1 | August 16 | @ Utah | L 59–66 | Sheryl Swoopes (17) | Sheryl Swoopes (10) | Sheryl Swoopes (4) | Delta Center

0–1
2
August 18
Utah
W 83–77 (2OT)
Sheryl Swoopes (28)
Tina Thompson (14)
Sheryl Swoopes (7)
Compaq Center
1–1
-
3
August 20
Utah
L 72–75
Sheryl Swoopes (28)
Michelle Snow (8)
Sheryl Swoopes (6)
Compaq Center
1–2

Season standings

Statistics

Regular season

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Tina Thompson292936.3.431.370.8237.52.10.90.716.7
Sheryl Swoopes323236.1.434.288.8254.93.32.80.718.5
Janeth Arcain323234.9.424.270.8833.92.71.60.211.4
Tiffani Johnson323225.5.433.000.8105.41.20.50.86.3
Sonja Henning231022.7.346.250.4552.52.21.00.31.9
Coquese Washington211516.6.340.3811.0002.01.50.60.02.1
Michelle Snow32215.0.469.500.5963.70.40.40.83.9
Tammy Jackson5113.8.375N/A.0002.60.20.60.61.2
Kelley Gibson2929.5.382.389.6670.70.50.30.22.1
Rita Williams909.4.455.333.7000.70.81.20.02.1
Tynesha Lewis1718.5.433.375.6251.10.50.20.22.0
Grace Daley2348.0.432.250.6171.00.70.10.02.7
Amanda Lassiter607.7.000.000.5001.00.30.30.30.2
Rebecca Lobo2106.3.469.429.2501.10.60.00.21.6

‡Waived/Released during the season

†Traded during the season

≠Acquired during the season

References

References

  1. "2002 Houston Comets Transactions".
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