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2002 Minnesota Lynx season

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Heidi VanDerveer (interim, 4–9 record)

The 2002 Minnesota Lynx season was the 4th season for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association, and the fourth and final season under head coach Brian Agler as he resigned on July 16, 2002 with a 6–13 record.

The season tipped-off on May 25, 2002 against the Starzz.

The Lynx failed to improve on their 12-20 record from the last season, missed the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season, and finished last place in the division for the first time in franchise history.

Transactions

WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	School/Team/Country
1	6	Tamika Williams	UConn
3	38	Lindsey Meder	Iowa
4	54	Shárron Francis	Old Dominion

Transactions

Date	Transaction
April 19, 2002	Traded Erin Buescher to the Charlotte Sting in exchange for Shaunzinski Gortman
Drafted Tamika Williams, Lindsey Meder, and Shárron Francis in the [2002 WNBA draft](2002-wnba-draft)
April 26, 2002	Signed ShaRae Mansfield and Sonja Tate
May 7, 2002	Waived ShaRae Mansfield and Shárron Francis
May 11, 2002	Signed Angelina Wolvert
May 12, 2002	Waived Kate Paye
May 16, 2002	Waived Angelina Wolvert
Suspended contract of Sonja Tate
June 11, 2002	Traded Betty Lennox and a [2003](2003-wnba-draft) 1st Round Pick to the Miami Sol in exchange for Tamara Moore and a 2003 2nd Round Pick
June 13, 2002	Signed Tamara Moore
July 16, 2002	Brian Agler resigned as Head Coach
Hired Heidi VanDerveer as Interim Head Coach

Roster

Schedule

Regular season

|- | 1 | May 25 | Utah | L 75–79 (OT) | Svetlana Abrosimova (26) | Tamika Williams (11) | Abrosimova Williams (4) | Target Center

0–1
2
May 28
@ Miami
W 66–63
Svetlana Abrosimova (21)
Tamika Williams (7)
Betty Lennox (5)
American Airlines Arena
1–1
-
3
June 1
@ New York
W 63–61
Katie Smith (23)
Tamika Williams (7)
Georgia Schweitzer (4)
ARCO Arena
2–1
-
4
June 4
@ Seattle
L 68–78 (OT)
Svetlana Abrosimova (16)
Abrosimova
Williams (6)
Abrosimova
Schweitzer (4)
KeyArena
2–2
-
5
June 8
Los Angeles
L 72–76
Svetlana Abrosimova (23)
Abrosimova
Williams (6)
Georgia Schweitzer (4)
Target Center
2–3
-
6
June 11
Sacramento
W 72–63
Katie Smith (22)
Pride
Williams (7)
Katie Smith (5)
Target Center
3–3
-
7
June 13
Portland
W 60–46
Katie Smith (17)
Svetlana Abrosimova (13)
Tamika Williams (4)
Target Center
4–3
-
8
June 15
@ Houston
L 50–51
Abrosimova
Williams (17)
Pride
Williams (7)
Lynn Pride (3)
Compaq Center
4–4
-
9
June 18
@ Portland
L 51–59
Katie Smith (13)
Abrosimova
Williams (7)
Katie Smith (3)
Rose Garden
4–5
-
10
June 21
@ Los Angeles
L 64–73
Katie Smith (27)
Tamika Williams (9)
Kristi Harrower (6)
Staples Center
4–6
-
11
June 23
@ Phoenix
L 61–70
Tamika Williams (19)
Tamika Williams (12)
Harrower
Moore (3)
America West Arena
4–7
-
12
June 25
Houston
L 55–73
Tamara Moore (16)
Tamika Williams (8)
Tamara Moore (5)
Target Center
4–8
-
13
June 29
Orlando
W 67–59
Katie Smith (25)
Svetlana Abrosimova (10)
Svetlana Abrosimova (5)
Target Center
5–8
-
14
July 1
Detroit
W 85–80
Katie Smith (28)
Tamika Williams (11)
Tamara Moore (7)
Target Center
6–8
-
15
July 3
Washington
L 63–64
Katie Smith (18)
Tamara Moore (6)
Pride
Smith
Williams (3)
Target Center
6–9
-
16
July 5
@ Utah
L 56–87
Shaunzinski Gortman (14)
Lynn Pride (8)
Tamara Moore (4)
Delta Center
6–10
-
17
July 10
Portland
L 72–75
Katie Smith (21)
Abrosimova
Williams (9)
Lynn Pride (3)
Target Center
6–11
-
18
July 12
@ Detroit
L 69–72
Katie Smith (27)
Tamika Williams (7)
Abrosimova
Harrower (4)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
6–12
-
19
July 13
@ Charlotte
L 60–63
Svetlana Abrosimova (17)
Lynn Pride (7)
Lynn Pride (5)
Charlotte Coliseum
6–13
-
20
July 17
Cleveland
L 48–58
Tamara Moore (14)
Tamika Williams (8)
Tamara Moore (6)
Target Center
6–14
-
21
July 19
Miami
L 58–61
Katie Smith (12)
Michele Van Gorp (6)
Tamara Moore (6)
Target Center
6–15
-
22
July 24
Utah
W 70–62
Katie Smith (20)
Svetlana Abrosimova (12)
Tamara Moore (6)
Target Center
7–15
-
23
July 26
@ Indiana
L 63–73
Tamara Moore (19)
Svetlana Abrosimova (11)
Lynn Pride (4)
Conseco Fieldhouse
7–16
-
24
July 28
@ Sacramento
L 56–66
Katie Smith (19)
Tamara Moore (7)
Tamara Moore (3)
ARCO Arena
7–17
-
25
July 29
@ Phoenix
L 45–57
Svetlana Abrosimova (13)
Michele Van Gorp (8)
Katie Smith (4)
America West Arena
7–18
-
26
July 30
@ Seattle
L 63–75
Katie Smith (13)
Moore
Smith
Williams (6)
Tamara Moore (4)
Staples Center
7–19
-
27
August 2
Phoenix
W 75–51
Katie Smith (22)
Svetlana Abrosimova (6)
Schweitzer
Smith (5)
Target Center
8–19
-
28
August 4
Seattle
W 73–60
Schweitzer
Smith (17)
Tamika Williams (9)
Moore
Smith (5)
Target Center
9–19
-
29
August 6
@ New York
W 52–49
Tamika Williams (13)
Tamika Williams (7)
Kristi Harrower (3)
Madison Square Garden
10–19
-
30
August 9
Charlotte
L 62–68
Katie Smith (24)
Tamika Williams (8)
Kristi Harrower (5)
Target Center
10–20
-
31
August 11
Los Angeles
L 58–69
Schweitzer
Smith (13)
Tamika Williams (6)
Katie Smith (6)
Target Center
10–21
-
32
August 13
@ Houston
L 51–63
Tamara Moore (11)
Tamika Williams (8)
Katie Smith (4)
Compaq Center
10–22

Season standings

Statistics

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Katie Smith	31	31	36.7	.404	.330	.824	3.0	2.5	1.0	0.2	16.5
Tamika Williams	31	31	33.0	.561	.273	.583	7.4	1.6	1.4	0.4	10.1
Svetlana Abrosimova	27	27	29.8	.377	.333	.483	5.4	2.2	1.6	0.4	11.6
Betty Lennox	5	1	27.6	.208	.217	.600	3.2	3.2	1.0	0.0	6.2
Tamara Moore	26	20	25.1	.366	.382	.830	2.9	3.0	0.9	0.3	7.5
Lynn Pride	31	15	19.0	.385	.100	.471	3.3	1.4	0.8	0.8	4.0
Kristi Harrower	27	6	17.8	.389	.333	.400	1.7	2.0	0.4	0.0	3.6
Georgia Schweitzer	30	9	17.0	.483	.424	.867	1.7	1.2	0.5	0.2	4.1
Michele Van Gorp	22	13	16.0	.456	.286	.727	2.9	0.6	0.3	0.5	4.5
Shaunzinski Gortman	29	2	12.7	.361	.326	.778	2.1	0.7	0.4	0.2	3.1
Janell Burse	31	2	11.1	.373	.000	.583	1.9	0.2	0.2	0.4	2.7
Val Whiting-Raymond	6	3	8.7	.308	N/A	.417	1.5	0.8	0.3	0.3	2.2
Shanele Stires	9	0	2.4	.500	.500	.500	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.7

‡Waived/Released during the season

†Traded during the season

≠Acquired during the season

References

"2002 Minnesota Lynx Transactions".

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