2001 New York Liberty season

2001 New York Liberty season
CoachRichie Adubato
ArenaMadison Square Garden
Attendance15,660 per game
Results
Record21–11 (.656)
Place2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finishLost Conference Finals (2-1) to Charlotte Sting
Media
TelevisionWPIX (WB 11)
Fox Sports Net New York
MSG Network
MetroTV

The 2001 WNBA season was the fifth season for the New York Liberty. The team attempted to reach the WNBA Finals, but they failed in the conference finals, losing in three games to the Charlotte Sting.

Transactions

WNBA draft

See also: 2001 WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
4 57 Taru Tuukkanen  Finland Xavier
4 60 Tara Mitchem  United States Southwest Missouri State

Transactions

Date Transaction
April 17, 2001 Traded a 2001 2nd Round Pick and a 2001 3rd Round Pick to the Washington Mystics in exchange for Andrea Nagy and a 2001 4th Round Pick[1]
April 20, 2001 Drafted Taru Tuukkanen and Tara Mitchem in the 2001 WNBA Draft[1]
April 30, 2001 Signed Hadjana Radunović and Stacey Ford[1]
May 3, 2001 Signed Katie Cronin[1]
May 7, 2001 Waived Shea Mahoney and Taru Tuukkanen[1]
May 10, 2001 Waived Jessica Bibby[1]
May 14, 2001 Waived Desiree Francis and Olga Firsova[1]
May 16, 2001 Waived Tara Mitchem[1]
May 25, 2001 Waived Katie Cronin[1]
May 26, 2001 Waived Marina Ferragut[1]
June 5, 2001 Traded a 2002 2nd Round Pick to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for Camille Cooper[1]
Waived Stacey Ford[1]
July 9, 2001 Signed Mactabene Amachree[1]

Roster

2001 New York Liberty roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
F 13 Nigeria Amachree, Mactabene 6' 1" (1.85m) 175 lb (79kg) 1978-01-30 R
C 42 United States Cooper, Camille 6' 4" (1.93m) – 1979-02-05 Purdue R
G 5 United States Daley, Grace 5' 8" (1.73m) 147 lb (67kg) 1978-06-26 Tulane 1
F 20 United States Ford, Stacey 6' 2" (1.88m) – 1969-01-14 Georgia R
G 25 United States Hammon, Becky 5' 6" (1.68m) 136 lb (62kg) 1977-03-11 Colorado State 2
G/F 55 United States Johnson, Vickie 5' 9" (1.75m) 150 lb (68kg) 1972-04-15 Louisiana Tech 4
G 10 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Lazić, Katarina 5' 10" (1.78m) 147 lb (67kg) 1980-05-25 R
C 50 United States Lobo, Rebecca 6' 4" (1.93m) 185 lb (84kg) 1973-10-06 Connecticut 3
G 16 Hungarian People's Republic Nagy, Andrea 5' 7" (1.7m) 147 lb (67kg) 1971-11-16 FIU 2
F/C 24 United States Phillips, Tari 6' 2" (1.88m) 200 lb (91kg) 1970-03-06 Central Florida 2
C 7 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Radunović, Hajdana 6' 3" (1.91m) 187 lb (85kg) 1978-01-10 R
F 3 United States Robinson, Crystal 5' 11" (1.8m) 155 lb (70kg) 1974-01-22 SE Oklahoma State 2
G 11 United States Weatherspoon, Teresa 5' 8" (1.73m) 161 lb (73kg) 1965-12-08 Louisiana Tech 4
F 44 United States Whitmore, Tamika 6' 2" (1.88m) 215 lb (98kg) 1977-06-05 Memphis 2
F 23 United States Wicks, Sue 6' 3" (1.91m) 174 lb (79kg) 1966-11-26 Rutgers 4
Head coach
United States Richie Adubato (William Paterson)
Assistant coaches
United States Lisa White
United States Jeff House
United States Pat Coyle



Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Schedule

Regular season

2001 game log
Total: 21–11 (Home: 13–3; Road: 8–8)
May: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 May 31 @ Miami L 59–68 Vickie Johnson (20) Sue Wicks (9) Teresa Weatherspoon (7) American Airlines Arena 0–1
June : 9–3 (Home: 5–1; Road: 4–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
2 June 2 Indiana W 75–58 Tari Phillips (21) Tari Phillips (12) Teresa Weatherspoon (6) Madison Square Garden 1–1
3 June 4 Sacramento L 63–80 Tari Phillips (19) Tari Phillips (7) Teresa Weatherspoon (5) Madison Square Garden 1–2
4 June 7 @ Cleveland L 49–67 Tari Phillips (16) Tari Phillips (8) Teresa Weatherspoon (8) Gund Arena 1–3
5 June 10 @ Washington W 81–80 Teresa Weatherspoon (16) Tari Phillips (13) Crystal Robinson (5) MCI Center 2–3
6 June 12 Charlotte W 79–70 Tari Phillips (27) Tari Phillips (5) Teresa Weatherspoon (7) Madison Square Garden 3–3
7 June 16 Washington W 86–63 Crystal Robinson (16) Tari Phillips (10) Teresa Weatherspoon (7) Madison Square Garden 4–3
8 June 17 @ Miami W 55–48 Crystal Robinson (13) Tari Phillips (12) Nagy
Robinson
Weatherspoon (2) 		American Airlines Arena 5–3
9 June 19 @ Sacramento W 55–51 Tamika Whitmore (23) Vickie Johnson (11) Teresa Weatherspoon (5) ARCO Arena 6–3
10 June 21 @ Phoenix W 95–70 Tari Phillips (23) Lobo
Phillips
Robinson (5) 		Teresa Weatherspoon (9) America West Arena 7–3
11 June 24 Los Angeles W 82–69 Becky Hammon (21) Teresa Weatherspoon (7) Teresa Weatherspoon (8) Madison Square Garden 8–3
12 June 25 @ Orlando L 54–67 Vickie Johnson (23) Phillips
Wicks (6) 		Teresa Weatherspoon (6) TD Waterhouse Centre 8–4
13 June 30 Orlando W 72–60 Tari Phillips (16) Tari Phillips (13) Teresa Weatherspoon (9) Madison Square Garden 9–4
July : 8–5 (Home: 4–1; Road: 4–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
14 July 2 Detroit W 66–60 Tari Phillips (16) Johnson
Phillips (9) 		Johnson
Weatherspoon (3) 		Madison Square Garden 10–4
15 July 3 @ Charlotte L 61–66 Vickie Johnson (16) Tari Phillips (12) Teresa Weatherspoon (5) Charlotte Coliseum 10–5
16 July 6 @ Minnesota W 70–57 Tari Phillips (20) Tari Phillips (6) Teresa Weatherspoon (7) Target Center 11–5
17 July 8 @ Indiana W 58–56 Tari Phillips (24) Tari Phillips (13) Teresa Weatherspoon (9) Conseco Fieldhouse 12–5
18 July 9 Indiana W 72–65 Tari Phillips (20) Tari Phillips (14) Hammon
Weatherspoon (6) 		Madison Square Garden 13–5
19 July 11 Seattle W 67–53 Becky Hammon (16) Teresa Weatherspoon (10) Hammon
Johnson
Weatherspoon (4) 		Madison Square Garden 14–5
20 July 13 Minnesota W 67–64 Teresa Weatherspoon (14) Phillips
Weatherspoon (5) 		Teresa Weatherspoon (6) Madison Square Garden 15–5
21 July 18 @ Detroit W 80–67 Tari Phillips (20) Tari Phillips (7) Teresa Weatherspoon (7) The Palace of Auburn Hills 16–5
22 July 19 @ Cleveland L 60–65 Crystal Robinson (16) Sue Wicks (9) Teresa Weatherspoon (7) Gund Arena 16–6
23 July 22 Miami L 52–68 Crystal Robinson (15) Weatherspoon
Whitmore (5) 		Vickie Johnson (6) Madison Square Garden 16–7
24 July 24 @ Portland L 68–86 Phillips
Robinson (18) 		Tari Phillips (14) Teresa Weatherspoon (5) Rose Garden 16–8
25 July 26 @ Utah L 63–71 Vickie Johnson (19) Vickie Johnson (7) Teresa Weatherspoon (8) Delta Center 16–9
26 July 28 @ Houston W 64–61 Crystal Robinson (15) Sue Wicks (8) Teresa Weatherspoon (7) Compaq Center 17–9
August : 4–2 (Home: 4–1; Road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
27 August 1 Detroit W 66–63 Johnson
Phillips (17) 		Tari Phillips (10) Teresa Weatherspoon (10) Madison Square Garden 18–9
28 August 4 Cleveland L 43–58 Tari Phillips (14) Phillips
Whitmore (6) 		Robinson
Weatherspoon (4) 		Madison Square Garden 18–10
29 August 8 Utah W 82–63 Vickie Johnson (18) Phillips
Whitmore (7) 		Teresa Weatherspoon (9) Madison Square Garden 19–10
30 August 10 Orlando W 77–67 Vickie Johnson (17) Tari Phillips (10) Teresa Weatherspoon (7) Madison Square Garden 20–10
31 August 11 @ Charlotte L 60–80 Tari Phillips (15) Tari Phillips (6) Johnson
Robinson
Weatherspoon (4) 		Charlotte Coliseum 20–11
32 August 14 Washington W 71–56 Crystal Robinson (15) Tari Phillips (7) Teresa Weatherspoon (8) Madison Square Garden 21–11
2001 season schedule

Playoffs

2001 playoff game log
First round vs. Miami Sol
Won Series: 2–0
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 August 17 @ Miami W 62–46 Vickie Johnson (18) Tari Phillips (13) Teresa Weatherspoon (7) American Airlines Arena 1–0
2 August 19 Miami L 50–53 Crystal Robinson (13) Tari Phillips (15) Vickie Johnson (5) Madison Square Garden 1–1
3 August 21 Miami W 72–61 Vickie Johnson (22) Vickie Johnson (7) Vickie Johnson (6) Madison Square Garden 2–1
Conference Finals vs. Charlotte Sting
Lost Series: 1–2
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 August 24 @ Charlotte W 61–57 Tari Phillips (14) Tari Phillips (6) Vickie Johnson (7) Charlotte Coliseum 1–0
2 August 26 Charlotte L 53–62 Vickie Johnson (16) Tari Phillips (7) Teresa Weatherspoon (6) Madison Square Garden 1–1
3 August 27 Charlotte L 44–48 Vickie Johnson (13) Crystal Robinson (6) Teresa Weatherspoon (4) Madison Square Garden 1–2
2001 playoff schedule

Season standings

Eastern Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
Cleveland Rockers x 22 10 .688 15–6 –
New York Liberty x 21 11 .656 13–8 1.0
Miami Sol x 20 12 .625 14–7 2.0
Charlotte Sting x 18 14 .563 15–6 4.0
Orlando Miracle o 13 19 .406 9–12 9.0
Indiana Fever o 10 22 .313 7–14 12.0
Detroit Shock o 10 22 .313 7–14 12.0
Washington Mystics o 10 22 .313 4–17 12.0

Statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage  TO  Turnovers per game
 PF  Fouls per game Team leader League leader

Regular Season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Tari Phillips 32 32 32.8 .507 .000 .584 8.0 1.1 1.5 0.5 15.3
Crystal Robinson 32 32 30.6 .461 .417 .897 2.9 2.6 1.0 0.3 10.7
Teresa Weatherspoon 32 32 30.4 .431 .385 .671 3.7 6.3 1.7 0.1 6.5
Vickie Johnson 32 32 29.3 .414 .366 .757 3.3 2.7 1.1 0.1 11.0
Tamika Whitmore 32 29 23.5 .432 .500 .569 3.0 0.6 0.5 0.3 7.1
Sue Wicks 30 3 20.1 .469 .000 .673 4.6 1.2 1.2 1.0 5.2
Becky Hammon 32 0 19.3 .457 .378 .784 1.6 1.6 0.8 0.0 8.2
Camille Cooper 4 0 12.8 .667 N/A .769 2.8 0.3 0.0 0.5 6.5
Andrea Nagy 23 0 9.3 .419 .500 .500 0.4 1.0 0.1 0.1 1.5
Katarina Lazić 8 0 6.9 .400 .000 .500 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.0 2.1
Rebecca Lobo 16 0 5.3 .318 .500 .500 0.9 0.1 0.1 0.0 1.1
Grace Daley 15 0 4.4 .476 .000 .556 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.1 1.7
Stacey Ford 1 0 3.0 1.000 N/A N/A 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0
Hajdana Radunović 4 0 2.3 .500 N/A 1.000 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.0
Mactabene Amachree 2 0 1.5 N/A N/A .500 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5


‡Waived/Released during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "2001 New York Liberty Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 23, 2024.