Sports season
2001 WNBA season | |
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League | Women's National Basketball Association |
Sport | Basketball |
Duration | May 28 - September 3, 2001 |
Number of games | 32 |
Number of teams | 16 |
Total attendance | 2,322,962 |
Average attendance | 9,074 |
TV partner(s) | ESPN, NBC |
2001 WNBA Draft | |
Top draft pick | ![]() |
Picked by | Seattle Storm |
Regular season | |
Season MVP | ![]() |
Playoffs | |
Eastern champions | Charlotte Sting |
Eastern runners-up | New York Liberty |
Western champions | Los Angeles Sparks |
Western runners-up | Sacramento Monarchs |
Finals | |
Champions | Los Angeles Sparks |
Runners-up | Charlotte Sting |
Finals MVP | ![]() |
WNBA seasons | |
The 2001 WNBA Season was the: Women's National Basketball Association's fifth season. The season ended with theββLos Angeles Sparks winning their first WNBA championship.
Regular season standingsβ»
Eastern Conference
Eastern Conference | W | L | PCT | Conf. | GB |
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Cleveland Rockers | 22 | 10 | .688 | 15β6 | β |
New York Liberty | 21 | 11 | .656 | 13β8 | 1.0 |
Miami Sol | 20 | 12 | .625 | 14β7 | 2.0 |
Charlotte Sting | 18 | 14 | .563 | 15β6 | 4.0 |
Orlando Miracle | 13 | 19 | .406 | 9β12 | 9.0 |
Indiana Fever | 10 | 22 | .313 | 7β14 | 12.0 |
Detroit Shock | 10 | 22 | .313 | 7β14 | 12.0 |
Washington Mystics | 10 | 22 | .313 | 4β17 | 12.0 |
Western Conference
Western Conference | W | L | PCT | Conf. | GB |
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Los Angeles Sparks | 28 | 4 | .875 | 19β2 | β |
Sacramento Monarchs | 20 | 12 | .625 | 13β8 | 8.0 |
Utah Starzz | 19 | 13 | .594 | 11β10 | 9.0 |
Houston Comets | 19 | 13 | .594 | 13β8 | 9.0 |
Phoenix Mercury | 13 | 19 | .406 | 8β13 | 15.0 |
Minnesota Lynx | 12 | 20 | .375 | 9β12 | 16.0 |
Portland Fire | 11 | 21 | .344 | 5β16 | 17.0 |
Seattle Storm | 10 | 22 | .313 | 6β15 | 18.0 |
Season award winnersβ»
Playoffsβ»
Main article: 2001 WNBA Playoffs
Main article: 2001 WNBA Finals
First Round Best of 3 | Conference Finals Best of 3 | WNBA Finals Best of 3 | ||||||||||||
E1 | Cleveland | 1 | ||||||||||||
E4 | Charlotte | 2 | ||||||||||||
E4 | Charlotte | 2 | ||||||||||||
Eastern Conference | ||||||||||||||
E2 | New York | 1 | ||||||||||||
E2 | New York | 2 | ||||||||||||
E3 | Miami | 1 | ||||||||||||
E4 | Charlotte | 0 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Los Angeles | 2 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Los Angeles | 2 | ||||||||||||
W4 | Houston | 0 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Los Angeles | 2 | ||||||||||||
Western Conference | ||||||||||||||
W2 | Sacramento | 1 | ||||||||||||
W2 | Sacramento | 2 | ||||||||||||
W3 | Utah | 0 |
Coachesβ»
Eastern Conferenceβ»
- Charlotte Sting: Anne Donovan
- Cleveland Rockers: Dan Hughes
- Detroit Shock: Greg Williams
- Indiana Fever: Nell Fortner
- Miami Sol: Ron Rothstein
- New York Liberty: Richie Adubato
- Orlando Miracle: Carolyn Peck
- Washington Mystics: Tom Maher
Western Conferenceβ»
- Houston Comets: Van Chancellor
- Los Angeles Sparks: Michael Cooper
- Minnesota Lynx: Brian Agler
- Phoenix Mercury: Cynthia Cooper
- Portland Fire: Linda Hargrove
- Sacramento Monarchs: Maura McHugh
- Seattle Storm: Lin Dunn
- Utah Starzz: Fred Williams and Candi Harvey