# 2001 Minnesota Lynx season

The 2001 WNBA season was the third season for the Minnesota Lynx.

## Transactions
### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 1 | 7 | Svetlana Abrosimova | Soviet Union | UConn |
| 2 | 23 | Erin Buescher | United States | Master's |
| 2 | 28 | Janell Burse | United States | Tulane |
| 3 | 39 | Tombi Bell | United States | Miami |
| 4 | 55 | Megan Taylor | United States | Iowa State |

### Transactions

| Date | Transaction |
| February 20, 2001 | Traded Kristin Folkl and a 2001 2nd Round Pick to the Portland Fire in exchange for Lynn Pride and Michele Van Gorp |
| April 17, 2001 | Traded Annie La Fleur to the Washington Mystics in exchange for 2001 2nd Round Pick |
| April 20, 2001 | Drafted Svetlana Abrosimova, Erin Buescher, Janell Burse, Tombi Bell and Megan Taylor in the 2001 WNBA Draft |
| April 20, 2001 | Traded a 2002 2nd Round Pick to the Detroit Shock in exchange for Val Whiting-Raymond |
| April 20, 2001 | Traded Marla Brumfield to the Miami Sol in exchange for Georgia Schweitzer |
| April 25, 2001 | Waived Angela Aycock |
| May 7, 2001 | Waived Angie Potthoff and Tombi Bell |
| May 25, 2001 | Waived Keitha Dickerson and Megan Taylor |
| May 27, 2001 | Waived Andrea Lloyd-Curry and Sonja Tate |

## Schedule
### Regular season

2001 game log Total: 12–20 (Home: 6–11; Road: 6–9) :
May: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 31
@ Portland
W 82–65
Katie Smith (31)
Lynn Pride (7)
Kristi Harrower (3)
Rose Garden
1–0 :
June
: 4–6 (Home: 2–4; Road: 2–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
2
June 2
Phoenix
L 80–89
Katie Smith (22)
Betty Lennox (8)
Kate Paye (8)
Target Center
1–1
3
June 9
Los Angeles
L 60–62
Katie Smith (24)
Betty Lennox (11)
Paye Smith (4)
Target Center
1–2
4
June 12
Indiana
L 60–65
Smith Whiting-Raymond (13)
Val Whiting-Raymond (9)
Kristi Harrower (4)
Target Center
1–3
5
June 16
@ Indiana
L 67–68 (OT)
Katie Smith (22)
Betty Lennox (8)
Kate Paye (4)
Conseco Fieldhouse
1–4
6
June 17
@ Detroit
W 71–63
Katie Smith (40)
Betty Lennox (10)
Kate Paye (4)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
2–4
7
June 22
Miami
W 63–57
Katie Smith (26)
Erin Buescher (9)
Kate Paye (6)
Target Center
3–4
8
June 23
@ Utah
L 80–87
Katie Smith (27)
Svetlana Abrosimova (8)
Kate Paye (4)
Delta Center
3–5
9
June 25
@ Washington
W 55–51
Katie Smith (22)
Svetlana Abrosimova (10)
Paye Stires (3)
MCI Center
4–5
10
June 28
Seattle
W 68–59
Katie Smith (26)
Svetlana Abrosimova (9)
Kate Paye (8)
Target Center
5–5
11
June 30
Houston
L 52–59
Katie Smith (18)
Abrosimova Paye (5)
Kate Paye (5)
Target Center
5–6 :
July
: 2–11 (Home: 2–5; Road: 0–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
12
July 1
@ Cleveland
L 47–52
Katie Smith (17)
Buescher Paye (6)
Erin Buescher (4)
Gund Arena
5–7
13
July 3
Sacramento
L 52–91
Katie Smith (18)
Martin Pride (5)
Erin Buescher (4)
Target Center
5–8
14
July 6
New York
L 57–70
Katie Smith (27)
Maylana Martin (7)
Kate Paye (4)
Target Center
5–9
15
July 8
@ Los Angeles
L 95–100
Katie Smith (46)
Buescher Martin Pride (5)
Katie Smith (4)
Staples Center
5–10
16
July 10
Portland
W 73–52
Katie Smith (28)
Abrosimova Buescher (7)
Buescher Paye Smith (4)
Target Center
6–10
17
July 13
@ New York
L 64–67 (OT)
Katie Smith (23)
Maylana Martin (9)
Georgia Schweitzer (4)
Madison Square Garden
6–11
18
July 14
Phoenix
L 67–80
Katie Smith (27)
Svetlana Abrosimova (6)
Kate Paye (5)
Target Center
6–12
19
July 18
Seattle
W 68–58
Svetlana Abrosimova (21)
Abrosimova Buescher Paye Smith (5)
Katie Smith (8)
Target Center
7–12
20
July 21
@ Orlando
L 49–71
Svetlana Abrosimova (27)
Lynn Pride (7)
Abrosimova Buescher Paye (2)
TD Waterhouse Centre
7–13
21
July 23
Houston
L 46–51
Svetlana Abrosimova (20)
Svetlana Abrosimova (11)
Abrosimova Buescher (4)
Target Center
7–14
22
July 27
Washington
L 60–62
Katie Smith (22)
Buescher Pride (8)
Erin Buescher (3)
Target Center
7–15
23
July 28
@ Utah
L 60–68 (OT)
Katie Smith (30)
Abrosimova Buescher (9)
Abrosimova Smith (2)
Delta Center
7–16
24
July 30
@ Los Angeles
L 69–78
Svetlana Abrosimova (27)
Svetlana Abrosimova (10)
Paye Schweitzer Van Gorp (4)
Staples Center
7–17 :
August
: 5–3 (Home: 2–2; Road: 3–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
25
August 1
@ Phoenix
W 68–63
Katie Smith (36)
Lynn Pride (7)
Abrosimova Paye (4)
America West Arena
8–17
26
August 3
Charlotte
L 64–72
Katie Smith (21)
Janell Burse (5)
Svetlana Abrosimova (4)
Target Center
8–18
27
August 5
Sacramento
W 79–76 (OT)
Svetlana Abrosimova (21)
Svetlana Abrosimova (15)
Georgia Schweitzer (6)
American Airlines Arena
9–18
28
August 7
@ Sacramento
L 59–76
Svetlana Abrosimova (16)
Abrosimova Pride (7)
Svetlana Abrosimova (5)
ARCO Arena
9–19
29
August 8
@ Portland
W 70–58
Katie Smith (27)
Abrosimova Smith (10)
Kate Paye (4)
Rose Garden
10–19
30
August 10
@ Seattle
W 65–51
Katie Smith (22)
Svetlana Abrosimova (13)
Abrosimova Pride (4)
KeyArena
11–19
31
August 12
Utah
W 69–62
Betty Lennox (18)
Svetlana Abrosimova (12)
Katie Smith (5)
Target Center
12–19
32
August 14
Houston
L 60–74
Katie Smith (29)
Georgia Schweitzer (6)
Abrosimova Van Gorp (3)
Compaq Center
12–20 :
2001 season schedule :

### Season standings

| Western Conference | W | L | PCT | Conf. | GB |
| Los Angeles Sparks $^x$ | 28 | 4 | .875 | 19–2 | – |
| Sacramento Monarchs $^x$ | 20 | 12 | .625 | 13–8 | 8.0 |
| Utah Starzz $^x$ | 19 | 13 | .594 | 11–10 | 9.0 |
| Houston Comets $^x$ | 19 | 13 | .594 | 13–8 | 9.0 |
| Phoenix Mercury $^o$ | 13 | 19 | .406 | 8–13 | 15.0 |
| Minnesota Lynx $^o$ | 12 | 20 | .375 | 9–12 | 16.0 |
| Portland Fire $^o$ | 11 | 21 | .344 | 5–16 | 17.0 |
| Seattle Storm $^o$ | 10 | 22 | .313 | 6–15 | 18.0 |

## Statistics
### Regular Season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Katie Smith | 32 | 32 | 38.6 | .393 | .354 | .895 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 23.1 |
| Svetlana Abrosimova | 26 | 23 | 32.5 | .391 | .260 | .727 | 6.7 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 13.3 |
| Erin Buescher | 32 | 19 | 22.7 | .348 | .276 | .618 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 5.7 |
| Lynn Pride | 32 | 14 | 22.3 | .391 | .250 | .600 | 4.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 5.3 |
| Betty Lennox | 11 | 7 | 21.9 | .373 | .385 | .950 | 4.9 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 11.0 |
| Kate Paye | 32 | 16 | 20.4 | .385 | .357 | .688 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 2.8 |
| Kristi Harrower | 4 | 1 | 18.0 | .467 | .500 | 1.000 | 1.0 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 5.3 |
| Val Whiting-Raymond | 26 | 15 | 17.8 | ,267 | .000 | .741 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 3.4 |
| Georgia Schweitzer | 24 | 8 | 17.6 | .314 | .167 | .765 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 3.5 |
| Maylana Martin | 31 | 12 | 15.9 | .340 | .333 | .613 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 3.1 |
| Shanele Stires | 18 | 5 | 11.2 | .377 | .240 | .714 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 2.8 |
| Michele Van Gorp | 22 | 8 | 11.0 | .375 | .000 | .550 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.9 |
| Janell Burse | 20 | 0 | 8.5 | .333 | .000 | .750 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 2.4 |
$^‡$Waived/Released during the season $^†$Traded during the season $^≠$Acquired during the season