# 2002 Minnesota Lynx season

The 2002 WNBA season was the fourth for the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx failed to emerge from their recent struggles, going dead last in the West.

## Transactions
### WNBA draft

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

### Transactions

| Date | Transaction |
| April 19, 2002 | Traded Erin Buescher to the Charlotte Sting in exchange for Shaunzinski Gortman |
| April 19, 2002 | Drafted Tamika Williams, Lindsey Meder, and Shárron Francis in the 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 |
| May 16, 2002 | Suspended contract of Sonja Tate |
| June 11, 2002 | Traded Betty Lennox and a 2003 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 |
| July 16, 2002 | Hired Heidi VanDerveer as Interim Head Coach |

## Schedule
### Regular season

2002 game log Total: 10–22 (Home: 7–9; Road: 3–13) :
May: 1–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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 :
June
: 4–7 (Home: 3–2; Road: 1–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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 :
July
: 2–11 (Home: 2–4; Road: 0–7)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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 :
August
: 3–3 (Home: 2–2; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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 :
2002 season schedule :

### Season standings

| Western Conference | W | L | PCT | Conf. | GB |
| Los Angeles Sparks $^x$ | 25 | 7 | .781 | 17–4 | – |
| Houston Comets $^x$ | 24 | 8 | .750 | 16–5 | 1.0 |
| Utah Starzz $^x$ | 20 | 12 | .625 | 12–9 | 5.0 |
| Seattle Storm $^x$ | 17 | 15 | .531 | 10–11 | 8.0 |
| Portland Fire $^o$ | 16 | 16 | .500 | 8–13 | 9.0 |
| Sacramento Monarchs $^o$ | 14 | 18 | .438 | 8–13 | 11.0 |
| Phoenix Mercury $^o$ | 11 | 21 | .344 | 7–14 | 14.0 |
| Minnesota Lynx $^o$ | 10 | 22 | .313 | 6–15 | 15.0 |

## 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