# 2001 Orlando Miracle season

The 2001 WNBA season was their third in the league. The Miracle missed the playoffs for the second time in franchise history. The Miracle also hosted the 2001 WNBA All-Star Game.

## Transactions
### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 1 | 10 | Katie Douglas | United States | Purdue |
| 2 | 26 | Brooke Wyckoff | United States | Florida State |
| 3 | 42 | Jaclyn Johnson | United States | Kansas |
| 4 | 58 | Anne Thorius | Denmark | Michigan |

### Transactions

| Date | Transaction |
| April 20, 2001 | Drafted Katie Douglas, Brooke Wyckoff, Jaclyn Johnson and Anne Thorius in the 2001 WNBA Draft |
| April 30, 2001 | Signed Denique Graves, Nakia Sanford, Nyree Roberts, Shaka Massey, Shawnetta Stewart, Tauja Catchings and Tawona Alhaleem |
| May 1, 2001 | Waived Tauja Catchings |
| May 3, 2001 | Waived Nakia Sanford |
| May 3, 2001 | Signed LaCharlotte Smith and Tora Suber |
| May 4, 2001 | Waived Shawnetta Stewart |
| May 14, 2001 | Waived LaCharlotte Smith, Shaka Massey and Tora Suber |
| May 21, 2001 | Waived Jannon Roland |
| May 22, 2001 | Waived Andrea Congreaves |
| May 26, 2001 | Waived Anne Thorius, Denique Graves and Romana Hamzová |

## Schedule
### Regular season

2001 game log Total: 13–19 (Home: 10–6; Road: 3–13) :
June: 4–8 (Home: 2–3; Road: 2–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
June 1
Los Angeles
L 62–68
Nykesha Sales (20)
McWilliams-Franklin Sales (6)
Katie Douglas Sales (3)
TD Waterhouse Centre
0–1
2
June 5
@ Detroit
W 92–71
Nykesha Sales (19)
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (12)
Nykesha Sales (5)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
1–1
3
June 7
@ Utah
L 79–82
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (19)
Hicks McWilliams-Franklin (6)
Elaine Powell (6)
Delta Center
1–2
4
June 9
Charlotte
L 79–86
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (23)
Elaine Powell (9)
Elaine Powell (8)
TD Waterhouse Centre
1–3
5
June 12
@ Seattle
L 63–70
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (14)
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (7)
Douglas McWilliams-Franklin Sales (3)
KeyArena
1–4
6
June 14
@ Los Angeles
L 68–84
Elaine Powell (16)
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (12)
Douglas McWilliams-Franklin (3)
Staples Center
1–5
7
June 16
@ Phoenix
L 68–72
Nykesha Sales (14)
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (10)
Tiffany McCain (5)
America West Arena
1–6
8
June 18
@ Indiana
W 72–65
Nykesha Sales (20)
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (9)
McWilliams-Franklin Powell (4)
Conseco Fieldhouse
2–6
9
June 23
Washington
W 67–59
Nykesha Sales (21)
Nykesha Sales (8)
S. Johnson Wyckoff (4)
TD Waterhouse Centre
3–6
10
June 25
New York
W 67–54
Nykesha Sales (18)
Sales McWilliams-Franklin (9)
Jessie Hicks (5)
TD Waterhouse Centre
4–6
11
June 27
Cleveland
L 41–65
Brooke Wyckoff (8)
S. Johnson Sales Wyckoff (5)
McWilliams-Franklin Sales (2)
TD Waterhouse Centre
4–7
12
June 30
@ New York
L 60–72
McWilliams-Franklin Sales (14)
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (9)
Sales Powell (3)
Madison Square Garden
4–8 :
July
: 5–8 (Home: 4–2; Road: 1–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
13
July 1
@ Washington
L 64–76
S. Johnson Sales (14)
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (8)
Tiffany McCain (3)
MCI Center
4–9
14
July 6
Sacramento
L 68–75
Nykesha Sales (16)
McWilliams-Franklin Powell (8)
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (4)
TD Waterhouse Centre
4–10
15
July 8
Detroit
W 73–67
S. Johnson McWilliams-Franklin (19)
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (10)
Elaine Powell (3)
TD Waterhouse Centre
5–10
16
July 10
Miami
L 63–65 (OT)
S. Johnson Sales (15)
McWilliams-Franklin Wyckoff (7)
McWilliams-Franklin Powell (3)
TD Waterhouse Centre
5–11
17
July 12
@ Charlotte
W 72–69
S. Johnson Sales (18)
McWilliams-Franklin Sales (10)
Ahlaheem McWilliams-Franklin (3)
Charlotte Coliseum
6–11
18
July 13
@ Indiana
L 60–74
Shannon Johnson (21)
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (7)
Shannon Johnson (3)
Conseco Fieldhouse
6–12
19
July 18
Houston
W 57–52
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (16)
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (13)
Shannon Johnson (6)
TD Waterhouse Centre
7–12
20
July 20
@ Charlotte
L 65–72
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (19)
Nykesha Sales (7)
Shannon Johnson (5)
Charlotte Coliseum
7–13
21
July 21
Minnesota
W 71–49
Nykesha Sales (15)
Nykesha Sales (10)
Elaine Powell (5)
TD Waterhouse Centre
8–13
22
July 24
Washington
W 71–63
Nykesha Sales (20)
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (13)
Shannon Johnson (5)
TD Waterhouse Centre
9–13
23
July 27
@ Miami
L 63–71 (OT)
Shannon Johnson (14)
Nykesha Sales (8)
Elaine Powell (5)
American Airlines Arena
9–14
24
July 29
@ Detroit
L 62–64
Hicks McWilliams-Franklin (15)
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (12)
Elaine Powell (5)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
9–15
25
July 30
@ Cleveland
L 47–65
Nykesha Sales (15)
Brooke Wyckoff (9)
Elaine Powell (2)
Gund Arena
9–16 :
August
: 4–3 (Home: 4–1; Road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
26
August 1
Portland
W 65–63
Nykesha Sales (21)
Shannon Johnson (9)
Shannon Johnson (5)
TD Waterhouse Centre
10–16
27
August 3
@ Houston
L 60–72
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (17)
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (8)
Elaine Powell (3)
Compaq Center
10–17
28
August 5
Phoenix
W 79–68
Shannon Johnson (25)
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (8)
S. Johnson Powell (6)
TD Waterhouse Centre
11–17
29
August 7
Cleveland
W 74–67
Douglas Powell (16)
Shannon Johnson (6)
Shannon Johnson (6)
TD Waterhouse Centre
12–17
30
August 10
@ New York
L 67–77
Nykesha Sales (21)
Nykesha Sales (9)
Katie Douglas (5)
Madison Square Garden
12–18
31
August 11
Miami
L 64–75
Shannon Johnson (16)
Elaine Powell (7)
Nykesha Sales (5)
TD Waterhouse Centre
12–19
32
August 14
Indiana
W 78–72
Katie Douglas (18)
Jessie Hicks (8)
Elaine Powell (4)
TD Waterhouse Centre
13–19 :
2001 season 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
### Regular Season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Taj McWilliams-Franklin | 32 | 32 | 33.1 | .474 | .200 | .744 | 7.6 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 12.6 |
| Elaine Powell | 32 | 32 | 33.0 | .402 | .382 | .755 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 11.2 |
| Nykesha Sales | 32 | 31 | 32.5 | .438 | .314 | .784 | 5.4 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 13.5 |
| Shannon Johnson | 26 | 22 | 30.2 | .367 | .365 | .757 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 11.6 |
| Brooke Wyckoff | 32 | 27 | 20.3 | .328 | .162 | .714 | 3.8 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 3.4 |
| Katie Douglas | 22 | 0 | 20.0 | .362 | .316 | .723 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 7.0 |
| Jessie Hicks | 32 | 5 | 14.3 | .389 | N/A | .652 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 5.3 |
| Tiffany McCain | 32 | 9 | 13.8 | .321 | .313 | .667 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 3.0 |
| Tawona Alhaleem | 26 | 1 | 9.7 | .328 | .364 | .500 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.9 |
| Jaclyn Johnson | 17 | 1 | 8.2 | .560 | .429 | .800 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 2.1 |
| Cíntia dos Santos | 10 | 0 | 6.5 | .368 | N/A | .833 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.9 |
| Carla McGhee | 17 | 0 | 4.2 | .250 | N/A | .500 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 |
$^‡$Waived/Released during the season $^†$Traded during the season $^≠$Acquired during the season

## Awards and honors

* Taj McWilliams-Franklin and Nykesha Sales were named to the WNBA All-Star team.
* Adrienne Johnson received the Hometown Hero Award.