2001 New York Liberty season

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.

2001 New York Liberty season
CoachRichie Adubato
ArenaMadison Square Garden
Attendance15,660 per game
Results
Record2111 (.656)
Place2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finishLost Conference Finals (2-1) to Charlotte Sting
Media
TelevisionWPIX (WB 11)
Fox Sports Net New York
MSG Network
MetroTV

Offseason

WNBA Draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalityCollege/School/Team
457Taru Tuukkanen (F/C) FinlandXavier
460Tara Mitchem (G) United StatesSouthwest Missouri State

Regular season

Season schedule

Eastern Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
Cleveland Rockers x2210.68815–6
New York Liberty x2111.65613–81.0
Miami Sol x2012.62514–72.0
Charlotte Sting x1814.56315–64.0
Orlando Miracle o1319.4069–129.0
Indiana Fever o1022.3137–1412.0
Detroit Shock o1022.3137–1412.0
Washington Mystics o1022.3134–1712.0
DateOpponentScoreResultRecord
May 31@ Miami59-68Loss0-1
June 2Indiana75-58Win1-1
June 4Sacramento63-80Loss1-2
June 7@ Cleveland49-67Loss1-3
June 10@ Washington81-80Win2-3
June 12Charlotte79-70Win3-3
June 16Washington86-63Win4-3
June 17@ Miami55-48Win5-3
June 19@ Sacramento65-56Win6-3
June 21@ Phoenix95-70Win7-3
June 24Los Angeles82-69Win8-3
June 25@ Orlando54-67Loss8-4
June 30Orlando72-60Win9-4
July 2Detroit66-60Win10-4
July 3@ Charlotte61-66Loss10-5
July 6@ Minnesota70-57Win11-5
July 8@ Indiana58-56Win12-5
July 9Indiana72-65Win13-5
July 11Seattle67-53Win14-5
July 13Minnesota67-64Win15-5
July 18@ Detroit80-67Win16-5
July 19@ Cleveland60-65Loss16-6
July 22Miami52-68Loss16-7
July 24@ Portland68-86Loss16-8
July 26@ Utah63-71Loss16-9
July 28@ Houston64-61Win17-9
August 1Detroit66-63Win18-9
August 4Cleveland43-58Loss18-10
August 8Utah82-63Win19-10
August 10Orlando77-67Win20-10
August 11@ Charlotte60-80Loss20-11
August 14Washington71-56Win21-11

Playoffs

GameDateOpponentScoreResultRecord
Eastern Conference Semifinals
1August 17@ Miami62-46Win1-0
2August 19Miami50-53Loss1-1
3August 21Miami72-61Win2-1
Eastern Conference Finals
1August 24@ Charlotte61-57Win3-1
2August 26Charlotte53-62Loss3-2
3August 27Charlotte44-48Loss3-3

Player stats

PlayerGPREBASTSTLBLKPTS
Tari Phillips32257344817489
Vickie Johnson3210787354353
Crystal Robinson329283328342
Becky Hammon325251271262
Tamika Whitmore3297191710226
Teresa Weatherspoon32118203557207
Sue Wicks30138373630157
Andrea Nagy239242334
Camille Cooper41110226
Gracy Daley158108125
Katrina Lazic8633017
Rebecca Lobo161412017
Hajduna Radunovic440014
Mactabene Amachree210011

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