2001 Portland Fire season
Introduction The 2001 WNBA season was the 2nd season for the Portland Fire. The Fire failed to qualify for the WNBA Playoffs for the second consecutive year.
Offseason ===WNBA draft=== Round  Pick  Player  Nationality  College/School/Team 1  4  Jackie Stiles (G)    Southwest Missouri State 1  12  LaQuanda Barksdale (G/F)    North Carolina 2  20  Jenny Mowe (C)    Oregon 3  36  Rasheeda Clark (G)    Pepperdine 4  52  Natasha Pointer (G)    Rutgers
Regular season ===Season standings======Season schedule=== Date  Opponent  Score  Result  Record May 31  Minnesota  65-82  Loss  0-1 June 2  @ Utah  76-71  Win  1-1 June 4  Phoenix  71-69  Win  2-1 June 12  Cleveland  67-62  Win  3-1 June 16  @ Sacramento  81-74  Win  4-1 June 17  @ Los Angeles  75-90  Loss  4-2 June 19  Seattle  58-43  Win  5-2 June 22  Charlotte  66-62  Win  6-2 June 24  @ Houston  57-67  Loss  6-3 June 26  @ Cleveland  57-61  Loss  6-4 June 27  @ Indiana  68-65  Win  7-4 June 29  @ Miami  74-72  Win  8-4 July 2  @ Houston  67-74  Loss  8-5 July 4  Seattle  56-61  Loss  8-6 July 6  Washington  69-58  Win  9-6 July 8  Utah  63-65  Loss  9-7 July 10  @ Minnesota  52-73  Loss  9-8 July 12  Houston  57-71  Loss  9-9 July 19  @ Phoenix  58-60  Loss  9-10 July 20  @ Seattle  56-49  Win  10-10 July 22  Detroit  77-80  Loss  10-11 July 24  New York  86-68  Win  11-11 July 27  @ Sacramento  62-85  Loss  11-12 July 28  Los Angeles  83-88  Loss  11-13 July 30  Utah  73-79  Loss  11-14 August 1  @ Orlando  63-65  Loss  11-15 August 3  @ Washington  50-64  Loss  11-16 August 4  @ Detroit  65-70  Loss  11-17 August 8  Minnesota  58-70  Loss  11-18 August 11  @ Phoenix  62-73  Loss  11-19 August 12  Sacramento  58-64  Loss  11-20 August 14  Los Angeles  58-67  Loss  11-21
Player stats  Player  GP  REB  AST  STL  BLK  PTS Jackie Stiles  32  77  55  24  3  478 Sophia Witherspoon  31  74  54  30  8  373 Sylvia Crawley  32  203  54  19  26  299 Kristin Folkl  32  245  45  20  34  180 Tully Bevilaqua  31  88  103  59  6  153 Tamicha Jackson  32  44  50  28  0  132 DeMya Walker  21  58  10  7  12  113 Carolyn Young  23  34  15  14  1  111 Alisa Burras  26  59  10  5  3  106 Vanessa Nygaard  31  35  10  6  2  76 Stacey Thomas  32  70  41  30  10  59 Jenny Mowe  5  3  0  0  1  6 LaQuanda Barksdale  5  6  4  2  0  2
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