2001 Houston Comets season
Introduction The 2001 WNBA season was the fifth season for the Houston Comets. The team advanced to the WNBA Playoffs, but failed to win a fifth consecutive championship.
Offseason ===WNBA draft=== Round  Pick  Player  Nationality  College/School/Team 1  15  Amanda Lassiter (F)    Missouri 2  31  Tynesha Lewis (G/F)    North Carolina State 3  33  ShaRae Mansfield (F)    Western Kentucky 3  47  Shala Crawford (C)    Life 4  63  Kristen Clement (G)    Tennessee
Regular season ===Season standings======Season schedule=== Date  Opponent  Score  Result  Record May 28  Los Angeles  63-66  Loss  0-1 May 31  @ Indiana  82-78  Win  1-1 June 2  @ Detroit  74-73  Win  2-1 June 5  @ Utah  72-68  Win  3-1 June 7  Detroit  87-66  Win  4-1 June 10  @ Phoenix  60-58  Win  5-1 June 21  Los Angeles  69-65  Win  6-1 June 23  Sacramento  70-56  Win  7-1 June 24  Portland  67-57  Win  8-1 June 27  Washington  76-63  Win  9-1 June 28  @ Sacramento  54-64  Loss  9-2 June 30  @ Minnesota  59-52  Win  10-2 July 2  Portland  74-67  Win  11-2 July 6  Indiana  79-64  Win  12-2 July 8  Cleveland  53-63  Loss  12-3 July 10  @ Sacramento  76-78  Loss  12-4 July 12  @ Portland  71-57  Win  13-4 July 13  @ Seattle  58-55  Win  14-4 July 18  @ Orlando  52-57  Loss  14-5 July 20  @ Miami  50-64  Loss  14-6 July 23  @ Minnesota  51-46  Win  15-6 July 24  Utah  67-76  Loss  15-7 July 28  New York  61-64  Loss  15-8 July 30  Seattle  55-51  Win  16-8 August 1  Utah  63-71  Loss  16-9 August 3  Orlando  72-60  Win  17-9 August 4  @ Charlotte  49-54  Loss  17-10 August 6  Phoenix  62-48  Win  18-10 August 8  @ Seattle  55-72  Loss  18-11 August 11  @ Los Angeles  54-65  Loss  18-12 August 13  Minnesota  74-60  Win  19-12 August 14  @ Phoenix  38-56  Loss  19-13 August 18 1st Round, G1  Los Angeles  59-64  Loss  0-1 August 20 1st Round, G2  @ Los Angeles  58-70  Loss  0-2
Player stats  Player  GP  REB  AST  STL  BLK  PTS Janeth Arcain  32  136  94  60  3  591 Tina Thompson  30  233  58  29  22  579 Coquese Washington  32  118  122  69  9  169 Tiffani Johnson  32  138  22  12  15  148 Amanda Lassiter  32  110  34  16  21  138 Trisha Stafford-Odom  30  85  16  12  2  113 Tammy Jackson  32  91  21  22  11  104 Tynesha Lewis  29  62  15  11  4  97 Jawann Kelley-Gibson  28  29  13  8  6  44 Elena Shakirova  26  35  9  6  2  38 Nekeshia Henderson  23  21  22  6  0  26
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