2002 Phoenix Mercury season
Introduction The 2002 WNBA season was the sixth season for the Phoenix Mercury. The Mercury's head coach, Cynthia Cooper, resigned during the season.
Offseason ===WNBA draft=== Round  Pick  Player  Nationality  College/School/Team 2  25  Tootie Shaw (F)    Wichita State 3  40  Kayte Christensen (F)    UC-Santa Barbara 4  56  Amba Kongolo (F/C)    North Carolina Central
Regular season ===Season standings======Season schedule=== Date  Opponent  Score  Result  Record May 29  @ Houston  56-61  Loss  0-1 June 1  Utah  71-66  Win  1-1 June 3  Washington  71-65  Win  2-1 June 9  Charlotte  80-77  Win  3-1 June 13  Detroit  70-67  Win  4-1 June 14  Seattle  82-90  Loss  4-2 June 18  Sacramento  78-63  Win  5-2 June 21  @ Houston  59-61  Loss  5-3 June 23  Minnesota  70-61  Win  6-3 June 25  @ Los Angeles  66-89  Loss  6-4 June 26  Seattle  62-53  Win  7-4 June 28  Los Angeles  72-84  Loss  7-5 July 1  @ Charlotte  68-90  Loss  7-6 July 3  @ Miami  61-86  Loss  7-7 July 6  @ Orlando  70-72  Loss  7-8 July 8  @ New York  71-77  Loss  7-9 July 9  @ Washington  54-68  Loss  7-10 July 11  Houston  58-52  Win  8-10 July 13  @ Utah  66-75  Loss  8-11 July 17  @ Portland  61-73  Loss  8-12 July 19  @ Seattle  48-89  Loss  8-13 July 21  Portland  75-87  Loss  8-14 July 26  @ Utah  61-74  Loss  8-15 July 27  Sacramento  64-79  Loss  8-16 July 29  Minnesota  57-46  Win  9-16 July 31  Indiana  56-58  Loss  9-17 August 2  @ Minnesota  51-75  Loss  9-18 August 4  @ Detroit  75-91  Loss  9-19 August 6  @ Sacramento  70-73  Loss  9-20 August 7  Cleveland  59-57  Win  10-20 August 11  @ Portland  73-70  Win  11-20 August 13  Los Angeles  56-63  Loss  11-21
Player stats  Player  GP  REB  AST  STL  BLK  PTS Jennifer Gillom  31  116  37  29  21  473 Gordana Grubin  32  64  104  36  3  317 Lisa Harrison  32  126  40  31  3  262 Adrian Williams  32  220  35  48  29  200 Adriana Moises Pinto  32  60  79  30  3  193 Kayte Christensen  30  80  15  24  13  120 Tracy Reid  24  77  14  22  2  113 Susanna Bonfiglio  22  37  23  12  0  105 Jaynetta Saunders  27  38  23  9  4  99 Slobodanka Tuvic  26  63  11  9  9  86 Kristen Veal  23  27  41  14  2  71 Brandy Reed  5  4  4  2  3  38 Oksana Zakaluzhnaya  5  3  0  0  0  6 Shea Mahoney  3  2  1  0  0  5 Quacy Barnes  2  1  0  1  2  3
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