2002 New York Liberty season
Introduction The 2002 WNBA season was the sixth season for the New York Liberty. The Liberty franchise reached their 4th berth to the WNBA Finals, but lost in a sweep to the Los Angeles Sparks. This was the last season that New York qualified for the WNBA Finals, before their appearance in 2023.
Offseason ===WNBA draft=== Round Pick Player Nationality College/School/Team 2 26 Linda Fröhlich (F)  UNLV 3 46 Tracy Gahan (G)  Iowa State 4 62 Deedee Warley (F)  Maryland
Regular season ===Season standings======Season schedule=== Date Opponent Score Result Record May 25  @ Los Angeles  64-72  Loss  0-1 May 29  @ Portland  84-62  Win  1-1 May 30  @ Seattle  78-61  Win  2-1 June 2  Miami  58-52  Win  3-1 June 5  Detroit  60-59  Win  4-1 June 8  @ Indiana  62-71  Loss  4-2 June 9  @ Detroit  70-63  Win  5-2 June 11  @ Utah  71-68  Win  6-2 June 13  @ Sacramento  77-78 (OT)  Loss  6-3 June 16  Charlotte  54-53  Win  7-3 June 18  Orlando  62-71  Loss  7-4 June 21  @ Cleveland  69-80  Loss  7-5 June 23  @ Orlando  65-77  Loss  7-6 June 25  Indiana  74-55  Win  8-6 June 28  Cleveland  58-67  Loss  8-7 June 30  Portland  44-54  Loss  8-8 July 2  Seattle  74-63  Win  9-8 July 8  Phoenix  77-71  Win  10-8 July 10  @ Detroit  63-66  Loss  10-9 July 13  @ Washington  67-53  Win  11-9 July 18  Los Angeles  72-59  Win  12-9 July 19  @ Indiana  70-62  Win  13-9 July 22  Cleveland  73-52  Win  14-9 July 23  @ Miami  46-54  Loss  14-10 July 28  Houston  62-56  Win  15-10 August 2  Miami  66-54  Win  16-10 August 4  @ Charlotte  71-58  Win  17-10 August 6  Minnesota  49-52  Loss  17-11 August 8  Washington  54-65  Loss  17-12 August 9  @ Washington  74-66  Win  18-12 August 11  Charlotte  58-71  Loss  18-13 August 13  @ Orlando  63-70  Loss  18-14 August 16 1st Round, G1  @ Indiana  55-73  Loss  0-1 August 18 1st Round, G2  Indiana  84-65  Win  1-1 August 20 1st Round, G3  Indiana  75-60  Win  2-1 August 22 East Finals, G1  @ Washington  74-79  Loss  2-2 August 24 East Finals, G2  Washington  96-79  Win  3-2 August 25 East Finals, G3  Washington  64-57  Win  4-2 August 29 WNBA Finals, G1  Los Angeles  63-71  Loss  4-3 August 31 WNBA Finals, G2  @ Los Angeles  66-69  Loss  4-4
Player stats  Player GP REB AST STL BLK PTS Tari Phillips  32  223  41  58  14  451 Tamika Whitmore  32  141  23  27  43  406 Crystal Robinson  32  92  81  48  12  378 Vickie Johnson  31  109  86  27  4  359 Becky Hammon  32  68  54  25  0  256 Teresa Weatherspoon  32  86  181  42  3  108 Sue Wicks  30  101  14  22  15  66 Camille Cooper  23  16  3  4  5  27 Korie Hlede  16  16  12  6  2  26 Linda Fröhlich  16  13  1  2  0  6 Bernadette Ngoyisa  7  5  0  0  2  6
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