2002 Portland Fire season
Introduction The 2002 WNBA season was the 3rd and final season for the Portland Fire franchise. The team improved compared from their first two seasons, but playoff hopes were denied when they finished one game back for a playoff berth. The team later folded after the season.
Offseason ===WNBA draft=== Round Pick Player Nationality College/School/Team 1 5 Nikki Teasley (G)  North Carolina 3 37 Mandy Nightingale (G)  Colorado 4 50 Melody Johnson (C)  Arizona State 4 53 Monique Cardenas (G)  Florida
Regular season ===Season standings======Season schedule=== Date Opponent Score Result Record May 29  New York  62-84  Loss  0-1 May 30  @ Utah  64-69  Loss  0-2 June 2  Seattle  47-57  Loss  0-3 June 3  @ Los Angeles  72-89  Loss  0-4 June 6  Sacramento  86-73  Win  1-4 June 11  @ Seattle  70-63  Win  2-4 June 13  @ Minnesota  46-60  Loss  2-5 June 15  Detroit  67-60  Win  3-5 June 18  Minnesota  59-51  Win  4-5 June 20  Indiana  72-81  Loss  4-6 June 23  Houston  58-71  Loss  4-7 June 25  @ Utah  83-86  Loss  4-8 June 26  Orlando  64-57  Win  5-8 June 28  Washington  72-66  Win  6-8 June 30  @ New York  54-44  Win  7-8 July 2  @ Cleveland  68-64  Win  8-8 July 3  @ Charlotte  76-73  Win  9-8 July 7  Sacramento  74-59  Win  10-8 July 10  @ Minnesota  75-72  Win  11-8 July 12  Los Angeles  76-82 (OT)  Loss  11-9 July 17  Phoenix  73-61  Win  12-9 July 19  Houston  70-60  Win  13-9 July 21  @ Phoenix  87-75  Win  14-9 July 24  @ Los Angeles  69-73  Loss  14-10 July 25  @ Sacramento  80-81 (OT)  Loss  14-11 July 27  Miami  71-61  Win  15-11 July 30  @ Houston  59-89  Loss  15-12 August 2  @ Washington  67-65  Win  16-12 August 4  @ Orlando  61-63  Loss  16-13 August 6  Utah  69-82  Loss  16-14 August 9  @ Seattle  74-83  Loss  16-15 August 11  Phoenix  70-73  Loss  16-16
Player stats ''Note: GP = Games Played; REB = Rebounds; AST = Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points'' Player GP REB AST STL BLK PTS DeMya Walker  31  154  51  26  33  339 Tamicha Jackson  32  59  95  55  1  314 Sylvia Crawley  32  134  47  18  37  279 Alisa Burras  32  147  7  10  7  278 Ukari Figgs  31  80  104  25  2  264 Kristin Folkl  32  148  32  18  17  155 Stacey Thomas  32  94  67  42  12  143 Jackie Stiles  21  18  20  4  0  125 LaQuanda Barksdale  17  40  12  8  7  100 Tully Bevilaqua  27  33  44  22  3  84 Carolyn Young  19  14  12  4  0  83 Amber Hall  20  26  1  7  1  30 Jenny Mowe  5  1  0  0  0  1
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