2001 New York Liberty season
Introduction The 2001 WNBA season was the fifth season for the New York Liberty. The team attempted to reach the WNBA Finals, but they failed in the conference finals, losing in three games to the Charlotte Sting.
Offseason ===WNBA draft=== Round  Pick  Player  Nationality  College/School/Team 4  57  Taru Tuukkanen (F/C)    Xavier 4  60  Tara Mitchem (G)    Southwest Missouri State
Regular season ===Season schedule=== Date  Opponent  Score  Result  Record May 31  @ Miami  59-68  Loss  0-1 June 2  Indiana  75-58  Win  1-1 June 4  Sacramento  63-80  Loss  1-2 June 7  @ Cleveland  49-67  Loss  1-3 June 10  @ Washington  81-80  Win  2-3 June 12  Charlotte  79-70  Win  3-3 June 16  Washington  86-63  Win  4-3 June 17  @ Miami  55-48  Win  5-3 June 19  @ Sacramento  65-56  Win  6-3 June 21  @ Phoenix  95-70  Win  7-3 June 24  Los Angeles  82-69  Win  8-3 June 25  @ Orlando  54-67  Loss  8-4 June 30  Orlando  72-60  Win  9-4 July 2  Detroit  66-60  Win  10-4 July 3  @ Charlotte  61-66  Loss  10-5 July 6  @ Minnesota  70-57  Win  11-5 July 8  @ Indiana  58-56  Win  12-5 July 9  Indiana  72-65  Win  13-5 July 11  Seattle  67-53  Win  14-5 July 13  Minnesota  67-64  Win  15-5 July 18  @ Detroit  80-67  Win  16-5 July 19  @ Cleveland  60-65  Loss  16-6 July 22  Miami  52-68  Loss  16-7 July 24  @ Portland  68-86  Loss  16-8 July 26  @ Utah  63-71  Loss  16-9 July 28  @ Houston  64-61  Win  17-9 August 1  Detroit  66-63  Win  18-9 August 4  Cleveland  43-58  Loss  18-10 August 8  Utah  82-63  Win  19-10 August 10  Orlando  77-67  Win  20-10 August 11  @ Charlotte  60-80  Loss  20-11 August 14  Washington  71-56  Win  21-11
Playoffs  Game  Date  Opponent  Score  Result  Record '''Eastern Conference Semifinals''' 1  August 17  @ Miami  62-46  Win  1-0 2  August 19  Miami  50-53  Loss  1-1 3  August 21  Miami  72-61  Win  2-1 '''Eastern Conference Finals''' 1  August 24  @ Charlotte  61-57  Win  3-1 2  August 26  Charlotte  53-62  Loss  3-2 3  August 27  Charlotte  44-48  Loss  3-3
Player stats  Player  GP  REB  AST  STL  BLK  PTS Tari Phillips  32  257  34  48  17  489 Vickie Johnson  32  107  87  35  4  353 Crystal Robinson  32  92  83  32  8  342 Becky Hammon  32  52  51  27  1  262 Tamika Whitmore  32  97  19  17  10  226 Teresa Weatherspoon  32  118  203  55  7  207 Sue Wicks  30  138  37  36  30  157 Andrea Nagy  23  9  24  2  3  34 Camille Cooper  4  11  1  0  2  26 Gracy Daley  15  8  10  8  1  25 Katrina Lazic  8  6  3  3  0  17 Rebecca Lobo  16  14  1  2  0  17 Hajduna Radunovic  4  4  0  0  1  4 Mactabene Amachree  2  1  0  0  1  1
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