2002 Indiana Fever season
Introduction The 2002 WNBA season was the 3rd season for the Indiana Fever. The team, led by Tamika Catchings, went to the playoffs for the first time in team history, losing in the first round to the New York Liberty.
Offseason ===WNBA draft=== Round Pick Player Nationality College/School/Team 1 13 Tawana McDonald (C)  Georgia 2 17 Zuzi Klimesova (F)  Vanderbilt 3 34 Kelly Komara (G)  Purdue 4 49 LaKeisha Taylor (C)  Arizona 4 52 Jillian Danker (G/F)  Vanderbilt
Regular season ===Season standings======Season schedule=== Date Opponent Score Result Record June 1  Detroit  79-62  Win  1-0 June 2  @ Detroit  78-65  Win  2-0 June 5  Houston  45-56  Loss  2-1 June 7  @ Washington  68-89  Loss  2-2 June 8  New York  71-62  Win  3-2 June 11  @ Orlando  75-69  Win  4-2 June 13  @ Charlotte  64-75  Loss  4-3 June 15  Cleveland  68-79  Loss  4-4 June 18  @ Utah  71-79  Loss  4-5 June 20  @ Portland  81-72  Win  5-5 June 21  @ Seattle  51-63  Loss  5-6 June 25  @ New York  55-74  Loss  5-7 June 28  Sacramento  67-60  Win  6-7 June 30  @ Miami  59-65  Loss  6-8 July 3  @ Orlando  71-79 (OT)  Loss  6-9 July 6  Washington  50-45  Win  7-9 July 8  Cleveland  68-57  Win  8-9 July 10  Utah  69-82  Loss  8-10 July 12  Miami  62-68  Loss  8-11 July 17  Los Angeles  58-73  Loss  8-12 July 19  New York  62-70  Loss  8-13 July 22  Charlotte  73-72  Win  9-13 July 26  Minnesota  73-63  Win  10-13 July 28  @ Los Angeles  62-80  Loss  10-14 July 30  @ Sacramento  65-74  Loss  10-15 July 31  @ Phoenix  58-56  Win  11-15 August 3  Charlotte  69-48  Win  12-15 August 6  @ Washington  64-55  Win  13-15 August 7  Orlando  70-63  Win  14-15 August 9  @ Detroit  54-55  Loss  14-16 August 11  Miami  77-63  Win  15-16 August 13  @ Cleveland  60-56  Win  16-16 August 16 1st Round, G1  New York  73-55  Win  1-0 August 18 1st Round, G2  @ New York  65-84  Loss  1-1 August 20 1st Round, G3  @ New York  60-75  Loss  1-2
Player stats  Player GP REB AST STL BLK PTS Tamika Catchings  32  276  118  94  43  594 Nikki McCray  32  97  70  28  3  369 Olympia Scott  31  211  52  38  13  292 Nadine Malcolm  29  61  21  13  3  156 Rita Williams  20  37  43  21  2  120 Bridget Pettis  32  39  17  8  0  113 Kelly Schumacher  31  59  13  7  23  108 Alicia Thompson  18  42  14  7  2  97 Niele Ivey  31  28  39  16  3  86 Coquese Washington  11  33  48  23  2  80 Jackie Moore  18  29  3  5  1  42 Monica Maxwell  18  31  7  7  4  35 Zuzi Kilmesova  11  5  2  1  1  5
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