2001 Minnesota Lynx season

The 2001 WNBA season was the third season for the Minnesota Lynx.

Transactions

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	7	Svetlana Abrosimova	Soviet Union	UConn
2	23	Erin Buescher	United States	Master's
2	28	Janell Burse	United States	Tulane
3	39	Tombi Bell	United States	Miami
4	55	Megan Taylor	United States	Iowa State

Date	Transaction
February 20, 2001	Traded Kristin Folkl and a 2001 2nd Round Pick to the Portland Fire in exchange for Lynn Pride and Michele Van Gorp^[1]
April 17, 2001	Traded Annie La Fleur to the Washington Mystics in exchange for 2001 2nd Round Pick^[1]
April 20, 2001	Drafted Svetlana Abrosimova, Erin Buescher, Janell Burse, Tombi Bell and Megan Taylor in the 2001 WNBA Draft^[1]
	Traded a 2002 2nd Round Pick to the Detroit Shock in exchange for Val Whiting-Raymond^[1]
	Traded Marla Brumfield to the Miami Sol in exchange for Georgia Schweitzer^[1]
April 25, 2001	Waived Angela Aycock^[1]
May 7, 2001	Waived Angie Potthoff and Tombi Bell^[1]
May 25, 2001	Waived Keitha Dickerson and Megan Taylor^[1]
May 27, 2001	Waived Andrea Lloyd-Curry and Sonja Tate^[1]

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From	Yrs
F	25	Abrosimova, Svetlana	6' 2" (1.88m)	169 lb (77kg)	1980-07-09	Connecticut	R
F	11	Buescher, Erin	6' 3" (1.91m)	181 lb (82kg)	1979-06-05	Master's	R
C	33	Burse, Janell	6' 5" (1.96m)	199 lb (90kg)	1979-05-19	Tulane	R
G	8	Harrower, Kristi	5' 4" (1.63m)	139 lb (63kg)	1975-03-04		2
G	22	Lennox, Betty	5' 8" (1.73m)	143 lb (65kg)	1976-12-04	Louisiana Tech	1
F/C	13	Martin, Maylana	6' 2" (1.88m)	174 lb (79kg)	1978-04-17	UCLA	1
G	7	Paye, Kate	5' 8" (1.73m)	150 lb (68kg)	1974-03-06	Stanford	1
G/F	34	Pride, Lynn	6' 2" (1.88m)	180 lb (82kg)	1978-10-16	Kansas	1
G/F	23	Schweitzer, Georgia	6' 0" (1.83m)		1979-01-31	Duke	R
G	30	Smith, Katie	5' 11" (1.8m)	175 lb (79kg)	1974-06-04	Ohio State	2
F	3	Stires, Shanele	5' 11" (1.8m)	208 lb (94kg)	1972-05-21	Kansas State	1
C	31	Van Gorp, Michele	6' 6" (1.98m)	187 lb (85kg)	1977-05-10	Duke	2
F/C	52	Whiting-Raymond, Val	6' 2" (1.88m)	199 lb (90kg)	1972-04-09	Stanford	1

2001 game log
Total: 12–20 (Home: 6–11; Road: 6–9)

May: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	May 31	@ Portland	W 82–65	Katie Smith (31)	Lynn Pride (7)	Kristi Harrower (3)	Rose Garden	1–0

June : 4–6 (Home: 2–4; Road: 2–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
2	June 2	Phoenix	L 80–89	Katie Smith (22)	Betty Lennox (8)	Kate Paye (8)	Target Center	1–1
3	June 9	Los Angeles	L 60–62	Katie Smith (24)	Betty Lennox (11)	Paye Smith (4)	Target Center	1–2
4	June 12	Indiana	L 60–65	Smith Whiting-Raymond (13)	Val Whiting-Raymond (9)	Kristi Harrower (4)	Target Center	1–3
5	June 16	@ Indiana	L 67–68 (OT)	Katie Smith (22)	Betty Lennox (8)	Kate Paye (4)	Conseco Fieldhouse	1–4
6	June 17	@ Detroit	W 71–63	Katie Smith (40)	Betty Lennox (10)	Kate Paye (4)	The Palace of Auburn Hills	2–4
7	June 22	Miami	W 63–57	Katie Smith (26)	Erin Buescher (9)	Kate Paye (6)	Target Center	3–4
8	June 23	@ Utah	L 80–87	Katie Smith (27)	Svetlana Abrosimova (8)	Kate Paye (4)	Delta Center	3–5
9	June 25	@ Washington	W 55–51	Katie Smith (22)	Svetlana Abrosimova (10)	Paye Stires (3)	MCI Center	4–5
10	June 28	Seattle	W 68–59	Katie Smith (26)	Svetlana Abrosimova (9)	Kate Paye (8)	Target Center	5–5
11	June 30	Houston	L 52–59	Katie Smith (18)	Abrosimova Paye (5)	Kate Paye (5)	Target Center	5–6

July : 2–11 (Home: 2–5; Road: 0–6)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
12	July 1	@ Cleveland	L 47–52	Katie Smith (17)	Buescher Paye (6)	Erin Buescher (4)	Gund Arena	5–7
13	July 3	Sacramento	L 52–91	Katie Smith (18)	Martin Pride (5)	Erin Buescher (4)	Target Center	5–8
14	July 6	New York	L 57–70	Katie Smith (27)	Maylana Martin (7)	Kate Paye (4)	Target Center	5–9
15	July 8	@ Los Angeles	L 95–100	Katie Smith (46)	Buescher Martin Pride (5)	Katie Smith (4)	Staples Center	5–10
16	July 10	Portland	W 73–52	Katie Smith (28)	Abrosimova Buescher (7)	Buescher Paye Smith (4)	Target Center	6–10
17	July 13	@ New York	L 64–67 (OT)	Katie Smith (23)	Maylana Martin (9)	Georgia Schweitzer (4)	Madison Square Garden	6–11
18	July 14	Phoenix	L 67–80	Katie Smith (27)	Svetlana Abrosimova (6)	Kate Paye (5)	Target Center	6–12
19	July 18	Seattle	W 68–58	Svetlana Abrosimova (21)	Abrosimova Buescher Paye Smith (5)	Katie Smith (8)	Target Center	7–12
20	July 21	@ Orlando	L 49–71	Svetlana Abrosimova (27)	Lynn Pride (7)	Abrosimova Buescher Paye (2)	TD Waterhouse Centre	7–13
21	July 23	Houston	L 46–51	Svetlana Abrosimova (20)	Svetlana Abrosimova (11)	Abrosimova Buescher (4)	Target Center	7–14
22	July 27	Washington	L 60–62	Katie Smith (22)	Buescher Pride (8)	Erin Buescher (3)	Target Center	7–15
23	July 28	@ Utah	L 60–68 (OT)	Katie Smith (30)	Abrosimova Buescher (9)	Abrosimova Smith (2)	Delta Center	7–16
24	July 30	@ Los Angeles	L 69–78	Svetlana Abrosimova (27)	Svetlana Abrosimova (10)	Paye Schweitzer Van Gorp (4)	Staples Center	7–17

August : 5–3 (Home: 2–2; Road: 3–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
25	August 1	@ Phoenix	W 68–63	Katie Smith (36)	Lynn Pride (7)	Abrosimova Paye (4)	America West Arena	8–17
26	August 3	Charlotte	L 64–72	Katie Smith (21)	Janell Burse (5)	Svetlana Abrosimova (4)	Target Center	8–18
27	August 5	Sacramento	W 79–76 (OT)	Svetlana Abrosimova (21)	Svetlana Abrosimova (15)	Georgia Schweitzer (6)	American Airlines Arena	9–18
28	August 7	@ Sacramento	L 59–76	Svetlana Abrosimova (16)	Abrosimova Pride (7)	Svetlana Abrosimova (5)	ARCO Arena	9–19
29	August 8	@ Portland	W 70–58	Katie Smith (27)	Abrosimova Smith (10)	Kate Paye (4)	Rose Garden	10–19
30	August 10	@ Seattle	W 65–51	Katie Smith (22)	Svetlana Abrosimova (13)	Abrosimova Pride (4)	KeyArena	11–19
31	August 12	Utah	W 69–62	Betty Lennox (18)	Svetlana Abrosimova (12)	Katie Smith (5)	Target Center	12–19
32	August 14	Houston	L 60–74	Katie Smith (29)	Georgia Schweitzer (6)	Abrosimova Van Gorp (3)	Compaq Center	12–20

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
Los Angeles Sparks ^x	28	4	.875	19–2	–
Sacramento Monarchs ^x	20	12	.625	13–8	8.0
Utah Starzz ^x	19	13	.594	11–10	9.0
Houston Comets ^x	19	13	.594	13–8	9.0
Phoenix Mercury ^o	13	19	.406	8–13	15.0
Minnesota Lynx ^o	12	20	.375	9–12	16.0
Portland Fire ^o	11	21	.344	5–16	17.0
Seattle Storm ^o	10	22	.313	6–15	18.0

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Katie Smith	32	32	38.6	.393	.354	.895	3.8	2.2	0.7	0.2	23.1
Svetlana Abrosimova	26	23	32.5	.391	.260	.727	6.7	2.0	1.6	0.3	13.3
Erin Buescher	32	19	22.7	.348	.276	.618	3.7	1.9	0.8	0.9	5.7
Lynn Pride	32	14	22.3	.391	.250	.600	4.6	0.9	0.9	0.6	5.3
Betty Lennox	11	7	21.9	.373	.385	.950	4.9	1.5	0.9	0.4	11.0
Kate Paye	32	16	20.4	.385	.357	.688	1.9	3.0	0.7	0.0	2.8
Kristi Harrower	4	1	18.0	.467	.500	1.000	1.0	2.8	0.8	0.0	5.3
Val Whiting-Raymond	26	15	17.8	,267	.000	.741	3.2	0.6	0.6	0.5	3.4
Georgia Schweitzer	24	8	17.6	.314	.167	.765	2.1	1.4	0.5	0.3	3.5
Maylana Martin	31	12	15.9	.340	.333	.613	2.8	0.6	0.5	0.5	3.1
Shanele Stires	18	5	11.2	.377	.240	.714	1.5	0.8	0.4	0.2	2.8
Michele Van Gorp	22	8	11.0	.375	.000	.550	1.5	0.5	0.1	0.3	1.9
Janell Burse	20	0	8.5	.333	.000	.750	2.1	0.3	0.1	0.8	2.4

^‡Waived/Released during the season
^†Traded during the season
^≠Acquired during the season

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