- Offseason WNBA Draft
- Regular season Season standings Season schedule
- Player stats
- References
{{WNBA season
| team = Minnesota Lynx
| year = 2001
| attendance = 7,538
| wins = 12
| losses = 20
| conf = Western
| conf_place = 6th
| coach = Brian Agler
| arena = Target Center
| playoffs = Did Not Qualify
}}The 2001 WNBA season was the third season for the Minnesota Lynx. OffseasonWNBA Draft| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | College/School/Team | | 1 | 7 | Svetlana Abrosimova (F) | {{RUS}} | Connecticut | | 2 | 23 | Erin Buescher (G) | {{USA}} | Master's College | | 2 | 28 | Janell Burse (C) | {{USA}} | Tulane | | 3 | 39 | Tombi Bell (G) | {{USA}} | Miami | | 4 | 55 | Megan Taylor (G/F) | {{USA}} | Iowa State |
Regular seasonSeason standings{{2001 WNBA Western Conference standings|team=MIN}}Season schedule| Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Record | | May 31 | @ Portland | 82-65 | Win | 1-0 | | June 2 | Phoenix | 80-89 | Loss | 1-1 | | June 9 | Los Angeles | 60-62 | Loss | 1-2 | | June 12 | Indiana | 60-65 | Loss | 1-3 | | June 16 | @ Indiana | 65-67 | Loss | 1-4 | | June 17 | @ Detroit | 71-63 | Win | 2-4 | | June 22 | Miami | 63-57 | Win | 3-4 | | June 23 | @ Utah | 80-87 | Loss | 3-5 | | June 25 | @ Washington | 55-51 | Win | 4-5 | | June 28 | Seattle | 68-59 | Win | 5-5 | | June 30 | Houston | 52-59 | Loss | 5-6 | | July 1 | @ Cleveland | 47-52 | Loss | 5-7 | | July 3 | Sacramento | 52-91 | Loss | 5-8 | | July 6 | New York | 57-70 | Loss | 5-9 | | July 8 | @ Los Angeles | 95-100 | Loss | 5-10 | | July 10 | Portland | 73-52 | Win | 6-10 | | July 13 | @ New York | 64-67 | Loss | 6-11 | | July 14 | Phoenix | 67-80 | Loss | 6-12 | | July 18 | Seattle | 68-58 | Win | 7-12 | | July 21 | @ Orlando | 49-71 | Loss | 7-13 | | July 23 | Houston | 46-51 | Loss | 7-14 | | July 27 | Washington | 60-62 | Loss | 7-15 | | July 28 | @ Utah | 60-68 | Loss | 7-16 | | July 30 | @ Los Angeles | 69-78 | Loss | 7-17 | | August 1 | @ Phoenix | 68-63 | Win | 8-17 | | August 3 | Charlotte | 64-72 | Loss | 8-18 | | August 5 | Sacramento | 79-76 | Win | 9-18 | | August 7 | @ Sacramento | 59-76 | Loss | 9-19 | | August 8 | @ Portland | 70-58 | Win | 10-19 | | August 10 | @ Seattle | 65-51 | Win | 11-19 | | August 12 | Utah | 69-62 | Win | 12-19 | | August 13 | @ Houston | 60-74 | Loss | 12-20 |
Player stats| Player | GP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS | | Katie Smith | 32 | 122 | 70 | 23 | 5 | 739 | | Svetlana Abrosimova | 26 | 174 | 53 | 42 | 9 | 343 | | Erin Buescher | 32 | 118 | 62 | 27 | 29 | 183 | | Lynn Pride | 32 | 146 | 28 | 28 | 20 | 170 | | Betty Lennox | 11 | 54 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 121 | | Maylana Martin | 31 | 86 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 95 | | Kate Paye | 32 | 61 | 97 | 21 | 0 | 91 | | Val Whiting-Raymond | 26 | 83 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 88 | | Georgia Schweitzer | 24 | 50 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 87 | | Shanele Stires | 18 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 51 | | Janell Burse | 20 | 42 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 47 | | Michele VanGorp | 22 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 41 | | Kristi Harrower | 4 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 21 |
[1]References1. ^https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/MIN/2001.html
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