2002 Orlando Miracle season

2002 Orlando Miracle season
Head Coach Dee Brown
Arena TD Waterhouse Centre
Attendance 7,115 per game
Results
Record 16–16
(.500)
Place 5th (Eastern)
Playoff Finish Did Not Qualify
Team Leaders
Points Shannon Johnson (16.1)
Rebounds Wendy Palmer (5.8)
Assists Shannon Johnson (5.3)
Orlando Miracle seasons
< 2001 2003 >

The 2002 WNBA season was their 4th season and their last in Orlando. The Miracle missed out of the playoffs by losing in a tiebreaker to the Indiana Fever. It was also the final season in Orlando.

Contents

Offseason

WNBA Draft

Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
2 23 Davalyn Cunningham  United States Rutgers
3 39 Saundra Jackson  United States Mississippi
4 55 Tomeka Brown  United States Ohio State

[1]

Transactions

[2]

Roster

Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight From
F 50 Cunningham, Davalyn 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 187 lb (85 kg) Rutgers
C 28 dos Santos, Cintia 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 187 lb (85 kg) Brazil
G/F 32 Douglas, Katie 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Purdue
F/C 7 Hicks, Jessie 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 188 lb (85 kg) Maryland
G 31 Johnson, Adrienne 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 154 lb (70 kg) Ohio State
G 14 Johnson, Shannon 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) 152 lb (69 kg) South Carolina
C 00 Machanguana, Clarisse 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Old Dominion
G/F 12 McCain, Tiffany 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 167 lb (76 kg) Kentucky
F 10 McGhee, Carla 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 179 lb (81 kg) Tennessee
F/C 11 McWilliams, Taj (C) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 184 lb (83 kg) St. Edward's College
F 3 Palmer-Daniel, Wendy 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Virginia
G/F 42 Sales, Nykesha (C) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Connecticut
F 21 Wyckoff, Brooke 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 183 lb (83 kg) Florida State
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Season standings

Eastern Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
New York Liberty x 18 14 .563 11–10 –
Charlotte Sting x 18 14 .563 12–9 –
Washington Mystics x 17 15 .531 12–9 1.0
Indiana Fever x 16 16 .500 12–9 2.0
Orlando Miracle o 16 16 .500 13–8 2.0
Miami Sol o 15 17 .469 11–10 3.0
Cleveland Rockers o 10 22 .312 7–14 8.0
Detroit Shock o 9 23 .281 6–15 9.0

Schedule

Preseason

Game Date Opponent Result Record
1 May 11 Miami W 67-59 1-0
2 May 19 Los Angeles L 75-85 1-1
3 May 21 @ Houston W 61-56 2-1

Regular season

Game Date Opponent Result Record
1 May 30 Detroit W 80-66 1-0
2 June 1 @ Washington L 82-93 1-1
3 June 4 @ Miami W 71-69 2-1
4 June 8 Cleveland W 103-99 (3OT) 3-1
5 June 11 Indiana L 69-75 3-2
6 June 15 Miami L 65-69 3-3
7 June 18 @ New York W 71-62 4-3
8 June 19 @ Cleveland W 66-62 5-3
9 June 21 @ Detroit W 80-59 6-3
10 June 23 New York W 77-65 7-3
11 June 26 @ Portland L 57-64 7-4
12 June 27 @ Seattle L 71-73 7-5
13 June 29 @ Minnesota L 59-67 7-6
14 July 3 Indiana W 79-71 (OT) 8-6
15 July 6 Phoenix W 72-70 9-6
16 July 8 Washington L 51-63 9-7
17 July 12 Charlotte L 67-72 9-8
18 July 13 @ Miami L 56-70 9-9
19 July 17 @ Charlotte L 62-89 9-10
20 July 19 Utah W 84-73 10-10
21 July 21 @ Sacramento L 60-62 10-11
22 July 22 @ Los Angeles L 84-92 10-12
23 July 25 Seattle L 76-79 10-13
24 July 28 @ Cleveland W 76-70 (OT) 11-13
25 July 30 @ Washington W 70-55 12-13
26 August 1 Charlotte W 65-63 13-13
27 August 3 @ Houston L 62-69 13-14
28 August 4 Portland W 63-61 14-14
29 August 7 @ Indiana L 63-70 14-15
30 August 8 @ Sacramento L 72-82 14-16
31 August 11 Detroit W 71-58 15-16
32 August 13 New York W 70-63 16-16

Playoffs

The Miracle tied for fourth place with the Indiana Fever. However, the Miracle lost two of the three regular season meetings with the Fever and therefore, the Fever took fourth place and advanced to the postseason for the first time ever.

Depth

Pos. Starter Bench Inactive
C Clarisse Machanguana Jessie Hicks -- Cintia dos Santos
PF Taj McWilliams-Franklin Wendy Palmer-Daniel Davalyn Cunningham
SF Katie Douglas Brooke Wyckoff Carla McGhee
SG Nykesha Sales Adrienne Johnson
PG Shannon Johnson Tiffany McCain

Player stats

Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ WNBA.com: 2002 WNBA Draft Board
  2. ^ WNBA.com: 2002 WNBA Transactions
Bold indicates WNBA Finals appearance
Formerly the Orlando Miracle • Founded in 1999 • Based in Uncasville, Connecticut
The franchise
Arenas
Head coaches
Administration
Owner: RDV Sports, Inc. • Mohegan Sun
General Manager: Carolyn Peck • Dee Brown • Chris Sienko
All-Stars
Seasons
1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011
Playoff appearances
2000 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2011
Conference titles
WNBA titles
None
Rivals
Media
TV: CSN New England (CSN-NE) • Announcers: Mike Gorman, Meghan Culmo, Brian Scalabrine, Rebecca Lobo
Draft • All-Star Game • Playoffs • Finals
Eastern Charlotte Sting Cleveland Rockers Detroit Shock Indiana Fever Miami Sol New York Liberty Orlando Miracle Washington Mystics
Western Houston Comets Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx Phoenix Mercury Portland Fire Sacramento Monarchs Seattle Storm Utah Starzz
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