2002 Portland Fire season

2002 Portland Fire season
CoachLinda Hargrove
ArenaRose Garden
Attendance8,041 per game
Results
Record16–16 (.500)
Place5th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Team Leaders
PointsDeMya Walker 10.9 ppg
ReboundsDeMya Walker 5.0 rpg
AssistsUkari Figgs 3.4 apg

The 2002 WNBA season was the 3rd and final season for the Portland Fire franchise. The team improved compared from their first two seasons, but playoff hopes were denied when they finished one game back for a playoff berth. The team later folded after the season.

A new Portland Fire will begin play in 2026.

Offseason

WNBA draft

Round Pick Player Nationality College/School/Team
1 5 Nikki Teasley (G)  United States North Carolina
3 37 Mandy Nightingale (G)  United States Colorado
4 50 Melody Johnson (C)  United States Arizona State
4 53 Monique Cardenas (G)  United States Florida

Regular season

Season standings

Western Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
Los Angeles Sparks x 25 7 .781 17–4 –
Houston Comets x 24 8 .750 16–5 1.0
Utah Starzz x 20 12 .625 12–9 5.0
Seattle Storm x 17 15 .531 10–11 8.0
Portland Fire o 16 16 .500 8–13 9.0
Sacramento Monarchs o 14 18 .438 8–13 11.0
Phoenix Mercury o 11 21 .344 7–14 14.0
Minnesota Lynx o 10 22 .313 6–15 15.0

Season schedule

Date Opponent Score Result Record
1 May 29 New York L 62–84 0–1
2 May 30 @ Utah L 64–69 0–2
3 June 2 Seattle L 47–57 0–3
4 June 3 @ Los Angeles L 72–89 0–4
5 June 6 Sacramento W 86–73 1–4
6 June 11 @ Seattle W 70–63 2–4
7 June 13 @ Minnesota L 46–60 2–5
8 June 15 Detroit W 67–60 3–5
9 June 18 Minnesota W 59–51 4–5
10 June 20 Indiana L 72–81 4–6
11 June 23 Houston L 58–71 4–7
12 June 25 @ Utah L 83–86 4–8
13 June 26 Orlando W 64–57 5–8
14 June 28 Washington W 72–66 6–8
15 June 30 @ New York W 54–44 7–8
16 July 2 @ Cleveland W 68–64 8–8
17 July 3 @ Charlotte W 76–73 9–8
18 July 7 Sacramento W 74–59 10–8
19 July 10 @ Minnesota W 75–72 11–8
20 July 12 Los Angeles L 76–82 (OT) 11–9
21 July 17 Phoenix W 73–61 12–9
22 July 19 Houston W 70–60 13–9
23 July 21 @ Phoenix W 87–75 14–9
24 July 24 @ Los Angeles L 69–73 14–10
25 July 25 @ Sacramento L 80–81 (OT) 14–11
26 July 27 Miami W 71–61 15–11
27 July 30 @ Houston L 59–89 15–12
28 August 2 @ Washington W 67–65 16–12
29 August 4 @ Orlando L 61–63 16–13
30 August 6 Utah L 69–82 16–14
31 August 9 @ Seattle L 74–83 16–15
32 August 11 Phoenix L 70–73 16–16

Player stats

Note: GP = Games Played; REB = Rebounds; AST = Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points

Player GP REB AST STL BLK PTS
DeMya Walker 31 154 51 26 33 339
Tamicha Jackson 32 59 95 55 1 314
Sylvia Crawley 32 134 47 18 37 279
Alisa Burras 32 147 7 10 7 278
Ukari Figgs 31 80 104 25 2 264
Kristin Folkl 32 148 32 18 17 155
Stacey Thomas 32 94 67 42 12 143
Jackie Stiles 21 18 20 4 0 125
LaQuanda Barksdale 17 40 12 8 7 100
Tully Bevilaqua 27 33 44 22 3 84
Carolyn Young 19 14 12 4 0 83
Amber Hall 20 26 1 7 1 30
Jenny Mowe 5 1 0 0 0 1

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References

  1. ^ "2002 Portland Fire Stats".
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