2003 New York Liberty season

2003 New York Liberty season
CoachRichie Adubato
ArenaMadison Square Garden
Attendance12,123 per game
Results
Record16–18 (.471)
Place6th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 2003 WNBA season was the seventh for the New York Liberty. The Liberty fell one game short for the playoffs, also missing the postseason for the first time since 1998.

Offseason

Dispersal Draft

Pick Player Nationality Former team
11 Elena Baranova (F)  United States Miami Sol

WNBA draft

Round Pick Player Nationality College/School/Team
1 10 Molly Creamer (G)  United States Bucknell
2 17 Erin Thorn (G)  United States Brigham Young
2 24 Sonja Mallory (C)  United States Georgia Tech
3 39 Nicole Kaczmarski (G)  United States UCLA

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Detroit Shock x 25 9 .735 – 13–4 12–5 18–6
Charlotte Sting x 18 16 .529 7.0 13–4 5–12 12–12
Connecticut Sun x 18 16 .529 7.0 10–7 8–9 11–13
Cleveland Rockers x 17 17 .500 8.0 11–6 6–11 13–11
Indiana Fever o 16 18 .471 9.0 11–6 5–12 12–12
New York Liberty o 16 18 .471 9.0 11–6 5–12 11–13
Washington Mystics o 9 25 .265 16.0 3–14 6–11 7–17

Season schedule

Game Date Opponent Result Record
1 May 31 @ Cleveland L 50–74 0–1
2 June 1 Washington W 70–57 1-1
3 June 6 @ Minnesota W 70–60 2–1
4 June 7 @ Indiana L 66–86 2–2
5 June 10 Cleveland W 73–65 3–2
6 June 14 Los Angeles L 60–67 3–3
7 June 17 Sacramento W 70–61 4–3
8 June 20 @ Detroit L 83–88 4–4
9 June 22 Charlotte W 69–57 5-4
10 June 25 Phoenix W 70–64 6–4
11 June 27 Detroit L 69–75 6–5
12 July 1 Connecticut W 90–64 7–5
13 July 6 @ Connecticut L 58–62 7–6
14 July 10 @ Indiana L 69–76 7–7
15 July 15 Washington L 64–77 7–8
16 July 18 Charlotte W 56–48 8–8
17 July 20 Indiana W 73–65 9–8
18 July 23 @ Seattle L 65–75 9–9
19 July 24 @ Sacramento L 53–67 9–10
20 July 26 @ Houston L 53–61 9–11
21 July 29 @ Phoenix L 59–66 9–12
22 August 1 Detroit L 60–62 9–13
23 August 3 Cleveland W 60–48 10–13
24 August 5 San Antonio W 69–60 11–13
25 August 7 @ Charlotte L 54–65 11–14
26 August 9 @ Washington W 65–56 12–14
27 August 10 @ Detroit L 87–90 (OT) 12–15
28 August 12 @ Connecticut W 74–73 13–15
29 August 16 Connecticut L 71–84 13–16
30 August 17 @ Cleveland W 71–54 14–16
31 August 18 Houston W 67–64 15–16
32 August 21 @ Washington W 65–60 16–16
33 August 22 Indiana L 51–64 16–17
34 August 24 @ Charlotte L 59–61 (OT) 16–18

Player stats

Player GP REB AST STL BLK PTS
Vickie Johnson 32 95 75 29 7 430
Crystal Robinson 33 70 63 40 13 395
Tari Phillips 33 280 56 56 28 372
Elena Baranova 33 181 64 36 43 278
Tamika Whitmore 33 122 25 35 22 271
Becky Hammon 11 21 18 10 1 162
Teresa Weatherspoon 34 97 149 28 5 98
K.B. Sharp 30 32 37 14 0 94
Linda Frohlich 26 36 15 6 8 83
Erin Thorn 23 11 16 4 1 44
Lindsey Yamasaki 24 12 9 4 0 16
Bethany Donaphin 1 0 0 0 0 0

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References

  1. ^ "2003 New York Liberty Stats".
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