2001 WNBA playoffs

Professional women's basketball tournament August 2023 2001 WNBA playoffs August 16 – September 1, 2001 Los Angeles Sparks Charlotte Sting Scoring leader(s) Lisa Leslie (Los Angeles) 156 MVP Lisa Leslie (Los Angeles) 2000 2002 The 2001 WNBA playoffs was the postseason for the Women's National Basketball Association's 2001 season which ended with the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Sparks beating the Eastern Conference champion Charlotte Sting, 2–0. Lisa Leslie was named the MVP of the Finals. Regular season standings Eastern Conference Western Conference Note: Teams with an "X" clinched playoff spots. Bracket The top four teams from each conference qualified for the playoffs and were seeded based on their regular season standings. Conference semifinalsBest-of-3 Conference finalsBest-of-3 WNBA FinalsBest-of-3 Eastern Conference Western Conference E1 Cleveland 1 E4 Charlotte 2 E2 New York 2 E3 Miami 1 W1 Los Angeles 2 W4 Houston 0 W2 Sacramento 2 W3 Utah 0 E4 Charlotte 2 E2 New York 1 W1 Los Angeles 2 W2 Sacramento 1 E4 Charlotte 0 W1 Los Angeles 2 Bold – Series winner Italics – Team with home-court advantage Conference semifinals Eastern Conference Charlotte 2, Cleveland 1 G1: CHA 53, CLE 46 G2: CLE 69, CHA 51 G3: CHA 72, CLE 64 New York 2, Miami 1 G1: NYL 62, MIA 46 G2: MIA 53, NYL 50 G3: NYL 72, MIA 61 Western Conference L.A. 2, Houston 0 G1: LA 64, HOU 59 G2: LA 70, HOU 58 Sacramento 2, Utah 0 G1: SAC 89, UTA 65 G2: SAC 71, UTA 66 Conference finals Eastern Conference Charlotte 2, New York 1 G1: NYL 61, CHA 57 G2: CHA 62, NYL 53 G3: CHA 48, NYL 44 Western Conference L.A. 2, Sacramento 1 G1: LA 74, SAC 73 G2: SAC 80, LA 60 G3: LA 93, SAC 62 WNBA Championship 2001 WNBA Championship LA v CHA #e3e3e3 August 30 Recap Los Angeles Sparks 75 Charlotte Sting 66 35–39 40–27 Lisa Leslie 24 Milton, Leslie 8 each DeLisha Milton 5 Andrea Stinson 18 Allison Feaster 5 Andrea Stinson 5 Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, North Carolina 16,132 Melissa Barlow, Gary Zielinski, Michael Price Los Angeles leads series, 1–0 CHA v LA September 1 Recap Charlotte Sting 54 Los Angeles Sparks 82 30–38 24–44 Tammy Sutton-Brown 12 Charlotte Smith 8 Dawn Staley 5 Lisa Leslie 24 Lisa Leslie 13 Tamecka Dixon 7 Staples Center, Los Angeles, California 13,141 Patty Broderick, June Courteau, Bob Trammell Los Angeles wins series, 2–0 WNBA.com WNBA Playoffs History: 2001 See also List of WNBA Champions References External links Link to WNBA Playoffs series, recap, and boxscoresAugust 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Playoffs Category:WNBA playoffs