2001 Minnesota Lynx season

none August 2023 March 2026 Minnesota Lynx 2001 12 20 Western 6th Brian Agler Target Center Did not qualify KMSP (UPN 9)Fox Sports Net North The 2001 Minnesota Lynx season was the 3rd season for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association, and the third season under head coach Brian Agler. The season tipped-off on May 31, 2001 against the Fire. The Lynx failed to improve or match their 15-17 records from the last two seasons, and they missed the playoffs for the third consecutive season. Transactions WNBA draft 2001 WNBA draft Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 1 7 Svetlana Abrosimova UConn223Erin BuescherMaster's228Janell BurseTulane339Tombi BellMiami455Megan TaylorIowa State Transactions DateTransactionFebruary 20, 2001Traded Kristin Folkl and a 2001 2nd Round Pick to the Portland Fire in exchange for Lynn Pride and Michele Van GorpApril 17, 2001Traded Annie La Fleur to the Washington Mystics in exchange for 2001 2nd Round PickApril 20, 2001 Drafted Svetlana Abrosimova, Erin Buescher, Janell Burse, Tombi Bell and Megan Taylor in the 2001 WNBA draft2001 Minnesota Lynx Transactions https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/MIN/2001_transactions.html 2024-08-20 Basketball-Reference.com enTraded a 2002 2nd Round Pick to the Detroit Shock in exchange for Val Whiting-RaymondTraded Marla Brumfield to the Miami Sol in exchange for Georgia SchweitzerApril 25, 2001Waived Angela AycockMay 7, 2001Waived Angie Potthoff and Tombi BellMay 25, 2001Waived Keitha Dickerson and Megan TaylorMay 27, 2001Waived Andrea Lloyd-Curry and Sonja Tate Roster Minnesota Lynx 2001 WNBA white #00843D white #236192 25 Svetlana Abrosimova F 6 2 169 1980-07-09 R UConn USSR 11 Erin Buescher F 6 3 181 1979-06-05 R The Master's USA 33 Janell Burse C 6 5 199 1979-05-19 R Tulane USA 8 Kristi Harrower G 5 4 139 1975-03-04 2 AUS 22 Betty Lennox G 5 8 143 1976-12-04 1 Louisiana Tech USA 13 Maylana Martin C/F 6 2 174 1978-04-17 1 UCLA USA 7 Kate Paye G 5 8 150 1974-03-06 1 Stanford USA 34 Lynn Pride G/F 6 2 180 1978-10-16 1 Kansas USA 23 Georgia Schweitzer G/F 6 0 1979-01-31 R Duke USA 30 Katie Smith G 5 11 175 1974-06-04 2 Ohio State USA 3 Shanele Stires F 5 11 208 1972-05-21 1 Kansas State USA 31 Michele Van Gorp C 6 6 187 1977-05-10 2 Duke USA 52 Val Whiting-Raymond C/F 6 2 199 1972-04-09 1 Stanford USA USA Brian Agler Wittenberg USA Heidi VanDerveer USA Kelly Kramer 1 Schedule Regular season Minnesota Lynx #00843D; color:white 2001 Total: 12–20 (Home: 6–11; Road: 6–9) Minnesota Lynx #236192; color:white May yes 0 0 1 0 |- | 1 | May 31 | @ Portland | W 82–65 | Katie Smith (31) | Lynn Pride (7) | Kristi Harrower (3) | Rose Garden | 1–0 Minnesota Lynx #236192; color:white June 2 4 2 2 |- | 2 | June 2 | Phoenix | L 80–89 | Katie Smith (22) | Betty Lennox (8) | Kate Paye (8) | Target Center | 1–1 |- | 3 | June 9 | Los Angeles | L 60–62 | Katie Smith (24) | Betty Lennox (11) | Paye Smith (4) | Target Center | 1–2 |- | 4 | June 12 | Indiana | L 60–65 | Smith Whiting-Raymond (13) | Val Whiting-Raymond (9) | Kristi Harrower (4) | Target Center | 1–3 |- | 5 | June 16 | @ Indiana | L 67–68 (OT) | Katie Smith (22) | Betty Lennox (8) | Kate Paye (4) | Conseco Fieldhouse | 1–4 |- | 6 | June 17 | @ Detroit | W 71–63 | Katie Smith (40) | Betty Lennox (10) | Kate Paye (4) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 2–4 |- | 7 | June 22 | Miami | W 63–57 | Katie Smith (26) | Erin Buescher (9) | Kate Paye (6) | Target Center | 3–4 |- | 8 | June 23 | @ Utah | L 80–87 | Katie Smith (27) | Svetlana Abrosimova (8) | Kate Paye (4) | Delta Center | 3–5 |- | 9 | June 25 | @ Washington | W 55–51 | Katie Smith (22) | Svetlana Abrosimova (10) | Paye Stires (3) | MCI Center | 4–5 |- | 10 | June 28 | Seattle | W 68–59 | Katie Smith (26) | Svetlana Abrosimova (9) | Kate Paye (8) | Target Center | 5–5 |- | 11 | June 30 | Houston | L 52–59 | Katie Smith (18) | Abrosimova Paye (5) | Kate Paye (5) | Target Center | 5–6 Minnesota Lynx #236192; color:white July 2 5 0 6 |- | 12 | July 1 | @ Cleveland | L 47–52 | Katie Smith (17) | Buescher Paye (6) | Erin Buescher (4) | Gund Arena | 5–7 |- | 13 | July 3 | Sacramento | L 52–91 | Katie Smith (18) | Martin Pride (5) | Erin Buescher (4) | Target Center | 5–8 |- | 14 | July 6 | New York | L 57–70 | Katie Smith (27) | Maylana Martin (7) | Kate Paye (4) | Target Center | 5–9 |- | 15 | July 8 | @ Los Angeles | L 95–100 | Katie Smith (46) | Buescher Martin Pride (5) | Katie Smith (4) | Staples Center | 5–10 |- | 16 | July 10 | Portland | W 73–52 | Katie Smith (28) | Abrosimova Buescher (7) | Buescher Paye Smith (4) | Target Center | 6–10 |- | 17 | July 13 | @ New York | L 64–67 (OT) | Katie Smith (23) | Maylana Martin (9) | Georgia Schweitzer (4) | Madison Square Garden | 6–11 |- | 18 | July 14 | Phoenix | L 67–80 | Katie Smith (27) | Svetlana Abrosimova (6) | Kate Paye (5) | Target Center | 6–12 |- | 19 | July 18 | Seattle | W 68–58 | Svetlana Abrosimova (21) | Abrosimova Buescher Paye Smith (5) | Katie Smith (8) | Target Center | 7–12 |- | 20 | July 21 | @ Orlando | L 49–71 | Svetlana Abrosimova (27) | Lynn Pride (7) | Abrosimova Buescher Paye (2) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 7–13 |- | 21 | July 23 | Houston | L 46–51 | Svetlana Abrosimova (20) | Svetlana Abrosimova (11) | Abrosimova Buescher (4) | Target Center | 7–14 |- | 22 | July 27 | Washington | L 60–62 | Katie Smith (22) | Buescher Pride (8) | Erin Buescher (3) | Target Center | 7–15 |- | 23 | July 28 | @ Utah | L 60–68 (OT) | Katie Smith (30) | Abrosimova Buescher (9) | Abrosimova Smith (2) | Delta Center | 7–16 |- | 24 | July 30 | @ Los Angeles | L 69–78 | Svetlana Abrosimova (27) | Svetlana Abrosimova (10) | Paye Schweitzer Van Gorp (4) | Staples Center | 7–17 Minnesota Lynx #236192; color:white August 2 2 3 1 |- | 25 | August 1 | @ Phoenix | W 68–63 | Katie Smith (36) | Lynn Pride (7) | Abrosimova Paye (4) | America West Arena | 8–17 |- | 26 | August 3 | Charlotte | L 64–72 | Katie Smith (21) | Janell Burse (5) | Svetlana Abrosimova (4) | Target Center | 8–18 |- | 27 | August 5 | Sacramento | W 79–76 (OT) | Svetlana Abrosimova (21) | Svetlana Abrosimova (15) | Georgia Schweitzer (6) | American Airlines Arena | 9–18 |- | 28 | August 7 | @ Sacramento | L 59–76 | Svetlana Abrosimova (16) | Abrosimova Pride (7) | Svetlana Abrosimova (5) | ARCO Arena | 9–19 |- | 29 | August 8 | @ Portland | W 70–58 | Katie Smith (27) | Abrosimova Smith (10) | Kate Paye (4) | Rose Garden | 10–19 |- | 30 | August 10 | @ Seattle | W 65–51 | Katie Smith (22) | Svetlana Abrosimova (13) | Abrosimova Pride (4) | KeyArena | 11–19 |- | 31 | August 12 | Utah | W 69–62 | Betty Lennox (18) | Svetlana Abrosimova (12) | Katie Smith (5) | Target Center | 12–19 |- | 32 | August 14 | Houston | L 60–74 | Katie Smith (29) | Georgia Schweitzer (6) | Abrosimova Van Gorp (3) | Compaq Center | 12–20 mia 2001 Season standings MIN Statistics Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Katie Smith 32 32 38.6 .393 .354 .895 3.8 2.2 0.7 0.2 23.1 Svetlana Abrosimova 26 23 32.5 .391 .260 .727 6.7 2.0 1.6 0.3 13.3 Erin Buescher 32 19 22.7 .348 .276 .618 3.7 1.9 0.8 0.9 5.7 Lynn Pride 32 14 22.3 .391 .250 .600 4.6 0.9 0.9 0.6 5.3 Betty Lennox 11 7 21.9 .373 .385 .950 4.9 1.5 0.9 0.4 11.0 Kate Paye 32 16 20.4 .385 .357 .688 1.9 3.0 0.7 0.0 2.8 Kristi Harrower 4 1 18.0 .467 .500 1.000 1.0 2.8 0.8 0.0 5.3 Val Whiting-Raymond 26 15 17.8 ,267 .000 .741 3.2 0.6 0.6 0.5 3.4 Georgia Schweitzer 24 8 17.6 .314 .167 .765 2.1 1.4 0.5 0.3 3.5 Maylana Martin 31 12 15.9 .340 .333 .613 2.8 0.6 0.5 0.5 3.1 Shanele Stires 18 5 11.2 .377 .240 .714 1.5 0.8 0.4 0.2 2.8Michele Van Gorp22811.0.375.000.5501.50.50.10.31.9Janell Burse2008.5.333.000.7502.10.30.10.82.4 ‡Waived/Released during the season †Traded during the season ≠Acquired during the season References Category:Minnesota Lynx seasons Minnesota Minnesota Lynx