2002 WNBA playoffs

Professional women's basketball tournament August 2023 2002 WNBA playoffs August 15–31, 2002 Los Angeles Sparks (Finals Champion) Connecticut Sun Scoring leader (s) Tamika Whitmore (New York) 129 MVP Lisa Leslie (Los Angeles) 2001 2003 The 2002 WNBA playoffs was the postseason for the Women's National Basketball Association's 2002 season which ended with the Western Conference champion and defending WNBA champion Los Angeles Sparks beating the Eastern Conference champion New York Liberty, 2–0. Lisa Leslie was named the MVP of the Finals. Format The top 4 teams from each conference qualify for the playoffs. All 4 teams are seeded by basis of their standings. Regular season standings Eastern Conference Western Conference Note: Teams with an "X" clinched playoff spots. Bracket Conference semifinalsBest-of-3 Conference finalsBest-of-3 WNBA FinalsBest-of-3 Eastern Conference Western Conference E1 New York 2 E4 Indiana 1 E2 Charlotte 0 E3 Washington 2 W1 Los Angeles 2 W4 Seattle 0 W2 Houston 1 W3 Utah 2 E1 New York 2 E3 Washington 1 W1 Los Angeles 2 W3 Utah 0 E1 New York 0 W1 Los Angeles 2 Bold – Series winner Italics – Team with home-court advantage Conference semifinals - New York defeats Indiana, 2–1 Indiana 73, New York 55 (Aug. 16) New York 84, Indiana 65 (Aug. 18) New York 75, Indiana 60 (Aug. 20) - Washington defeats Charlotte, 2–0 Washington 74, Charlotte 62 (Aug. 15) Washington 62, Charlotte 59 (Aug. 17) - Los Angeles defeats Seattle, 2–0 Los Angeles 78, Seattle 61 (Aug. 15) Los Angeles 69, Seattle 59 (Aug. 17) - Utah defeats Houston, 2–1 Utah 66, Houston 59 (Aug. 16) Houston 83, Utah 77 (2OT) (Aug. 18) Utah 75, Houston 72 (Aug. 20) Conference finals - New York defeats Washington, 2–1 Washington 79, New York 74 (Aug. 22) New York 96, Washington 79 (Aug. 24) New York 64, Washington 57 (Aug. 25) - Los Angeles defeats Utah, 2–0 Los Angeles 75, Utah 67 (Aug. 22) Los Angeles 103, Utah 77 (Aug. 24) WNBA Finals 2002 WNBA Finals - Los Angeles defeats New York, 2–0 L.A. 71, New York 63 (Aug. 29) L.A. 69, New York 66 (Aug. 31)http://www.wnba.com/finals2002/ WNBA.com: Finals 2002 2014-07-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20150109174357/http://www.wnba.com/finals2002/ 2015-01-09 dead WNBA.com WNBA Playoffs History: 2002 See also List of WNBA Champions References External links Link to WNBA Playoffs series, recap, and boxscores Playoffs Category:WNBA playoffs