2002 Orlando Miracle season

August 2023 March 2026 Orlando Miracle 2002 16 16 Eastern 5 Dee Brown TD Waterhouse Centre Did not qualify The 2002 WNBA season was their fourth season and their last in Orlando. The Miracle missed out of the playoffs by losing in a tiebreaker to the Indiana Fever. It was also the final season in Orlando. Offseason WNBA draft Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 2 23 Davalyn Cunningham United States Rutgers 3 39 Saundra Jackson United States Mississippi 4 55 Tomeka Brown United States Ohio StateWNBA.com: 2002 WNBA Draft BoardAugust 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Transactions May 24: The Miracle waived Andrea Congreaves and Anna Zimerle. May 22: The Miracle waived E.C. Hill and Saundra Jackson. May 18: The Miracle waived Tawona Alhaleem and Tomeka Brown. May 12: The Miracle waived Jaclyn Johnson. May 5: The Miracle waived Naomi Mulitauaopele, Alissa Murphy and Monika Roberts. May 4: The Miracle waived Darene Thomas. April 18: The Miracle acquired Clarisse Machanguana from the Charlotte Sting in exchange for a first-round pick (seventh overall) in the 2002 Draft. WNBA.com: 2002 WNBA Transactions Roster Orlando Miracle 2002 WNBA 50 Davalyn Cunningham F 6 0 187 Rutgers USA 28 Cintia dos Santos C 6 5 187 Brazil BRA 32 Katie Douglas basketball G/F 6 0 165 Purdue USA 7 Jessie Hicks F/C 6 4 188 Maryland USA 31 Adrienne Johnson basketball, born 1974 G 5 10 154 Ohio State USA 14 Shannon Johnson Shannon Johnson (basketball) G 5 7 152 South Carolina USA 00 Clarisse Machanguana C 6 5 180 Old Dominion MOZ 12 Tiffany McCain G/F 5 10 167 Kentucky USA 10 Carla McGhee F 6 1 179 Tennessee USA 11 Taj McWilliams F/C 6 2 184 St. Edward's College USA C 3 Wendy Palmer-Daniel F 6 2 165 Virginia USA 42 Nykesha Sales G/F 6 0 175 Connecticut USA C 21 Brooke Wyckoff F 6 1 183 Florida State USA USA Dee Brown basketball, born 1968 Jacksonville University USA Vonn Read Clark Atlanta USA Valerie Still Kentucky Season standings ORL Schedule Preseason Game Date Opponent Result Record 1 May 11 Miami W 67–59 1–0 2 May 19 Los Angeles L 75–85 1–1 3 May 21 @ Houston W 61–56 2–1 Regular season Game Date Opponent Result Record 1 May 30 Detroit W 80–66 1–0 2 June 1 @ Washington L 82–93 1–1 3 June 4 @ Miami W 71–69 2–1 4 June 8 Cleveland W 103–99 (3OT) 3–1 5 June 11 Indiana L 69–75 3–2 6 June 15 Miami L 65–69 3–3 7 June 18 @ New York W 71–62 4–3 8 June 19 @ Cleveland W 66–62 5–3 9 June 21 @ Detroit W 80–59 6–3 10 June 23 New York W 77–65 7–3 11 June 26 @ Portland L 57–64 7–4 12 June 27 @ Seattle L 71–73 7–5 13 June 29 @ Minnesota L 59–67 7–6 14 July 3 Indiana W 79–71 (OT) 8–6 15 July 6 Phoenix W 72–70 9–6 16 July 8 Washington L 51–63 9–7 17 July 12 Charlotte L 67–72 9–8 18 July 13 @ Miami L 56–70 9–9 19 July 17 @ Charlotte L 62–89 9–10 20 July 19 Utah W 84–73 10–10 21 July 21 @ Sacramento L 60–62 10–11 22 July 22 @ Los Angeles L 84–92 10–12 23 July 25 Seattle L 76–79 10–13 24 July 28 @ Cleveland W 76–70 (OT) 11–13 25 July 30 @ Washington W 70–55 12–13 26 August 1 Charlotte W 65–63 13–13 27 August 3 @ Houston L 62–69 13–14 28 August 4 Portland W 63–61 14–14 29 August 7 @ Indiana L 63–70 14–15 30 August 8 @ Sacramento L 72–82 14–16 31 August 11 Detroit W 71–58 15–16 32 August 13 New York W 70–63 16–16 Playoffs The Miracle tied for fourth place with the Indiana Fever. However, the Miracle lost two of the three regular season meetings with the Fever and therefore, the Fever took fourth place and advanced to the postseason for the first time ever. Depth Orlando Miracle Inactive Clarisse Machanguana Jessie Hicks Cintia dos Santos Taj McWilliams-Franklin Wendy Palmer-Daniel Davalyn Cunningham Katie Douglas Brooke Wyckoff Carla McGhee Nykesha Sales Adrienne Johnson Shannon Johnson Tiffany McCain Player stats https://www.wnba.com/sun/stats/2002/ Awards and honors Shannon Johnson and Nykesha Sales were named to the WNBA All-Star team. Shannon Johnson was named WNBA Player of the Week for the week of June 9. Nykesha Sales was named WNBA Player of the Week for the week of June 23. Shannon Johnson was named to the All-WNBA Second Team for the third time in her career. References Category:Orlando Miracle seasons Orlando Orlando Miracle