The 2001 WNBA season was their third in the league. The Miracle missed the playoffs for the second time in franchise history. The Miracle also hosted the 2001 WNBA All-Star Game.
Transactions
WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country110Katie DouglasPurdue226Brooke WyckoffFlorida State342Jaclyn JohnsonKansas458Anne ThoriusMichigan
Transactions DateTransactionApril 20, 2001 Drafted Katie Douglas, Brooke Wyckoff, Jaclyn Johnson and Anne Thorius in the 2001 WNBA draftApril 30, 2001Signed Denique Graves, Nakia Sanford, Nyree Roberts, Shaka Massey, Shawnetta Stewart, Tauja Catchings and Tawona AlhaleemMay 1, 2001Waived Tauja CatchingsMay 3, 2001Waived Nakia SanfordSigned LaCharlotte Smith and Tora SuberMay 4, 2001Waived Shawnetta StewartMay 14, 2001Waived LaCharlotte Smith, Shaka Massey and Tora SuberMay 21, 2001Waived Jannon RolandMay 22, 2001Waived Andrea CongreavesMay 26, 2001Waived Anne Thorius, Denique Graves and Romana Hamzová
Roster
Schedule
Regular season
| 1 | June 1 | Los Angeles | L 62–68 | Nykesha Sales (20) | McWilliams-Franklin Sales (6) | Katie Douglas Sales (3) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 0–1 |- | 2 | June 5 | @ Detroit | W 92–71 | Nykesha Sales (19) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (12) | Nykesha Sales (5) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 1–1 |- | 3 | June 7 | @ Utah | L 79–82 | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (19) | Hicks McWilliams-Franklin (6) | Elaine Powell (6) | Delta Center | 1–2 |- | 4 | June 9 | Charlotte | L 79–86 | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (23) | Elaine Powell (9) | Elaine Powell (8) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 1–3 |- | 5 | June 12 | @ Seattle | L 63–70 | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (14) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (7) | Douglas McWilliams-Franklin Sales (3) | KeyArena | 1–4 |- | 6 | June 14 | @ Los Angeles | L 68–84 | Elaine Powell (16) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (12) | Douglas McWilliams-Franklin (3) | Staples Center | 1–5 |- | 7 | June 16 | @ Phoenix | L 68–72 | Nykesha Sales (14) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (10) | Tiffany McCain (5) | America West Arena | 1–6 |- | 8 | June 18 | @ Indiana | W 72–65 | Nykesha Sales (20) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (9) | McWilliams-Franklin Powell (4) | Conseco Fieldhouse | 2–6 |- | 9 | June 23 | Washington | W 67–59 | Nykesha Sales (21) | Nykesha Sales (8) | S. Johnson Wyckoff (4) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 3–6 |- | 10 | June 25 | New York | W 67–54 | Nykesha Sales (18) | Sales McWilliams-Franklin (9) | Jessie Hicks (5) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 4–6 |- | 11 | June 27 | Cleveland | L 41–65 | Brooke Wyckoff (8) | S. Johnson Sales Wyckoff (5) | McWilliams-Franklin Sales (2) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 4–7 |- | 12 | June 30 | @ New York | L 60–72 | McWilliams-Franklin Sales (14) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (9) | Sales Powell (3) | Madison Square Garden | 4–8
| 13 | July 1 | @ Washington | L 64–76 | S. Johnson Sales (14) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (8) | Tiffany McCain (3) | MCI Center | 4–9 |- | 14 | July 6 | Sacramento | L 68–75 | Nykesha Sales (16) | McWilliams-Franklin Powell (8) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (4) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 4–10 |- | 15 | July 8 | Detroit | W 73–67 | S. Johnson McWilliams-Franklin (19) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (10) | Elaine Powell (3) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 5–10 |- | 16 | July 10 | Miami | L 63–65 (OT) | S. Johnson Sales (15) | McWilliams-Franklin Wyckoff (7) | McWilliams-Franklin Powell (3) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 5–11 |- | 17 | July 12 | @ Charlotte | W 72–69 | S. Johnson Sales (18) | McWilliams-Franklin Sales (10) | Ahlaheem McWilliams-Franklin (3) | Charlotte Coliseum | 6–11 |- | 18 | July 13 | @ Indiana | L 60–74 | Shannon Johnson (21) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (7) | Shannon Johnson (3) | Conseco Fieldhouse | 6–12 |- | 19 | July 18 | Houston | W 57–52 | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (16) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (13) | Shannon Johnson (6) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 7–12 |- | 20 | July 20 | @ Charlotte | L 65–72 | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (19) | Nykesha Sales (7) | Shannon Johnson (5) | Charlotte Coliseum | 7–13 |- | 21 | July 21 | Minnesota | W 71–49 | Nykesha Sales (15) | Nykesha Sales (10) | Elaine Powell (5) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 8–13 |- | 22 | July 24 | Washington | W 71–63 | Nykesha Sales (20) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (13) | Shannon Johnson (5) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 9–13 |- | 23 | July 27 | @ Miami | L 63–71 (OT) | Shannon Johnson (14) | Nykesha Sales (8) | Elaine Powell (5) | American Airlines Arena | 9–14 |- | 24 | July 29 | @ Detroit | L 62–64 | Hicks McWilliams-Franklin (15) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (12) | Elaine Powell (5) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 9–15 |- | 25 | July 30 | @ Cleveland | L 47–65 | Nykesha Sales (15) | Brooke Wyckoff (9) | Elaine Powell (2) | Gund Arena | 9–16
| 26 | August 1 | Portland | W 65–63 | Nykesha Sales (21) | Shannon Johnson (9) | Shannon Johnson (5) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 10–16 |- | 27 | August 3 | @ Houston | L 60–72 | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (17) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (8) | Elaine Powell (3) | Compaq Center | 10–17 |- | 28 | August 5 | Phoenix | W 79–68 | Shannon Johnson (25) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (8) | S. Johnson Powell (6) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 11–17 |- | 29 | August 7 | Cleveland | W 74–67 | Douglas Powell (16) | Shannon Johnson (6) | Shannon Johnson (6) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 12–17 |- | 30 | August 10 | @ New York | L 67–77 | Nykesha Sales (21) | Nykesha Sales (9) | Katie Douglas (5) | Madison Square Garden | 12–18 |- | 31 | August 11 | Miami | L 64–75 | Shannon Johnson (16) | Elaine Powell (7) | Nykesha Sales (5) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 12–19 |- | 32 | August 14 | Indiana | W 78–72 | Katie Douglas (18) | Jessie Hicks (8) | Elaine Powell (4) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 13–19
Season standings
Statistics
Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Taj McWilliams-Franklin 32 32 33.1 .474 .200 .744 7.6 2.2 1.6 1.6 12.6 Elaine Powell 32 32 33.0 .402 .382 .755 3.1 3.1 1.5 0.2 11.2 Nykesha Sales 32 31 32.5 .438 .314 .784 5.4 1.8 2.2 0.2 13.5 Shannon Johnson 26 22 30.2 .367 .365 .757 3.0 2.6 1.3 0.2 11.6 Brooke Wyckoff 32 27 20.3 .328 .162 .714 3.8 1.2 0.8 0.5 3.4 Katie Douglas 22 0 20.0 .362 .316 .723 2.3 1.8 1.7 0.3 7.0 Jessie Hicks 32 5 14.3 .389 N/A .652 2.9 0.7 0.7 0.5 5.3 Tiffany McCain 32 9 13.8 .321 .313 .667 1.2 1.1 0.3 0.3 3.0 Tawona Alhaleem 26 1 9.7 .328 .364 .500 1.5 0.5 0.4 0.0 1.9 Jaclyn Johnson 17 1 8.2 .560 .429 .800 1.4 0.5 0.2 0.2 2.1Cíntia dos Santos1006.5.368N/A .8330.60.20.30.51.9Carla McGhee1704.2.250N/A.5000.60.00.10.10.8 ‡Waived/Released during the season †Traded during the season ≠Acquired during the season
Awards and honors Taj McWilliams-Franklin and Nykesha Sales were named to the WNBA All-Star team. Adrienne Johnson received the Hometown Hero Award.
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