The 2002 WNBA season was the 3rd and final season for the original incarnation of the Portland Fire franchise. The team improved compared from their first two seasons, but playoff hopes were denied when they finished one game back for a playoff berth. The team later folded after the season.

The city of Portland would return to the WNBA twenty-four seasons later with the expansion revival of Portland Fire, will begin play in the 2026 season.

Offseason

WNBA draft Round Pick Player Nationality College/School/Team 1 5 Nikki Teasley (G) North Carolina 3 37 Mandy Nightingale (G) Colorado 4 50 Melody Johnson (C) Arizona State 4 53 Monique Cardenas (G) Florida

Regular season

Season standings

Season schedule Date Opponent Score Result Record 1 May 29 New York L 62–84 0–1 2 May 30 @ Utah L 64–69 0–2 3 June 2 Seattle L 47–57 0–3 4 June 3 @ Los Angeles L 72–89 0–4 5 June 6 Sacramento W 86–73 1–4 6 June 11 @ Seattle W 70–63 2–4 7 June 13 @ Minnesota L 46–60 2–5 8 June 15 Detroit W 67–60 3–5 9 June 18 Minnesota W 59–51 4–5 10 June 20 Indiana L 72–81 4–6 11 June 23 Houston L 58–71 4–7 12 June 25 @ Utah L 83–86 4–8 13 June 26 Orlando W 64–57 5–8 14 June 28 Washington W 72–66 6–8 15 June 30 @ New York W 54–44 7–8 16 July 2 @ Cleveland W 68–64 8–8 17 July 3 @ Charlotte W 76–73 9–8 18 July 7 Sacramento W 74–59 10–8 19 July 10 @ Minnesota W 75–72 11–8 20 July 12 Los Angeles L 76–82 (OT) 11–9 21 July 17 Phoenix W 73–61 12–9 22 July 19 Houston W 70–60 13–9 23 July 21 @ Phoenix W 87–75 14–9 24 July 24 @ Los Angeles L 69–73 14–10 25 July 25 @ Sacramento L 80–81 (OT) 14–11 26 July 27 Miami W 71–61 15–11 27 July 30 @ Houston L 59–89 15–12 28 August 2 @ Washington W 67–65 16–12 29 August 4 @ Orlando L 61–63 16–13 30 August 6 Utah L 69–82 16–14 31 August 9 @ Seattle L 74–83 16–15 32 August 11 Phoenix L 70–73 16–16

Player stats Note: GP = Games Played; REB = Rebounds; AST = Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points Player GP REB AST STL BLK PTS DeMya Walker 31 154 51 26 33 339 Tamicha Jackson 32 59 95 55 1 314 Sylvia Crawley 32 134 47 18 37 279 Alisa Burras 32 147 7 10 7 278 Ukari Figgs 31 80 104 25 2 264 Kristin Folkl 32 148 32 18 17 155 Stacey Thomas 32 94 67 42 12 143 Jackie Stiles 21 18 20 4 0 125 LaQuanda Barksdale 17 40 12 8 7 100 Tully Bevilaqua 27 33 44 22 3 84 Carolyn Young 19 14 12 4 0 83 Amber Hall 20 26 1 7 1 30 Jenny Mowe 5 1 0 0 0 1

References