The 2002 WNBA season was the sixth season for the Phoenix Mercury. The Mercury's head coach, Cynthia Cooper, resigned during the season.
Offseason
WNBA draft Round Pick Player Nationality College/School/Team 2 25 Tootie Shaw (F) Wichita State 3 40 Kayte Christensen (F) UC-Santa Barbara 4 56 Amba Kongolo (F/C) North Carolina Central
Regular season
Season standings
Season schedule Game Date Opponent Result Record 1 May 29 @ Houston L 56–61 0–1 2 June 1 Utah W 71–66 1–1 3 June 3 Washington W 71–65 2–1 4 June 9 Charlotte W 80–77 3–1 5 June 13 Detroit W 70–67 4–1 6 June 14 Seattle L 82–90 4–2 7 June 18 Sacramento W 78–63 5–2 8 June 21 @ Houston L 59–61 5–3 9 June 23 Minnesota W 70–61 6–3 10 June 25 @ Los Angeles L 66–89 6–4 11 June 26 Seattle W 62–53 7–4 12 June 28 Los Angeles L 72–84 7–5 13 July 1 @ Charlotte L 68–90 7–6 14 July 3 @ Miami L 61–86 7–7 15 July 6 @ Orlando L 70–72 7–8 16 July 8 @ New York L 71–77 7–9 17 July 9 @ Washington L 54–68 7–10 18 July 11 Houston W 58–52 8–10 19 July 13 @ Utah L 66–75 8–11 20 July 17 @ Portland L 61–73 8–12 21 July 19 @ Seattle L 48–89 8–13 22 July 21 Portland L 75–87 8–14 23 July 26 @ Utah L 61–74 8–15 24 July 27 Sacramento L 64–79 8–16 25 July 29 Minnesota W 57–46 9–16 26 July 31 Indiana L 56–58 9–17 27 August 2 @ Minnesota L 51–75 9–18 28 August 4 @ Detroit L 75–91 9–19 29 August 6 @ Sacramento L 70–73 9–20 30 August 7 Cleveland W 59–57 10–20 31 August 11 @ Portland W 73–70 11–20 32 August 13 Los Angeles L 56–63 11–21
Player stats Player GP REB AST STL BLK PTS Jennifer Gillom 31 116 37 29 21 473 Gordana Grubin 32 64 104 36 3 317 Lisa Harrison 32 126 40 31 3 262 Adrian Williams 32 220 35 48 29 200 Adriana Moises Pinto 32 60 79 30 3 193 Kayte Christensen 30 80 15 24 13 120 Tracy Reid 24 77 14 22 2 113 Susanna Bonfiglio 22 37 23 12 0 105 Jaynetta Saunders 27 38 23 9 4 99 Slobodanka Tuvic 26 63 11 9 9 86 Kristen Veal 23 27 41 14 2 71 Brandy Reed 5 4 4 2 3 38 Oksana Zakaluzhnaya 5 3 0 0 0 6 Shea Mahoney 3 2 1 0 0 5 Quacy Barnes 2 1 0 1 2 3
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