2001 Houston Comets season

The 2001 WNBA season was the fifth season for the Houston Comets. The team advanced to the WNBA Playoffs, but failed to win a fifth consecutive championship.

Transactions

WNBA draft

Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 1 15 Amanda Lassiter Missouri 2 31 Tynesha Lewis NC State333ShaRae MansfieldWestern Kentucky347Shala CrawfordLife463Kristen ClementTennessee

Transactions DateTransactionApril 20, 2001 Drafted Amanda Lassiter, Tynesha Lewis, ShaRae Mansfield, Shala Crawford and Kristen Clement in the 2001 WNBA draftApril 23, 2001Traded Jennifer Rizzotti to the Detroit Shock in exchange for Anna DeForgeApril 30, 2001Signed Daliborka Vilipić, Pietra Gay and Trisha Stafford-OdomMay 8, 2001Waived Pietra Gay and Shala CrawfordSigned Angela Aycock and Franthea PriceMay 10, 2001Waived Anna DeForgeMay 11, 2001Waived Franthea PriceMay 14, 2001Waived ShaRae MansfieldMay 25, 2001Waived Kristen ClementMay 27, 2001Suspended contracts of Angela Aycock, Daliborka Vilipić, Natalya Zasulskaya and Polina TzekovaJune 6, 2001Waived Angela AycockJune 8, 2001Waived Daliborka Vilipić

Roster

Schedule

Regular season

| 1 | May 28 | Los Angeles | L 63–66 | Tina Thompson (23) | Janeth Arcain (6) | Janeth Arcain (4) | Compaq Center | 0–1 |- | 2 | May 31 | @ Indiana | W 82–78 | Arcain Thompson (26) | Janeth Arcain (7) | Coquese Washington (6) | Conseco Fieldhouse | 1–1

| 3 | June 2 | @ Detroit | W 74–73 | Tina Thompson (28) | Tina Thompson (11) | Arcain Gibson Thompson Washington (2) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 2–1 |- | 4 | June 5 | @ Utah | W 72–68 | Janeth Arcain (27) | Tina Thompson (10) | Amanda Lassiter (6) | Delta Center | 3–1 |- | 5 | June 7 | Detroit | W 87–66 | Janeth Arcain (27) | Tina Thompson (12) | Janeth Arcain (5) | Compaq Center | 4–1 |- | 6 | June 10 | @ Phoenix | W 60–58 | Tina Thompson (22) | Tina Thompson (10) | Coquese Washington (5) | America West Arena | 5–1 |- | 7 | June 21 | Los Angeles | W 69–65 | Tina Thompson (29) | Tammy Jackson (7) | Arcain Washington (5) | Compaq Center | 6–1 |- | 8 | June 23 | Sacramento | W 70–56 | Tina Thompson (21) | Tina Thompson (9) | Coquese Washington (5) | Compaq Center | 7–1 |- | 9 | June 24 | Portland | W 67–57 | Arcain Thompson (22) | Tina Thompson (7) | Coquese Washington (3) | Compaq Center | 8–1 |- | 10 | June 27 | Washington | W 76–63 | Tina Thompson (24) | Tina Thompson (8) | Coquese Washington (5) | Compaq Center | 9–1 |- | 11 | June 28 | @ Sacramento | L 54–64 | Tina Thompson (24) | Coquese Washington (8) | Coquese Washington (5) | ARCO Arena | 9–2 |- | 12 | June 30 | @ Minnesota | W 59–52 | Tina Thompson (17) | Tina Thompson (10) | Arcain Thompson Washington (4) | Target Center | 10–2

| 13 | July 2 | Portland | W 74–67 | Tina Thompson (29) | Tina Thompson (12) | Tammy Jackson (4) | Compaq Center | 11–2 |- | 14 | July 6 | Indiana | W 79–64 | Janeth Arcain (17) | Arcain Johnson (7) | Coquese Washington (5) | Compaq Center | 12–2 |- | 15 | July 8 | Cleveland | L 53–63 | Tina Thompson (19) | Lassiter Washington (5) | Coquese Washington (6) | Compaq Center | 12–3 |- | 16 | July 10 | @ Sacramento | L 76–78 (2OT) | Tina Thompson (26) | Amanda Lassiter (13) | Janeth Arcain (6) | ARCO Arena | 12–4 |- | 17 | July 12 | @ Portland | W 71–57 | Arcain Thompson (22) | Tynesha Lewis (8) | Janeth Arcain (9) | Rose Garden | 13–4 |- | 18 | July 13 | @ Seattle | W 58–55 | Tina Thompson (22) | Tina Thompson (9) | Janeth Arcain (4) | KeyArena | 14–4 |- | 19 | July 18 | @ Orlando | L 52–57 | Janeth Arcain (17) | Tina Thompson (12) | Coquese Washington (4) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 14–5 |- | 20 | July 20 | @ Miami | L 50–64 | Tammy Jackson (18) | Nekeshia Henderson (5) | Arcain Lassiter Shakirova (2) | American Airlines Arena | 14–6 |- | 21 | July 23 | @ Minnesota | W 51–46 | Tina Thompson (24) | Tina Thompson (10) | Coquese Washington (6) | Target Center | 15–6 |- | 22 | July 24 | Utah | L 67–76 | Janeth Arcain (29) | Janeth Arcain (8) | Coquese Washington (4) | Compaq Center | 15–7 |- | 23 | July 28 | New York | L 61–64 | Janeth Arcain (19) | Tina Thompson (9) | Coquese Washington (5) | Compaq Center | 15–8 |- | 24 | July 30 | Seattle | W 55–51 | Janeth Arcain (16) | Tina Thompson (11) | Tina Thompson (4) | Compaq Center | 16–8

| 25 | August 1 | Utah | L 63–71 | Janeth Arcain (18) | Tiffani Johnson (10) | Janeth Arcain (4) | Compaq Center | 16–9 |- | 26 | August 3 | Orlando | W 72–60 | Janeth Arcain (18) | Tina Thompson (11) | Coquese Washington (6) | Compaq Center | 17–9 |- | 27 | August 4 | @ Charlotte | L 49–54 | Janeth Arcain (20) | Tammy Jackson (9) | Coquese Washington (2) | Charlotte Coliseum | 17–10 |- | 28 | August 6 | Phoenix | W 62–48 | Janeth Arcain (18) | Tina Thompson (7) | Janeth Arcain (5) | Compaq Center | 18–10 |- | 29 | August 8 | @ Seattle | L 55–72 | Janeth Arcain (24) | Trisha Stafford-Odom (12) | Coquese Washington (4) | KeyArena | 18–11 |- | 30 | August 11 | @ Los Angeles | L 54–65 | Janeth Arcain (20) | Tina Thompson (6) | Thompson Washington (5) | Staples Center | 18–12 |- | 31 | August 13 | Minnesota | W 74–60 | Arcain Thompson (17) | Trisha Stafford-Odom (9) | Janeth Arcain (3) | Compaq Center | 19–12 |- | 32 | August 14 | @ Phoenix | L 38–56 | Elena Tornikidou (16) | Wendy Palmer (5) | Edwina Brown (7) | America West Arena | 19–13

Playoffs

| 1 | August 18 | Los Angeles | L 59–64 | Amanda Lassiter (17) | Tiffani Johnson (12) | Tina Thompson (5) | Compaq Center | 0–1 |- | 2 | August 20 | @ Los Angeles | L 58–70 | Janeth Arcain (18) | Coquese Washington (7) | Coquese Washington (3) | Staples Center | 0–2

Season standings

Statistics

Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Tina Thompson 30 30 36.7 .377 .293 .840 7.8 1.9 1.0 0.7 19.3 Janeth Arcain 32 32 36.1 .426 .333 .900 4.3 2.9 1.9 0.1 18.5 Coquese Washington 32 32 31.7 .356 .358 .636 3.7 3.8 2.2 0.3 5.3 Tiffani Johnson 32 28 21.0 .449 N/A .857 4.3 0.7 0.4 0.5 4.6 Amanda Lassiter 32 18 19.2 .367 .388 .667 3.4 1.1 0.5 0.7 4.3 Tynesha Lewis 29 4 14.4 .424 .400 .647 2.1 0.5 0.4 0.1 3.3 Tammy Jackson 32 4 13.8 .500 N/A .450 2.8 0.7 0.7 0.3 3.3 Trisha Stafford-Odom 30 4 12.2 .368 .000 .673 2.8 0.5 0.4 0.1 3.8 Kelley Gibson 28 6 10.3 .228 .143 .682 1.0 0.5 0.3 0.2 1.6 Nekeshia Henderson 23 0 7.8 .237 .273 .286 0.9 1.0 0.3 0.0 1.1 Elena Shakirova 26 2 7.8 .316 .000 .609 1.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 1.5 ‡Waived/Released during the season †Traded during the season ≠Acquired during the season

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