The 2001 WNBA season was the fifth season for the New York Liberty. The team attempted to reach the WNBA Finals, but they failed in the conference finals, losing in three games to the Charlotte Sting.
Transactions
WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country457Taru TuukkanenXavier460Tara MitchemSouthwest Missouri State
Transactions DateTransactionApril 17, 2001Traded a 2001 2nd Round Pick and a 2001 3rd Round Pick to the Washington Mystics in exchange for Andrea Nagy and a 2001 4th Round PickApril 20, 2001 Drafted Taru Tuukkanen and Tara Mitchem in the 2001 WNBA draftApril 30, 2001Signed Hadjana Radunović and Stacey FordMay 3, 2001Signed Katie CroninMay 7, 2001Waived Shea Mahoney and Taru TuukkanenMay 10, 2001Waived Jessica BibbyMay 14, 2001Waived Desiree Francis and Olga FirsovaMay 16, 2001Waived Tara MitchemMay 25, 2001Waived Katie CroninMay 26, 2001Waived Marina FerragutJune 5, 2001Traded a 2002 2nd Round Pick to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for Camille CooperWaived Stacey FordJuly 9, 2001Signed Mactabene Amachree
Roster
Schedule
Regular season
| 1 | May 31 | @ Miami | L 59–68 | Vickie Johnson (20) | Sue Wicks (9) | Teresa Weatherspoon (7) | American Airlines Arena | 0–1
| 2 | June 2 | Indiana | W 75–58 | Tari Phillips (21) | Tari Phillips (12) | Teresa Weatherspoon (6) | Madison Square Garden | 1–1 |- | 3 | June 4 | Sacramento | L 63–80 | Tari Phillips (19) | Tari Phillips (7) | Teresa Weatherspoon (5) | Madison Square Garden | 1–2 |- | 4 | June 7 | @ Cleveland | L 49–67 | Tari Phillips (16) | Tari Phillips (8) | Teresa Weatherspoon (8) | Gund Arena | 1–3 |- | 5 | June 10 | @ Washington | W 81–80 | Teresa Weatherspoon (16) | Tari Phillips (13) | Crystal Robinson (5) | MCI Center | 2–3 |- | 6 | June 12 | Charlotte | W 79–70 | Tari Phillips (27) | Tari Phillips (5) | Teresa Weatherspoon (7) | Madison Square Garden | 3–3 |- | 7 | June 16 | Washington | W 86–63 | Crystal Robinson (16) | Tari Phillips (10) | Teresa Weatherspoon (7) | Madison Square Garden | 4–3 |- | 8 | June 17 | @ Miami | W 55–48 | Crystal Robinson (13) | Tari Phillips (12) | Nagy Robinson Weatherspoon (2) | American Airlines Arena | 5–3 |- | 9 | June 19 | @ Sacramento | W 55–51 | Tamika Whitmore (23) | Vickie Johnson (11) | Teresa Weatherspoon (5) | ARCO Arena | 6–3 |- | 10 | June 21 | @ Phoenix | W 95–70 | Tari Phillips (23) | Lobo Phillips Robinson (5) | Teresa Weatherspoon (9) | America West Arena | 7–3 |- | 11 | June 24 | Los Angeles | W 82–69 | Becky Hammon (21) | Teresa Weatherspoon (7) | Teresa Weatherspoon (8) | Madison Square Garden | 8–3 |- | 12 | June 25 | @ Orlando | L 54–67 | Vickie Johnson (23) | Phillips Wicks (6) | Teresa Weatherspoon (6) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 8–4 |- | 13 | June 30 | Orlando | W 72–60 | Tari Phillips (16) | Tari Phillips (13) | Teresa Weatherspoon (9) | Madison Square Garden | 9–4
| 14 | July 2 | Detroit | W 66–60 | Tari Phillips (16) | Johnson Phillips (9) | Johnson Weatherspoon (3) | Madison Square Garden | 10–4 |- | 15 | July 3 | @ Charlotte | L 61–66 | Vickie Johnson (16) | Tari Phillips (12) | Teresa Weatherspoon (5) | Charlotte Coliseum | 10–5 |- | 16 | July 6 | @ Minnesota | W 70–57 | Tari Phillips (20) | Tari Phillips (6) | Teresa Weatherspoon (7) | Target Center | 11–5 |- | 17 | July 8 | @ Indiana | W 58–56 | Tari Phillips (24) | Tari Phillips (13) | Teresa Weatherspoon (9) | Conseco Fieldhouse | 12–5 |- | 18 | July 9 | Indiana | W 72–65 | Tari Phillips (20) | Tari Phillips (14) | Hammon Weatherspoon (6) | Madison Square Garden | 13–5 |- | 19 | July 11 | Seattle | W 67–53 | Becky Hammon (16) | Teresa Weatherspoon (10) | Hammon Johnson Weatherspoon (4) | Madison Square Garden | 14–5 |- | 20 | July 13 | Minnesota | W 67–64 | Teresa Weatherspoon (14) | Phillips Weatherspoon (5) | Teresa Weatherspoon (6) | Madison Square Garden | 15–5 |- | 21 | July 18 | @ Detroit | W 80–67 | Tari Phillips (20) | Tari Phillips (7) | Teresa Weatherspoon (7) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 16–5 |- | 22 | July 19 | @ Cleveland | L 60–65 | Crystal Robinson (16) | Sue Wicks (9) | Teresa Weatherspoon (7) | Gund Arena | 16–6 |- | 23 | July 22 | Miami | L 52–68 | Crystal Robinson (15) | Weatherspoon Whitmore (5) | Vickie Johnson (6) | Madison Square Garden | 16–7 |- | 24 | July 24 | @ Portland | L 68–86 | Phillips Robinson (18) | Tari Phillips (14) | Teresa Weatherspoon (5) | Rose Garden | 16–8 |- | 25 | July 26 | @ Utah | L 63–71 | Vickie Johnson (19) | Vickie Johnson (7) | Teresa Weatherspoon (8) | Delta Center | 16–9 |- | 26 | July 28 | @ Houston | W 64–61 | Crystal Robinson (15) | Sue Wicks (8) | Teresa Weatherspoon (7) | Compaq Center | 17–9
| 27 | August 1 | Detroit | W 66–63 | Johnson Phillips (17) | Tari Phillips (10) | Teresa Weatherspoon (10) | Madison Square Garden | 18–9 |- | 28 | August 4 | Cleveland | L 43–58 | Tari Phillips (14) | Phillips Whitmore (6) | Robinson Weatherspoon (4) | Madison Square Garden | 18–10 |- | 29 | August 8 | Utah | W 82–63 | Vickie Johnson (18) | Phillips Whitmore (7) | Teresa Weatherspoon (9) | Madison Square Garden | 19–10 |- | 30 | August 10 | Orlando | W 77–67 | Vickie Johnson (17) | Tari Phillips (10) | Teresa Weatherspoon (7) | Madison Square Garden | 20–10 |- | 31 | August 11 | @ Charlotte | L 60–80 | Tari Phillips (15) | Tari Phillips (6) | Johnson Robinson Weatherspoon (4) | Charlotte Coliseum | 20–11 |- | 32 | August 14 | Washington | W 71–56 | Crystal Robinson (15) | Tari Phillips (7) | Teresa Weatherspoon (8) | Madison Square Garden | 21–11
Playoffs
| 1 | August 17 | @ Miami | W 62–46 | Vickie Johnson (18) | Tari Phillips (13) | Teresa Weatherspoon (7) | American Airlines Arena | 1–0 |- | 2 | August 19 | Miami | L 50–53 | Crystal Robinson (13) | Tari Phillips (15) | Vickie Johnson (5) | Madison Square Garden | 1–1 |- | 3 | August 21 | Miami | W 72–61 | Vickie Johnson (22) | Vickie Johnson (7) | Vickie Johnson (6) | Madison Square Garden | 2–1
| 1 | August 24 | @ Charlotte | W 61–57 | Tari Phillips (14) | Tari Phillips (6) | Vickie Johnson (7) | Charlotte Coliseum | 1–0 |- | 2 | August 26 | Charlotte | L 53–62 | Vickie Johnson (16) | Tari Phillips (7) | Teresa Weatherspoon (6) | Madison Square Garden | 1–1 |- | 3 | August 27 | Charlotte | L 44–48 | Vickie Johnson (13) | Crystal Robinson (6) | Teresa Weatherspoon (4) | Madison Square Garden | 1–2
Season standings
Statistics
Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Tari Phillips 32 32 32.8 .507 .000 .584 8.0 1.1 1.5 0.5 15.3 Crystal Robinson 32 32 30.6 .461 .417 .897 2.9 2.6 1.0 0.3 10.7 Teresa Weatherspoon 32 32 30.4 .431 .385 .671 3.7 6.3 1.7 0.1 6.5 Vickie Johnson 32 32 29.3 .414 .366 .757 3.3 2.7 1.1 0.1 11.0 Tamika Whitmore 32 29 23.5 .432 .500 .569 3.0 0.6 0.5 0.3 7.1 Sue Wicks 30 3 20.1 .469 .000 .673 4.6 1.2 1.2 1.0 5.2 Becky Hammon 32 0 19.3 .457 .378 .784 1.6 1.6 0.8 0.0 8.2 Camille Cooper 4 0 12.8 .667 N/A .769 2.8 0.3 0.0 0.5 6.5 Andrea Nagy 23 0 9.3 .419 .500 .500 0.4 1.0 0.1 0.1 1.5 Katarina Lazić 8 0 6.9 .400 .000 .500 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.0 2.1 Rebecca Lobo 16 0 5.3 .318 .500 .500 0.9 0.1 0.1 0.0 1.1Grace Daley1504.4.476.000.5560.50.70.50.11.7Stacey Ford103.0 1.000N/AN/A1.00.00.00.02.0Hajdana Radunović402.3.500N/A 1.0001.00.00.00.31.0Mactabene Amachree201.5N/AN/A.5000.50.00.00.50.5 ‡Waived/Released during the season †Traded during the season ≠Acquired during the season
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