2002 Orlando Miracle season explained

The 2002 WNBA season was their fourth season and their last in Orlando. The Miracle missed out of the playoffs by losing in a tiebreaker to the Indiana Fever. It was also the final season in Orlando.

Offseason

WNBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
223Davalyn CunninghamRutgers
339Saundra JacksonMississippi
455Tomeka BrownOhio State
[1]

Transactions

[2]

Schedule

Preseason

GameDateOpponentResultRecord
1May 11MiamiW 67-591-0
2May 19Los AngelesL 75-851-1
3May 21@ HoustonW 61-562-1

Regular season

GameDateOpponentResultRecord
1May 30DetroitW 80-661-0
2June 1@ WashingtonL 82-931-1
3June 4@ MiamiW 71-692-1
4June 8ClevelandW 103-99 (3OT)3-1
5June 11IndianaL 69-753-2
6June 15MiamiL 65-693-3
7June 18@ New YorkW 71-624-3
8June 19@ ClevelandW 66-625-3
9June 21@ DetroitW 80-596-3
10June 23New YorkW 77-657-3
11June 26@ PortlandL 57-647-4
12June 27@ SeattleL 71-737-5
13June 29@ MinnesotaL 59-677-6
14July 3IndianaW 79-71 (OT)8-6
15July 6PhoenixW 72-709-6
16July 8WashingtonL 51-639-7
17July 12CharlotteL 67-729-8
18July 13@ MiamiL 56-709-9
19July 17@ CharlotteL 62-899-10
20July 19UtahW 84-7310-10
21July 21@ SacramentoL 60-6210-11
22July 22@ Los AngelesL 84-9210-12
23July 25SeattleL 76-7910-13
24July 28@ ClevelandW 76-70 (OT)11-13
25July 30@ WashingtonW 70-5512-13
26August 1CharlotteW 65-6313-13
27August 3@ HoustonL 62-6913-14
28August 4PortlandW 63-6114-14
29August 7@ IndianaL 63-7014-15
30August 8@ SacramentoL 72-8214-16
31August 11DetroitW 71-5815-16
32August 13New YorkW 70-6316-16

Playoffs

The Miracle tied for fourth place with the Indiana Fever. However, the Miracle lost two of the three regular season meetings with the Fever and therefore, the Fever took fourth place and advanced to the postseason for the first time ever.

Player stats

Awards and honors

Notes and References

  1. http://www.wnba.com/draft2002/draft_board.html WNBA.com: 2002 WNBA Draft Board
  2. http://www.wnba.com/transactions/WNBA_2002.html WNBA.com: 2002 WNBA Transactions