The 2002 WNBA Season was the Women's National Basketball Association's sixth season. The season ended with the Los Angeles Sparks winning their second WNBA championship.
Regular season standings
Eastern Conference
Eastern Conference | W | L | PCT | Conf. | GB |
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New York Liberty x | 18 | 14 | .563 | 11–10 | – |
Charlotte Sting x | 18 | 14 | .563 | 12–9 | – |
Washington Mystics x | 17 | 15 | .531 | 12–9 | 1.0 |
Indiana Fever x | 16 | 16 | .500 | 12–9 | 2.0 |
Orlando Miracle o | 16 | 16 | .500 | 13–8 | 2.0 |
Miami Sol o | 15 | 17 | .469 | 11–10 | 3.0 |
Cleveland Rockers o | 10 | 22 | .312 | 7–14 | 8.0 |
Detroit Shock o | 9 | 23 | .281 | 6–15 | 9.0 |
Western Conference
Western Conference | W | L | PCT | Conf. | GB |
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Los Angeles Sparks x | 25 | 7 | .781 | 17–4 | – |
Houston Comets x | 24 | 8 | .750 | 16–5 | 1.0 |
Utah Starzz x | 20 | 12 | .625 | 12–9 | 5.0 |
Seattle Storm x | 17 | 15 | .531 | 10–11 | 8.0 |
Portland Fire o | 16 | 16 | .500 | 8–13 | 9.0 |
Sacramento Monarchs o | 14 | 18 | .438 | 8–13 | 11.0 |
Phoenix Mercury o | 11 | 21 | .344 | 7–14 | 14.0 |
Minnesota Lynx o | 10 | 22 | .313 | 6–15 | 15.0 |
Season award winners
Playoffs
First Round Best of 3 | Conference Finals Best of 3 | WNBA Finals Best of 3 | ||||||||||||
E1 | New York | 2 | ||||||||||||
E4 | Indiana | 1 | ||||||||||||
E1 | New York | 2 | ||||||||||||
Eastern Conference | ||||||||||||||
E3 | Washington | 1 | ||||||||||||
E2 | Charlotte | 0 | ||||||||||||
E3 | Washington | 2 | ||||||||||||
E1 | New York | 0 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Los Angeles | 2 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Los Angeles | 2 | ||||||||||||
W4 | Seattle | 0 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Los Angeles | 2 | ||||||||||||
Western Conference | ||||||||||||||
W3 | Utah | 0 | ||||||||||||
W2 | Houston | 1 | ||||||||||||
W3 | Utah | 2 |
Coaches
Eastern Conference
- Charlotte Sting: Anne Donovan
- Cleveland Rockers: Dan Hughes
- Detroit Shock: Greg Williams and Bill Laimbeer
- Indiana Fever: Nell Fortner
- Miami Sol: Ron Rothstein
- New York Liberty: Richie Adubato
- Orlando Miracle: Dee Brown
- Washington Mystics: Marianne Stanley
Western Conference
- Houston Comets: Van Chancellor
- Los Angeles Sparks: Michael Cooper
- Minnesota Lynx: Brian Agler and Heidi VanDerveer
- Phoenix Mercury: Cynthia Cooper and Linda Sharp
- Portland Fire: Linda Hargrove
- Sacramento Monarchs: Maura McHugh
- Seattle Storm: Lin Dunn
- Utah Starzz: Candi Harvey