The 2001 WNBA Season was the Women's National Basketball Association's fifth season.
The season ended with the Los Angeles Sparks winning their first WNBA championship.
2001 WNBA season | |
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League | Women's National Basketball Association |
Sport | Basketball |
Duration | May 28 - September 3, 2001 |
Number of games | 32 |
Number of teams | 16 |
Total attendance | 2,322,962 |
Average attendance | 9,074 |
TV partner(s) | ESPN, NBC |
2001 WNBA Draft | |
Top draft pick | Lauren Jackson |
Picked by | Seattle Storm |
Regular season | |
Season MVP | Lisa Leslie (Los Angeles) |
Playoffs | |
Eastern champions | Charlotte Sting |
Eastern runners-up | New York Liberty |
Western champions | Los Angeles Sparks |
Western runners-up | Sacramento Monarchs |
Finals | |
Champions | Los Angeles Sparks |
Runners-up | Charlotte Sting |
Finals MVP | Lisa Leslie (Los Angeles) |
Eastern Conference
Eastern Conference | W | L | PCT | Conf. | GB |
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Cleveland Rockers x | 22 | 10 | .688 | 15–6 | – |
New York Liberty x | 21 | 11 | .656 | 13–8 | 1.0 |
Miami Sol x | 20 | 12 | .625 | 14–7 | 2.0 |
Charlotte Sting x | 18 | 14 | .563 | 15–6 | 4.0 |
Orlando Miracle o | 13 | 19 | .406 | 9–12 | 9.0 |
Indiana Fever o | 10 | 22 | .313 | 7–14 | 12.0 |
Detroit Shock o | 10 | 22 | .313 | 7–14 | 12.0 |
Washington Mystics o | 10 | 22 | .313 | 4–17 | 12.0 |
Western Conference
Western Conference | W | L | PCT | Conf. | GB |
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Los Angeles Sparks x | 28 | 4 | .875 | 19–2 | – |
Sacramento Monarchs x | 20 | 12 | .625 | 13–8 | 8.0 |
Utah Starzz x | 19 | 13 | .594 | 11–10 | 9.0 |
Houston Comets x | 19 | 13 | .594 | 13–8 | 9.0 |
Phoenix Mercury o | 13 | 19 | .406 | 8–13 | 15.0 |
Minnesota Lynx o | 12 | 20 | .375 | 9–12 | 16.0 |
Portland Fire o | 11 | 21 | .344 | 5–16 | 17.0 |
Seattle Storm o | 10 | 22 | .313 | 6–15 | 18.0 |
First Round Best of 3 | Conference Finals Best of 3 | WNBA Finals Best of 3 | ||||||||||||
E1 | Cleveland | 1 | ||||||||||||
E4 | Charlotte | 2 | ||||||||||||
E4 | Charlotte | 2 | ||||||||||||
Eastern Conference | ||||||||||||||
E2 | New York | 1 | ||||||||||||
E2 | New York | 2 | ||||||||||||
E3 | Miami | 1 | ||||||||||||
E4 | Charlotte | 0 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Los Angeles | 2 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Los Angeles | 2 | ||||||||||||
W4 | Houston | 0 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Los Angeles | 2 | ||||||||||||
Western Conference | ||||||||||||||
W2 | Sacramento | 1 | ||||||||||||
W2 | Sacramento | 2 | ||||||||||||
W3 | Utah | 0 |
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