Английская Википедия:2002 Orlando Miracle season

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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

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
2	23	Davalyn Cunningham	Шаблон:Flagu	Rutgers
3	39	Saundra Jackson	Шаблон:Flagu	Mississippi
4	55	Tomeka Brown	Шаблон:Flagu	Ohio State

Transactions

• May 24: The Miracle waived Andrea Congreaves and Anna Zimerle.
• May 22: The Miracle waived E.C. Hill and Saundra Jackson.
• May 18: The Miracle waived Tawona Alhaleem and Tomeka Brown.
• May 12: The Miracle waived Jaclyn Johnson.
• May 5: The Miracle waived Naomi Mulitauaopele, Alissa Murphy and Monika Roberts.
• May 4: The Miracle waived Darene Thomas.
• April 18: The Miracle acquired Clarisse Machanguana from the Charlotte Sting in exchange for a first-round pick (seventh overall) in the 2002 Draft.

Schedule

Preseason

Game	Date	Opponent	Result	Record
1	May 11	Miami	W 67-59	1-0
2	May 19	Los Angeles	L 75-85	1-1
3	May 21	@ Houston	W 61-56	2-1

Regular season

Game	Date	Opponent	Result	Record
1	May 30	Detroit	W 80-66	1-0
2	June 1	@ Washington	L 82-93	1-1
3	June 4	@ Miami	W 71-69	2-1
4	June 8	Cleveland	W 103-99 (3OT)	3-1
5	June 11	Indiana	L 69-75	3-2
6	June 15	Miami	L 65-69	3-3
7	June 18	@ New York	W 71-62	4-3
8	June 19	@ Cleveland	W 66-62	5-3
9	June 21	@ Detroit	W 80-59	6-3
10	June 23	New York	W 77-65	7-3
11	June 26	@ Portland	L 57-64	7-4
12	June 27	@ Seattle	L 71-73	7-5
13	June 29	@ Minnesota	L 59-67	7-6
14	July 3	Indiana	W 79-71 (OT)	8-6
15	July 6	Phoenix	W 72-70	9-6
16	July 8	Washington	L 51-63	9-7
17	July 12	Charlotte	L 67-72	9-8
18	July 13	@ Miami	L 56-70	9-9
19	July 17	@ Charlotte	L 62-89	9-10
20	July 19	Utah	W 84-73	10-10
21	July 21	@ Sacramento	L 60-62	10-11
22	July 22	@ Los Angeles	L 84-92	10-12
23	July 25	Seattle	L 76-79	10-13
24	July 28	@ Cleveland	W 76-70 (OT)	11-13
25	July 30	@ Washington	W 70-55	12-13
26	August 1	Charlotte	W 65-63	13-13
27	August 3	@ Houston	L 62-69	13-14
28	August 4	Portland	W 63-61	14-14
29	August 7	@ Indiana	L 63-70	14-15
30	August 8	@ Sacramento	L 72-82	14-16
31	August 11	Detroit	W 71-58	15-16
32	August 13	New York	W 70-63	16-16

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

• http://www.wnba.com/sun/stats/2002/

Awards and honors

• Shannon Johnson and Nykesha Sales were named to the WNBA All-Star team.
• Shannon Johnson was named WNBA Player of the Week for the week of June 9.
• Nykesha Sales was named WNBA Player of the Week for the week of June 23.
• Shannon Johnson was named to the All-WNBA Second Team for the third time in her career.