2002 New York Liberty Statistics
Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Team Record: 18-14
Finishing 1st in the WNBA's Eastern Conference
Postseason: 4-4 Lost Championship
First Round - Defeated Indiana Fever 2-1
Conference Finals - Defeated Washington Mystics 2-1
Finals - Lost to Los Angeles Sparks 2-0
Coach: Richie Adubato (18-14)
Location: New York, New York
Attendance: 234,717, Avg. 14,670 in 16 home dates
2002 New York Liberty RosterTeam Record: 18-14
Finishing 1st in the WNBA's Eastern Conference
Postseason: 4-4 Lost Championship
First Round - Defeated Indiana Fever 2-1
Conference Finals - Defeated Washington Mystics 2-1
Finals - Lost to Los Angeles Sparks 2-0
Coach: Richie Adubato (18-14)
Location: New York, New York
Attendance: 234,717, Avg. 14,670 in 16 home dates
The New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association ended the 2002 season with a record of 18 wins and 14 losses, finishing first in the WNBA's Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 4-4.
The Liberty poured in 2,089 points and yielded 2,015. Tari Phillips tossed in a team-best 451 points for New York, while Vickie Johnson, Crystal Robinson and Tamika Whitmore each scored 10 or more per game, too. Tari Phillips contributed 223 boards. Teresa Weatherspoon dished out 181 assists for the squad.
On defense, Tari Phillips added 58 steals.
Richie Adubato coached the team. The 2002 New York Liberty lost in the Championship of the playoffs.
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Player Totals:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tari Phillips | F-C | 32 | 31 | 1009 | 373 | 183 | 2 | 0 | 126 | 85 | 69 | 154 | 223 | 41 | 58 | 14 | 93 | 113 | 451 |
| Tamika Whitmore | F | 32 | 32 | 977 | 310 | 148 | 1 | 0 | 150 | 110 | 43 | 98 | 141 | 23 | 27 | 43 | 49 | 102 | 406 |
| Crystal Robinson | F-G | 32 | 32 | 1068 | 302 | 126 | 181 | 67 | 72 | 59 | 22 | 70 | 92 | 81 | 48 | 12 | 52 | 101 | 378 |
| Vickie Johnson | G-F | 31 | 31 | 1028 | 305 | 139 | 76 | 32 | 61 | 49 | 42 | 67 | 109 | 86 | 27 | 4 | 45 | 60 | 359 |
| Becky Hammon | G | 32 | 1 | 659 | 197 | 87 | 114 | 44 | 56 | 38 | 18 | 50 | 68 | 54 | 25 | 0 | 55 | 49 | 256 |
| Teresa Weatherspoon | G | 32 | 32 | 954 | 114 | 39 | 20 | 2 | 54 | 28 | 23 | 63 | 86 | 181 | 42 | 3 | 78 | 88 | 108 |
| Sue Wicks | F | 30 | 0 | 428 | 70 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 18 | 30 | 71 | 101 | 14 | 22 | 15 | 30 | 60 | 66 |
| Camille Cooper | C | 23 | 1 | 119 | 28 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 27 |
| Korie Hlede | G | 16 | 0 | 129 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 24 | 26 |
| Linda Frohlich | F-C | 16 | 0 | 67 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 6 |
| Bernadette Ngoyisa | C | 7 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Totals | 283 | 160 | 6450 | 1740 | 772 | 400 | 145 | 567 | 400 | 260 | 610 | 870 | 496 | 261 | 100 | 437 | 638 | 2089 |
Player Averages:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tari Phillips | F-C | 32 | 31 | 31.5 | 49.1 | 0.0 | 67.5 | 2.2 | 4.8 | 7.0 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 14.1 |
| Tamika Whitmore | F | 32 | 32 | 30.5 | 47.7 | 0.0 | 73.3 | 1.3 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 3.2 | 12.7 |
| Crystal Robinson | F-G | 32 | 32 | 33.4 | 41.7 | 37.0 | 81.9 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 11.8 |
| Vickie Johnson | G-F | 31 | 31 | 33.2 | 45.6 | 42.1 | 80.3 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 11.6 |
| Becky Hammon | G | 32 | 1 | 20.6 | 44.2 | 38.6 | 67.9 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 8.0 |
| Teresa Weatherspoon | G | 32 | 32 | 29.8 | 34.2 | 10.0 | 51.9 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 5.7 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 3.4 |
| Sue Wicks | F | 30 | 0 | 14.3 | 34.3 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.2 |
| Camille Cooper | C | 23 | 1 | 5.2 | 39.3 | 62.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.2 | |
| Korie Hlede | G | 16 | 0 | 8.1 | 42.3 | 0.0 | 44.4 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| Linda Frohlich | F-C | 16 | 0 | 4.2 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Bernadette Ngoyisa | C | 7 | 0 | 1.7 | 60.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.9 | ||
| Averages | 283 | 160 | 22.8 | 44.4 | 36.3 | 70.5 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 7.4 |
Postseason - Player Totals:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tamika Whitmore | F | 8 | 8 | 271 | 93 | 51 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 26 | 8 | 28 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 129 |
| Tari Phillips | F-C | 8 | 8 | 249 | 91 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 25 | 16 | 31 | 47 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 26 | 115 |
| Vickie Johnson | G-F | 8 | 8 | 244 | 75 | 36 | 27 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 98 |
| Becky Hammon | G | 8 | 0 | 183 | 54 | 29 | 33 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 79 |
| Crystal Robinson | F-G | 8 | 8 | 259 | 65 | 23 | 39 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 67 |
| Teresa Weatherspoon | G | 8 | 8 | 241 | 40 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 27 | 35 | 53 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 18 | 53 |
| Sue Wicks | F | 8 | 0 | 96 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 21 |
| Bernadette Ngoyisa | C | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Korie Hlede | G | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Camille Cooper | C | 3 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Linda Frohlich | F-C | 3 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Totals | 67 | 40 | 1600 | 443 | 214 | 108 | 42 | 143 | 107 | 60 | 154 | 214 | 132 | 45 | 14 | 83 | 130 | 577 |
Postseason Player Averages:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tamika Whitmore | F | 8 | 8 | 33.9 | 54.8 | 33.3 | 70.3 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 16.1 |
| Tari Phillips | F-C | 8 | 8 | 31.1 | 49.5 | 0.0 | 71.4 | 2.0 | 3.9 | 5.9 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 14.4 |
| Vickie Johnson | G-F | 8 | 8 | 30.5 | 48.0 | 51.9 | 75.0 | 1.0 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 12.3 |
| Becky Hammon | G | 8 | 0 | 22.9 | 53.7 | 42.4 | 87.5 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 9.9 |
| Crystal Robinson | F-G | 8 | 8 | 32.4 | 35.4 | 30.8 | 100.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 8.4 |
| Teresa Weatherspoon | G | 8 | 8 | 30.1 | 47.5 | 0.0 | 83.3 | 1.0 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 6.6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 6.6 |
| Sue Wicks | F | 8 | 0 | 12.0 | 50.0 | 100.0 | 85.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
| Bernadette Ngoyisa | C | 3 | 0 | 3.3 | 60.0 | 40.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 2.7 | |
| Korie Hlede | G | 2 | 0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | |
| Camille Cooper | C | 3 | 0 | 5.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Linda Frohlich | F-C | 3 | 0 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | |
| Averages | 283 | 40 | 23.9 | 48.3 | 38.9 | 74.8 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 8.6 |
