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 Rutgers 3 39 Saundra Jackson Mississippi 4 55 Tomeka Brown Ohio StateWNBA.com: 2002 WNBA Draft Board
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. WNBA.com: 2002 WNBA Transactions
Roster
Season standings
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.
Depth
Player stats https://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.
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