The
2002 WNBA season
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
Western Conference
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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
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
The Charlotte Sting were a Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) team based in Charlotte, North Carolina, one of the league's eight original teams. The team folded on January 3, 2007.
The Sting was originally the sister organization of ...
in exchange for a first-round pick (seventh overall) in the 2002 Draft.
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Roster
Season standings
Schedule
Preseason
Regular season
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
*http://www.wnba.com/sun/stats/2002/
Awards and honors
* Shannon Johnson and Nykesha Sales
Nykesha Simone Sales (born May 10, 1976) is an American assistant coach at the University of Georgia. She is a former professional basketball player in the WNBA, as well as playing in the Bosnian league for the ZKK Mladi Krajisnik club. Her prim ...
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.
References
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Orlando Miracle seasons
Orlando
Orlando () is a city in the U.S. state of Florida and is the county seat of Orange County. In Central Florida, it is the center of the Orlando metropolitan area, which had a population of 2,509,831, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures re ...
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