2002 Portland Fire season

{{WNBA season

| team = Portland Fire

| year = 2002

| attendance = 8,041

| wins = 16

| losses = 16

| conf = Western

| conf_place = 5th

| coach = Linda Hargrove

| arena = Rose Garden

| points = DeMya Walker 10.9 ppg

| rebounds = DeMya Walker 5.0 rpg

| assists = Ukari Figgs 3.4 apg

| playoffs = Did not qualify

}}

The 2002 WNBA season was the 3rd and final season for the Portland Fire franchise. The team improved compared from their first two seasons, but playoff hopes were denied when they finished one game back for a playoff berth. The team later folded after the season.

Offseason

=WNBA draft=

class="wikitable"

! Round

! Pick

! Player

! Nationality

! College/School/Team

align="center"

| 1

| 5

| Nikki Teasley (G)

| {{USA}}

| North Carolina

align="center"

| 3

| 37

| Mandy Nightingale (G)

| {{USA}}

| Colorado

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| 4

| 50

| Melody Johnson (C)

| {{USA}}

| Arizona State

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| 4

| 53

| Monique Cardenas (G)

| {{USA}}

| Florida

Regular season

=Season standings=

=Season schedule=

class="wikitable" ! Date ! Opponent ! Score ! Result ! Record
align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" \| May 29	New York	62-84	Loss	0-1
align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" \| May 30	@ Utah	64-69	Loss	0-2
align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" \| June 2	Seattle	47-57	Loss	0-3
align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" \| June 3	@ Los Angeles	72-89	Loss	0-4
align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" \| June 6	Sacramento	86-73	Win	1-4
align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" \| June 11	@ Seattle	70-63	Win	2-4
align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" \| June 13	@ Minnesota	46-60	Loss	2-5
align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" \| June 15	Detroit	67-60	Win	3-5
align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" \| June 18	Minnesota	59-51	Win	4-5
align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" \| June 20	Indiana	72-81	Loss	4-6
align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" \| June 23	Houston	58-71	Loss	4-7
align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" \| June 25	@ Utah	83-86	Loss	4-8
align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" \| June 26	Orlando	64-57	Win	5-8
align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" \| June 28	Washington	72-66	Win	6-8
align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" \| June 30	@ New York	54-44	Win	7-8
align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" \| July 2	@ Cleveland	68-64	Win	8-8
align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" \| July 3	@ Charlotte	76-73	Win	9-8
align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" \| July 7	Sacramento	74-59	Win	10-8
align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" \| July 10	@ Minnesota	75-72	Win	11-8
align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" \| July 12	Los Angeles	76-82 (OT)	Loss	11-9
align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" \| July 17	Phoenix	73-61	Win	12-9
align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" \| July 19	Houston	70-60	Win	13-9
align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" \| July 21	@ Phoenix	87-75	Win	14-9
align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" \| July 24	@ Los Angeles	69-73	Loss	14-10
align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" \| July 25	@ Sacramento	80-81 (OT)	Loss	14-11
align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" \| July 27	Miami	71-61	Win	15-11
align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" \| July 30	@ Houston	59-89	Loss	15-12
align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" \| August 2	@ Washington	67-65	Win	16-12
align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" \| August 4	@ Orlando	61-63	Loss	16-13
align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" \| August 6	Utah	69-82	Loss	16-14
align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" \| August 9	@ Seattle	74-83	Loss	16-15
align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" \| August 11	Phoenix	70-73	Loss	16-16

Player stats

Note: GP = Games Played; REB = Rebounds; AST = Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points

class="wikitable" ! Player ! GP ! REB ! AST ! STL ! BLK ! PTS
align="center" \| DeMya Walker	31	154	51	26	33	339
align="center" \| Tamicha Jackson	32	59	95	55	1	314
align="center" \| Sylvia Crawley	32	134	47	18	37	279
align="center" \| Alisa Burras	32	147	7	10	7	278
align="center" \| Ukari Figgs	31	80	104	25	2	264
align="center" \| Kristin Folkl	32	148	32	18	17	155
align="center" \| Stacey Thomas	32	94	67	42	12	143
align="center" \| Jackie Stiles	21	18	20	4	0	125
align="center" \| LaQuanda Barksdale	17	40	12	8	7	100
align="center" \| Tully Bevilaqua	27	33	44	22	3	84
align="center" \| Carolyn Young	19	14	12	4	0	83
align="center" \| Amber Hall	20	26	1	7	1	30
align="center" \| Jenny Mowe	5	1	0	0	0	1

{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/POR/2002.html|title = 2002 Portland Fire Stats}}

References

Category:Portland Fire seasons

Portland

Portland Fire