The 2001 WNBA season was the third season for the Minnesota Lynx.
See also: 2001 WNBA draft.
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Svetlana Abrosimova | UConn | ||
| 2 | 23 | Erin Buescher | Master's | ||
| 2 | 28 | Janell Burse | Tulane | ||
| 3 | 39 | Tombi Bell | Miami | ||
| 4 | 55 | Megan Taylor | Iowa State |
| Date | Transaction | |
|---|---|---|
| February 20, 2001 | Traded Kristin Folkl and a 2001 2nd Round Pick to the Portland Fire in exchange for Lynn Pride and Michele Van Gorp | |
| April 17, 2001 | Traded Annie La Fleur to the Washington Mystics in exchange for 2001 2nd Round Pick | |
| April 20, 2001 | Drafted Svetlana Abrosimova, Erin Buescher, Janell Burse, Tombi Bell and Megan Taylor in the 2001 WNBA Draft[1] | |
| Traded a 2002 2nd Round Pick to the Detroit Shock in exchange for Val Whiting-Raymond | ||
| Traded Marla Brumfield to the Miami Sol in exchange for Georgia Schweitzer | ||
| April 25, 2001 | Waived Angela Aycock | |
| May 7, 2001 | Waived Angie Potthoff and Tombi Bell | |
| May 25, 2001 | Waived Keitha Dickerson and Megan Taylor | |
| May 27, 2001 | Waived Andrea Lloyd-Curry and Sonja Tate | |
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 1| May 31| @ Portland| W 82–65| Katie Smith (31)| Lynn Pride (7)| Kristi Harrower (3)| Rose Garden| 1–0|- style="background:#fcc;"| 2| June 2| Phoenix| L 80–89| Katie Smith (22)| Betty Lennox (8)| Kate Paye (8)| Target Center| 1–1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 3| June 9| Los Angeles| L 60–62| Katie Smith (24)| Betty Lennox (11)| Paye
Smith (4)| Target Center| 1–2|- style="background:#fcc;"| 4| June 12| Indiana| L 60–65| Smith
Whiting-Raymond (13)| Val Whiting-Raymond (9)| Kristi Harrower (4)| Target Center| 1–3|- style="background:#fcc;"| 5| June 16| @ Indiana| L 67–68 (OT)| Katie Smith (22)| Betty Lennox (8)| Kate Paye (4)| Conseco Fieldhouse| 1–4|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 6| June 17| @ Detroit| W 71–63| Katie Smith (40)| Betty Lennox (10)| Kate Paye (4)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 2–4|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 7| June 22| Miami| W 63–57| Katie Smith (26)| Erin Buescher (9)| Kate Paye (6)| Target Center| 3–4|- style="background:#fcc;"| 8| June 23| @ Utah| L 80–87| Katie Smith (27)| Svetlana Abrosimova (8)| Kate Paye (4)| Delta Center| 3–5|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 9| June 25| @ Washington| W 55–51| Katie Smith (22)| Svetlana Abrosimova (10)| Paye
Stires (3)| MCI Center| 4–5|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 10| June 28| Seattle| W 68–59| Katie Smith (26)| Svetlana Abrosimova (9)| Kate Paye (8)| Target Center| 5–5|- style="background:#fcc;"| 11| June 30| Houston| L 52–59| Katie Smith (18)| Abrosimova
Paye (5)| Kate Paye (5)| Target Center| 5–6|- style="background:#fcc;"| 12| July 1| @ Cleveland| L 47–52| Katie Smith (17)| Buescher
Paye (6)| Erin Buescher (4)| Gund Arena| 5–7|- style="background:#fcc;"| 13| July 3| Sacramento| L 52–91| Katie Smith (18)| Martin
Pride (5)| Erin Buescher (4)| Target Center| 5–8|- style="background:#fcc;"| 14| July 6| New York| L 57–70| Katie Smith (27)| Maylana Martin (7)| Kate Paye (4)| Target Center| 5–9|- style="background:#fcc;"| 15| July 8| @ Los Angeles| L 95–100| Katie Smith (46)| Buescher
Martin
Pride (5)| Katie Smith (4)| Staples Center| 5–10|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 16| July 10| Portland| W 73–52| Katie Smith (28)| Abrosimova
Buescher (7)| Buescher
Paye
Smith (4)| Target Center| 6–10|- style="background:#fcc;"| 17| July 13| @ New York| L 64–67 (OT)| Katie Smith (23)| Maylana Martin (9)| Georgia Schweitzer (4)| Madison Square Garden| 6–11|- style="background:#fcc;"| 18| July 14| Phoenix| L 67–80| Katie Smith (27)| Svetlana Abrosimova (6)| Kate Paye (5)| Target Center| 6–12 |- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 19| July 18| Seattle| W 68–58| Svetlana Abrosimova (21)| Abrosimova
Buescher
Paye
Smith (5)| Katie Smith (8)| Target Center| 7–12 |- style="background:#fcc;"| 20| July 21| @ Orlando| L 49–71| Svetlana Abrosimova (27)| Lynn Pride (7)| Abrosimova
Buescher
Paye (2)| TD Waterhouse Centre| 7–13 |- style="background:#fcc;"| 21| July 23| Houston| L 46–51| Svetlana Abrosimova (20)| Svetlana Abrosimova (11)| Abrosimova
Buescher (4)| Target Center| 7–14|- style="background:#fcc;"| 22| July 27| Washington| L 60–62| Katie Smith (22)| Buescher
Pride (8)| Erin Buescher (3)| Target Center| 7–15|- style="background:#fcc;"| 23| July 28| @ Utah| L 60–68 (OT)| Katie Smith (30)| Abrosimova
Buescher (9)| Abrosimova
Smith (2)| Delta Center| 7–16|- style="background:#fcc;"| 24| July 30| @ Los Angeles| L 69–78| Svetlana Abrosimova (27)| Svetlana Abrosimova (10)| Paye
Schweitzer
Van Gorp (4)| Staples Center| 7–17|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 25| August 1| @ Phoenix| W 68–63| Katie Smith (36)| Lynn Pride (7)| Abrosimova
Paye (4)| America West Arena| 8–17|- style="background:#fcc;"| 26| August 3| Charlotte| L 64–72| Katie Smith (21)| Janell Burse (5)| Svetlana Abrosimova (4)| Target Center| 8–18|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 27| August 5| Sacramento| W 79–76 (OT)| Svetlana Abrosimova (21)| Svetlana Abrosimova (15)| Georgia Schweitzer (6)| American Airlines Arena| 9–18|- style="background:#fcc;"| 28| August 7| @ Sacramento| L 59–76| Svetlana Abrosimova (16)| Abrosimova
Pride (7)| Svetlana Abrosimova (5)| ARCO Arena| 9–19|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 29| August 8| @ Portland| W 70–58| Katie Smith (27)| Abrosimova
Smith (10)| Kate Paye (4)| Rose Garden| 10–19|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 30| August 10| @ Seattle| W 65–51| Katie Smith (22)| Svetlana Abrosimova (13)| Abrosimova
Pride (4)| KeyArena| 11–19|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 31| August 12| Utah| W 69–62| Betty Lennox (18)| Svetlana Abrosimova (12)| Katie Smith (5)| Target Center| 12–19|- style="background:#fcc;"| 32| August 14| Houston| L 60–74| Katie Smith (29)| Georgia Schweitzer (6)| Abrosimova
Van Gorp (3)| Compaq Center| 12–20
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Katie Smith | 32 | 32 | 38.6 | .393 | .354 | .895 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 23.1 | |
| Svetlana Abrosimova | 26 | 23 | 32.5 | .391 | .260 | .727 | 6.7 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 13.3 | |
| Erin Buescher | 32 | 19 | 22.7 | .348 | .276 | .618 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 5.7 | |
| Lynn Pride | 32 | 14 | 22.3 | .391 | .250 | .600 | 4.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 5.3 | |
| Betty Lennox | 11 | 7 | 21.9 | .373 | .385 | .950 | 4.9 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 11.0 | |
| Kate Paye | 32 | 16 | 20.4 | .385 | .357 | .688 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 2.8 | |
| Kristi Harrower | 4 | 1 | 18.0 | .467 | .500 | 1.000 | 1.0 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 5.3 | |
| Val Whiting-Raymond | 26 | 15 | 17.8 | ,267 | .000 | .741 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 3.4 | |
| Georgia Schweitzer | 24 | 8 | 17.6 | .314 | .167 | .765 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 3.5 | |
| Maylana Martin | 31 | 12 | 15.9 | .340 | .333 | .613 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 3.1 | |
| Shanele Stires | 18 | 5 | 11.2 | .377 | .240 | .714 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 2.8 | |
| Michele Van Gorp | 22 | 8 | 11.0 | .375 | .000 | .550 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.9 | |
| Janell Burse | 20 | 0 | 8.5 | .333 | .000 | .750 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 2.4 |