2001 Charlotte Sting season

The 2001 WNBA season was the fifth season for the Charlotte Sting franchise. The team saw themselves in the WNBA Finals for the only time in their history. They lost the finals to the Los Angeles Sparks in a sweep.

Transactions

WNBA draft

Transactions

Roster

Schedule

Regular season

|- | 1 | June 2 | Los Angeles | L 67–76 | Andrea Stinson (21) | Clarisse Machanguana (9) | Dawn Staley (9) | Charlotte Coliseum | 0–1 |- | 2 | June 5 | @ Phoenix | L 69–76 | Andrea Stinson (21) | Clarisse Machanguana (12) | Dawn Staley (9) | America West Arena | 0–2 |- | 3 | June 7 | @ Sacramento | L 65–77 | Allison Feaster (23) | Allison Feaster (7) | Dawn Staley (9) | ARCO Arena | 0–3 |- | 4 | June 9 | @ Orlando | W 86–79 | Andrea Stinson (25) | Tammy Sutton-Brown (5) | Dawn Staley (9) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 1–3 |- | 5 | June 12 | @ New York | L 70–79 | Andrea Stinson (22) | Clarisse Machanguana (8) | Dawn Staley (3) | Madison Square Garden | 1–4 |- | 6 | June 14 | Utah | L 59–73 | Andrea Stinson (15) | Feaster <br> Stinson (6) | Dawn Staley (7) | Charlotte Coliseum | 1–5 |- | 7 | June 16 | Detroit | L 69–72 (2OT) | Shalonda Enis (11) | Enis <br> Stinson (8) | Feaster <br> Staley (4) | Charlotte Coliseum | 1–6 |- | 8 | June 18 | @ Seattle | L 52–60 | Andrea Stinson (13) | Tammy Sutton-Brown (9) | Andrea Stinson (6) | KeyArena | 1–7 |- | 9 | June 19 | @ Los Angeles | L 69–73 | Dawn Staley (18) | Summer Erb (10) | Dawn Staley (7) | Staples Center | 1–8 |- | 10 | June 22 | @ Portland | L 62–66 (OT) | Dawn Staley (14) | Andrea Stinson (11) | Andrea Stinson (5) | Rose Garden | 1–9 |- | 11 | June 24 | Sacramento | L 82–85 (OT) | Andrea Stinson (24) | Andrea Stinson (9) | Dawn Staley (8) | Charlotte Coliseum | 1–10 |- | 12 | June 27 | Detroit | W 74–50 | Andrea Stinson (23) | Clarisse Machanguana (9) | Dawn Staley (11) | Charlotte Coliseum | 2–10 |- | 13 | June 29 | @ Indiana | W 75–67 | Tammy Sutton-Brown (20) | Tammy Sutton-Brown (10) | Dawn Staley (10) | Conseco Fieldhouse | 3–10 |- | 14 | June 30 | Cleveland | W 58–55 | Tammy Sutton-Brown (14) | Allison Feaster (11) | Dawn Staley (5) | Charlotte Coliseum | 4–10

|- | 15 | July 3 | New York | W 66–61 | Andrea Stinson (20) | Tammy Sutton-Brown (7) | Dawn Staley (8) | Charlotte Coliseum | 5–10 |- | 16 | July 6 | @ Detroit | W 67–50 | Andrea Stinson (17) | Charlotte Smith (7) | Smith <br> Staley (9) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 6–10 |- | 17 | July 7 | Seattle | W 48–38 | Dawn Staley (15) | Shalonda Enis (7) | Dawn Staley (5) | Charlotte Coliseum | 7–10 |- | 18 | July 12 | Orlando | L 69–72 | Feaster <br> Smith (13) | Charlotte Smith (7) | Edwards <br> Feaster <br> Staley <br> Stinson (4) | Charlotte Coliseum | 7–11 |- | 19 | July 14 | Indiana | W 71–58 | Allison Feaster (18) | Charlotte Smith (6) | Dawn Staley (9) | Charlotte Coliseum | 8–11 |- | 20 | July 18 | @ Miami | L 48–68 | Dawn Staley (13) | Shalonda Enis (8) | Dawn Staley (4) | American Airlines Arena | 8–12 |- | 21 | July 20 | Orlando | W 72–65 | Allison Feaster (19) | Allison Feaster (7) | Dawn Staley (9) | Charlotte Coliseum | 9–12 |- | 22 | July 21 | @ Cleveland | L 41–56 | Dawn Staley (9) | Andrea Stinson (6) | Dawn Staley (4) | Gund Arena | 9–13 |- | 23 | July 24 | Indiana | W 75–66 | Dawn Staley (18) | Clarisse Machanguana (10) | Staley <br> Stinson (5) | Charlotte Coliseum | 10–13 |- | 24 | July 26 | Washington | W 62–60 | Andrea Stinson (15) | Charlotte Smith (10) | Smith <br> Staley (3) | Charlotte Coliseum | 11–13 |- | 25 | July 29 | @ Washington | L 42–55 | Andrea Stinson (10) | Tammy Sutton-Brown (6) | Smith <br> Staley (2) | MCI Center | 11–14 |- | 26 | July 31 | Miami | W 63–45 | Allison Feaster (18) | Smith <br> Sutton-Brown (4) | Dawn Staley (5) | Charlotte Coliseum | 12–14

|- | 27 | August 3 | @ Minnesota | W 72–64 | Staley <br> Stinson (16) | Feaster <br> Machanguana <br> Staley (5) | Andrea Stinson (4) | Target Center | 13–14 |- | 28 | August 4 | Houston | W 54–49 | Allison Feaster (13) | Allison Feaster (9) | Dawn Staley (5) | Charlotte Coliseum | 14–14 |- | 29 | August 6 | @ Washington | W 65–60 | Dawn Staley (13) | Tammy Sutton-Brown (7) | Andrea Stinson (7) | MCI Center | 15–14 |- | 30 | August 10 | @ Cleveland | W 55–53 | Andrea Stinson (21) | Tammy Sutton-Brown (9) | Dawn Staley (5) | Gund Arena | 16–14 |- | 31 | August 11 | New York | W 80–60 | Andrea Stinson (21) | Shalonda Enis (7) | Dawn Staley (6) | Charlotte Coliseum | 17–14 |- | 32 | August 14 | @ Miami | W 48–41 | Stinson <br> Sutton-Brown (8) | Allison Feaster (9) | Dawn Staley (5) | American Airlines Arena | 18–14

Playoffs

|- | 1 | August 16 | Cleveland | W 53–46 | Andrea Stinson (16) | Andrea Stinson (6) | Dawn Staley (5) | Charlotte Coliseum | 1–0 |- | 2 | August 18 | @ Cleveland | L 51–69 | Allison Feaster (11) | Andrea Stinson (5) | Dawn Staley (6) | Gund Arena | 1–1 |- | 3 | August 20 | @ Cleveland | W 72–64 | Tonya Edwards (15) | Shalonda Enis (9) | Dawn Staley (8) | Gund Arena | 2–1

|- | 1 | August 24 | New York | L 57–61 | Dawn Staley (14) | Andrea Stinson (7) | Dawn Staley (5) | Charlotte Coliseum | 1–0 |- | 2 | August 26 | @ New York | W 62–53 | Staley <br> Stinson (18) | Charlotte Smith (9) | Andrea Stinson (8) | Madison Square Garden | 1–1 |- | 3 | August 27 | @ New York | W 48–44 | Dawn Staley (17) | Andrea Stinson (8) | Andrea Stinson (4) | Madison Square Garden | 2–1

|- | 1 | August 30 | Los Angeles | L 66–75 | Andrea Stinson (18) | Allison Feaster (5) | Andrea Stinson (5) | Charlotte Coliseum | 0–1 |- | 2 | September 1 | @ Los Angeles | L 54–82 | Tammy Sutton-Brown (12) | Charlotte Smith (8) | Dawn Staley (5) | Staples Center | 0–2

Season standings

Statistics

Regular season

<br />^‡Waived/Released during the season <br />^â€ÂTraded during the season <br />^â‰ÂAcquired during the season

References