2002 Houston Comets season

The 2002 WNBA season was the sixth season for the Houston Comets. They made their best record in two years at 24–8. Despite with that, they eventually lost in the first round to the Utah Starzz.

Transactions

WNBA draft

Transactions

Roster

Schedule

Regular season

|- | 1 | May 27 | Los Angeles | L 55–68 | Sheryl Swoopes (15) | Tina Thompson (8) | Sheryl Swoopes (6) | Compaq Center | 0–1 |- | 2 | May 29 | Phoenix | W 61–56 | Sheryl Swoopes (20) | Tina Thompson (12) | Tina Thompson (6) | Compaq Center | 1–1

|- | 3 | June 1 | @ Cleveland | W 69–65 (OT) | Tina Thompson (26) | Johnson <br> Thompson (8) | Sheryl Swoopes (8) | Gund Arena | 2–1 |- | 4 | June 3 | @ Charlotte | L 52–67 | Sheryl Swoopes (17) | Johnson <br> Snow (6) | Janeth Arcain (5) | Charlotte Coliseum | 2–2 |- | 5 | June 5 | @ Indiana | W 56–45 | Tina Thompson (20) | Arcain <br> Johnson <br> Thompson (8) | Swoopes <br> Thompson (6) | Conseco Fieldhouse | 3–2 |- | 6 | June 9 | Sacramento | W 75–62 | Tina Thompson (23) | Tina Thompson (13) | Daley <br> Swoopes <br> Thompson (3) | Compaq Center | 4–2 |- | 7 | June 11 | Charlotte | W 78–66 | Sheryl Swoopes (25) | Sheryl Swoopes (8) | Sheryl Swoopes (6) | Compaq Center | 5–2 |- | 8 | June 13 | @ Washington | L 64–70 | Tina Thompson (18) | Swoopes <br> Thompson (7) | Sheryl Swoopes (5) | MCI Center | 5–3 |- | 9 | June 15 | Minnesota | W 51–50 | Kelley Gibson (13) | Tina Thompson (11) | Tynesha Lewis (4) | Compaq Center | 6–3 |- | 10 | June 18 | @ Miami | W 53–46 | Sheryl Swoopes (16) | Snow <br> Thompson (7) | Sheryl Swoopes (4) | American Airlines Arena | 7–3 |- | 11 | June 21 | Phoenix | W 61–59 | Sheryl Swoopes (27) | Tina Thompson (10) | Janeth Arcain (6) | Compaq Center | 8–3 |- | 12 | June 23 | @ Portland | W 71–58 | Tina Thompson (31) | Tina Thompson (6) | Sheryl Swoopes (5) | Rose Garden | 9–3 |- | 13 | June 25 | @ Minnesota | W 73–55 | Swoopes <br> Thompson (18) | Tina Thompson (7) | Janeth Arcain (7) | Target Center | 10–3 |- | 14 | June 28 | Utah | W 73–57 | Sheryl Swoopes (27) | Arcain <br> Johnson (7) | Janeth Arcain (5) | Compaq Center | 11–3 |- | 15 | June 30 | @ Los Angeles | W 60–58 | Sheryl Swoopes (20) | Tiffani Johnson (14) | Arcain <br> Henning <br> Swoopes <br> Thompson (2) | Staples Center | 12–3

|- | 16 | July 3 | @ Utah | W 78–67 | Janeth Arcain (23) | Tina Thompson (9) | Janeth Arcain (6) | Delta Center | 13–3 |- | 17 | July 6 | Detroit | W 61–40 | Tina Thompson (19) | Tina Thompson (9) | Sheryl Swoopes (5) | Compaq Center | 14–3 |- | 18 | July 9 | Seattle | W 67–59 | Sheryl Swoopes (24) | Tina Thompson (13) | Coquese Washington (5) | Compaq Center | 15–3 |- | 19 | July 11 | @ Phoenix | L 52–58 | Sheryl Swoopes (20) | Sheryl Swoopes (8) | Sheryl Swoopes (4) | America West Arena | 15–4 |- | 20 | July 12 | @ Washington | W 74–60 | Sheryl Swoopes (15) | Tina Thompson (7) | Janeth Arcain (6) | MCI Center | 16–4 |- | 21 | July 17 | @ Utah | L 67–75 | Janeth Arcain (17) | Michelle Snow (8) | Janeth Arcain (4) | Delta Center | 16–5 |- | 22 | July 19 | @ Portland | L 60–70 | Swoopes <br> Thompson (22) | Michelle Snow (9) | Arcain <br> Swoopes (3) | Rose Garden | 16–6 |- | 23 | July 20 | @ Seattle | W 56–54 | Tina Thompson (18) | Tina Thompson (10) | Janeth Arcain (6) | KeyArena | 17–6 |- | 24 | July 23 | Seattle | W 74–66 | Sheryl Swoopes (19) | Michelle Snow (9) | Sheryl Swoopes (10) | Compaq Center | 18–6 |- | 25 | July 25 | Miami | W 69–60 | Janeth Arcain (22) | Tina Thompson (8) | Sheryl Swoopes (4) | Compaq Center | 19–6 |- | 26 | July 28 | @ New York | L 56–62 | Sheryl Swoopes (23) | Tina Thompson (5) | Tina Thompson (3) | Madison Square Garden | 19–7 |- | 27 | July 30 | Portland | W 89–59 | Tina Thompson (19) | Snow <br> Swoopes (7) | Sonja Henning (4) | Compaq Center | 20–7

|- | 28 | August 3 | Orlando | W 69–62 | Sheryl Swoopes (25) | Sonja Henning (9) | Sonja Henning (5) | Compaq Center | 21–7 |- | 29 | August 6 | Cleveland | W 67–54 | Tina Thompson (19) | Tina Thompson (7) | Arcain <br> Henning (4) | Compaq Center | 22–7 |- | 30 | August 8 | @ Los Angeles | W 67–64 | Sheryl Swoopes (31) | Michelle Snow (11) | Sonja Henning (4) | Staples Center | 23–7 |- | 31 | August 10 | Sacramento | L 59–61 | Sheryl Swoopes (32) | Michelle Snow (9) | Janeth Arcain (3) | Compaq Center | 23–8 |- | 32 | August 13 | Minnesota | L 63–51 | Rita Williams (15) | Michelle Snow (8) | Henning <br> Swoopes (4) | Compaq Center | 24–8

Playoffs

|- | 1 | August 16 | @ Utah | L 59–66 | Sheryl Swoopes (17) | Sheryl Swoopes (10) | Sheryl Swoopes (4) | Delta Center | 0–1 |- | 2 | August 18 | Utah | W 83–77 (2OT) | Sheryl Swoopes (28) | Tina Thompson (14) | Sheryl Swoopes (7) | Compaq Center | 1–1 |- | 3 | August 20 | Utah | L 72–75 | Sheryl Swoopes (28) | Michelle Snow (8) | Sheryl Swoopes (6) | Compaq Center | 1–2

Season standings

Statistics

Regular season

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

References