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Women's basketball series
The 2001 WNBA Championship was the championship series of the 2001 WNBA season , and the conclusion of the season's playoffs . The Los Angeles Sparks , top-seeded champions of the Western Conference , defeated the Charlotte Sting , fourth-seeded champions of the Eastern Conference , two games to none in a best-of-three series. This was Los Angeles' first title.
The Sparks made their first appearance in the Finals in franchise history. The Sting also made their first Finals appearance.
Going into the series, no other team except the Houston Comets had ever won a WNBA championship (1997 -2000 ).
The Sparks had a 28–4 record (.875), good enough to receive home-court advantage over the Sting (18–14). It did not matter, however, as the Sparks swept the Sting.
Road to the finals
Regular season series
The Sparks won the regular season series:
Game summaries
All times listed below are Eastern Daylight Time .
Game 1
Game 2
Awards
Rosters
2001 Los Angeles Sparks Finals roster Players Coaches Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight From F 00 Byears, Latasha 5' 11" (1.8m) 206 lb (93kg) DePaul G 21 Dixon, Tamecka 5' 9" (1.75m) 148 lb (67kg) Kansas G 5 Figgs, Ukari 5' 9" (1.75m) 142 lb (64kg) Purdue F 17 Grgin-Fonseca, Vedrana 6' 1" (1.85m) 160 lb (73kg) Croatia C 9 Leslie, Lisa 6' 5" (1.96m) 170 lb (77kg) USC G 40 Levandusky, Nicole 5' 8" (1.73m) 163 lb (74kg) Xavier F 4 Mabika, Mwadi 5' 11" (1.8m) 165 lb (75kg) Democratic Republic of the Congo C 51 Mapp, Rhonda 6' 2" (1.88m) 190 lb (86kg) NC State G 10 McCrimmon, Nicky 5' 8" (1.73m) 125 lb (57kg) USC F 8 Milton, Delisha 6' 1" (1.85m) 172 lb (78kg) Florida G 20 Willits, Wendy 5' 7" (1.7m) 141 lb (64kg) Arkansas
Head coach
Michael Cooper (New Mexico )Assistant coaches
Legend (C) Team captain(DP) Unsigned draft pick(FA) Free agent(S) Suspended
2001 Charlotte Sting Finals roster Players Coaches Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight From G 20 Anderson, Keisha 5' 7" (1.7m) 125 lb (57kg) Wisconsin G 13 Edwards, Tonya 5' 10" (1.78m) 160 lb (73kg) Tennessee F 7 Enis, Shalonda 6' 1" (1.85m) 185 lb (84kg) Alabama C 3 Erb, Summer 6' 6" (1.98m) 240 lb (109kg) NC State F 21 Feaster, Allison 5' 11" (1.8m) 168 lb (76kg) Harvard University C 33 Machanguana, Clarisse 6' 5" (1.96m) 180 lb (82kg) Old Dominion G 8 Miller, Kelly 5' 9" (1.75m) 144 lb (65kg) Georgia F 23 Smith, Charlotte 6' 0" (1.83m) 148 lb (67kg) North Carolina G 5 Staley, Dawn 5' 6" (1.68m) 134 lb (61kg) Virginia G 32 Stinson, Andrea 5' 10" (1.78m) 158 lb (72kg) NC State C 55 Sutton-Brown, Tammy 6' 4" (1.93m) 203 lb (92kg) Rutgers
Head coach
Anne Donovan (Old Dominion )Assistant coaches
Legend (C) Team captain(DP) Unsigned draft pick(FA) Free agent(S) Suspended
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