2003 New York Liberty season

2003 New York Liberty season
Head Coach	Richie Adubato
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Attendance	12,123 per game
Results Record 16–18 (.471) Place 6th (Eastern) Playoff Finish Did Not Qualify New York Liberty seasons < 2002 2004 >

The 2003 WNBA season was the 7th for the New York Liberty. The Liberty fell one game short for the playoffs, also missing the postseason for the first time since 1998.

Offseason

Dispersal Draft

Pick	Player	Nationality	Former Team
11	Elena Baranova (F)	United States	Miami Sol

WNBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/School/Team
1	10	Molly Creamer (G)	United States	Bucknell
2	17	Erin Thorn (G)	United States	Brigham Young
2	24	Sonja Mallory (C)	United States	Georgia Tech
3	39	Nicole Kaczmarski (G)	United States	UCLA

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Detroit Shock ^x	25	9	.735	–	13–4	12–5	18–6
Charlotte Sting ^x	18	16	.529	7.0	13–4	5–12	12–12
Connecticut Sun ^x	18	16	.529	7.0	10–7	8–9	11–13
Cleveland Rockers ^x	17	17	.500	8.0	11–6	6–11	13–11
Indiana Fever ^o	16	18	.471	9.0	11–6	5–12	12–12
New York Liberty ^o	16	18	.471	9.0	11–6	5–12	11–13
Washington Mystics ^o	9	25	.265	16.0	3–14	6–11	7–17

Season schedule

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
May 31	@ Cleveland	50-74	Loss	0-1
June 1	Washington	70-57	Win	1-1
June 6	@ Minnesota	70-60	Win	2-1
June 7	@ Indiana	66-86	Loss	2-2
June 10	Cleveland	73-65	Win	3-2
June 14	Los Angeles	60-67	Loss	3-3
June 17	Sacramento	70-61	Win	4-3
June 20	@ Detroit	83-88	Loss	4-4
June 22	Charlotte	69-57	Win	5-4
June 25	Phoenix	70-64	Win	6-4
June 27	Detroit	69-75	Loss	6-5
July 1	Connecticut	90-64	Win	7-5
July 6	@ Connecticut	58-62	Loss	7-6
July 10	@ Indiana	69-76	Loss	7-7
July 15	Washington	64-77	Loss	7-8
July 18	Charlotte	56-48	Win	8-8
July 20	Indiana	73-65	Win	9-8
July 23	@ Seattle	65-75	Loss	9-9
July 24	@ Sacramento	53-67	Loss	9-10
July 26	@ Houston	53-61	Loss	9-11
July 29	@ Phoenix	59-66	Loss	9-12
August 1	Detroit	60-62	Loss	9-13
August 3	Cleveland	60-48	Win	10-13
August 5	San Antonio	69-60	Win	11-13
August 7	@ Charlotte	54-65	Loss	11-14
August 9	@ Washington	65-56	Win	12-14
August 10	@ Detroit	87-90 (OT)	Loss	12-15
August 12	@ Connecticut	74-73	Win	13-15
August 16	Connecticut	71-84	Loss	13-16
August 17	@ Cleveland	71-54	Win	14-16
August 18	Houston	67-64	Win	15-16
August 21	@ Washington	65-60	Win	16-16
August 22	Indiana	51-64	Loss	16-17
August 24	@ Charlotte	59-61 (OT)	Loss	16-18

Player stats

Player	GP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS
Vickie Johnson	32	95	75	29	7	430
Crystal Robinson	33	70	63	40	13	395
Tari Phillips	33	280	56	56	28	372
Elena Baranova	33	181	64	36	43	278
Tamika Whitmore	33	122	25	35	22	271
Becky Hammon	11	21	18	10	1	162
Teresa Weatherspoon	34	97	149	28	5	98
K.B. Sharp	30	32	37	14	0	94
Linda Frohlich	26	36	15	6	8	83
Erin Thorn	23	11	16	4	1	44
Lindsey Yamasaki	24	12	9	4	0	16
Bethany Donaphin	1	0	0	0	0	0

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References

1. http://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/NYL/2003.html