2002 WNBA Eastern Conference standings

Name: 2002 WNBA Eastern Conference standings
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The New York Liberty and Charlotte Sting finished tied atop the 2002 WNBA Eastern Conference playoff race, both at 18-14. The New York Liberty finished first on a WNBA tiebreaker these standings do not carry.

The 2002 playoffs, series by series

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East standings, 2002

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	L10	Streak
New York Liberty (NYL) x	18	14	.563	-	5-5	L2
Charlotte Sting (CHA) x	18	14	.563	-	5-5	W4
Washington Mystics (WAS) x	17	15	.531	1	2-8	L1
Indiana Fever (IND) x	16	16	.500	2	7-3	W2
Orlando Miracle (ORL)	16	16	.500	2	6-4	W2
Miami Sol (MIA)	15	17	.469	3	5-5	W1
Cleveland Rockers (CLE)	10	22	.313	8	2-8	L6
Detroit Shock (DET)	9	23	.281	9	5-5	L2

The dashed line on the chart is the pace of the final playoff spot.

Clinch key

x: clinched a playoff place

Turning points

The lead changed hands 7 times.
The New York Liberty trailed by as many as 4 games on July 10, 2002.
The Washington Mystics won 6 games in a row from June 4, 2002 to June 18, 2002, the longest run of the race.
The Washington Mystics led by 3.5 games as late as July 12, 2002.
The New York Liberty went 5-1 from July 18, 2002 to August 4, 2002, turning a deficit of 3 games into a lead of 2 games.
The top two ended the day within one game of each other on 30 of the 66 days played.
Eight teams held first place.
The Washington Mystics held first place for 55 straight days, the season's longest run.
The New York Liberty spent 18 of the season's 81 charted days in first place.