Teresa Weatherspoon averaged 7.0 points, 6.2 assists and 4.1 rebounds in 28 games in her rookie season in 1997. She won her first Defensive Player of the Year award.

		NAME	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1		Teresa Weatherspoon T. Weatherspoon	1997	NYL	28	32.9	7.0	4.1	6.2	3.0	0.1	2.3	4.9	46.7	0.1	1.3	8.6	2.3	3.6	65.0	54.1	0.9	3.3	3.4	922	196	116	173	85	2	94	72	+123

Games

	NAME	DATE	SEASON	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Teresa Weatherspoon T. Weatherspoon	8/24/1997	1997	NYL	vs	CLE	43	9	1	8	4	0	2	3	66.7	1	2	50.0	4	4	100.0	94.5	0	1	4	3	+9
2	Teresa Weatherspoon T. Weatherspoon	8/23/1997	1997	NYL	@	CLE	28	8	3	5	4	0	2	3	66.7	1	2	50.0	3	6	50.0	70.9	0	3	0	2	+3
3	Teresa Weatherspoon T. Weatherspoon	8/20/1997	1997	NYL	@	LAS	34	4	3	12	2	0	1	2	50.0	0	0		2	2	100.0	69.4	0	3	4	2	-1
4	Teresa Weatherspoon T. Weatherspoon	8/19/1997	1997	NYL	@	UTA	31	9	4	5	0	0	4	9	44.4	0	3	0.0	1	2	50.0	45.5	3	1	3	3	+4
5	Teresa Weatherspoon T. Weatherspoon	8/17/1997	1997	NYL	vs	HOU	32	9	5	5	2	0	3	7	42.9	0	2	0.0	3	5	60.0	48.9	2	3	4	5	-17
6	Teresa Weatherspoon T. Weatherspoon	8/15/1997	1997	NYL	vs	SAC	34	19	0	8	3	0	5	7	71.4	1	2	50.0	8	8	100.0	90.3	0	0	2	2	+19
7	Teresa Weatherspoon T. Weatherspoon	8/12/1997	1997	NYL	@	PHX	38	0	4	8	3	0	0	4	0.0	0	2	0.0	0	0		0.0	2	2	8	5	-12
8	Teresa Weatherspoon T. Weatherspoon	8/10/1997	1997	NYL	@	SAC	36	8	3	6	4	1	4	8	50.0	0	2	0.0	0	0		50.0	0	3	1	2	-6
9	Teresa Weatherspoon T. Weatherspoon	8/5/1997	1997	NYL	vs	LAS	33	4	9	3	4	0	2	5	40.0	0	0		0	0		40.0	0	9	4	5	-7
10	Teresa Weatherspoon T. Weatherspoon	8/2/1997	1997	NYL	vs	PHX	35	8	3	5	3	0	1	4	25.0	0	1	0.0	6	8	75.0	53.2	1	2	3	2	+10
11	Teresa Weatherspoon T. Weatherspoon	7/30/1997	1997	NYL	vs	SAC	41	13	8	10	0	0	5	8	62.5	0	2	0.0	3	5	60.0	63.7	1	7	4	0	+6
12	Teresa Weatherspoon T. Weatherspoon	7/26/1997	1997	NYL	vs	CHA	28	1	3	7	2	0	0	1	0.0	0	1	0.0	1	4	25.0	18.1	1	2	1	4	-1
13	Teresa Weatherspoon T. Weatherspoon	7/23/1997	1997	NYL	@	CHA	27	5	2	4	1	0	2	2	100.0	0	0		1	2	50.0	86.8	0	2	1	1	+2
14	Teresa Weatherspoon T. Weatherspoon	7/22/1997	1997	NYL	vs	UTA	35	7	6	6	1	0	3	9	33.3	0	4	0.0	1	2	50.0	35.4	1	5	1	3	0
15	Teresa Weatherspoon T. Weatherspoon	7/19/1997	1997	NYL	vs	LAS	31	6	4	3	5	0	3	8	37.5	0	0		0	0		37.5	1	3	1	4	+10
16	Teresa Weatherspoon T. Weatherspoon	7/17/1997	1997	NYL	vs	UTA	30	0	3	7	5	0	0	2	0.0	0	1	0.0	0	2	0.0	0.0	0	3	2	1	+15
17	Teresa Weatherspoon T. Weatherspoon	7/15/1997	1997	NYL	vs	CLE	22	4	3	8	4	0	1	3	33.3	0	0		2	3	66.7	46.3	0	3	3	0	+26
18	Teresa Weatherspoon T. Weatherspoon	7/14/1997	1997	NYL	@	CLE	29	6	4	5	4	0	2	5	40.0	0	1	0.0	2	6	33.3	39.3	1	3	3	4	+12
19	Teresa Weatherspoon T. Weatherspoon	7/10/1997	1997	NYL	vs	CHA	35	9	2	7	8	0	3	5	60.0	0	1	0.0	3	4	75.0	66.6	0	2	3	1	+19
20	Teresa Weatherspoon T. Weatherspoon	7/9/1997	1997	NYL	@	CHA	31	10	1	7	1	0	4	7	57.1	0	1	0.0	2	3	66.7	60.1	1	0	5	5	-2
21	Teresa Weatherspoon T. Weatherspoon	7/7/1997	1997	NYL	@	PHX	29	2	5	5	2	0	1	2	50.0	0	0		0	2	0.0	34.7	2	3	5	5	-29
22	Teresa Weatherspoon T. Weatherspoon	7/5/1997	1997	NYL	@	UTA	32	11	11	5	2	0	2	3	66.7	0	1	0.0	7	9	77.8	79.0	3	8	8	2	+15
23	Teresa Weatherspoon T. Weatherspoon	7/4/1997	1997	NYL	@	HOU	37	10	4	6	2	0	4	7	57.1	0	0		2	2	100.0	63.5	1	3	5	1	+3
24	Teresa Weatherspoon T. Weatherspoon	7/2/1997	1997	NYL	vs	HOU	32	12	2	6	2	1	4	7	57.1	0	1	0.0	4	4	100.0	68.5	1	1	2	1	0
25	Teresa Weatherspoon T. Weatherspoon	6/29/1997	1997	NYL	vs	PHX	35	9	8	5	3	0	3	5	60.0	0	1	0.0	3	5	60.0	62.5	3	5	4	2	+16
	Average						32.9	7.0	4.1	6.2	3.0	0.1	2.3	4.9	46.7	0.1	1.3	8.6	2.3	3.6	65.0	54.1	0.9	3.3	3.4	2.6	4.4
	Total						922	196	116	173	85	2	64	137	46.7	3	35	8.6	65	100	65.0	54.1	25	91	94	72	+123