2000 Houston Comets season

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2000 Houston Comets season
WNBA champions
Coach Van Chancellor
Arena Compaq Center
Attendance12,255 per game
Results
Record27–5 (.844)
Place2nd (Western)
Playoff finishWon WNBA Finals

The 2000 WNBA season was the fourth season for the Houston Comets. The Comets won their fourth WNBA Championship and their final title in franchise history before the team disbanded in 2008.

Contents

Transactions

Indiana Fever expansion draft

The following player was selected in the Indiana Fever expansion draft from the Houston Comets:

PlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
Kara Wolters Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States UConn

Portland Fire expansion draft

The following player was selected in the Portland Fire expansion draft from the Houston Comets:

PlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
Sophia Witherspoon Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Florida

WNBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
116 Elena Shakirova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Dynamo Moscow (Russia)
232 Andrea Garner Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Penn State
348Latavia ColemanFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Florida State
464Abbie WillenborgFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Marquette

Transactions

DateTransaction
December 15, 1999Lost Kara Wolters to the Indiana Fever in the WNBA expansion draft [1]
Lost Sophia Witherspoon to the Portland Fire in the WNBA expansion draft [1]
January 28, 2000Traded Mila Nikolich to the Portland Fire in exchange for Coquese Washington [1]
April 25, 2000Drafted Elena Shakirova, Andrea Garner, Latavia Coleman and Abbie Willenborg in the 2000 WNBA Draft [1]
Traded Latavia Coleman to the Indiana Fever in exchange for Latina Davis and Renee Robinson [1]
May 27, 2000Traded Andrea Garner to the Seattle Storm in exchange for a 2001 4th Round Pick [1]

Roster

2000 Houston Comets roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
G 9 Flag of Brazil.svg Arcain, Janeth 5' 11" (1.8m)147 lb (67kg)1969-04-113
G 14 Flag of the United States.svg Cooper, Cynthia 5' 10" (1.78m)150 lb (68kg)1963-04-14 USC 3
G/F Flag of the United States.svg Gibson, Kelley 5' 9" (1.75m)137 lb (62kg)1976-11-07 Maryland R
F/C 23 Flag of the United States.svg Jackson, Tammy 6' 2" (1.88m)190 lb (86kg)1962-12-03 Florida 3
C 40 Flag of the United States.svg Lamb, Monica 6' 5" (1.96m)206 lb (93kg)1964-10-11 USC 2
G 21 Flag of the United States.svg Rizzotti, Jennifer 5' 6" (1.68m)146 lb (66kg)1974-05-15 Connecticut 1
C 32 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Shakirova, Elena 6' 3" (1.91m)190 lb (86kg)1970-06-02R
G/F 22 Flag of the United States.svg Swoopes, Sheryl 6' 0" (1.83m)145 lb (66kg)1971-03-25 Texas Tech 3
F 7 Flag of the United States.svg Thompson, Tina 6' 2" (1.88m)178 lb (81kg)1975-02-10 USC 3
F 13 Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Valdemoro, Amaya 6' 1" (1.85m)1976-08-182
G 4 Flag of the United States.svg Washington, Coquese 5' 6" (1.68m)138 lb (63kg)1971-01-17 Notre Dame 2
Head coach
Flag of the United States.svg Van Chancellor (Mississippi State)
Assistant coaches
Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Cook
Flag of the United States.svg Alisa Scott
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Schedule

Regular season

2000 game log
Total: 27–5 (Home: 14–2; Road: 13–3)
May: 2–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1May 29 New York W 84-68 Sheryl Swoopes (27) Janeth Arcain (8) Cooper
Thompson (6)		 Compaq Center 1–0
2May 31@ Portland W 93-89 (2OT) Sheryl Swoopes (29) Johnson
Thompson (9)		 Cooper
Swoopes (6)		 Rose Garden 2–0
June: 12–2 (Home: 6–1; Road: 6–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
3June 1@ Seattle W 77-47 Sheryl Swoopes (20) Johnson
Thompson (6)		 Cooper (4) KeyArena 3–0
4June 3 Phoenix L 62-80 Sheryl Swoopes (31) Tina Thompson (9) Jennifer Rizzotti (4) Compaq Center 3–1
5June 6 Sacramento W 78-70 Sheryl Swoopes (22) Tina Thompson (10) Cynthia Cooper (8) Compaq Center 4–1
6June 7@ Washington W 81-54 Cooper
Swoopes (20)		 Tina Thompson (6) Sheryl Swoopes (5) MCI Center 5–1
7June 10@ Utah W 73-71 Sheryl Swoopes (22) Swoopes
Thompson (6)		 Sheryl Swoopes (4) Delta Center 6–1
8June 12 Utah W 107-85 Sheryl Swoopes (28) Sheryl Swoopes (10) Cynthia Cooper (6) Compaq Center 7–1
9June 15 Miami W 77-53 Tina Thompson (20) Sheryl Swoopes (6) Cynthia Cooper (5) Compaq Center 8–1
10June 18 Minnesota W 78-66 Cynthia Cooper (25) Tiffani Johnson (12) Sheryl Swoopes (7) Compaq Center 9–1
11June 20@ Los Angeles L 84-90 Sheryl Swoopes (27) Johnson
Swoopes
Thompson (7)		 Cynthia Cooper (5) Great Western Forum 9–2
12June 23@ Utah W 83-66 Tina Thompson (28) Tina Thompson (8) Sheryl Swoopes (5) Delta Center 10–2
13June 24 Indiana W 93-67 Tina Thompson (23) Shakirova
Thompson (7)		 Sheryl Swoopes (7) Compaq Center 11–2
14June 26@ Orlando W 70-58 Tina Thompson (19) Sheryl Swoopes (9) Cynthia Cooper (6) TD Waterhouse Centre 12–2
15June 28@ Charlotte W 76-66 Sheryl Swoopes (22) Tina Thompson (8) Cynthia Cooper (5) Charlotte Coliseum 13–2
16June 30 Portland W 79-39 Janeth Arcain (18) Tina Thompson (7) Sheryl Swoopes (6) Compaq Center 14–2
July: 8–3 (Home: 5–1; Road: 3–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
17July 2 Phoenix W 69-58 Cooper
Swoopes (20)		 Tina Thompson (11) Tina Thompson (4) Compaq Center 15–2
18July 6 Seattle W 80-50 Tina Thompson (23) Tina Thompson (6) Sheryl Swoopes (9) Compaq Center 16–2
19July 7 Charlotte W 86-71 Sheryl Swoopes (30) Sheryl Swoopes (8) Cynthia Cooper (7) Compaq Center 17–2
20July 9@ Minnesota W 70-60 Sheryl Swoopes (19) Tina Thompson (10) Cynthia Cooper (7) Target Center 18–2
21July 12 Sacramento W 77-62 Sheryl Swoopes (25) Swoopes
Thompson (9)		 Cynthia Cooper (7) Compaq Center 19–2
22July 14@ Los Angeles L 58-63 Sheryl Swoopes (26) Tina Thompson (7) Coquese Washington (4) Great Western Forum 19–3
23July 20@ Cleveland W 74-56 Sheryl Swoopes (19) Tina Thompson (12) Cynthia Cooper (5) Gund Arena 20–3
24July 21@ Detroit W 76-74 (OT) Cynthia Cooper (27) Tiffani Johnson (15) Cynthia Cooper (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 21–3
25July 23@ New York L 64-69 Sheryl Swoopes (18) Sheryl Swoopes (9) Sheryl Swoopes (5) Madison Square Garden 21–4
26July 25 Seattle W 79-53 Cynthia Cooper (28) Tina Thompson (6) Cynthia Cooper (5) Compaq Center 22–4
27July 29 Los Angeles L 74-84 Cynthia Cooper (25) Tina Thompson (8) Cynthia Cooper (6) Compaq Center 22–5
August: 5–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 3–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
28August 1 Washington W 68-60 Tina Thompson (16) Arcain
Cooper
Thompson (5)		 Cynthia Cooper (8) Compaq Center 23–5
29August 4@ Portland W 81-56 Cynthia Cooper (26) Swoopes
Thompson (10)		 Cynthia Cooper (5) Rose Garden 24–5
30August 6@ Sacramento W 76-63 Sheryl Swoopes (25) Tina Thompson (13) Cynthia Cooper (6) ARCO Arena 25–5
31August 7@ Phoenix W 71-54 Tina Thompson (26) Tina Thompson (10) Cynthia Cooper (6) America West Arena 26–5
32August 9 Minnesota W 77-64 Tina Thompson (25) Swoopes
Thompson (8)		 Arcain
Cooper
Thompson (3)		 Compaq Center 27–5

Playoffs

2000 playoff game log
First round vs. Sacramento Monarchs
Won Series: 2–0
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1August 12@ Sacramento W 72–64 Cynthia Cooper (25) Tiffani Johnson (8) Cooper
Thompson (3)		 ARCO Arena 1–0
2August 14 Sacramento W 75–70 Sheryl Swoopes (27) Tina Thompson (14) Sheryl Swoopes (6) Compaq Center 2–0
Conference Finals vs. Los Angeles Sparks
Won Series: 2–0
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1August 17 Los Angeles W 77–56 Sheryl Swoopes (22) Arcain
Swoopes (6)		 Arcain
Thompson (3)		 Compaq Center 1–0
2August 29@ Los Angeles W 74–69 Cynthia Cooper (29) Tina Thompson (6) Sheryl Swoopes (6) Great Western Forum 2–0
Championship vs. New York Liberty
Won Series: 2–0
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 August 24 @ New York W 59–52 Cynthia Cooper (20) Swoopes
Thompson (8)		 Cynthia Cooper (5) Madison Square Garden 1–0
2 August 26 New York W 79–73 (OT) Sheryl Swoopes (31) Tina Thompson (8) Cynthia Cooper (7) Compaq Center 2–0
2000 playoff schedule

Season standings

Western Conference WLPCTConf.GB
Los Angeles Sparks x284.87517–4–
Houston Comets x275.84417–41.0
Sacramento Monarchs x2111.65613–87.0
Phoenix Mercury x2012.62511–108.0
Utah Starzz o1814.56313–810.0
Minnesota Lynx o1517.4695–1613.0
Portland Fire o1022.3134–1718.0
Seattle Storm o626.1884–1722.0

Statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage 3P%  3-point field-goal percentage FT%  Free-throw percentage TO  Turnovers per game
 PF  Fouls per gameTeam leaderLeague leader

Regular Season

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Sheryl Swoopes 313135.5.506.374.8216.33.82.81.120.7
Cynthia Cooper 313135.0.459.355.8752.75.01.30.217.7
Tina Thompson 323234.0.469.417.8377.71.51.50.816.9
Janeth Arcain 323230.5.468.200.8373.71.91.30.18.4
Tiffani Johnson 292922.2.480N/A.7004.70.30.30.54.2
Jennifer Rizzotti 32213.7.382.308.6671.11.40.50.11.9
Tammy Jackson 29111.7.574N/A.5452.10.40.40.32.6
Monica Lamb 13210.8.500N/A.5002.00.20.20.32.0
Elena Shakirova 14010.7.433.167.8792.20.30.40.14.1
Coquese Washington 2509.4.364.200.8000.81.00.60.01.7
Amaya Valdemoro 2207.8.333.3791.0001.00.60.40.22.6
Kelley Gibson 1704.5.368.429.8750.70.10.10.01.4


‡Waived/Released during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season

Awards and honors

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "2000 Houston Comets Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
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