2000 Orlando Miracle season

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2000 Orlando Miracle season
Coach Carolyn Peck
Arena TD Waterhouse Centre
Attendance7,363 per game
Results
Record16–16 (.500)
Place3rd (Eastern)
Playoff finishLost in Eastern Conference Semifinals
Team Leaders
Points Taj McWilliams (13.7)
Rebounds Taj McWilliams (7.6)
Assists Shannon Johnson (5.3)

The 2000 WNBA season was their second in the league. The Miracle made to the playoffs for the first time in franchise history, only to lose to the Cleveland Rockers in three games.

Contents

Transactions

Miami Sol expansion draft

The following players were selected in the Miami Sol expansion draft from the Orlando Miracle:

PlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
Yolanda Moore Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Ole Miss

Portland Fire expansion draft

The following players were selected in the Portland Fire expansion draft from the Orlando Miracle:

PlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
Tari Phillips Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States UCF

WNBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
14 Cíntia dos Santos Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Brazil
220 Jannon Roland Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States New England Blizzard
336Shawnetta StewartFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Rutgers
452 Romana Hamzová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia Gambrinus Brno (Czech Republic)

Transactions

DateTransaction
December 15, 1999Lost Yolanda Moore to the Miami Sol in the WNBA expansion draft [1]
Lost Tari Phillips to the Portland Fire in the WNBA expansion draft [1]
April 25, 2000Drafted Cíntia dos Santos, Jannon Roland, Shawnetta Stewart and Romana Hamzová in the 2000 WNBA Draft [1]

Roster

2000 Orlando Miracle roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
C 28 Flag of Brazil.svg dos Santos, Cíntia 6' 5" (1.96m)187 lb (85kg)1975-01-31R
G 24 Flag of the United States.svg Gayden, Cornelia5' 9" (1.75m)1971-05-11 LSU R
C 15 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Hamzová, Romana 5' 9" (1.75m)148 lb (67kg)1970-08-17R
F/C 22 Flag of the United States.svg Hicks, Jessie 6' 4" (1.93m)188 lb (85kg)1971-12-02 Maryland 1
G 31 Flag of the United States.svg Johnson, Adrienne 5' 10" (1.78m)154 lb (70kg)1974-02-05 Ohio State 3
G 14 Flag of the United States.svg Johnson, Shannon 5' 7" (1.7m)152 lb (69kg)1974-08-18 South Carolina 1
G 12 Flag of the United States.svg McCain, Tiffany5' 10" (1.78m)160 lb (73kg)1978-03-08 Kentucky R
F 10 Flag of the United States.svg McGhee, Carla 6' 1" (1.85m)173 lb (78kg)1968-03-06 Tennessee 1
F/C 11 Flag of the United States.svg McWilliams-Franklin, Taj 6' 2" (1.88m)195 lb (88kg)1970-10-20 St. Edward's 1
G 5 Flag of the United States.svg Powell, Elaine 5' 8" (1.73m)150 lb (68kg)1975-08-09 Louisiana Tech 1
G 6 Flag of the United States.svg Roland, Jannon 5' 11" (1.8m)168 lb (76kg)1975-02-03 Purdue R
G/F 42 Flag of the United States.svg Sales, Nykesha 6' 0" (1.83m)184 lb (83kg)1976-05-10 Connecticut 1
G 5 Flag of the United States.svg Smith, LaCharlotte6' 0" (1.83m)150 lb (68kg)1974-02-06 Mississippi State R
Head coach
Flag of the United States.svg Carolyn Peck (Vanderbilt)
Assistant coaches
Flag of the United States.svg Rick Stukes
Flag of the United States.svg Charlene Thomas-Swinson
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Schedule

Regular season

2000 game log
Total: 16–16 (Home: 11–5; Road: 5–11)
May: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1May 31@ Washington L 66-92 Shannon Johnson (16) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (8) S. Johnson
Powell (5)		 MCI Center 0–1
June: 9–5 (Home: 5–3; Road: 4–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
2June 1 Charlotte W 82-79 Nykesha Sales (24) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (9) Shannon Johnson (7) TD Waterhouse Centre 1–1
3June 3@ Indiana W 88-82 Shannon Johnson (16) dos Santos
McWilliams-Franklin (5)		 Shannon Johnson (10) Conseco Fieldhouse 2–1
4June 5 Sacramento W 75-68 Nykesha Sales (22) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (12) Shannon Johnson (8) TD Waterhouse Centre 3–1
5June 7@ Cleveland L 79-83 (OT) Nykesha Sales (24) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (8) Shannon Johnson (8) Gund Arena 3–2
6June 8 Minnesota L 57-71 Taj McWilliams-Franklin (18) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (9) Shannon Johnson (3) TD Waterhouse Centre 3–3
7June 10@ Charlotte W 74-71 McWilliams-Franklin
Sales (20)		 dos Santos
McWilliams-Franklin (6)		 Taj McWilliams-Franklin (6) Charlotte Coliseum 4–3
8June 13@ Utah W 88-80 Shannon Johnson (19) Nykesha Sales (6) Shannon Johnson (12) Delta Center 5–3
9June 15@ Minnesota L 66-72 Nykesha Sales (23) Cíntia dos Santos (11) Shannon Johnson (3) Target Center 5–4
10June 17 Indiana L 54-79 Taj McWilliams-Franklin (11) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (6) Shannon Johnson (4) TD Waterhouse Centre 5–5
11June 22 Cleveland W 77-64 Taj McWilliams-Franklin (22) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (11) dos Santos
S. Johnson
McWilliams-Franklin
Powell
Sales (3)		 TD Waterhouse Centre 6–5
12June 24 Charlotte W 69-68 Nykesha Sales (22) Nykesha Sales (10) Cíntia dos Santos (4) TD Waterhouse Centre 7–5
13June 26 Houston L 58-70 McWilliams-Franklin
Sales (14)		 Shannon Johnson (11) Shannon Johnson (6) TD Waterhouse Centre 7–6
14June 28 Miami W 61-53 Shannon Johnson (14) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (8) Shannon Johnson (4) TD Waterhouse Centre 8–6
15June 30@ Miami W 66-63 Taj McWilliams-Franklin (17) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (9) Adrienne Johnson (10) American Airlines Arena 9–6
July: 5–7 (Home: 4–2; Road: 1–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
16July 1 New York W 69-57 Shannon Johnson (23) Shannon Johnson (11) Adrienne Johnson (3) TD Waterhouse Centre 10–6
17July 6 Indiana W 72-60 Taj McWilliams-Franklin (22) Shannon Johnson (7) Shannon Johnson (4) TD Waterhouse Centre 11–6
18July 8 Seattle W 64-53 Adrienne Johnson (18) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (9) Elaine Powell (5) TD Waterhouse Centre 12–6
19July 9@ Detroit W 68-62 Adrienne Johnson (17) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (11) Shannon Johnson (5) The Palace of Auburn Hills 13–6
20July 12@ Cleveland L 72-74 Taj McWilliams-Franklin (22) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (7) Elaine Powell (5) Gund Arena 13–7
21July 14 New York L 51-55 Adrienne Johnson (22) Adrienne Johnson (10) Shannon Johnson (3) TD Waterhouse Centre 13–8
22July 19 Detroit W 88-78 Nykesha Sales (20) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (10) Nykesha Sales (7) TD Waterhouse Centre 14–8
23July 21@ Washington L 59-61 Shannon Johnson (17) Shannon Johnson (8) Shannon Johnson (5) MCI Center 14–9
24July 23 Utah L 66-69 A. Johnson
McWilliams-Franklin (18)		 Cíntia dos Santos (11) Shannon Johnson (7) Madison Square Garden 14–10
25July 25@ Los Angeles L 63-78 Cíntia dos Santos (14) Shannon Johnson (7) Shannon Johnson (6) Great Western Forum 14–11
26July 27@ Sacramento L 66-73 Nykesha Sales (25) Shannon Johnson (10) Shannon Johnson (9) ARCO Arena 14–12
27July 30@ Portland L 55-76 Adrienne Johnson (20) Shannon Johnson (8) Shannon Johnson (4) Rose Garden 14–13
August: 2–3 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
28August 1@ Phoenix L 77-84 Adrienne Johnson (24) Carla McGhee (7) Shannon Johnson (7) America West Arena 14–14
29August 4@ New York L 57-70 Adrienne Johnson (14) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (14) Shannon Johnson (9) Madison Square Garden 14–15
30August 6 Detroit W 92-63 Adrienne Johnson (10) dos Santos
McWilliams-Franklin (8)		 Shannon Johnson (9) TD Waterhouse Centre 15–15
31August 7 Washington W 65-57 Nykesha Sales (16) dos Santos
Sales (7)		 Shannon Johnson (4) TD Waterhouse Centre 16–15
32August 9@ Miami L 64-68 (OT) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (23) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (13) Shannon Johnson (6) American Airlines Arena 16–16

Playoffs

2000 playoff game log
First round vs. Cleveland Rockers
Won Series: 2–0
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1August 11 Cleveland W 62–55 Taj McWilliams-Franklin (16) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (10) Shannon Johnson (5) TD Waterhouse Centre 1–0
2August 13@ Cleveland L 54–63 Adrienne Johnson (17) Shannon Johnson (9) Shannon Johnson (7) Gund Arena 1–1
3August 15@ Cleveland L 43–72 Nykesha Sales (13) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (8) dos Santos
A. Johnson
S. Johnson
McWilliams-Franklin (10)		 Gund Arena 1–2
2000 playoff schedule

Season standings

Eastern Conference WLPCTConf.GB
New York Liberty x2012.62514–7–
Cleveland Rockers x1715.53113–83.0
Orlando Miracle x1616.50013–84.0
Washington Mystics x1418.43813–86.0
Detroit Shock o1418.43810–116.0
Miami Sol o1319.4069–127.0
Indiana Fever o923.2817–1411.0
Charlotte Sting o824.2505–1612.0

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
Shannon Johnson 323235.2.395.333.7434.85.31.80.211.9
Adrienne Johnson 323134.4.445.351.8952.81.70.80.113.6
Taj McWilliams-Franklin 323234.3.524.294.7137.61.71.81.013.7
Nykesha Sales 323231.1.444.395.6944.32.21.50.413.4
Cíntia dos Santos 323125.6.423.000.7023.91.20.52.07.1
Elaine Powell 20117.4.394.333.7732.52.10.60.13.6
Carla McGhee 32012.8.361.000.6922.00.70.70.22.7
Tiffany McCain2508.6.306.227.8890.40.20.10.02.0
Jannon Roland 2108.2.351.300.5000.80.40.30.01.6
Jessie Hicks 2616.0.435N/A.6211.00.20.10.31.5
LaCharlotte Smith304.0.667.0001.0000.70.30.70.01.7
Romana Hamzová 1502.9.182.000.5000.20.30.30.00.5
Cornelia Gayden302.3.500.000N/A0.00.30.00.00.7


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

Awards and honors

References

  1. 1 2 3 "2000 Orlando Miracle Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
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