2000 Portland Fire season

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2000 Portland Fire season
Coach Linda Hargrove
Arena Rose Garden
Attendance8,317 per game
Results
Record10–22 (.313)
Place7th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Team Leaders
Points Sophia Witherspoon 16.8 ppg
Rebounds Sylvia Crawley 6.0 rpg
Assists Stacey Thomas 3.2 apg

The 2000 WNBA season was the 1st season for the Portland Fire.

Contents

Transactions

WNBA expansion draft

PlayerNationalityFormer WNBA Team
Alisa Burras Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Cleveland Rockers
Sophia Witherspoon Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Houston Comets
Tari Phillips Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Orlando Miracle
Coquese Washington Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States New York Liberty
Molly Goodenbour Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Sacramento Monarchs
Jamila Wideman Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Cleveland Rockers

WNBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
17 Lynn Pride Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Kansas
223 Stacey Thomas Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Michigan
339Maxann ReeseFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Michigan State
455Rhonda SmithFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Long Beach State

Transactions

DateTransaction
December 15, 1999Drafted Alisa Burras, Sophia Witherspoon, Tari Phillips, Coquese Washington, Molly Goodenbour and Jamila Wideman in the WNBA expansion draft [1]
January 28, 2000Traded Coquese Washington to the Houston Comets in exchange for Mila Nikolich [1]
April 25, 2000Drafted Lynn Pride, Stacey Thomas, Maxann Reese and Rhonda Smith in the 2000 WNBA draft [1]
May 28, 2000Traded Tari Phillips to the New York Liberty in exchange for Carolyn Jones-Young [1]
May 30, 2000Waived Maxann Reese and Nadine Domond [1]

Roster

2000 Portland Fire roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
G 4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bevilaqua, Tully 5' 7" (1.7m)145 lb (66kg)1972-07-191
C 41 Flag of the United States.svg Burras, Alisa 6' 3" (1.91m)218 lb (99kg)1975-06-23 Louisiana Tech 1
F 0 Flag of the United States.svg Crawley, Sylvia 6' 5" (1.96m)187 lb (85kg)1972-09-27 North Carolina R
G 3 Flag of the United States.svg Marciniak, Michelle 5' 10" (1.78m)154 lb (70kg)1973-10-29 Tennessee R
F 17 Flag of the United States.svg Nygaard, Vanessa 6' 1" (1.85m)175 lb (79kg)1975-03-13 Stanford 1
G/F 34 Flag of the United States.svg Pride, Lynn 6' 2" (1.88m)180 lb (82kg)1978-10-16 Kansas R
F 11 Flag of the United States.svg Thomas, Stacey 5' 10" (1.78m)154 lb (70kg)1978-08-29 Michigan R
C 31 Flag of the United States.svg Van Gorp, Michele 6' 6" (1.98m)187 lb (85kg)1977-05-10 Duke 1
F 22 Flag of the United States.svg Walker, DeMya 6' 3" (1.91m)191 lb (87kg)1977-11-28 Virginia R
G 10 Flag of the United States.svg Wideman, Jamila 5' 6" (1.68m)135 lb (61kg)1975-10-16 Stanford 3
G 7 Flag of the United States.svg Williams, Tara 5' 11" (1.8m)170 lb (77kg)1974-07-23 Auburn 1
G 13 Flag of the United States.svg Witherspoon, Sophia 5' 10" (1.78m)145 lb (66kg)1969-07-06 Florida 3
Head coach
Flag of the United States.svg Linda Hargrove (Southwestern (KS))
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Schedule

Regular season

2000 game log
Total: 10–22 (Home: 6–10; Road: 4–12)
May: 0–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1May 31 Houston L 89-93 (2OT) Burras
Witherspoon (19)		 Vanessa Nygaard (11) Stacey Thomas (6) Rose Garden 0–1
June: 3–8 (Home: 2–4; Road: 1–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
2June 3@ Seattle W 65-58 Sylvia Crawley (18) Tully Bevilaqua (8) Tully Bevilaqua (4) KeyArena 1–1
3June 6@ Los Angeles L 57-70 Sophia Witherspoon (12) Sylvia Crawley (7) Marciniak
Pride (2)		 Great Western Forum 1–2
4June 8 Utah L 72-81 Sylvia Crawley (25) Vanessa Nygaard (8) Bevilaqua
Pride (3)		 Rose Garden 1–3
5June 13 Phoenix L 69-75 Sophia Witherspoon (19) Burras
Thomas
Walker
Witherspoon (4)		 Tully Bevilaqua (6) Rose Garden 1–4
6June 13@ Phoenix L 80-81 (OT) Sophia Witherspoon (22) Alisa Burras (9) Stacey Thomas (4) America West Arena 1–5
7June 17 Los Angeles L 81-94 Sylvia Crawley (17) Crawley
Nygaard (5)		 Nygaard
Witherspoon (4)		 Rose Garden 1–6
8June 20 Charlotte L 85-87 (OT) Sophia Witherspoon (23) Sylvia Crawley (7) Sophia Witherspoon (7) Rose Garden 1–7
9June 23 Seattle W 72-61 Sylvia Crawley (20) Sylvia Crawley (11) Stacey Thomas (6) Rose Garden 2–7
10June 25@ Sacramento L 76-92 Sophia Witherspoon (17) Alisa Burras (7) Bevilaqua
Pride (4)		 ARCO Arena 2–8
11June 28 Cleveland W 80-69 Burras
Witherspoon (22)		 Alisa Burras (7) Tully Bevilaqua (8) Rose Garden 3–8
12June 30@ Houston L 39-79 Alisa Burras (9) Vanessa Nygaard (5) Bevilaqua
Crawley
Marciniak
Nygaard
Thomas (2)		 Compaq Center 3–9
July: 6–9 (Home: 3–3; Road: 3–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
13July 2@ Minnesota L 75-81 Sophia Witherspoon (31) Stacey Thomas (8) Pride
Thomas
Witherspoon (4)		 Target Center 3–10
14July 3@ Indiana W 68-64 Sophia Witherspoon (20) Sylvia Crawley (9) Michelle Marciniak (3) Conseco Fieldhouse 4–10
15July 5@ New York L 45-62 Sophia Witherspoon (9) Sylvia Crawley (9) Bevilaqua
Marciniak (2)		 Madison Square Garden 4–11
16July 7 Sacramento L 60-63 Sylvia Crawley (16) Sylvia Crawley (8) Stacey Thomas (6) Rose Garden 4–12
17July 9 Washington W 75-58 Sophia Witherspoon (26) Sylvia Crawley (5) DeMya Walker (5) Rose Garden 5–12
18July 11@ Los Angeles W 80-77 Sophia Witherspoon (29) Marciniak
Thomas
Van Gorp (5)		 Thomas
Witherspoon (3)		 Great Western Forum 6–12
19July 12@ Utah L 67-76 Sophia Witherspoon (19) Sylvia Crawley (7) Marciniak
Thomas (2)		 Delta Center 6–13
20July 14 Minnesota W 65-54 Sylvia Crawley (14) Sylvia Crawley (10) Stacey Thomas (8) Rose Garden 7–13
21July 19@ Miami L 62-69 DeMya Walker (12) Stacey Thomas (6) Michelle Marciniak (4) American Airlines Arena 7–14
22July 21@ Charlotte L 64-73 Sophia Witherspoon (25) Vanessa Nygaard (10) Stacey Thomas (5) Charlotte Coliseum 7–15
23July 23@ Minnesota L 63-80 Stacey Thomas (14) Crawley
Thomas (7)		 Stacey Thomas (6) Target Center 7–16
24July 24@ Detroit W 61-57 Sophia Witherspoon (18) Sylvia Crawley (9) Stacey Thomas (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 8–16
25July 26 Sacramento L 70-73 Sophia Witherspoon (22) Sylvia Crawley (10) Tully Bevilaqua (7) Rose Garden 8–17
26July 28 Indiana L 58-73 Vanessa Nygaard (17) Vanessa Nygaard (9) Sylvia Crawley (3) Rose Garden 8–18
27July 30 Orlando W 76-55 Sophia Witherspoon (27) Stacey Thomas (8) Stacey Thomas (9) Rose Garden 9–18
August: 1–4 (Home: 1–2; Road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
28August 1 Miami W 54-50 Sophia Witherspoon (24) Marciniak
Witherspoon (4)		 Marciniak
Thomas
Witherspoon (2)		 Rose Garden 10–18
29August 4 Houston L 56-81 Sophia Witherspoon (17) Sophia Witherspoon (5) Bevilaqua
Witherspoon (3)		 Rose Garden 10–19
30August 6@ Seattle L 58-66 (OT) Vanessa Nygaard (14) Crawley
Nygaard (7)		 Bevilaqua
Marciniak (3)		 KeyArena 10–20
31August 7@ Utah L 73-83 Michele Van Gorp (16) Van Gorp
Walker (6)		 Bevilaqua
Pride
Thomas (3)		 Delta Center 10–21
32August 9 Phoenix L 60-68 Vanessa Nygaard (14) Sylvia Crawley (7) Tully Bevilaqua (7) Rose Garden 10–22

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
Sophia Witherspoon 323233.2.384.368.8713.32.11.20.316.8
Sylvia Crawley 313030.0.480.000.6966.01.10.90.811.5
Stacey Thomas 323127.0.356.250.5953.93.21.70.55.1
Vanessa Nygaard 322826.3.435.333.7593.80.90.50.27.9
Tully Bevilaqua 323224.9.357.283.7783.02.81.30.24.8
Michelle Marciniak 32016.8.377.333.5731.82.31.20.25.5
Alisa Burras 21415.0.587N/A.7563.50.30.10.37.6
Lynn Pride 32114.4.347.333.6901.91.30.50.33.6
DeMya Walker 30110.4.398.000.4681.60.60.60.23.1
Michele Van Gorp 2817.1.500N/A.5431.50.20.10.12.5
Jamila Wideman 507.0.000N/AN/A0.80.40.40.00.0
Tara Williams 2606.7.449.341.5000.70.50.30.13.1


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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "2000 Portland Fire Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
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