2000 Washington Mystics season

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2000 Washington Mystics season
Coach Nancy Darsch (fired Jul. 14, 9–11 record)
Darrell Walker (interim, 5–7 record)
Arena MCI Center
Attendance15,258 per game
Results
Record14–18 (.438)
Place4th (Eastern)
Playoff finishLost First Round (2-0) to New York Liberty

The 2000 WNBA season was the third season for the Washington Mystics. The team clinched their first WNBA Playoff berth, eventually losing in a sweep to the New York Liberty.

Contents

Transactions

Indiana Fever expansion draft

The following player was selected in the Indiana Fever expansion draft from the Washington Mystics:

PlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
Nyree Roberts Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Old Dominion
Rita Williams Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States UConn

WNBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
12 Tausha Mills Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Chicago Condors
218 Tonya Washington Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Florida

Transactions

DateTransaction
December 15, 1999Lost Nyree Roberts and Rita Williams to the Indiana Fever in the WNBA expansion draft [1]
January 19, 2000Traded Shalonda Enis and a 2000 3rd Round Pick to the Charlotte Sting in exchange for Vicky Bullett [1]
April 25, 2000Drafted Tausha Mills and Tonya Washington in the 2000 WNBA draft [1]
May 2, 2000Signed Beth Cunningham, Denique Graves, Itoro Coleman, Keisha Anderson, Kellie Harper, Michelle Campbell and Nakia Sanford [1]
May 11, 2000Waived Denique Graves and Itoro Coleman [1]
May 12, 2000Waived Penny Moore [1]
May 25, 2000Signed Itoro Coleman and Nyree Roberts [1]
May 28, 2000Waived Itoro Coleman and Nyree Roberts [1]
July 14, 2000Fired Head Coach Nancy Darsch [1]
Hired Darrell Walker as Interim Head Coach [1]
July 27, 2000Signed Renee Robinson [1]

Roster

2000 Washington Mystics roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
G 32 Flag of the United States.svg Aldridge, Markita 5' 11" (1.8m)1973-09-15 Charlotte 1
G 12 Flag of the United States.svg Anderson, Keisha 5' 7" (1.7m)125 lb (57kg)1974-05-08 Wisconsin R
F 40 Flag of the United States.svg Bullett, Vicky 6' 3" (1.91m)185 lb (84kg)1967-10-04 Maryland 3
C 7 Flag of the United States.svg Campbell, Michelle6' 5" (1.96m)170 lb (77kg)1974-02-20 USC 1
G 21 Flag of the United States.svg Cunningham, Beth 6' 0" (1.83m)150 lb (68kg)1975-06-05 Notre Dame R
F 23 Flag of the United States.svg Holdsclaw, Chamique 6' 2" (1.88m)172 lb (78kg)1977-08-09 Tennessee 1
G 15 Flag of the United States.svg McCray, Nikki 5' 11" (1.8m)158 lb (72kg)1971-12-17 Tennessee 2
C 5 Flag of the United States.svg Mills, Tausha 6' 3" (1.91m)232 lb (105kg)1976-02-29 Alabama R
G 11 Flag of Hungary.svg Nagy, Andrea 5' 7" (1.7m)147 lb (67kg)1971-11-16 FIU 1
F/C 44 Flag of the United States.svg Owen, Heather6' 5" (1.96m)212 lb (96kg)1976-05-06 Stanford 1
F 10 Flag of the United States.svg Page, Murriel 6' 2" (1.88m)160 lb (73kg)1975-09-18 Florida 2
G 24 Flag of the United States.svg Robinson, Renee5' 11" (1.8m)1978-06-15 Virginia R
F 4 Flag of the United States.svg Washington, Tonya 6' 0" (1.83m)1977-12-30 Florida R
Head coach
Flag of the United States.svg Darrell Walker (Arkansas)
Assistant coaches
Flag of the United States.svg Tyrone Beaman
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Schedule

Regular season

2000 game log
Total: 15–17 (Home: 8–8; Road: 7–9)
May: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1May 31 Orlando W 92-66 Chamique Holdsclaw (29) Chamique Holdsclaw (12) Andrea Nagy (10) MCI Center 1–0
June: 6–6 (Home: 3–4; Road: 3–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
2June 3@ Cleveland L 49-72 Nikki McCray (24) Vicky Bullett (5) Andrea Nagy (7) Gund Arena 1–1
3June 4 New York W 79-67 Chamique Holdsclaw (22) Vicky Bullett (6) Andrea Nagy (7) MCI Center 2–1
4June 7 Houston L 54-81 Chamique Holdsclaw (16) Chamique Holdsclaw (7) Andrea Nagy (3) MCI Center 2–2
5June 8@ Miami W 73-51 Nikki McCray (21) Murriel Page (10) Andrea Nagy (7) American Airlines Arena 3–2
6June 13@ New York W 57-56 Chamique Holdsclaw (23) Chamique Holdsclaw (12) Andrea Nagy (6) Madison Square Garden 4–2
7June 17@ Utah L 67-70 Nikki McCray (20) Murriel Page (8) Andrea Nagy (7) Delta Center 4–3
8June 19 Detroit W 80-55 Vicky Bullett (22) Murriel Page (11) Andrea Nagy (7) MCI Center 5–3
9June 21 Miami L 55-57 Chamique Holdsclaw (20) Chamique Holdsclaw (8) Andrea Nagy (4) MCI Center 5–4
10June 23 Sacramento L 69-84 Nikki McCray (19) Mills
Page (4)		 Andrea Nagy (10) MCI Center 5–5
11June 24@ Detroit W 76-70 Vicky Bullett (21) Vicky Bullett (11) Andrea Nagy (5) The Palace of Auburn Hills 6–5
12June 26 Los Angeles L 72-74 Chamique Holdsclaw (25) Vicky Bullett (10) Andrea Nagy (5) MCI Center 6–6
13June 30 Phoenix L 57-66 Nikki McCray (19) Bullett
Holdsclaw (7)		 Andrea Nagy (6) MCI Center 6–7
July: 5–8 (Home: 2–4; Road: 3–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
14July 1@ Charlotte W 78-74 Nikki McCray (18) Chamique Holdsclaw (11) Anderson
Holdsclaw (4)		 Charlotte Coliseum 7–7
15July 3@ Seattle W 60-55 Chamique Holdsclaw (21) Chamique Holdsclaw (10) Murriel Page (7) KeyArena 8–7
16July 6@ Los Angeles L 70-79 Nikki McCray (20) Murriel Page (9) Andrea Nagy (7) Great Western Forum 8–8
17July 8@ Sacramento L 56-78 Chamique Holdsclaw (16) Tausha Mills (12) Nikki McCray (3) ARCO Arena 8–9
18July 9@ Portland L 58-75 Chamique Holdsclaw (15) Chamique Holdsclaw (12) Andrea Nagy (4) Delta Center 8–10
19July 12 Indiana L 58-81 Vicky Bullett (15) Murriel Page (12) Nikki McCray (4) MCI Center 8–11
20July 13@ Miami W 60-48 Nikki McCray (16) Vicky Bullett (12) McCray
Nagy (3)		 American Airlines Arena 9–11
21July 15 Charlotte L 73-76 Vicky Bullett (22) Bullett
Holdsclaw (8)		 Anderson
Nagy (5)		 MCI Center 9–12
22July 20 Indiana W 85-74 Chamique Holdsclaw (30) Chamique Holdsclaw (9) Anderson
Nagy
Page (4)		 MCI Center 10–12
23July 21 Orlando W 61-59 Chamique Holdsclaw (16) Murriel Page (7) Anderson
Holdsclaw
McCray (3)		 MCI Center 11–12
24July 24 New York L 64-78 Murriel Page (18) Murriel Page (11) Keisha Anderson (6) MCI Center 11–13
25July 26@ Charlotte L 80-87 Chamique Holdsclaw (21) Chamique Holdsclaw (9) Keisha Anderson (11) Charlotte Coliseum 11–14
26July 29 Minnesota L 85-87 Nikki McCray (24) Murriel Page (12) Nikki McCray (7) MCI Center 11–15
August: 3–3 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
27August 1@ Houston L 60-68 Chamique Holdsclaw (18) Murriel Page (8) Keisha Anderson (6) Compaq Center 11–16
28August 3@ Indiana W 75-71 Chamique Holdsclaw (22) Chamique Holdsclaw (11) Nikki McCray (7) Conseco Fieldhouse 12–16
29August 4 Detroit W 96-72 Murriel Page (20) Murriel Page (9) Chamique Holdsclaw (6) MCI Center 13–16
30August 6@ Cleveland L 60-77 Chamique Holdsclaw (22) Chamique Holdsclaw (6) Keisha Anderson (4) Gund Arena 13–17
31August 7@ Orlando L 57-76 Bullett
Holdsclaw (14)		 Chamique Holdsclaw (12) Chamique Holdsclaw (6) TD Waterhouse Centre 13–18
32August 9 Cleveland W 60-48 Nikki McCray (20) Chamique Holdsclaw (10) Keisha Anderson (7) MCI Center 14–18

Playoffs

2000 playoff game log
First round vs. New York Liberty
Lost Series: 0–2
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1August 12 New York L 63–72 Vicky Bullett (22) Bullett
Holdsclaw (8)		 Nikki McCray (11) MCI Center 0–1
2August 14@ New York L 57–78 Aldridge
Holdsclaw (12)		 Markita Aldridge (4) Markita Aldridge (5) Madison Square Garden 0–2
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
Chamique Holdsclaw 323235.3.465.256.6807.52.51.50.617.5
Vicky Bullett 323234.2.486.324.7145.71.32.01.510.7
Nikki McCray 323232.7.434.331.7691.82.71.40.215.5
Murriel Page 323232.7.590N/A.5656.52.00.71.09.8
Andrea Nagy 232330.2.392.359.8082.75.10.70.34.2
Keisha Anderson 30914.5.426.375.7781.52.50.80.12.5
Tausha Mills 3109.5.438N/A.7452.60.30.30.34.2
Markita Aldridge 2909.4.463.500.3180.81.00.30.12.2
Beth Cunningham 2109.4.250.243.8421.00.60.10.02.8
Heather Owen1105.5.250N/AN/A0.80.20.00.00.2
Tonya Washington 1905.4.276.429.6670.70.30.10.01.4
Michelle Campbell504.4.400N/A1.0000.40.20.00.21.2
Renee Robinson202.5.000.0001.0000.00.00.50.02.0

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "2000 Washington Mystics Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 14, 2024.
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