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2000 Houston Comets season
CoachVan Chancellor
ArenaCompaq 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 Finals and their last title in franchise history before disbanding in 2008.

Transactions

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Indiana Fever expansion draft

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

Player Nationality School/Team/Country
Kara Wolters  United States UConn

Portland Fire expansion draft

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

Player Nationality School/Team/Country
Sophia Witherspoon  United States Florida

WNBA draft

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See also: 2000 WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 16 Elena Shakirova  Soviet Union Dynamo Moscow (Russia)
2 32 Andrea Garner  United States Penn State
3 48 Latavia Coleman  United States Florida State
4 64 Abbie Willenborg  United States Marquette

Transactions

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Date Transaction
December 15, 1999 Lost 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, 2000 Traded Mila Nikolich to the Portland Fire in exchange for Coquese Washington[1]
April 25, 2000 Drafted 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, 2000 Traded Andrea Garner to the Seattle Storm in exchange for a 2001 4th Round Pick[1]

Roster

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2000 Houston Comets roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
G 9 Brazil Arcain, Janeth 5' 11" (1.8m) 147 lb (67kg) 1969-04-11 3
G 14 United States Cooper, Cynthia 5' 10" (1.78m) 150 lb (68kg) 1963-04-14 USC 3
G/F United States Gibson, Kelley 5' 9" (1.75m) 137 lb (62kg) 1976-11-07 Maryland R
F/C 23 United States Jackson, Tammy 6' 2" (1.88m) 190 lb (86kg) 1962-12-03 Florida 3
C 40 United States Lamb, Monica 6' 5" (1.96m) 206 lb (93kg) 1964-10-11 USC 2
G 21 United States Rizzotti, Jennifer 5' 6" (1.68m) 146 lb (66kg) 1974-05-15 Connecticut 1
C 32 Soviet Union Shakirova, Elena 6' 3" (1.91m) 190 lb (86kg) 1970-06-02 R
G/F 22 United States Swoopes, Sheryl 6' 0" (1.83m) 145 lb (66kg) 1971-03-25 Texas Tech 3
F 7 United States Thompson, Tina 6' 2" (1.88m) 178 lb (81kg) 1975-02-10 USC 3
F 13 Francoist Spain Valdemoro, Amaya 6' 1" (1.85m) – 1976-08-18 2
G 4 United States Washington, Coquese 5' 6" (1.68m) 138 lb (63kg) 1971-01-17 Notre Dame 2
Head coach
United States Van Chancellor (Mississippi State)
Assistant coaches
United States Kevin Cook
United States Alisa Scott



Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Schedule

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Regular season

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

Playoffs

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2000 playoff game log
First round vs. Sacramento Monarchs
Won Series: 2–0
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 August 12 @ Sacramento W 72–64 Cynthia Cooper (25) Tiffani Johnson (8) Cooper
Thompson (3) 		ARCO Arena 1–0
2 August 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
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 August 17 Los Angeles W 77–56 Sheryl Swoopes (22) Arcain
Swoopes (6) 		Arcain
Thompson (3) 		Compaq Center 1–0
2 August 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
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
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

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Western Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
Los Angeles Sparks x 28 4 .875 17–4 –
Houston Comets x 27 5 .844 17–4 1.0
Sacramento Monarchs x 21 11 .656 13–8 7.0
Phoenix Mercury x 20 12 .625 11–10 8.0
Utah Starzz o 18 14 .563 13–8 10.0
Minnesota Lynx o 15 17 .469 5–16 13.0
Portland Fire o 10 22 .313 4–17 18.0
Seattle Storm o 6 26 .188 4–17 22.0

Statistics

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Legend
  GP Games 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 game Team leader League leader

Regular Season

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Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Sheryl Swoopes 31 31 35.5 .506 .374 .821 6.3 3.8 2.8 1.1 20.7
Cynthia Cooper 31 31 35.0 .459 .355 .875 2.7 5.0 1.3 0.2 17.7
Tina Thompson 32 32 34.0 .469 .417 .837 7.7 1.5 1.5 0.8 16.9
Janeth Arcain 32 32 30.5 .468 .200 .837 3.7 1.9 1.3 0.1 8.4
Tiffani Johnson 29 29 22.2 .480 N/A .700 4.7 0.3 0.3 0.5 4.2
Jennifer Rizzotti 32 2 13.7 .382 .308 .667 1.1 1.4 0.5 0.1 1.9
Tammy Jackson 29 1 11.7 .574 N/A .545 2.1 0.4 0.4 0.3 2.6
Monica Lamb 13 2 10.8 .500 N/A .500 2.0 0.2 0.2 0.3 2.0
Elena Shakirova 14 0 10.7 .433 .167 .879 2.2 0.3 0.4 0.1 4.1
Coquese Washington 25 0 9.4 .364 .200 .800 0.8 1.0 0.6 0.0 1.7
Amaya Valdemoro 22 0 7.8 .333 .379 1.000 1.0 0.6 0.4 0.2 2.6
Kelley Gibson 17 0 4.5 .368 .429 .875 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.0 1.4


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

Awards and honors

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "2000 Houston Comets Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
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