WNBA 2000
Women's National Basketball Association | |||
◄ previous | 2000 season | next ► | |
Duration | May 29th - August 26th | ||
Season games per team | 32 | ||
Number of teams | 16 | ||
Spectators (total) | 2,322,822 (∅: 9,074 per game) | ||
Regular season | |||
Best record | Los Angeles Sparks | ||
Season MVP | Sheryl Swoopes | ||
Top scorer | Sheryl Swoopes | ||
Playoffs | |||
Eastern - Champion | New York Liberty | ||
Runner-up team | Cleveland Rockers | ||
Western - Champion | Houston Comets | ||
Runner-up team | Los Angeles Sparks | ||
Finals | |||
WNBA champion | Houston Comets | ||
Runner-up | New York Liberty | ||
Finals MVP | Cynthia Cooper |
The 2000 season of the Women's National Basketball Association was the fourth played season of the North American professional women's basketball league . The regular season began on May 29, 2000 with the opening game between the New York Liberty and the Houston Comets . This was also the last encounter in the previous season . After the end of the regular season, which was played until August 9, 2000, the playoffs for the WNBA championship began, which the Houston Comets decided on August 26 in the final against the New York Liberty for themselves. In addition, the second WNBA All-Star Game took place on July 17, 2000 in the America West Arena , home of the Phoenix Mercury , in Phoenix .
Special occurrences
New game mode
The fourth season of the WNBA once again brought changes, with the four best teams in each conference qualifying for the playoffs for the first time.
League expansion
On June 7, 1999, the WNBA decided to expand the league from twelve to sixteen teams. With this expansion, the cities of Indianapolis , Miami , Portland and Seattle were guaranteed a WNBA franchise, with all four franchises to start operating this season. While the league placed the Portland Fire and Seattle Storm in the Western Conference , the Indiana Fever and Miami Sol were placed in the Eastern Conference .
Draft
The fourth WNBA Draft took place on April 25, 2000 at NBA Entertainment Studios in Secaucus , New Jersey . The Cleveland Rockers received the first draft pick , as they finished last season as the worst team. The four expansion franchises received seventh ( Portland Fire ), eighth ( Miami Sol ), ninth ( Seattle Storm ), and tenth ( Indiana Fever ) draft picks.
In first position, the Rockers selected the Belgian Ann Wauters from BC Volgaburmash . In addition, the Rockers decided in the fourth round (49th position) for the German Sophie von Saldern from the University of California, Berkeley . In total, the sixteen franchises secured the rights to 64 players. The United States made up the majority with 54 players.
Before the first WNBA draft, an expansion draft was held for the four expansion teams , in which the franchises secured the rights to players from the remaining WNBA franchises in six rounds.
Top 5 picks
Abbreviations: Pos = Position, G = Guard, F = Forward, C = Center, ABL = American Basketball League
# | Player | nationality | Item | WNBA team | College / professional team |
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1. | Ann Wauters | Belgium | C. | Cleveland Rockers | BC Volgaburmash |
2. | Thousand Mills | United States | C. | Washington Mystics | University of Alabama |
3. | Edwina Brown | United States | G | Detroit Shock | University of Texas at Austin |
4th | Cintia dos Santos | Brazil | F / C | Orlando Miracle | Brazil |
5. | Grace Daley | United States | G | Minnesota Lynx | Tulane University |
Regular season
WNBA All-Star Game
The second WNBA All-Star Game took place on July 17, 2000 in the America West Arena , home of the Phoenix Mercury , in Phoenix .
Closing tables
Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp. = Games, S = wins, N = defeats, GB = games behind the leader of the conference
Pl. | Eastern Conference | Sp. | S. | N | Wins in% | GB | home | Away |
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1. | New York Liberty | 32 | 20th | 12 | 62.5 | - | 12: 4 | 8: 8 |
2. | Cleveland Rockers | 32 | 17th | 15th | 53.1 | 3 | 13: 3 | 4:12 |
3. | Orlando Miracle | 32 | 16 | 16 | 50.0 | 4th | 11: 5 | 5:11 |
4th | Washington Mystics | 32 | 14th | 18th | 43.8 | 6th | 7: 9 | 7: 9 |
5. | Detroit Shock | 32 | 14th | 18th | 43.8 | 6th | 8: 8 | 6:10 |
6th | Miami Sol | 32 | 13 | 19th | 40.6 | 7th | 9: 7 | 4:12 |
7th | Indiana Fever | 32 | 9 | 23 | 28.1 | 11 | 5:11 | 4:12 |
8th. | Charlotte Sting | 32 | 8th | 24 | 25.0 | 12 | 5:11 | 3:13 |
Pl. | Western Conference | Sp. | S. | N | Wins in% | GB | home | Away |
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1. | Los Angeles Sparks | 32 | 28 | 4th | 87.5 | - | 15: 1 | 13: 3 |
2. | Houston Comets | 32 | 27 | 5 | 84.4 | 1 | 14: 2 | 13: 3 |
3. | Sacramento Monarchs | 32 | 21st | 11 | 65.6 | 7th | 13: 3 | 8: 8 |
4th | Phoenix Mercury | 32 | 20th | 12 | 62.5 | 8th | 11: 5 | 9: 7 |
5. | Utah Starzz | 32 | 18th | 14th | 56.3 | 10 | 12: 4 | 6:10 |
6th | Minnesota Lynx | 32 | 15th | 17th | 46.9 | 13 | 8: 8 | 7: 9 |
7th | Portland Fire | 32 | 10 | 22nd | 31.3 | 18th | 6:10 | 4:12 |
8th. | Seattle Storm | 32 | 6th | 26th | 18.8 | 22nd | 4:12 | 2:14 |
Legend |
Playoffs
mode
After the two conference winners as well as the second, third and fourth placed in each conference have qualified, the playoffs , which are held in the knockout system , start . The teams in each conference are placed in positions 1 to 4 in descending order according to the number of games they have won from the regular season.
Each Conference plays in a row in the Conference Semifinals ( dt . Conference semifinals ) and (dt. In the Conference Finals Conference Finals ) its winner, the (. Final dt) then in the finals competes for the championship. The team that is highest on the seeding list meets the lowest seeded team in the conference semifinals. All series of each round are played in best-of-three mode, which means that a team needs two wins to reach the next round. The lower ranked team has home rights in the first game and the opposing team in the next. If no winner has emerged from the round by then, the higher-seeded team has home advantage again in the third game. For games that remain tied after the regular playing time of 40 minutes, overtime follows , with the game being played until one team ends overtime with more points.
Playoff tree
Conference semifinals | Conference Finals | WNBA Finals | |||||||||||
1 | New York Liberty | 2 | |||||||||||
4th | Washington Mystics | 0 | |||||||||||
1 | New York Liberty | 2 | |||||||||||
Eastern Conference | |||||||||||||
2 | Cleveland Rockers | 1 | |||||||||||
2 | Cleveland Rockers | 2 | |||||||||||
3 | Orlando Miracle | 1 | |||||||||||
1 | New York Liberty | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Houston Comets | 2 | |||||||||||
1 | Los Angeles Sparks | 2 | |||||||||||
4th | Phoenix Mercury | 0 | |||||||||||
1 | Los Angeles Sparks | 0 | |||||||||||
Western Conference | |||||||||||||
2 | Houston Comets | 2 | |||||||||||
2 | Houston Comets | 2 | |||||||||||
3 | Sacramento Monarchs | 0 |
Conference semifinals (round 1)
Eastern Conference
(1) New York Liberty - (4) Washington Mystics
Aug 12, 2000 | Match report ( Memento from September 18, 2000 in the Internet Archive ) | Washington Mystics | 63 - 72 | New York Liberty |
MCI Center , Washington, DC Visitors: 16,331 |
Points per half: 28:40, 35:32. | |||||
Points: Bullet (22) Rebounds: Bullet, Holdsclaw (8) Assists: McCray (11) |
Points: Phillips , Johnson (20) Rebounds: Johnson (8) Assists: Weatherspoon (9) |
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Stand: 0: 1 |
Aug 14, 2000 | Match report ( Memento from November 20, 2000 in the Internet Archive ) | New York Liberty | 78-57 | Washington Mystics |
Madison Square Garden , New York City, New York Visitors: 15,309 |
Points per half: 40:25, 38:32. | |||||
Points: Hammon (19) Rebounds: Phillips (10) Assists: Weatherspoon (10) |
Points: Holdsclaw , Aldridge (12) Rebounds: Aldridge (4) Assists: Aldridge (5) |
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Final score : 2-0 |
(2) Cleveland Rockers - (3) Orlando Miracle
Aug 11, 2000 | Match report ( Memento from December 2, 2000 in the Internet Archive ) | Orlando Miracle | 62 - 55 | Cleveland Rockers |
TD Waterhouse Center , Orlando, Florida Visitors: 6,265 |
Points per half: 28:29, 34:26. | |||||
Points: McWilliams (22) Rebounds: McWilliams (10) Assists: Johnson (5) |
Points: Jones (18) Rebounds: Brown , Jones (6) Assists: Brown (4) |
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Stand: 1: 0 |
Aug 13, 2000 | Match report ( Memento from November 20, 2000 in the Internet Archive ) | Cleveland Rockers | 63 - 54 | Orlando Miracle |
Gund Arena , Cleveland, Ohio Visitors: 9,755 |
Points per half: 36:15, 27:39. | |||||
Points: Jones , Darling (15) Rebounds: Melvin (10) Assists: McConnell-Serio (6) |
Points: Johnson (17) Rebounds: Johnson (9) Assists: Johnson (7) |
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Stand: 1: 1 |
Aug 15, 2000 | Match report ( Memento from December 3, 2000 in the Internet Archive ) | Cleveland Rockers | 72 - 43 | Orlando Miracle |
Gund Arena , Cleveland, Ohio Visitors: 9,528 |
Points per half: 32:21, 40:22. | |||||
Points: Wauters (12) Rebounds: Hall , Jones (7) Assists: McConnell-Serio (7) |
Points: Sales (13) Rebounds: McWilliams (8) Assists: Dos Santos , Johnson , Johnson , McWilliams (2) |
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Final score: 2: 1 |
Western Conference
(1) Los Angeles Sparks - (4) Phoenix Mercury
Aug 11, 2000 | Match report ( Memento from November 20, 2000 in the Internet Archive ) | Phoenix Mercury | 71-86 | Los Angeles Sparks |
America West Arena , Phoenix, Arizona Visitors: 6,167 |
Points per half: 24:43, 47:43. | |||||
Points: Reed (17) Rebounds: Harrison (9) Assists: Reed (6) |
Points: Leslie (20) Rebounds: Leslie (11) Assists: Dixon (5) |
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Stand: 0: 1 |
Aug 13, 2000 | Match report ( Memento from November 20, 2000 in the Internet Archive ) | Los Angeles Sparks | 101-76 | Phoenix Mercury |
Great Western Forum , Los Angeles, California Visitors: 9,811 |
Points per half: 42:36, 59:40. | |||||
Points: Leslie (29) Rebounds: Leslie, Mabika (8) Assists: Dixon (7) |
Points: Gillom , Harrison (16) Rebounds: Griffiths (6) Assists: Harrison (5) |
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Final score : 2-0 |
(2) Houston Comets - (3) Sacramento Monarchs
Aug 12, 2000 | Match report ( Memento from October 18, 2000 in the Internet Archive ) | Sacramento Monarchs | 64 - 72 | Houston Comets |
ARCO Arena , Orlando, Florida Visitors: 8,053 |
Points per half: 37:35, 27:37. | |||||
Points: Bolton (16) Rebounds: Griffith (14) Assists: Penicheiro (5) |
Points: Cooper (25) Rebounds: Johnson (8) Assists: Cooper, Thompson (3) |
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Stand: 0: 1 |
Aug 14, 2000 | Match report ( Memento from November 15, 2000 in the Internet Archive ) | Houston Comets | 75-70 | Sacramento Monarchs |
Compaq Center , Houston, Texas Visitors: 11,664 |
Points per half: 38:37, 37:33. | |||||
Points: Swoopes (27) Rebounds: Thompson (14) Assists: Swoopes (6) |
Points: Bolton (23) Rebounds: Griffith (10) Assists: Penicheiro (10) |
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Final score : 2-0 |
Conference Finals (Round 2)
Eastern Conference
(1) New York Liberty - (2) Cleveland Rockers
Aug 17, 2000 | Match report ( Memento from September 18, 2000 in the Internet Archive ) | Cleveland Rockers | 56 - 43 | New York Liberty |
Gund Arena , Cleveland, Ohio Visitors: 11,686 |
Points per half: 29:21, 27:22. | |||||
Points: Brown (18) Rebounds: Melvin (9) Assists: Brown (3) |
Points: Phillips (11) Rebounds: Phillips (6) Assists: Weatherspoon (3) |
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Stand: 1: 0 |
Aug 20, 2000 | Match report ( Memento from December 19, 2000 in the Internet Archive ) | New York Liberty | 51-45 | Cleveland Rockers |
Madison Square Garden , New York City, New York Visitors: 15,865 |
Points per half: 36:17, 15:28. | |||||
Points: Hammon (13) Rebounds: Phillips (6) Assists: Weatherspoon (5) |
Points: Jones (18) Rebounds: Jones (12) Assists: Darling (5) |
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Stand: 1: 1 |
Aug 21, 2000 | Match report ( Memento from November 21, 2000 in the Internet Archive ) | New York Liberty | 81-67 | Cleveland Rockers |
Madison Square Garden , New York City, New York Visitors: 15,309 |
Points per half: 46:27, 35:40. | |||||
Points: Whitmore (19) Rebounds: Johnson (6) Assists: Johnson (10) |
Points: Jones , McConnell-Serio (13) Rebounds: Melvin (9) Assists: Darling (4) |
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Final score: 2: 1 |
Western Conference
(1) Los Angeles Sparks - (2) Houston Comets
Aug 17, 2000 | Match report ( Memento from October 23, 2000 in the Internet Archive ) | Houston Comets | 77-56 | Los Angeles Sparks |
Compaq Center , Houston, Texas Visitors: 14,597 |
Points per half: 40:23, 37:33. | |||||
Points: Sheryl Swoopes (22) Rebounds: Arcain , Swoopes (6) Assists: Arcain, Thompson (3) |
Points: MAbika (21) Rebounds: Leslie (8) Assists: Figgs , Milton-Jones (4) |
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Stand: 1: 0 |
Aug 20, 2000 | Match report ( Memento from October 23, 2000 in the Internet Archive ) | Los Angeles Sparks | 69-74 | Houston Comets |
Great Western Forum , Los Angeles, California Visitors: 13,884 |
Points per half: 35:40, 34:34. | |||||
Points: Mabika (19) Rebounds: Leslie (14) Assists: Figgs , Leslie (5) |
Points: Cooper (29) Rebounds: Thompson (6) Assists: Swoopes (6) |
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Final score: 0: 2 |
Finals (round 3)
(W2) Houston Comets - (E1) New York Liberty
Aug 24, 2000 | Match report ( Memento from October 18, 2000 in the Internet Archive ) | New York Liberty | 52 - 59 | Houston Comets |
Madison Square Garden , New York City, New York Visitors: 19,563 |
Points per half: 22:29, 30:30. | |||||
Points: Phillips (24) Rebounds: Phillips (15) Assists: Weatherspoon (5) |
Points: Cooper (20) Rebounds: Johnson (8) Assists: Cooper (5) |
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Stand: 0: 1 |
Aug 26, 2000 | Match report ( Memento from October 18, 2000 in the Internet Archive ) | Houston Comets | 79-73 | New York Liberty |
Compaq Center , Houston, Texas Visitors: 11,664 |
Points per half: 27:25, 37:39 .. Overtime / s: 15: 9 | |||||
Points: Swoopes (31) Rebounds: Thompson (8) Assists: Cooper (7) |
Points: Phillips (20) Rebounds: Phillips (7) Assists: Weatherspoon (8) |
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Final score: 2-0 finals MVP: Cynthia Cooper |
WNBA championship team
(Participation in at least one playoff game)
WNBA Masters Houston Comets |
Guards: Cynthia Cooper (Finals MVP) , Jennifer Rizzotti , Coquese Washington Forwards: Janeth Arcain , Tammy Jackson , Sheryl Swoopes , Tina Thompson , Amaya Valdemoro Forwards / Guards: Kelley Gibson Center: Tiffani Johnson Head coach: Van Chancellor |
WNBA awards and trophies awarded
All-WNBA teams
All-WNBA First Team | |
Guards: | (SAC) Ticha Penicheiro - Cynthia Cooper |
Forwards: | Natalie Williams - Sheryl Swoopes |
Center: | Lisa Leslie |
All-WNBA Second Team | |
Guards: | (NYL) Teresa Weatherspoon - Shannon Johnson / (MIN) Betty Lennox |
Forwards: | Tina Thompson - (MIN) Katie Smith |
Center: | (SAC) Yolanda Griffith |
Web links
- WNBA Award Winners 2000 on WNBA.com (English)
- WNBA Playoffs 2000 WNBA.com (Engl.)
- Statistics for the WNBA season 2000 on basketball-reference.com (engl.)
- Key dates in the WNBA history (Engl.)
Individual evidence
- ↑ WNBA Timeline - By Date. WNBA, accessed July 1, 2012 .