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1998 Houston Comets season
The 1998 WNBA season was the second season for the Houston Comets. The Comets won their second straight championship. Their record of 27-3 remains the best in league history.
Transactions
Washington Mystics expansion draft
The following player was selected in the Washington Mystics expansion draft from the Houston Comets:
| Houston Comets}}" width="10%" | Player | Houston Comets}}" width="10%" | Nationality | Houston Comets}}" width="10%" | School/Team/Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tammy Jackson | Florida |
WNBA draft
| Houston Comets}}" width="2%" | Round | Houston Comets}}" width="5%" | Pick | Houston Comets}}" width="10%" | Player | Houston Comets}}" width="10%" | Nationality | Houston Comets}}" width="10%" | School/Team/Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | Polina Tzekova | Tarbes Gespe Bigorre (France) | ||||||
| 2 | 20 | Nyree Roberts | Old Dominion | ||||||
| 3 | 30 | Amaya Valdemoro | Spanish State | Pool Getafe (Spain) | |||||
| 4 | 40 | Monica Lamb | USC |
Transactions
| Houston Comets}}" width=125" | Date | Houston Comets}}" colspan="2" | Transaction | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 18, 1998 | title=1998 Houston Comets Transactions | url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/HOU/1998_transactions.html | access-date=2024-06-01 | website=Basketball-Reference.com | language=en}} |
| April 29, 1998 | Drafted Polina Tzekova, Nyree Roberts, Amaya Valdemoro and Monica Lamb in the [1998 WNBA draft](1998-wnba-draft) | ||||
| May 8, 1998 | Traded Fran Harris to the Utah Starzz in exchange for Karen Booker |
Roster
Schedule
Regular season
|- | 1 | June 13 | New York | W 73–62 | Sheryl Swoopes (28) | Tina Thompson (8) | Kim Perrot (7) | Compaq Center
| 1–0 |
|---|
| 2 |
| June 15 |
| @ Charlotte |
| W 79–65 |
| Cynthia Cooper (31) |
| Tina Thompson (8) |
| Kim Perrot (6) |
| Charlotte Coliseum |
| 2–0 |
| - |
| 3 |
| June 18 |
| Cleveland |
| W 87–69 |
| Sheryl Swoopes (25) |
| Tina Thompson (6) |
| Cynthia Cooper (7) |
| Compaq Center |
| 3–0 |
| - |
| 4 |
| June 20 |
| @ Sacramento |
| W 79–68 |
| Cynthia Cooper (22) |
| Tina Thompson (9) |
| Cynthia Cooper (6) |
| ARCO Arena |
| 4–0 |
| - |
| 5 |
| June 21 |
| @ Los Angeles |
| W 79–63 |
| Cynthia Cooper (29) |
| Monica Lamb (11) |
| Cynthia Cooper (5) |
| Great Western Forum |
| 5–0 |
| - |
| 6 |
| June 24 |
| @ Phoenix |
| L 66–69 |
| Cynthia Cooper (27) |
| Tina Thompson (13) |
| Cynthia Cooper (3) |
| America West Arena |
| 5–1 |
| - |
| 7 |
| June 27 |
| Los Angeles |
| W 75–64 |
| Cynthia Cooper (28) |
| Cynthia Cooper (6) |
| Kim Perrot (6) |
| Compaq Center |
| 6–1 |
| - |
| 8 |
| June 29 |
| Washington |
| W 73–48 |
| Cynthia Cooper (16) |
| Lamb |
| Thompson (6) |
| Kim Perrot (3) |
| Compaq Center |
| 7–1 |
| - |
| 9 |
| June 30 |
| @ Utah |
| W 75–73 (2OT) |
| Cynthia Cooper (27) |
| Tina Thompson (14) |
| Cynthia Cooper (5) |
| Delta Center |
| 8–1 |
| - |
| 10 |
| July 3 |
| Sacramento |
| W 84–67 |
| Cynthia Cooper (34) |
| Tina Thompson (10) |
| Cynthia Cooper (5) |
| Compaq Center |
| 9–1 |
| - |
| 11 |
| July 6 |
| @ Cleveland |
| W 78–64 |
| Cooper |
| Swoopes (18) |
| Yolanda Moore (7) |
| Sheryl Swoopes (7) |
| Gund Arena |
| 10–1 |
| - |
| 12 |
| July 8 |
| @ New York |
| W 79–54 |
| Cynthia Cooper (23) |
| Lamb |
| Swoopes (7) |
| Kim Perrot (8) |
| Madison Square Garden |
| 11–1 |
| - |
| 13 |
| July 9 |
| Detroit |
| W 96–66 |
| Kim Perrot (22) |
| Arcain |
| Perrot (6) |
| Cooper |
| Perrot (7) |
| Compaq Center |
| 12–1 |
| - |
| 14 |
| July 11 |
| Utah |
| W 72–68 |
| Cynthia Cooper (24) |
| Monica Lamb (6) |
| Kim Perrot (7) |
| Compaq Center |
| 13–1 |
| - |
| 15 |
| July 13 |
| Washington |
| W 81–67 |
| Cynthia Cooper (23) |
| Sheryl Swoopes (7) |
| Cynthia Cooper (8) |
| Compaq Center |
| 14–1 |
| - |
| 16 |
| July 17 |
| @ Los Angeles |
| W 74–68 |
| Cynthia Cooper (22) |
| Sheryl Swoopes (10) |
| Kim Perrot (9) |
| Great Western Forum |
| 15–1 |
| - |
| 17 |
| July 18 |
| @ Sacramento |
| W 75–44 |
| Cynthia Cooper (23) |
| Tina Thompson (11) |
| Kim Perrot (7) |
| ARCO Arena |
| 16–1 |
| - |
| 18 |
| July 21 |
| @ Phoenix |
| W 65–62 |
| Cynthia Cooper (23) |
| Sheryl Swoopes (10) |
| Cynthia Cooper (3) |
| America West Arena |
| 17–1 |
| - |
| 19 |
| July 25 |
| @ Charlotte |
| W 67–58 |
| Sheryl Swoopes (20) |
| Cynthia Cooper (8) |
| Cynthia Cooper (8) |
| Charlotte Coliseum |
| 18–1 |
| - |
| 20 |
| July 28 |
| Phoenix |
| W 72–62 |
| Cynthia Cooper (27) |
| Tina Thompson (9) |
| Cooper |
| Thompson (3) |
| Compaq Center |
| 19–1 |
| - |
| 21 |
| July 30 |
| Utah |
| W 88–65 |
| Cynthia Cooper (22) |
| Sheryl Swoopes (8) |
| Cynthia Cooper (10) |
| Compaq Center |
| 20–1 |
| - |
| 22 |
| August 1 |
| Cleveland |
| L 71–74 (OT) |
| Sheryl Swoopes (18) |
| Monica Lamb (8) |
| Cynthia Cooper (8) |
| Compaq Center |
| 20–2 |
| - |
| 23 |
| August 2 |
| Sacramento |
| W 70–53 |
| Sheryl Swoopes (20) |
| Monica Lamb (8) |
| Cooper |
| Swoopes (3) |
| Compaq Center |
| 21–2 |
| - |
| 24 |
| August 4 |
| @ Utah |
| W 77–57 |
| Cynthia Cooper (32) |
| Janeth Arcain (9) |
| Kim Perrot (7) |
| Delta Center |
| 22–2 |
| - |
| 25 |
| August 6 |
| Phoenix |
| W 75–64 |
| Cynthia Cooper (21) |
| Tina Thompson (10) |
| Kim Perrot (7) |
| Compaq Center |
| 23–2 |
| - |
| 26 |
| August 7 |
| @ Detroit |
| W 61–57 |
| Cynthia Cooper (34) |
| Yolanda Moore (7) |
| Cooper |
| Swoopes |
| Perrot (2) |
| The Palace of Auburn Hills |
| 24–2 |
| - |
| 27 |
| August 10 |
| Charlotte |
| W 70–67 |
| Cooper |
| Swoopes (20) |
| Tina Thompson (13) |
| Kim Perrot (9) |
| Compaq Center |
| 25–2 |
| - |
| 28 |
| August 15 |
| @ New York |
| L 54–70 |
| Cynthia Cooper (17) |
| Perrot |
| Thompson (5) |
| Cynthia Cooper (3) |
| Madison Square Garden |
| 25–3 |
| - |
| 29 |
| August 17 |
| @ Washington |
| W 110–65 |
| Cynthia Cooper (21) |
| Monica Lamb (9) |
| Kim Perrot (7) |
| MCI Center |
| 26–3 |
| - |
| 30 |
| August 19 |
| Los Angeles |
| W 80–71 |
| Cynthia Cooper (22) |
| Sheryl Swoopes (10) |
| Cooper |
| Perrot (7) |
| Compaq Center |
| 27–3 |
Playoffs
|- | 1 | August 22 | @ Charlotte | W 85–71 | Cynthia Cooper (27) | Tina Thompson (10) | Kim Perrot (6) | Charlotte Coliseum
| 1–0 |
|---|
| 2 |
| August 24 |
| Charlotte |
| W 77–61 |
| Cynthia Cooper (23) |
| Tina Thompson (14) |
| Cooper |
| Perrot (5) |
| Compaq Center |
| 2–0 |
| - |
| 1 |
| August 27 |
| @ Phoenix |
| L 51–54 |
| Cynthia Cooper (29) |
| Sheryl Swoopes (11) |
| Swoopes |
| Perrot (6) |
| America West Arena |
| 0–1 |
| - |
| 2 |
| August 29 |
| Phoenix |
| W 74–69 (OT) |
| Cynthia Cooper (27) |
| Sheryl Swoopes (13) |
| Cynthia Cooper (6) |
| Compaq Center |
| 1–1 |
| - |
| 3 |
| September 1 |
| Phoenix |
| W 80–71 |
| Cynthia Cooper (23) |
| Tina Thompson (6) |
| Cynthia Cooper |
| Swoopes (6) |
| Compaq Center |
| 2–1 |
Season standings
Statistics
Regular season
| Houston Comets}}" width="6%" | Player | Houston Comets}}" width="6%" | GP | Houston Comets}}" width="6%" | GS | Houston Comets}}" width="6%" | MPG | Houston Comets}}" width="6%" | FG% | Houston Comets}}" width="6%" | 3P% | Houston Comets}}" width="6%" | FT% | Houston Comets}}" width="6%" | RPG | Houston Comets}}" width="5%" | APG | Houston Comets}}" width="6%" | SPG | Houston Comets}}" width="6%" | BPG | Houston Comets}}" width="6%" | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cynthia Cooper | 30 | 30 | 35.0 | .446 | .400 | .854 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 22.7 | ||||||||||||
| Kim Perrot | 30 | 30 | 32.9 | .404 | .269 | .700 | 3.1 | 4.7 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 8.5 | ||||||||||||
| Tina Thompson | 27 | 27 | 32.4 | .419 | .359 | .851 | 7.1 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 12.7 | ||||||||||||
| Sheryl Swoopes | 29 | 29 | 32.3 | .427 | .360 | .826 | 5.1 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 15.6 | ||||||||||||
| Janeth Arcain | 30 | 4 | 21.9 | .426 | .152 | .756 | 3.6 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 6.8 | ||||||||||||
| Monica Lamb | 30 | 25 | 21.6 | .541 | N/A | .690 | 4.7 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 5.4 | ||||||||||||
| Yolanda Moore | 30 | 4 | 17.8 | .451 | .500 | .805 | 2.9 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 3.3 | ||||||||||||
| Wanda Guyton | 1 | 1 | 14.0 | .000 | N/A | N/A | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||
| Tammy Jackson | 19 | 0 | 8.4 | .381 | N/A | .727 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.3 | ||||||||||||
| Tiffany Woosley | 18 | 0 | 5.3 | .304 | .250 | .714 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.2 | ||||||||||||
| Nyree Roberts | 14 | 0 | 3.9 | .857 | N/A | .571 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.1 | ||||||||||||
| Amaya Valdemoro | 16 | 0 | 3.8 | .500 | .400 | .706 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.9 | ||||||||||||
| Karen Booker | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | .000 | N/A | N/A | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
‡Waived/Released during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season
Awards and honors
- Cynthia Cooper, WNBA Finals MVP Award
- Cynthia Cooper, WNBA Most Valuable Player Award
- Cynthia Cooper, Best WNBA Player ESPY Award
- Van Chancellor, WNBA Coach of the Year Award
References
References
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