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1999 Houston Comets season

The 1999 WNBA season was the third season for the Houston Comets. The Comets won their third consecutive WNBA Championship.

Transactions

Orlando Miracle expansion draft

The following player was selected in the Orlando Miracle expansion draft from the Houston Comets:

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Yolanda MooreOle Miss

WNBA draft

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112Natalia ZasulskayaUSSRDynamo Moscow (Russia)
224Sonja HenningPortland Power
336Kara WoltersNew England Blizzard
448Jennifer RizzottiNew England Blizzard

Transactions

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April 6, 1999title=1999 Houston Comets Transactionsurl=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/HOU/1999_transactions.htmlaccess-date=2024-07-03website=Basketball-Reference.comlanguage=en}}
May 4, 1999Drafted Natalia Zasulskaya, Sonja Henning, Kara Wolters and Jennifer Rizzotti in the [1999 WNBA draft](1999-wnba-draft)
July 11, 1999Traded Nyree Roberts to the Washington Mystics in exchange for Alessandra Santos de Oliveira

Roster

Schedule

Regular season

|- | 1 | June 10 | @ Orlando | W 77–63 | Cynthia Cooper (24) | Tina Thompson (12) | Cynthia Cooper (7) | TD Waterhouse Centre

1–0
2
June 12
Washington
W 88–63
Cynthia Cooper (24)
Tina Thompson (7)
Sheryl Swoopes (6)
Compaq Center
2–0
-
3
June 17
Cleveland
W 93–73
Cynthia Cooper (30)
Polina Tzekova (9)
Cynthia Cooper (6)
Compaq Center
3–0
-
4
June 19
@ Minnesota
W 69–55
Cynthia Cooper (22)
Sheryl Swoopes (10)
Cynthia Cooper (5)
Target Center
4–0
-
5
June 22
Los Angeles
W 84–76
Cynthia Cooper (36)
Polina Tzekova (7)
Cynthia Cooper (4)
Compaq Center
5–0
-
6
June 24
@ Detroit
W 77–65
Cynthia Cooper (24)
Tina Thompson (6)
Cooper
Swoopes (3)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
6–0
-
7
June 25
@ Washington
W 72–69
Cynthia Cooper (28)
Sheryl Swoopes (12)
Cynthia Cooper (8)
Compaq Center
7–0
-
8
June 28
Orlando
L 66–68
Cynthia Cooper (21)
Tina Thompson (9)
Sheryl Swoopes (8)
Compaq Center
7–1
-
9
June 30
@ Utah
W 78–68
Sheryl Swoopes (29)
Tammy Jackson (10)
Sonja Henning (6)
Delta Center
8–1
-
10
July 1
Cleveland
W 76–64
Tina Thompson (26)
Tina Thompson (9)
Cynthia Cooper (6)
Compaq Center
9–1
-
11
July 3
New York
W 78–64
Sheryl Swoopes (19)
Sheryl Swoopes (7)
Cynthia Cooper (7)
Compaq Center
10–1
-
12
July 6
Minnesota
W 80–54
Cynthia Cooper (21)
Tina Thompson (9)
Cynthia Cooper (9)
Compaq Center
11–1
-
13
July 8
@ Sacramento
L 63–74
Tina Thompson (17)
Arcain
Jackson
Thompson (5)
Sonja Henning (5)
ARCO Arena
11–2
-
14
July 9
@ Phoenix
W 71–70
Sheryl Swoopes (18)
Thompson
Tzekova (5)
Polina Tzekova (3)
America West Arena
12–2
-
15
July 11
Sacramento
W 68–63
Cynthia Cooper (31)
Sheryl Swoopes (10)
Cynthia Cooper (6)
Compaq Center
13–2
-
16
July 16
@ Utah
W 88–84 (OT)
Sheryl Swoopes (33)
Sheryl Swoopes (7)
Sheryl Swoopes (7)
Delta Center
14–2
-
17
July 18
@ Los Angeles
L 65–78
Sheryl Swoopes (21)
Polina Tzekova (7)
Cynthia Cooper (5)
Great Western Forum
14–3
-
18
July 19
@ Phoenix
L 48–60
Cynthia Cooper (19)
Tina Thompson (11)
Sheryl Swoopes (5)
America West Arena
14–4
-
19
July 23
@ Charlotte
W 75–62
Cynthia Cooper (26)
Tina Thompson (8)
Cynthia Cooper (5)
Charlotte Coliseum
15–4
-
20
July 25
@ Minnesota
W 62–57
Cynthia Cooper (20)
Tina Thompson (10)
Cooper
Swoopes (6)
Target Center
16–4
-
21
July 27
Detroit
W 85–46
Cynthia Cooper (20)
Sheryl Swoopes (15)
Sheryl Swoopes (10)
Compaq Center
17–4
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22
July 29
@ Cleveland
W 71–65
Sheryl Swoopes (28)
Swoopes
Thompson (6)
Cynthia Cooper (7)
Gund Arena
18–4
-
23
July 31
Phoenix
W 77–70
Sheryl Swoopes (23)
Swoopes
Tzekova (7)
Cynthia Cooper (6)
Compaq Center
19–4
-
24
August 2
Sacramento
W 75–70
Sheryl Swoopes (26)
Sheryl Swoopes (6)
Cooper
Swoopes (6)
Compaq Center
20–4
-
25
August 6
Charlotte
W 81–51
Cynthia Cooper (25)
Tammy Jackson (10)
Sheryl Swoopes (7)
Compaq Center
21–4
-
26
August 8
@ New York
L 71–74
Cynthia Cooper (26)
Sheryl Swoopes (7)
Cooper
Swoopes (5)
Madison Square Garden
21–5
-
27
August 12
Los Angeles
W 83–61
Sheryl Swoopes (20)
Sheryl Swoopes (8)
Cooper
Swoopes (5)
Compaq Center
22–5
-
28
August 14
Minnesota
W 71–53
Cynthia Cooper (17)
Polina Tzekova (7)
Cynthia Cooper (4)
Compaq Center
23–5
-
29
August 16
Utah
W 80–71
Cynthia Cooper (42)
Polina Tzekova (11)
Sheryl Swoopes (5)
Compaq Center
24–5
-
30
August 18
Phoenix
W 70–60
Sheryl Swoopes (24)
Polina Tzekova (9)
Cynthia Cooper (7)
Compaq Center
25–5
-
31
August 20
@ Los Angeles
L 64–68
Sheryl Swoopes (25)
Sheryl Swoopes (8)
Sonja Henning (5)
Great Western Forum
25–6
-
32
August 21
@ Sacramento
W 74–65
Cynthia Cooper (27)
Janeth Arcain (8)
Cynthia Cooper (10)
ARCO Arena
26–6

Playoffs

Led by what was already known as the Big Three, (Sheryl Swoopes, Cynthia Cooper and Tina Thompson), the Comets survived a highlight film last second, court to court game winning shot by the Liberty's Teresa Weatherspoon in Game 2 of the finals to beat the Liberty in three games and win their third straight title, this one after the death of teammate Kim Perrot, who died of cancer.

|- | 1 | August 26 | @ Los Angeles | L 60–75 | Sheryl Swoopes (17) | Tina Thompson (7) | Cynthia Cooper (7) | Great Western Forum

0–1
2
August 29
Los Angeles
W 83–55
Cynthia Cooper (22)
Tammy Jackson (10)
Cynthia Cooper (9)
Compaq Center
1–1
-
3
August 30
Los Angeles
W 72–62
Cooper
Swoopes (23)
Cynthia Cooper (7)
Cynthia Cooper (12)
Compaq Center
2–1
-
1
September 2
@ New York
W 73–60
Cynthia Cooper (29)
Tammy Jackson (8)
Cynthia Cooper (6)
Madison Square Garden
1–0
-
2
September 4
New York
L 67–68
Tina Thompson (15)
Tzekova
Swoopes (6)
Cynthia Cooper (6)
Compaq Center
1–1
-
3
September 5
New York
W 59–47
Cynthia Cooper (24)
Tammy Jackson (11)
Sonja Henning (2)
Compaq Center
2–1

Season standings

Statistics

Regular season

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Cynthia Cooper313135.5.463.335.8912.85.21.40.422.1
Sheryl Swoopes323234.4.462.337.8206.34.02.41.418.3
Tina Thompson323233.6.419.351.7826.40.91.01.012.2
Sonja Henning323224.9.444.317.6112.52.31.10.24.0
Polina Tzekova323224.3.429.250.7755.11.00.40.66.1
Janeth Arcain32123.0.433.250.8292.81.20.90.15.8
Tammy Jackson28013.6.4141.000.7143.30.30.50.72.6
Monica Lamb3012.0.400N/A.8332.00.00.00.74.3
Jennifer Rizzotti2509.7.350.269.5831.10.80.70.01.7
Amaya Valdemoro1705.4.371.400.7500.80.50.60.02.4
Nyree Roberts404.3.000N/A.5000.50.00.00.00.3
Mila Nikolich704.1.364.250.5000.70.10.00.01.4
Kara Wolters1004.1.231N/A.8331.20.20.10.01.6

‡Waived/Released during the season

†Traded during the season

≠Acquired during the season

Awards and honors

  • Cynthia Cooper, WNBA Finals MVP Award
  • Cynthia Cooper, Best WNBA Player ESPY Award
  • Cynthia Cooper, Guard, Houston Comets, All-WNBA First Team
  • Van Chancellor, WNBA Coach of the Year Award
  • Sheryl Swoopes, Forward, Houston Comets, All-WNBA First Team
  • Tina Thompson, Forward, Houston Comets, All-WNBA Second Team

References

References

  1. "1999 Houston Comets Transactions".
  2. "Postseason Awards: 1999". WNBA.com.
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