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2000 Houston Comets season
The 2000 WNBA season was the fourth season for the Houston Comets. The Comets won their fourth WNBA Championship and their final title in franchise history before the team disbanded in 2008.
Transactions
Indiana Fever expansion draft
The following player was selected in the Indiana Fever expansion draft from the Houston Comets:
| Houston Comets}}" width="10%" | Player | Houston Comets}}" width="10%" | Nationality | Houston Comets}}" width="10%" | School/Team/Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kara Wolters | UConn |
Portland Fire expansion draft
The following player was selected in the Portland Fire expansion draft from the Houston Comets:
| Houston Comets}}" width="10%" | Player | Houston Comets}}" width="10%" | Nationality | Houston Comets}}" width="10%" | School/Team/Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sophia Witherspoon | 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 | 16 | Elena Shakirova | USSR | Dynamo Moscow (Russia) | |||||
| 2 | 32 | Andrea Garner | Penn State | ||||||
| 3 | 48 | Latavia Coleman | Florida State | ||||||
| 4 | 64 | Abbie Willenborg | Marquette |
Transactions
| Houston Comets}}" width=125" | Date | Houston Comets}}" colspan="2" | Transaction | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 15, 1999 | title=2000 Houston Comets Transactions | url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/HOU/2000_transactions.html | access-date=2024-07-16 | website=Basketball-Reference.com | language=en}} |
| Lost Sophia Witherspoon to the Portland Fire in the WNBA expansion draft | |||||
| January 28, 2000 | Traded Mila Nikolich to the Portland Fire in exchange for Coquese Washington | ||||
| April 25, 2000 | Drafted Elena Shakirova, Andrea Garner, Latavia Coleman and Abbie Willenborg in the [2000 WNBA draft](2000-wnba-draft) | ||||
| Traded Latavia Coleman to the Indiana Fever in exchange for Latina Davis and Renee Robinson | |||||
| May 27, 2000 | Traded Andrea Garner to the Seattle Storm in exchange for a [2001](2001-wnba-draft) 4th Round Pick |
Roster
Schedule
Regular season
|- | 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 |
| - |
| - |
| 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 |
| - |
| - |
| 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 |
| - |
| - |
| 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
|- | 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 |
| - |
| 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 |
| - |
| 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 31 | 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
- Cynthia Cooper, WNBA Finals MVP Award
- Cynthia Cooper, Best WNBA Player ESPY Award
- Sheryl Swoopes, WNBA Most Valuable Player Award
- Sheryl Swoopes, WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award
References
References
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