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2000 Portland Fire season
The 2000 WNBA season was the 1st season for the Portland Fire.
Transactions
WNBA expansion draft
Main article: 2000 WNBA expansion draft
| Player | Nationality | Former WNBA Team |
|---|---|---|
| Alisa Burras | Cleveland Rockers | |
| Sophia Witherspoon | Houston Comets | |
| Tari Phillips | Orlando Miracle | |
| Coquese Washington | New York Liberty | |
| Molly Goodenbour | Sacramento Monarchs | |
| Jamila Wideman | Cleveland Rockers |
WNBA draft
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Lynn Pride | Kansas | |
| 2 | 23 | Stacey Thomas | Michigan | |
| 3 | 39 | Maxann Reese | Michigan State | |
| 4 | 55 | Rhonda Smith | Long Beach State |
Transactions
| Date | Transaction | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 15, 1999 | title=2000 Portland Fire Transactions | url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/POR/2000_transactions.html | access-date=2024-08-12 | website=Basketball-Reference.com | language=en}} |
| January 28, 2000 | Traded Coquese Washington to the Houston Comets in exchange for Mila Nikolich | ||||
| April 25, 2000 | Drafted Lynn Pride, Stacey Thomas, Maxann Reese and Rhonda Smith in the [2000 WNBA draft](2000-wnba-draft) | ||||
| May 28, 2000 | Traded Tari Phillips to the New York Liberty in exchange for Carolyn Jones-Young | ||||
| May 30, 2000 | Waived Maxann Reese and Nadine Domond |
Roster
Schedule
Regular season
|- | 1 | May 31 | Houston | L 89-93 (2OT) | Burras Witherspoon (19) | Vanessa Nygaard (11) | Stacey Thomas (6) | Rose Garden
| 0–1 |
|---|
| - |
| 2 |
| June 3 |
| @ Seattle |
| W 65-58 |
| Sylvia Crawley (18) |
| Tully Bevilaqua (8) |
| Tully Bevilaqua (4) |
| KeyArena |
| 1–1 |
| - |
| 3 |
| June 6 |
| @ Los Angeles |
| L 57-70 |
| Sophia Witherspoon (12) |
| Sylvia Crawley (7) |
| Marciniak |
| Pride (2) |
| Great Western Forum |
| 1–2 |
| - |
| 4 |
| June 8 |
| Utah |
| L 72-81 |
| Sylvia Crawley (25) |
| Vanessa Nygaard (8) |
| Bevilaqua |
| Pride (3) |
| Rose Garden |
| 1–3 |
| - |
| 5 |
| June 13 |
| Phoenix |
| L 69-75 |
| Sophia Witherspoon (19) |
| Burras |
| Thomas |
| Walker |
| Witherspoon (4) |
| Tully Bevilaqua (6) |
| Rose Garden |
| 1–4 |
| - |
| 6 |
| June 13 |
| @ Phoenix |
| L 80-81 (OT) |
| Sophia Witherspoon (22) |
| Alisa Burras (9) |
| Stacey Thomas (4) |
| America West Arena |
| 1–5 |
| - |
| 7 |
| June 17 |
| Los Angeles |
| L 81-94 |
| Sylvia Crawley (17) |
| Crawley |
| Nygaard (5) |
| Nygaard |
| Witherspoon (4) |
| Rose Garden |
| 1–6 |
| - |
| 8 |
| June 20 |
| Charlotte |
| L 85-87 (OT) |
| Sophia Witherspoon (23) |
| Sylvia Crawley (7) |
| Sophia Witherspoon (7) |
| Rose Garden |
| 1–7 |
| - |
| 9 |
| June 23 |
| Seattle |
| W 72-61 |
| Sylvia Crawley (20) |
| Sylvia Crawley (11) |
| Stacey Thomas (6) |
| Rose Garden |
| 2–7 |
| - |
| 10 |
| June 25 |
| @ Sacramento |
| L 76-92 |
| Sophia Witherspoon (17) |
| Alisa Burras (7) |
| Bevilaqua |
| Pride (4) |
| ARCO Arena |
| 2–8 |
| - |
| 11 |
| June 28 |
| Cleveland |
| W 80-69 |
| Burras |
| Witherspoon (22) |
| Alisa Burras (7) |
| Tully Bevilaqua (8) |
| Rose Garden |
| 3–8 |
| - |
| 12 |
| June 30 |
| @ Houston |
| L 39-79 |
| Alisa Burras (9) |
| Vanessa Nygaard (5) |
| Bevilaqua |
| Crawley |
| Marciniak |
| Nygaard |
| Thomas (2) |
| Compaq Center |
| 3–9 |
| - |
| - |
| 13 |
| July 2 |
| @ Minnesota |
| L 75-81 |
| Sophia Witherspoon (31) |
| Stacey Thomas (8) |
| Pride |
| Thomas |
| Witherspoon (4) |
| Target Center |
| 3–10 |
| - |
| 14 |
| July 3 |
| @ Indiana |
| W 68-64 |
| Sophia Witherspoon (20) |
| Sylvia Crawley (9) |
| Michelle Marciniak (3) |
| Conseco Fieldhouse |
| 4–10 |
| - |
| 15 |
| July 5 |
| @ New York |
| L 45-62 |
| Sophia Witherspoon (9) |
| Sylvia Crawley (9) |
| Bevilaqua |
| Marciniak (2) |
| Madison Square Garden |
| 4–11 |
| - |
| 16 |
| July 7 |
| Sacramento |
| L 60-63 |
| Sylvia Crawley (16) |
| Sylvia Crawley (8) |
| Stacey Thomas (6) |
| Rose Garden |
| 4–12 |
| - |
| 17 |
| July 9 |
| Washington |
| W 75-58 |
| Sophia Witherspoon (26) |
| Sylvia Crawley (5) |
| DeMya Walker (5) |
| Rose Garden |
| 5–12 |
| - |
| 18 |
| July 11 |
| @ Los Angeles |
| W 80-77 |
| Sophia Witherspoon (29) |
| Marciniak |
| Thomas |
| Van Gorp (5) |
| Thomas |
| Witherspoon (3) |
| Great Western Forum |
| 6–12 |
| - |
| 19 |
| July 12 |
| @ Utah |
| L 67-76 |
| Sophia Witherspoon (19) |
| Sylvia Crawley (7) |
| Marciniak |
| Thomas (2) |
| Delta Center |
| 6–13 |
| - |
| 20 |
| July 14 |
| Minnesota |
| W 65-54 |
| Sylvia Crawley (14) |
| Sylvia Crawley (10) |
| Stacey Thomas (8) |
| Rose Garden |
| 7–13 |
| - |
| 21 |
| July 19 |
| @ Miami |
| L 62-69 |
| DeMya Walker (12) |
| Stacey Thomas (6) |
| Michelle Marciniak (4) |
| American Airlines Arena |
| 7–14 |
| - |
| 22 |
| July 21 |
| @ Charlotte |
| L 64-73 |
| Sophia Witherspoon (25) |
| Vanessa Nygaard (10) |
| Stacey Thomas (5) |
| Charlotte Coliseum |
| 7–15 |
| - |
| 23 |
| July 23 |
| @ Minnesota |
| L 63-80 |
| Stacey Thomas (14) |
| Crawley |
| Thomas (7) |
| Stacey Thomas (6) |
| Target Center |
| 7–16 |
| - |
| 24 |
| July 24 |
| @ Detroit |
| W 61-57 |
| Sophia Witherspoon (18) |
| Sylvia Crawley (9) |
| Stacey Thomas (4) |
| The Palace of Auburn Hills |
| 8–16 |
| - |
| 25 |
| July 26 |
| Sacramento |
| L 70-73 |
| Sophia Witherspoon (22) |
| Sylvia Crawley (10) |
| Tully Bevilaqua (7) |
| Rose Garden |
| 8–17 |
| - |
| 26 |
| July 28 |
| Indiana |
| L 58-73 |
| Vanessa Nygaard (17) |
| Vanessa Nygaard (9) |
| Sylvia Crawley (3) |
| Rose Garden |
| 8–18 |
| - |
| 27 |
| July 30 |
| Orlando |
| W 76-55 |
| Sophia Witherspoon (27) |
| Stacey Thomas (8) |
| Stacey Thomas (9) |
| Rose Garden |
| 9–18 |
| - |
| - |
| 28 |
| August 1 |
| Miami |
| W 54-50 |
| Sophia Witherspoon (24) |
| Marciniak |
| Witherspoon (4) |
| Marciniak |
| Thomas |
| Witherspoon (2) |
| Rose Garden |
| 10–18 |
| - |
| 29 |
| August 4 |
| Houston |
| L 56-81 |
| Sophia Witherspoon (17) |
| Sophia Witherspoon (5) |
| Bevilaqua |
| Witherspoon (3) |
| Rose Garden |
| 10–19 |
| - |
| 30 |
| August 6 |
| @ Seattle |
| L 58-66 (OT) |
| Vanessa Nygaard (14) |
| Crawley |
| Nygaard (7) |
| Bevilaqua |
| Marciniak (3) |
| KeyArena |
| 10–20 |
| - |
| 31 |
| August 7 |
| @ Utah |
| L 73-83 |
| Michele Van Gorp (16) |
| Van Gorp |
| Walker (6) |
| Bevilaqua |
| Pride |
| Thomas (3) |
| Delta Center |
| 10–21 |
| - |
| 32 |
| August 9 |
| Phoenix |
| L 60-68 |
| Vanessa Nygaard (14) |
| Sylvia Crawley (7) |
| Tully Bevilaqua (7) |
| Rose Garden |
| 10–22 |
| - |
Season standings
Statistics
Regular season
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sophia Witherspoon | 32 | 32 | 33.2 | .384 | .368 | .871 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 16.8 |
| Sylvia Crawley | 31 | 30 | 30.0 | .480 | .000 | .696 | 6.0 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 11.5 |
| Stacey Thomas | 32 | 31 | 27.0 | .356 | .250 | .595 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 5.1 |
| Vanessa Nygaard | 32 | 28 | 26.3 | .435 | .333 | .759 | 3.8 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 7.9 |
| Tully Bevilaqua | 32 | 32 | 24.9 | .357 | .283 | .778 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 4.8 |
| Michelle Marciniak | 32 | 0 | 16.8 | .377 | .333 | .573 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 5.5 |
| Alisa Burras | 21 | 4 | 15.0 | .587 | N/A | .756 | 3.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 7.6 |
| Lynn Pride | 32 | 1 | 14.4 | .347 | .333 | .690 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 3.6 |
| DeMya Walker | 30 | 1 | 10.4 | .398 | .000 | .468 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 3.1 |
| Michele Van Gorp | 28 | 1 | 7.1 | .500 | N/A | .543 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 2.5 |
| Jamila Wideman | 5 | 0 | 7.0 | .000 | N/A | N/A | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Tara Williams | 26 | 0 | 6.7 | .449 | .341 | .500 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 3.1 |
‡Waived/Released during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season
References
References
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