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2000 Utah Starzz season
The 2000 WNBA season was the 4th season for the Utah Starzz. The team finished the season with a winning record, but fell short for the WNBA Playoffs, falling two games back to the Phoenix Mercury.
Transactions
Indiana Fever expansion draft
The following player was selected in the Indiana Fever expansion draft from the Utah Starzz:
| Utah Starzz}}" width="10%" | Player | Utah Starzz}}" width="10%" | Nationality | Utah Starzz}}" width="10%" | School/Team/Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chantel Tremitiere | Auburn |
Miami Sol expansion draft
The following player was selected in the Miami Sol expansion draft from the Utah Starzz:
| Utah Starzz}}" width="10%" | Player | Utah Starzz}}" width="10%" | Nationality | Utah Starzz}}" width="10%" | School/Team/Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debbie Black | Saint Joseph's |
WNBA draft
| Utah Starzz}}" width="2%" | Round | Utah Starzz}}" width="5%" | Pick | Utah Starzz}}" width="10%" | Player | Utah Starzz}}" width="10%" | Nationality | Utah Starzz}}" width="10%" | School/Team/Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | Naomi Mulitauaopele | Stanford | ||||||
| 3 | 35 | Stacy Frese | Iowa State | ||||||
| 4 | 51 | Kristen Rasmussen | Michigan State |
Transactions
| Utah Starzz}}" width=125" | Date | Utah Starzz}}" colspan="2" | Transaction | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 15, 1999 | title=2000 Utah Starzz Transactions | url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/UTA/2000_transactions.html | access-date=2024-08-14 | website=Basketball-Reference.com | language=en}} |
| Lost Debbie Black to the Miami Sol in the WNBA expansion draft | |||||
| April 24, 2000 | Traded 2 [2000](2000-wnba-draft) 1st Round Picks to the Detroit Shock in exchange for Jennifer Azzi and a 2000 1st Round Pick | ||||
| April 25, 2000 | Drafted Naomi Mulitauaopele, Stacy Frese and Kristen Rasmussen in the [2000 WNBA draft](2000-wnba-draft) | ||||
| May 27, 2000 | Waived Krystyna Lara | ||||
| June 8, 2000 | Waived Kristen Rasmussen | ||||
| July 7, 2000 | Waived Katryna Gaither | ||||
| July 27, 2000 | Signed Kym Hope |
Roster
Schedule
Regular season
|- | 1 | May 31 | @ Los Angeles | L 62-69 | Natalie Williams (21) | Natalie Williams (14) | Dalma Iványi (3) | Great Western Forum
| 0–1 |
|---|
| - |
| 2 |
| June 1 |
| Minnesota |
| W 83-74 |
| Natalie Williams (16) |
| Natalie Williams (14) |
| Frese |
| Iványi (3) |
| Delta Center |
| 1–1 |
| - |
| 3 |
| June 3 |
| @ New York |
| L 76-87 |
| Adrienne Goodson (21) |
| Adrienne Goodson (10) |
| Goodson |
| Iványi (4) |
| Madison Square Garden |
| 1–2 |
| - |
| 4 |
| June 7 |
| Phoenix |
| W 76-61 |
| Natalie Williams (12) |
| Natalie Williams (15) |
| Dalma Iványi (4) |
| Delta Center |
| 2–2 |
| - |
| 5 |
| June 8 |
| @ Portland |
| W 81-72 |
| Kate Starbird (17) |
| Natalie Williams (16) |
| Dalma Iványi (7) |
| Rose Garden |
| 3–2 |
| - |
| 6 |
| June 10 |
| Houston |
| L 71-73 |
| Natalie Williams (17) |
| Natalie Williams (9) |
| Margo Dydek (5) |
| Delta Center |
| 3–3 |
| - |
| 7 |
| June 12 |
| @ Houston |
| L 85-107 |
| Adrienne Goodson (24) |
| Margo Dydek (7) |
| Korie Hlede (4) |
| Compaq Center |
| 3–4 |
| - |
| 8 |
| June 13 |
| Orlando |
| L 80-88 |
| Natalie Williams (17) |
| Natalie Williams (14) |
| Dydek |
| Goodson (5) |
| Delta Center |
| 3–5 |
| - |
| 9 |
| June 15 |
| Charlotte |
| W 96-68 |
| Adrienne Goodson (27) |
| Natalie Williams (18) |
| Dalma Iványi (5) |
| Delta Center |
| 4–5 |
| - |
| 10 |
| June 17 |
| Washington |
| W 70-67 |
| Natalie Williams (30) |
| Natalie Williams (13) |
| Goodson |
| Iványi (4) |
| Delta Center |
| 5–5 |
| - |
| 11 |
| June 18 |
| @ Seattle |
| W 56-53 |
| Margo Dydek (16) |
| Margo Dydek (7) |
| Adrienne Goodson (3) |
| KeyArena |
| 6–5 |
| - |
| 12 |
| June 20 |
| Seattle |
| W 66-63 |
| Adrienne Goodson (23) |
| Margo Dydek (8) |
| Dalma Iványi (4) |
| Delta Center |
| 7–5 |
| - |
| 13 |
| June 22 |
| @ Minnesota |
| L 64-86 |
| Adrienne Goodson (13) |
| Goodson |
| Herrig (7) |
| Korie Hlede (4) |
| Target Center |
| 7–6 |
| - |
| 14 |
| June 23 |
| Houston |
| L 66-83 |
| Adrienne Goodson (18) |
| Natalie Williams (8) |
| Dydek |
| Hlede (3) |
| Delta Center |
| 7–7 |
| - |
| 15 |
| June 26 |
| Sacramento |
| W 89-80 |
| Natalie Williams (21) |
| Natalie Williams (14) |
| Dalma Iványi (6) |
| Delta Center |
| 8–7 |
| - |
| 16 |
| June 30 |
| @ Sacramento |
| L 62-85 |
| Natalie Williams (19) |
| Margo Dydek (9) |
| Iványi |
| Williams (4) |
| ARCO Arena |
| 8–8 |
| - |
| - |
| 17 |
| July 1 |
| @ Seattle |
| W 81-60 |
| Natalie Williams (18) |
| Dydek |
| Williams (5) |
| Dalma Iványi (7) |
| KeyArena |
| 9–8 |
| - |
| 18 |
| July 7 |
| Detroit |
| L 69-73 |
| Natalie Williams (22) |
| Natalie Williams (11) |
| Azzi |
| Hlede (5) |
| Delta Center |
| 9–9 |
| - |
| 19 |
| July 9 |
| @ Los Angeles |
| L 72-92 |
| Adrienne Goodson (13) |
| Natalie Williams (8) |
| Azzi |
| Goodson (4) |
| Great Western Forum |
| 9–10 |
| - |
| 20 |
| July 12 |
| Portland |
| W 76-67 |
| Natalie Williams (22) |
| Natalie Williams (14) |
| Jennifer Azzi (4) |
| Delta Center |
| 10–10 |
| - |
| 21 |
| July 14 |
| Phoenix |
| W 87-84 |
| Korie Hlede (20) |
| Adrienne Goodson (7) |
| Jennifer Azzi (8) |
| Delta Center |
| 11–10 |
| - |
| 22 |
| July 15 |
| @ Sacramento |
| W 75-69 |
| Natalie Williams (29) |
| Natalie Williams (13) |
| Jennifer Azzi (8) |
| ARCO Arena |
| 12–10 |
| - |
| 23 |
| July 19 |
| @ Phoenix |
| L 76-86 |
| Natalie Williams (20) |
| Natalie Williams (14) |
| Jennifer Azzi (7) |
| America West Arena |
| 12–11 |
| - |
| 24 |
| July 21 |
| @ Miami |
| L 65-76 |
| Natalie Williams (18) |
| Natalie Williams (10) |
| Jennifer Azzi (2) |
| American Airlines Arena |
| 12–12 |
| - |
| 25 |
| July 23 |
| @ Orlando |
| W 69-66 |
| Natalie Williams (23) |
| Natalie Williams (12) |
| Jennifer Azzi (8) |
| TD Waterhouse Centre |
| 13–12 |
| - |
| 26 |
| July 26 |
| Cleveland |
| W 84-77 |
| Adrienne Goodson (27) |
| Natalie Williams (19) |
| Korie Hlede (7) |
| Delta Center |
| 14–12 |
| - |
| 27 |
| July 29 |
| Indiana |
| W 79-71 |
| Adrienne Goodson (29) |
| Natalie Williams (15) |
| Jennifer Azzi (9) |
| Delta Center |
| 15–12 |
| - |
| - |
| 28 |
| August 2 |
| @ Minnesota |
| W 72-62 |
| Jennifer Azzi (20) |
| Natalie Williams (11) |
| Jennifer Azzi (7) |
| Target Center |
| 16–12 |
| - |
| 29 |
| August 3 |
| @ Cleveland |
| L 71-74 |
| Korie Hlede (18) |
| Margo Dydek (7) |
| Jennifer Azzi (5) |
| Gund Arena |
| 16–13 |
| - |
| 30 |
| August 5 |
| @ Charlotte |
| L 82-84 |
| Natalie Williams (23) |
| Goodson |
| Williams (9) |
| Jennifer Azzi (9) |
| Charlotte Coliseum |
| 16–14 |
| - |
| 31 |
| August 7 |
| Portland |
| W 83-73 |
| Natalie Williams (25) |
| Natalie Williams (11) |
| Jennifer Azzi (7) |
| Delta Center |
| 17–14 |
| - |
| 32 |
| August 9 |
| Los Angeles |
| W 89-77 |
| Natalie Williams (26) |
| Natalie Williams (13) |
| Adrienne Goodson (6) |
| Delta Center |
| 18–14 |
| - |
Season standings
Statistics
Regular season
| Utah Starzz}}" width="6%" | Player | Utah Starzz}}" width="6%" | GP | Utah Starzz}}" width="6%" | GS | Utah Starzz}}" width="6%" | MPG | Utah Starzz}}" width="6%" | FG% | Utah Starzz}}" width="6%" | 3P% | Utah Starzz}}" width="6%" | FT% | Utah Starzz}}" width="6%" | RPG | Utah Starzz}}" width="5%" | APG | Utah Starzz}}" width="6%" | SPG | Utah Starzz}}" width="6%" | BPG | Utah Starzz}}" width="6%" | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jennifer Azzi | 15 | 15 | 37.3 | .452 | .417 | .930 | 2.7 | 6.1 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 9.6 | ||||||||||||
| Natalie Williams | 29 | 29 | 35.8 | .490 | .600 | .798 | 11.6 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 18.7 | ||||||||||||
| Adrienne Goodson | 29 | 28 | 32.0 | .480 | .276 | .687 | 5.7 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 17.2 | ||||||||||||
| Korie Hlede | 31 | 31 | 28.0 | .454 | .431 | .729 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 10.1 | ||||||||||||
| Margo Dydek | 32 | 32 | 24.2 | .445 | .143 | .796 | 5.5 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 3.0 | 9.2 | ||||||||||||
| Dalma Iványi | 27 | 16 | 18.1 | .313 | .279 | .750 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 3.4 | ||||||||||||
| LaTonya Johnson | 29 | 6 | 16.6 | .403 | .333 | .651 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 5.0 | ||||||||||||
| Amy Herrig | 25 | 0 | 13.6 | .480 | .000 | .613 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 3.6 | ||||||||||||
| Naomi Mulitauaopele | 22 | 3 | 13.2 | .594 | .667 | .750 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 4.5 | ||||||||||||
| Kate Starbird | 29 | 0 | 11.7 | .358 | .217 | .810 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 4.0 | ||||||||||||
| Stacy Frese | 21 | 0 | 10.6 | .333 | .346 | .917 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 3.0 | ||||||||||||
| Kristen Rasmussen | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||
| Katryna Gaither | 9 | 0 | 6.0 | .286 | N/A | 1.000 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.6 | ||||||||||||
| Kym Hope | 3 | 1 | 1.3 | .000 | N/A | 1.000 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
‡Waived/Released during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season
References
References
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