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: Player Nationality 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: Player Nationality School/Team/Country Sophia Witherspoon Florida

WNBA draft

Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 1 16 Elena Shakirova Dynamo Moscow (Russia) 2 32 Andrea Garner Penn State348Latavia ColemanFlorida State464Abbie WillenborgMarquette

Transactions DateTransaction December 15, 1999 Lost Kara Wolters to the Indiana Fever in the WNBA expansion draftLost Sophia Witherspoon to the Portland Fire in the WNBA expansion draftJanuary 28, 2000Traded 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 draftTraded Latavia Coleman to the Indiana Fever in exchange for Latina Davis and Renee RobinsonMay 27, 2000Traded Andrea Garner to the Seattle Storm in exchange for a 2001 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 Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG 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 2.6Kelley Gibson1704.5.368 .429.8750.70.10.10.01.4 ‡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

External links Comets on Basketball Reference