# 2000 Phoenix Mercury season

The 2000 WNBA season was the fourth season for the Phoenix Mercury. They made the playoffs for the first time in two years but were swept in the first round to the Los Angeles Sparks. It was the last time Phoenix were in the playoffs until the 2007 season.

## Transactions
### Seattle Storm expansion draft

The following players were selected in the Seattle Storm expansion draft from the Phoenix Mercury:
| Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| Edna Campbell | United States | Texas |
| Toni Foster | United States | Iowa |

### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 2 | 21 | Adrian Williams | United States | USC |
| 3 | 37 | Tauja Catchings | United States | Illinois |
| 4 | 53 | Shantia Owens | United States | Kentucky |

### Transactions

| Date | Transaction |
| December 15, 1999 | Lost Edna Campbell and Toni Foster to the Seattle Storm in the WNBA expansion draft |
| February 21, 2000 | Traded a 2000 1st Round Pick to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Brandy Reed |
| April 25, 2000 | Drafted Adrian Williams, Tauja Catchings and Shantia Owens in the 2000 WNBA Draft |
| April 25, 2000 | Traded Shantia Owens to the Miami Sol in exchange for a 2001 4th Round Pick |
| May 28, 2000 | Waived Adia Barnes |
| June 19, 2000 | Signed Dena Head |
| June 19, 2000 | Waived Mactabene Amachree |
| July 30, 2000 | Signed Nicole Kubik |

## Schedule
### Regular season

2000 game log Total: 20–12 (Home: 11–5; Road: 9–7) :
May: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 31
New York
W 51-48
Brandy Reed (22)
Brandy Reed (7)
Michelle Cleary (3)
America West Arena
1–0 :
June: 8–5 (Home: 2–1; Road: 6–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
2
June 3
@ Houston
W 80-62
Brandy Reed (32)
Brandy Reed (5)
Michelle Cleary (5)
Compaq Center
2–0
3
June 6
@ Utah
L 61-76
Edwards Reed (13)
Brandy Reed (8)
Michelle Cleary (3)
Delta Center
2–1
4
June 7
Seattle
W 82-49
Brandy Reed (24)
Maria Stepanova (12)
Brogan Cleary Timms (3)
America West Arena
3–1
5
June 10
@ Los Angeles
L 57-76
Michele Timms (11)
Bridget Pettis (7)
Tonya Edwards (4)
Great Western Forum
3–2
6
June 13
@ Portland
W 75-69
Brandy Reed (23)
Brandy Reed (5)
Michele Timms (6)
Rose Garden
4–2
7
June 14
Portland
W 81-80 (OT)
Jennifer Gillom (28)
Brogan Gillom (7)
Michele Timms (5)
America West Arena
5–2
8
June 17
Minnesota
L 62-69
Brandy Reed (22)
Maria Stepanova (8)
Jennifer Gillom (4)
America West Arena
5–3
9
June 20
@ Minnesota
W 74-55
Bridget Pettis (22)
Michelle Brogan (9)
Bridget Pettis (5)
Target Center
6–3
10
June 22
@ Charlotte
W 90-57
Brandy Reed (32)
Brandy Reed (13)
Brandy Reed (6)
Charlotte Coliseum
7–3
11
June 24
@ Miami
W 67-44
Tonya Edwards (12)
Maria Stepanova (7)
Brandy Reed (4)
American Airlines Arena
8–3
12
June 25
@ Cleveland
L 61-64
Brandy Reed (19)
Gillom Reed (6)
Gillom Pettis (4)
Gund Arena
8–4
13
June 28
@ New York
L 69-82
Michelle Brogan (17)
Brandy Reed (7)
Michelle Cleary (6)
Madison Square Garden
8–5
14
June 30
@ Washington
W 66-57
Brandy Reed (25)
Maria Stepanova (7)
Cleary Pettis (4)
MCI Center
9–5 :
July: 8–5 (Home: 6–2; Road: 2–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
15
July 2
@ Houston
L 58-69
Tonya Edwards (14)
Harrison Stepanova (5)
Brandy Reed (3)
Compaq Center
9–6
16
July 6
Detroit
W 83-69
Brandy Reed (22)
Brandy Reed (10)
Brandy Reed (8)
America West Arena
10–6
17
July 8
@ Indiana
W 66-65
Rankica Šarenac (15)
Brandy Reed (8)
Tonya Edwards (3)
Conseco Fieldhouse
11–6
18
July 11
Minnesota
W 64-54
Lisa Harrison (22)
Lisa Harrison (8)
Cleary Reed (4)
America West Arena
12–6
19
July 13
Sacramento
W 72-64
Brandy Reed (25)
Brandy Reed (10)
Brandy Reed (5)
America West Arena
13–6
20
July 14
@ Utah
L 84-87
Brandy Reed (25)
Rankica Šarenac (8)
Michelle Cleary (4)
Delta Center
13–7
21
July 19
Utah
W 86-76
Brandy Reed (31)
Harrison Reed (5)
Michelle Cleary (12)
America West Arena
14–7
22
July 21
Los Angeles
L 68-74
Brandy Reed (21)
Brandy Reed (10)
Michelle Cleary (6)
America West Arena
14–8
23
July 22
@ Sacramento
L 60-61
Brandy Reed (22)
Lisa Harrison (8)
Tonya Edwards (4)
ARCO Arena
14–9
24
July 24
Cleveland
W 67-57
Brandy Reed (31)
Harrison Reed (8)
Bridget Pettis (3)
America West Arena
15–9
25
July 26
Indiana
W 79-65
Brandy Reed (24)
Jennifer Gillom (9)
Head Reed (4)
America West Arena
16–9
26
July 28
@ Seattle
W 65-55
Brandy Reed (25)
Brandy Reed (9)
Brandy Reed (3)
KeyArena
17–9
27
July 30
Sacramento
L 63-70
Jennifer Gillom (23)
Jennifer Gillom (9)
Bridget Pettis (5)
America West Arena
17–10 :
August: 3–2 (Home: 2–2; Road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
28
August 1
Orlando
W 84-77
Jennifer Gillom (28)
Jennifer Gillom (7)
Michelle Brogan (4)
America West Arena
18–10
29
August 3
Seattle
W 85-63
Edwards Harrison (15)
Adrian Williams (10)
Tonya Edwards (4)
America West Arena
19–10
30
August 5
Los Angeles
L 63-77
Brandy Reed (25)
Brandy Reed (7)
Brandy Reed (5)
America West Arena
19–11
31
August 7
Houston
L 54-71
Brandy Reed (21)
Jennifer Gillom (6)
Brogan Pettis Reed (3)
America West Arena
19–12
32
August 9
@ Portland
W 68-60
Brandy Reed (18)
Harrison Reed (7)
Lisa Harrison (4)
Rose Garden
20–12 :

### Playoffs

2000 playoff game log :
First round vs. Los Angeles Sparks Lost Series: 0–2
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
August 11
Los Angeles
L 71–86
Brandy Reed (17)
Lisa Harrison (9)
Brandy Reed (6)
America West Arena
0–1
2
August 13
@ Los Angeles
L 76–101
Gillom Harrison (16)
Michelle Brogan (6)
Lisa Harrison (5)
Great Western Forum
0–2 :
2000 playoff schedule :

### Season standings

| Western Conference | W | L | PCT | Conf. | GB |
| Los Angeles Sparks $^x$ | 28 | 4 | .875 | 17–4 | – |
| Houston Comets $^x$ | 27 | 5 | .844 | 17–4 | 1.0 |
| Sacramento Monarchs $^x$ | 21 | 11 | .656 | 13–8 | 7.0 |
| Phoenix Mercury $^x$ | 20 | 12 | .625 | 11–10 | 8.0 |
| Utah Starzz $^o$ | 18 | 14 | .563 | 13–8 | 10.0 |
| Minnesota Lynx $^o$ | 15 | 17 | .469 | 5–16 | 13.0 |
| Portland Fire $^o$ | 10 | 22 | .313 | 4–17 | 18.0 |
| Seattle Storm $^o$ | 6 | 26 | .188 | 4–17 | 22.0 |

## Statistics
### Regular Season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Brandy Reed | 32 | 30 | 34.1 | .507 | .419 | .901 | 5.9 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 19.0 |
| Tonya Edwards | 32 | 32 | 28.9 | .376 | .307 | .782 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 10.6 |
| Jennifer Gillom | 30 | 30 | 27.5 | .440 | .275 | .745 | 3.9 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 12.5 |
| Michelle Brogan | 28 | 23 | 25.9 | .511 | .320 | .797 | 4.0 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 7.5 |
| Lisa Harrison | 31 | 20 | 24.2 | .526 | .667 | .811 | 3.9 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 6.5 |
| Michele Timms | 8 | 8 | 22.0 | .367 | .235 | 1.000 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 3.8 |
| Michelle Cleary | 24 | 7 | 21.2 | .311 | .333 | .704 | 1.5 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 2.5 |
| Bridget Pettis | 32 | 6 | 18.2 | .357 | .267 | .803 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 5.9 |
| Adrian Williams | 28 | 2 | 12.5 | .403 | N/A | .526 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 2.8 |
| Maria Stepanova | 15 | 1 | 11.3 | .444 | N/A | .600 | 3.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 3.8 |
| Dena Head | 17 | 1 | 8.8 | .364 | .143 | .625 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.6 |
| Rankica Šarenac | 20 | 0 | 7.1 | .523 | 1.000 | .630 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 3.2 |
| Nicole Kubik | 4 | 0 | 4.8 | .333 | .000 | 1.000 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 |
| Amanda Wilson | 3 | 0 | 3.0 | .000 | N/A | .500 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
$^‡$Waived/Released during the season $^†$Traded during the season $^≠$Acquired during the season