# 2000 Washington Mystics season

The 2000 WNBA season was the third season for the Washington Mystics. The team clinched their first WNBA Playoff berth, eventually losing in a sweep to the New York Liberty.

## Transactions
### Indiana Fever expansion draft

The following player was selected in the Indiana Fever expansion draft from the Washington Mystics:
| Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| Nyree Roberts | United States | Old Dominion |
| Rita Williams | United States | UConn |

### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 1 | 2 | Tausha Mills | United States | Chicago Condors |
| 2 | 18 | Tonya Washington | United States | Florida |

### Transactions

| Date | Transaction |
| December 15, 1999 | Lost Nyree Roberts and Rita Williams to the Indiana Fever in the WNBA expansion draft |
| January 19, 2000 | Traded Shalonda Enis and a 2000 3rd Round Pick to the Charlotte Sting in exchange for Vicky Bullett |
| April 25, 2000 | Drafted Tausha Mills and Tonya Washington in the 2000 WNBA Draft |
| May 2, 2000 | Signed Beth Cunningham, Denique Graves, Itoro Coleman, Keisha Anderson, Kellie Harper, Michelle Campbell and Nakia Sanford |
| May 11, 2000 | Waived Denique Graves and Itoro Coleman |
| May 12, 2000 | Waived Penny Moore |
| May 25, 2000 | Signed Itoro Coleman and Nyree Roberts |
| May 28, 2000 | Waived Itoro Coleman and Nyree Roberts |
| July 14, 2000 | Fired Head Coach Nancy Darsch |
| July 14, 2000 | Hired Darrell Walker as Interim Head Coach |
| July 27, 2000 | Signed Renee Robinson |

## Schedule
### Regular season

2000 game log Total: 15–17 (Home: 8–8; Road: 7–9) :
May: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 31
Orlando
W 92-66
Chamique Holdsclaw (29)
Chamique Holdsclaw (12)
Andrea Nagy (10)
MCI Center
1–0 :
June: 6–6 (Home: 3–4; Road: 3–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
2
June 3
@ Cleveland
L 49-72
Nikki McCray (24)
Vicky Bullett (5)
Andrea Nagy (7)
Gund Arena
1–1
3
June 4
New York
W 79-67
Chamique Holdsclaw (22)
Vicky Bullett (6)
Andrea Nagy (7)
MCI Center
2–1
4
June 7
Houston
L 54-81
Chamique Holdsclaw (16)
Chamique Holdsclaw (7)
Andrea Nagy (3)
MCI Center
2–2
5
June 8
@ Miami
W 73-51
Nikki McCray (21)
Murriel Page (10)
Andrea Nagy (7)
American Airlines Arena
3–2
6
June 13
@ New York
W 57-56
Chamique Holdsclaw (23)
Chamique Holdsclaw (12)
Andrea Nagy (6)
Madison Square Garden
4–2
7
June 17
@ Utah
L 67-70
Nikki McCray (20)
Murriel Page (8)
Andrea Nagy (7)
Delta Center
4–3
8
June 19
Detroit
W 80-55
Vicky Bullett (22)
Murriel Page (11)
Andrea Nagy (7)
MCI Center
5–3
9
June 21
Miami
L 55-57
Chamique Holdsclaw (20)
Chamique Holdsclaw (8)
Andrea Nagy (4)
MCI Center
5–4
10
June 23
Sacramento
L 69-84
Nikki McCray (19)
Mills Page (4)
Andrea Nagy (10)
MCI Center
5–5
11
June 24
@ Detroit
W 76-70
Vicky Bullett (21)
Vicky Bullett (11)
Andrea Nagy (5)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
6–5
12
June 26
Los Angeles
L 72-74
Chamique Holdsclaw (25)
Vicky Bullett (10)
Andrea Nagy (5)
MCI Center
6–6
13
June 30
Phoenix
L 57-66
Nikki McCray (19)
Bullett Holdsclaw (7)
Andrea Nagy (6)
MCI Center
6–7 :
July: 5–8 (Home: 2–4; Road: 3–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
14
July 1
@ Charlotte
W 78-74
Nikki McCray (18)
Chamique Holdsclaw (11)
Anderson Holdsclaw (4)
Charlotte Coliseum
7–7
15
July 3
@ Seattle
W 60-55
Chamique Holdsclaw (21)
Chamique Holdsclaw (10)
Murriel Page (7)
KeyArena
8–7
16
July 6
@ Los Angeles
L 70-79
Nikki McCray (20)
Murriel Page (9)
Andrea Nagy (7)
Great Western Forum
8–8
17
July 8
@ Sacramento
L 56-78
Chamique Holdsclaw (16)
Tausha Mills (12)
Nikki McCray (3)
ARCO Arena
8–9
18
July 9
@ Portland
L 58-75
Chamique Holdsclaw (15)
Chamique Holdsclaw (12)
Andrea Nagy (4)
Delta Center
8–10
19
July 12
Indiana
L 58-81
Vicky Bullett (15)
Murriel Page (12)
Nikki McCray (4)
MCI Center
8–11
20
July 13
@ Miami
W 60-48
Nikki McCray (16)
Vicky Bullett (12)
McCray Nagy (3)
American Airlines Arena
9–11
21
July 15
Charlotte
L 73-76
Vicky Bullett (22)
Bullett Holdsclaw (8)
Anderson Nagy (5)
MCI Center
9–12
22
July 20
Indiana
W 85-74
Chamique Holdsclaw (30)
Chamique Holdsclaw (9)
Anderson Nagy Page (4)
MCI Center
10–12
23
July 21
Orlando
W 61-59
Chamique Holdsclaw (16)
Murriel Page (7)
Anderson Holdsclaw McCray (3)
MCI Center
11–12
24
July 24
New York
L 64-78
Murriel Page (18)
Murriel Page (11)
Keisha Anderson (6)
MCI Center
11–13
25
July 26
@ Charlotte
L 80-87
Chamique Holdsclaw (21)
Chamique Holdsclaw (9)
Keisha Anderson (11)
Charlotte Coliseum
11–14
26
July 29
Minnesota
L 85-87
Nikki McCray (24)
Murriel Page (12)
Nikki McCray (7)
MCI Center
11–15 :
August: 3–3 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
27
August 1
@ Houston
L 60-68
Chamique Holdsclaw (18)
Murriel Page (8)
Keisha Anderson (6)
Compaq Center
11–16
28
August 3
@ Indiana
W 75-71
Chamique Holdsclaw (22)
Chamique Holdsclaw (11)
Nikki McCray (7)
Conseco Fieldhouse
12–16
29
August 4
Detroit
W 96-72
Murriel Page (20)
Murriel Page (9)
Chamique Holdsclaw (6)
MCI Center
13–16
30
August 6
@ Cleveland
L 60-77
Chamique Holdsclaw (22)
Chamique Holdsclaw (6)
Keisha Anderson (4)
Gund Arena
13–17
31
August 7
@ Orlando
L 57-76
Bullett Holdsclaw (14)
Chamique Holdsclaw (12)
Chamique Holdsclaw (6)
TD Waterhouse Centre
13–18
32
August 9
Cleveland
W 60-48
Nikki McCray (20)
Chamique Holdsclaw (10)
Keisha Anderson (7)
MCI Center
14–18 :

### Playoffs

2000 playoff game log :
First round vs. New York Liberty Lost Series: 0–2
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
August 12
New York
L 63–72
Vicky Bullett (22)
Bullett Holdsclaw (8)
Nikki McCray (11)
MCI Center
0–1
2
August 14
@ New York
L 57–78
Aldridge Holdsclaw (12)
Markita Aldridge (4)
Markita Aldridge (5)
Madison Square Garden
0–2 :
2000 playoff schedule :

### Season standings

| Eastern Conference | W | L | PCT | Conf. | GB |
| New York Liberty $^x$ | 20 | 12 | .625 | 14–7 | – |
| Cleveland Rockers $^x$ | 17 | 15 | .531 | 13–8 | 3.0 |
| Orlando Miracle $^x$ | 16 | 16 | .500 | 13–8 | 4.0 |
| Washington Mystics $^x$ | 14 | 18 | .438 | 13–8 | 6.0 |
| Detroit Shock $^o$ | 14 | 18 | .438 | 10–11 | 6.0 |
| Miami Sol $^o$ | 13 | 19 | .406 | 9–12 | 7.0 |
| Indiana Fever $^o$ | 9 | 23 | .281 | 7–14 | 11.0 |
| Charlotte Sting $^o$ | 8 | 24 | .250 | 5–16 | 12.0 |

## Statistics
### Regular Season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Chamique Holdsclaw | 32 | 32 | 35.3 | .465 | .256 | .680 | 7.5 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 17.5 |
| Vicky Bullett | 32 | 32 | 34.2 | .486 | .324 | .714 | 5.7 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 10.7 |
| Nikki McCray | 32 | 32 | 32.7 | .434 | .331 | .769 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 15.5 |
| Murriel Page | 32 | 32 | 32.7 | .590 | N/A | .565 | 6.5 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 9.8 |
| Andrea Nagy | 23 | 23 | 30.2 | .392 | .359 | .808 | 2.7 | 5.1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 4.2 |
| Keisha Anderson | 30 | 9 | 14.5 | .426 | .375 | .778 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 2.5 |
| Tausha Mills | 31 | 0 | 9.5 | .438 | N/A | .745 | 2.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 4.2 |
| Markita Aldridge | 29 | 0 | 9.4 | .463 | .500 | .318 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 2.2 |
| Beth Cunningham | 21 | 0 | 9.4 | .250 | .243 | .842 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 2.8 |
| Heather Owen | 11 | 0 | 5.5 | .250 | N/A | N/A | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Tonya Washington | 19 | 0 | 5.4 | .276 | .429 | .667 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.4 |
| Michelle Campbell | 5 | 0 | 4.4 | .400 | N/A | 1.000 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.2 |
| Renee Robinson | 2 | 0 | 2.5 | .000 | .000 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
$^‡$Waived/Released during the season $^†$Traded during the season $^≠$Acquired during the season