# 2000 Minnesota Lynx season

The 2000 WNBA season was the second for the Minnesota Lynx franchise. They were close to making the WNBA Playoffs, but came up short for the second consecutive year.

## Transactions
### Seattle Storm expansion draft

The following players were selected in the Seattle Storm expansion draft from the Minnesota Lynx:
| Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| Angela Aycock | United States | Kansas |
| Charmin Smith | United States | Stanford |

### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 1 | 5 | Grace Daley | United States | Tulane |
| 1 | 6 | Betty Lennox | United States | Louisiana Tech |
| 1 | 10 | Maylana Martin | United States | UCLA |
| 2 | 22 | Marla Brumfield | United States | Rice |
| 2 | 24 | Keitha Dickerson | United States | Texas Tech |
| 3 | 38 | Phylesha Whaley | United States | Oklahoma |
| 4 | 54 | Jana Lichnerová | Czechoslovakia | Saint Joseph's |
| 4 | 56 | Shanele Stires | United States | Columbus Quest |

### Transactions

| Date | Transaction |
| December 15, 1999 | Lost Angela Aycock and Charmin Smith to the Seattle Storm in the WNBA expansion draft |
| February 21, 2000 | Traded Brandy Reed to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for a 2000 1st Round Pick |
| April 14, 2000 | Traded Marlies Askamp to the Miami Sol in exchange for a 2000 1st Round Pick, 2000 2nd Round Pick and 2000 4th Round Pick |
| April 25, 2000 | Drafted Grace Daley, Betty Lennox, Maylana Martin, Marla Brumfield, Keitha Dickerson, Phylesha Whaley, Jana Lichnerová and Shanele Stires in the 2000 WNBA Draft |
| May 3, 2000 | Signed Kate Paye |
| May 8, 2000 | Waived Jana Lichnerová |
| May 11, 2000 | Waived Phylesha Whaley |
| July 19, 2000 | Signed Angela Aycock |
| September 18, 2000 | Traded Grace Daley to the New York Liberty in exchange for 2001 1st Round Pick |

## 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
Cleveland
W 73-62
Katie Smith (34)
Katie Smith (7)
Dickerson Folkl Lennox (3)
Target Center
1–0 :
June: 8–5 (Home: 3–2; Road: 5–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
2
June 1
@ Utah
L 74-83
Kristin Folkl (20)
Kristin Folkl (8)
Keitha Dickerson (3)
Delta Center
1–1
3
June 3
Los Angeles
L 75-82
Katie Smith (33)
Betty Lennox (10)
Dickerson Smith(5)
Target Center
1–2
4
June 5
Detroit
W 88-68
Kristin Folkl (19)
Kristin Folkl (12)
Kristin Folkl (5)
Target Center
2–2
5
June 8
@ Orlando
W 71-57
Betty Lennox (24)
Betty Lennox (7)
Lloyd-Curry Smith (3)
TD Waterhouse Centre
3–2
6
June 10
@ Miami
W 66-55
Katie Smith (28)
Dickerson Lennox (8)
Dickerson Smith (3)
American Airlines Arena
4–2
7
June 15
Orlando
W 72-66
Betty Lennox (25)
Betty Lennox (6)
Andrea Lloyd-Curry (2)
Target Center
5–2
8
June 17
@ Phoenix
W 69-62
Katie Smith (26)
Kristin Folkl (8)
Grace Daley (4)
America West Arena
6–2
9
June 18
@ Houston
L 66-78
Katie Smith (18)
Betty Lennox (5)
Brumfield Lennox (4)
Compaq Center
6–3
10
June 20
Phoenix
L 55-74
Betty Lennox (14)
Kristin Folkl (6)
Kristin Folkl (4)
Target Center
6–4
11
June 22
Utah
W 86-64
Katie Smith (21)
Dickerson Martin (7)
Kate Paye (5)
Target Center
7–4
12
June 24
@ Cleveland
W 60-57 (OT)
Betty Lennox (28)
Andrea Lloyd-Curry (6)
Katie Smith (4)
Gund Arena
8–4
13
June 28
@ Sacramento
L 74-82
Katie Smith (22)
Kristin Folkl (6)
Katie Smith (4)
ARCO Arena
8–5
14
June 30
@ Seattle
W 65-53
Katie Smith (19)
Grace Daley (8)
Folkl Lloyd-Curry (4)
KeyArena
9–5 :
July: 4–9 (Home: 3–4; Road: 1–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
15
July 2
Portland
W 81-75
Katie Smith (32)
Kristin Folkl (7)
Betty Lennox (6)
Target Center
10–5
16
July 5
Seattle
L 60-67
Dickerson Folkl (15)
Keitha Dickerson (7)
Kristin Folkl (4)
Target Center
10–6
17
July 7
New York
L 70-76
Betty Lennox (20)
Betty Lennox (12)
Dickerson Smith (5)
Target Center
10–7
18
July 9
Houston
L 60-70
Katie Smith (18)
Kristin Folkl (9)
Kristin Folkl (6)
Target Center
10–8
19
July 11
@ Phoenix
L 54-64
Katie Smith (24)
Daley Dickerson Folkl (5)
Grace Daley (6)
America West Arena
10–9
20
July 14
@ Portland
L 54-65
Betty Lennox (15)
Betty Lennox (12)
Kate Paye (4)
Rose Garden
10–10
21
July 15
@ Los Angeles
L 57-58
Betty Lennox (21)
Daley Lennox Paye (9)
Folkl Smith (3)
Great Western Forum
10–11
22
July 20
@ Sacramento
L 56-73
Katie Smith (23)
Betty Lennox (9)
Betty Lennox (7)
ARCO Arena
10–12
23
July 21
@ Seattle
L 61-67
Katie Smith (20)
Kristin Folkl (12)
Katie Smith (5)
KeyArena
10–13
24
July 23
Portland
W 80-63
Betty Lennox (26)
Betty Lennox (6)
Katie Smith (6)
Target Center
11–13
25
July 28
Miami
W 68-44
Katie Smith (25)
Kristin Folkl (8)
Daley Lennox (4)
Target Center
12–13
26
July 29
@ Washington
W 87-85
Betty Lennox (31)
Dickerson Lennox (6)
Grace Daley (7)
MCI Center
13–13
27
July 31
Los Angeles
L 66-73
Betty Lennox (20)
Kristin Folkl (8)
Keitha Dickerson (5)
Target Center
13–14 :
August: 2–3 (Home: 1–2; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
28
August 2
Utah
L 62-72
Betty Lennox (21)
Dickerson Martin (5)
Betty Lennox (3)
Target Center
13–15
29
August 4
Sacramento
L 63-74
Katie Smith (24)
Keitha Dickerson (5)
Dickerson Martin (4)
Target Center
13–16
30
August 6
Indiana
W 80-75
Betty Lennox (27)
Dickerson Folkl (8)
Betty Lennox (8)
Target Center
14–16
31
August 8
@ Charlotte
W 76-67
Betty Lennox (27)
Dickerson Lennox (6)
Kristin Folkl (6)
Charlotte Coliseum
15–16
32
August 9
@ Houston
L 64-77
Katie Smith (22)
Betty Lennox (8)
Lennox Smith (6)
Compaq Center
15–17 :

### 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 |
| Katie Smith | 32 | 32 | 37.3 | .421 | .379 | .869 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 20.2 |
| Betty Lennox | 32 | 31 | 30.8 | .427 | .396 | .800 | 5.6 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 16.9 |
| Kristin Folkl | 32 | 20 | 26.4 | .450 | .211 | .702 | 4.8 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 7.6 |
| Keitha Dickerson | 32 | 29 | 24.7 | .380 | .000 | .756 | 4.4 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 4.4 |
| Andrea Lloyd-Curry | 14 | 2 | 23.8 | .382 | .344 | .706 | 3.1 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 5.4 |
| Marla Brumfield | 32 | 17 | 19.2 | .465 | .111 | .690 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 3.9 |
| Grace Daley | 30 | 4 | 19.2 | .388 | .304 | .646 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 5.8 |
| Maylana Martin | 30 | 13 | 15.2 | .458 | .263 | .594 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 4.4 |
| Kate Paye | 28 | 12 | 14.6 | .328 | .293 | .667 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 2.0 |
| Sonja Tate | 8 | 0 | 11.8 | .455 | .545 | .500 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 3.4 |
| Shanele Stires | 21 | 0 | 5.6 | .448 | .500 | .667 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.7 |
| Angie Potthoff | 3 | 0 | 2.7 | .000 | .000 | N/A | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Angela Aycock | 3 | 0 | 2.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
$^‡$Waived/Released during the season $^†$Traded during the season $^≠$Acquired during the season