# 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:
| Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| Chantel Tremitiere | United States | Auburn |

### Miami Sol expansion draft

The following player was selected in the Miami Sol expansion draft from the Utah Starzz:
| Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| Debbie Black | United States | Saint Joseph's |

### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 1 | 12 | Naomi Mulitauaopele | United States | Stanford |
| 3 | 35 | Stacy Frese | United States | Iowa State |
| 4 | 51 | Kristen Rasmussen | United States | Michigan State |

### Transactions

| Date | Transaction |
| December 15, 1999 | Lost Chantel Tremitiere to the Indiana Fever in the WNBA expansion draft |
| December 15, 1999 | Lost Debbie Black to the Miami Sol in the WNBA expansion draft |
| April 24, 2000 | Traded 2 2000 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 |
| May 27, 2000 | Waived Krystyna Lara |
| June 8, 2000 | Waived Kristen Rasmussen |
| July 7, 2000 | Waived Katryna Gaither |
| July 27, 2000 | Signed Kym Hope |

## Schedule
### Regular season

2000 game log Total: 18–14 (Home: 12–4; Road: 6–10) :
May: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 31
@ Los Angeles
L 62-69
Natalie Williams (21)
Natalie Williams (14)
Dalma Iványi (3)
Great Western Forum
0–1 :
June: 8–7 (Home: 6–3; Road: 2–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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 :
July: 7–4 (Home: 4–1; Road: 3–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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 :
August: 3–2 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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

| 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 |
| 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