# 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 | United States | 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 | United States | Florida |

### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 1 | 16 | Elena Shakirova | Soviet Union | Dynamo Moscow (Russia) |
| 2 | 32 | Andrea Garner | United States | Penn State |
| 3 | 48 | Latavia Coleman | United States | Florida State |
| 4 | 64 | Abbie Willenborg | United States | Marquette |

### Transactions

| Date | Transaction |
| December 15, 1999 | Lost Kara Wolters to the Indiana Fever in the WNBA expansion draft |
| December 15, 1999 | Lost Sophia Witherspoon to the Portland Fire in the WNBA expansion draft |
| January 28, 2000 | Traded 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 Draft |
| April 25, 2000 | Traded Latavia Coleman to the Indiana Fever in exchange for Latina Davis and Renee Robinson |
| May 27, 2000 | Traded Andrea Garner to the Seattle Storm in exchange for a 2001 4th Round Pick |

## Schedule
### Regular season

2000 game log Total: 27–5 (Home: 14–2; Road: 13–3) :
May: 2–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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 :
June: 12–2 (Home: 6–1; Road: 6–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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 :
July: 8–3 (Home: 5–1; Road: 3–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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 :
August: 5–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 3–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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

2000 playoff game log :
First round vs. Sacramento Monarchs Won Series: 2–0
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
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 :
Conference Finals vs. Los Angeles Sparks Won Series: 2–0
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
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 :
Championship vs. New York Liberty Won Series: 2–0
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
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 :
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 |
| 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 | 29 | 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 | 2.6 |
| Kelley Gibson | 17 | 0 | 4.5 | .368 | .429 | .875 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.4 |
$^‡$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