# 2000 Orlando Miracle season

The 2000 WNBA season was their second in the league. The Miracle made to the playoffs for the first time in franchise history, only to lose to the Cleveland Rockers in three games.

## Transactions
### Miami Sol expansion draft

The following players were selected in the Miami Sol expansion draft from the Orlando Miracle:
| Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| Yolanda Moore | United States | Ole Miss |

### Portland Fire expansion draft

The following players were selected in the Portland Fire expansion draft from the Orlando Miracle:
| Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| Tari Phillips | United States | UCF |

### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 1 | 4 | Cíntia dos Santos | Brazil | Brazil |
| 2 | 20 | Jannon Roland | United States | New England Blizzard |
| 3 | 36 | Shawnetta Stewart | United States | Rutgers |
| 4 | 52 | Romana Hamzová | Czechoslovakia | Gambrinus Brno (Czech Republic) |

### Transactions

| Date | Transaction |
| December 15, 1999 | Lost Yolanda Moore to the Miami Sol in the WNBA expansion draft |
| December 15, 1999 | Lost Tari Phillips to the Portland Fire in the WNBA expansion draft |
| April 25, 2000 | Drafted Cíntia dos Santos, Jannon Roland, Shawnetta Stewart and Romana Hamzová in the 2000 WNBA Draft |

## Schedule
### Regular season

2000 game log Total: 16–16 (Home: 11–5; Road: 5–11) :
May: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 31
@ Washington
L 66-92
Shannon Johnson (16)
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (8)
S. Johnson Powell (5)
MCI Center
0–1 :
June: 9–5 (Home: 5–3; Road: 4–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
2
June 1
Charlotte
W 82-79
Nykesha Sales (24)
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (9)
Shannon Johnson (7)
TD Waterhouse Centre
1–1
3
June 3
@ Indiana
W 88-82
Shannon Johnson (16)
dos Santos McWilliams-Franklin (5)
Shannon Johnson (10)
Conseco Fieldhouse
2–1
4
June 5
Sacramento
W 75-68
Nykesha Sales (22)
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (12)
Shannon Johnson (8)
TD Waterhouse Centre
3–1
5
June 7
@ Cleveland
L 79-83 (OT)
Nykesha Sales (24)
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (8)
Shannon Johnson (8)
Gund Arena
3–2
6
June 8
Minnesota
L 57-71
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (18)
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (9)
Shannon Johnson (3)
TD Waterhouse Centre
3–3
7
June 10
@ Charlotte
W 74-71
McWilliams-Franklin Sales (20)
dos Santos McWilliams-Franklin (6)
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (6)
Charlotte Coliseum
4–3
8
June 13
@ Utah
W 88-80
Shannon Johnson (19)
Nykesha Sales (6)
Shannon Johnson (12)
Delta Center
5–3
9
June 15
@ Minnesota
L 66-72
Nykesha Sales (23)
Cíntia dos Santos (11)
Shannon Johnson (3)
Target Center
5–4
10
June 17
Indiana
L 54-79
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (11)
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (6)
Shannon Johnson (4)
TD Waterhouse Centre
5–5
11
June 22
Cleveland
W 77-64
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (22)
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (11)
dos Santos S. Johnson McWilliams-Franklin Powell Sales (3)
TD Waterhouse Centre
6–5
12
June 24
Charlotte
W 69-68
Nykesha Sales (22)
Nykesha Sales (10)
Cíntia dos Santos (4)
TD Waterhouse Centre
7–5
13
June 26
Houston
L 58-70
McWilliams-Franklin Sales (14)
Shannon Johnson (11)
Shannon Johnson (6)
TD Waterhouse Centre
7–6
14
June 28
Miami
W 61-53
Shannon Johnson (14)
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (8)
Shannon Johnson (4)
TD Waterhouse Centre
8–6
15
June 30
@ Miami
W 66-63
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (17)
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (9)
Adrienne Johnson (10)
American Airlines Arena
9–6 :
July: 5–7 (Home: 4–2; Road: 1–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
16
July 1
New York
W 69-57
Shannon Johnson (23)
Shannon Johnson (11)
Adrienne Johnson (3)
TD Waterhouse Centre
10–6
17
July 6
Indiana
W 72-60
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (22)
Shannon Johnson (7)
Shannon Johnson (4)
TD Waterhouse Centre
11–6
18
July 8
Seattle
W 64-53
Adrienne Johnson (18)
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (9)
Elaine Powell (5)
TD Waterhouse Centre
12–6
19
July 9
@ Detroit
W 68-62
Adrienne Johnson (17)
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (11)
Shannon Johnson (5)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
13–6
20
July 12
@ Cleveland
L 72-74
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (22)
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (7)
Elaine Powell (5)
Gund Arena
13–7
21
July 14
New York
L 51-55
Adrienne Johnson (22)
Adrienne Johnson (10)
Shannon Johnson (3)
TD Waterhouse Centre
13–8
22
July 19
Detroit
W 88-78
Nykesha Sales (20)
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (10)
Nykesha Sales (7)
TD Waterhouse Centre
14–8
23
July 21
@ Washington
L 59-61
Shannon Johnson (17)
Shannon Johnson (8)
Shannon Johnson (5)
MCI Center
14–9
24
July 23
Utah
L 66-69
A. Johnson McWilliams-Franklin (18)
Cíntia dos Santos (11)
Shannon Johnson (7)
Madison Square Garden
14–10
25
July 25
@ Los Angeles
L 63-78
Cíntia dos Santos (14)
Shannon Johnson (7)
Shannon Johnson (6)
Great Western Forum
14–11
26
July 27
@ Sacramento
L 66-73
Nykesha Sales (25)
Shannon Johnson (10)
Shannon Johnson (9)
ARCO Arena
14–12
27
July 30
@ Portland
L 55-76
Adrienne Johnson (20)
Shannon Johnson (8)
Shannon Johnson (4)
Rose Garden
14–13 :
August: 2–3 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
28
August 1
@ Phoenix
L 77-84
Adrienne Johnson (24)
Carla McGhee (7)
Shannon Johnson (7)
America West Arena
14–14
29
August 4
@ New York
L 57-70
Adrienne Johnson (14)
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (14)
Shannon Johnson (9)
Madison Square Garden
14–15
30
August 6
Detroit
W 92-63
Adrienne Johnson (10)
dos Santos McWilliams-Franklin (8)
Shannon Johnson (9)
TD Waterhouse Centre
15–15
31
August 7
Washington
W 65-57
Nykesha Sales (16)
dos Santos Sales (7)
Shannon Johnson (4)
TD Waterhouse Centre
16–15
32
August 9
@ Miami
L 64-68 (OT)
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (23)
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (13)
Shannon Johnson (6)
American Airlines Arena
16–16 :

### Playoffs

2000 playoff game log :
First round vs. Cleveland Rockers Won Series: 2–0
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
August 11
Cleveland
W 62–55
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (16)
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (10)
Shannon Johnson (5)
TD Waterhouse Centre
1–0
2
August 13
@ Cleveland
L 54–63
Adrienne Johnson (17)
Shannon Johnson (9)
Shannon Johnson (7)
Gund Arena
1–1
3
August 15
@ Cleveland
L 43–72
Nykesha Sales (13)
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (8)
dos Santos A. Johnson S. Johnson McWilliams-Franklin (10)
Gund Arena
1–2 :
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 |
| Shannon Johnson | 32 | 32 | 35.2 | .395 | .333 | .743 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 11.9 |
| Adrienne Johnson | 32 | 31 | 34.4 | .445 | .351 | .895 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 13.6 |
| Taj McWilliams-Franklin | 32 | 32 | 34.3 | .524 | .294 | .713 | 7.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 13.7 |
| Nykesha Sales | 32 | 32 | 31.1 | .444 | .395 | .694 | 4.3 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 13.4 |
| Cíntia dos Santos | 32 | 31 | 25.6 | .423 | .000 | .702 | 3.9 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 7.1 |
| Elaine Powell | 20 | 1 | 17.4 | .394 | .333 | .773 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 3.6 |
| Carla McGhee | 32 | 0 | 12.8 | .361 | .000 | .692 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 2.7 |
| Tiffany McCain | 25 | 0 | 8.6 | .306 | .227 | .889 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| Jannon Roland | 21 | 0 | 8.2 | .351 | .300 | .500 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.6 |
| Jessie Hicks | 26 | 1 | 6.0 | .435 | N/A | .621 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.5 |
| LaCharlotte Smith | 3 | 0 | 4.0 | .667 | .000 | 1.000 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 1.7 |
| Romana Hamzová | 15 | 0 | 2.9 | .182 | .000 | .500 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Cornelia Gayden | 3 | 0 | 2.3 | .500 | .000 | N/A | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
$^‡$Waived/Released during the season $^†$Traded during the season $^≠$Acquired during the season

## Awards and honors

* Shannon Johnson, Taj McWilliams-Franklin and Nykesha Sales were named to the WNBA All-Star team.
* Shannon Johnson was named to the All-WNBA Second Team for the second time in her career.