# 2004 Houston Comets season

The 2004 WNBA season was the eighth season for the Houston Comets. The Comets missed the playoffs for the first time in franchise history.

## Offseason
### Dispersal Draft

Based on the Comets' 2003 record, they would pick 8th and 11th in the Cleveland Rockers dispersal draft. The Comets picked Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough and Lucienne Berthieu.

### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | College/School/Team |
| 2 | 26 | Lindsay Taylor (C) | United States | UC-Santa Barbara |
| 3 | 37 | Stacy Stephens (C) | United States | Texas |

## Regular season
### Season standings

| Western Conference | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
| Los Angeles Sparks $^x$ | 25 | 9 | .735 | – | 15–2 | 10–7 | 16–6 |
| Seattle Storm $^x$ | 20 | 14 | .588 | 5.0 | 13–4 | 7–10 | 13–9 |
| Minnesota Lynx $^x$ | 18 | 16 | .529 | 7.0 | 11–6 | 7–10 | 12–10 |
| Sacramento Monarchs $^x$ | 18 | 16 | .529 | 7.0 | 10–7 | 8–9 | 12–10 |
| Phoenix Mercury $^o$ | 17 | 17 | .500 | 8.0 | 10–7 | 7–10 | 11–11 |
| Houston Comets $^o$ | 13 | 21 | .382 | 12.0 | 9–8 | 4–13 | 7–15 |
| San Antonio Silver Stars $^o$ | 9 | 25 | .265 | 16.0 | 6–11 | 3–14 | 6–16 |

### Season schedule

| Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Record |
| May 20 | San Antonio | 55-64 | Loss | 0-1 |
| May 21 | @ Charlotte | 60-53 | Win | 1-1 |
| May 23 | @ New York | 62-68 | Loss | 1-2 |
| May 25 | @ Connecticut | 68-57 | Win | 2-2 |
| May 30 | Sacramento | 63-57 | Win | 3-2 |
| June 1 | @ Phoenix | 63-73 | Loss | 3-3 |
| June 3 | New York | 62-71 | Loss | 3-4 |
| June 5 | Los Angeles | 75-71 | Win | 4-4 |
| June 9 | San Antonio | 59-47 | Win | 5-4 |
| June 12 | @ San Antonio | 69-66 (OT) | Win | 6-4 |
| June 18 | Seattle | 63-69 | Loss | 6-5 |
| June 19 | @ Minnesota | 58-66 | Loss | 6-6 |
| June 22 | @ Seattle | 63-57 | Win | 7-6 |
| June 25 | @ Sacramento | 55-61 | Loss | 7-7 |
| June 27 | Washington | 72-67 | Win | 8-7 |
| June 30 | @ Minnesota | 50-58 (OT) | Loss | 8-8 |
| July 3 | Charlotte | 55-62 | Loss | 8-9 |
| July 6 | @ Detroit | 63-82 | Loss | 8-10 |
| July 10 | Los Angeles | 56-59 | Loss | 8-11 |
| July 14 | @ Indiana | 62-70 | Loss | 8-12 |
| July 15 | Detroit | 97-61 | Win | 9-12 |
| July 17 | Connecticut | 72-56 | Win | 10-12 |
| July 23 | @ Los Angeles | 67-70 | Loss | 10-13 |
| July 24 | @ Seattle | 63-67 | Loss | 10-14 |
| July 27 | Seattle | 80-55 | Win | 11-14 |
| July 31 | Indiana | 62-54 | Win | 12-14 |
| September 1 | Minnesota | 64-72 | Loss | 12-15 |
| September 3 | Phoenix | 60-70 | Loss | 12-16 |
| September 9 | @ San Antonio | 72-77 | Loss | 12-17 |
| September 12 | @ Washington | 63-75 | Loss | 12-18 |
| September 14 | Minnesota | 70-59 | Win | 13-18 |
| September 16 | Sacramento | 62-71 | Loss | 13-19 |
| September 18 | @ Sacramento | 48-68 | Loss | 13-20 |
| September 19 | @ Phoenix | 64-78 | Loss | 13-21 |

## Player stats

| Player | Minutes | Field Goals | Rebounds | Assists | Steals | Blocks | Points |
| Tina Thompson | 943 | 180 | 157 | 48 | 22 | 23 | 520 |
| Sheryl Swoopes | 1070 | 181 | 153 | 91 | 47 | 16 | 459 |
| Michelle Snow | 893 | 104 | 239 | 31 | 28 | 35 | 276 |
| Sheila Lambert | 788 | 75 | 68 | 88 | 26 | 4 | 197 |
| Dominique Canty | 770 | 63 | 84 | 64 | 32 | 1 | 177 |
| Kedra Holland-Corn | 703 | 59 | 66 | 53 | 40 | 3 | 177 |
| Tiffani Johnson | 660 | 59 | 122 | 27 | 9 | 17 | 142 |
| Felicia Ragland | 517 | 44 | 67 | 38 | 25 | 3 | 118 |
| Octavia Blue | 155 | 42 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 44 |
| Lucienne Berthieu | 134 | 12 | 27 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 37 |
| Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough | 157 | 3 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 22 |
| LaTonya Johnson | 36 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Gordana Grubin | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |