2000 Phoenix Mercury season

The 2000 WNBA season was the fourth season for the Phoenix Mercury. They made the playoffs for the first time in two years but were swept in the first round to the Los Angeles Sparks. It was the last time Phoenix were in the playoffs until the 2007 season.

2000 Phoenix Mercury season
CoachCheryl Miller
ArenaAmerica West Arena
Attendance10,130 per game
Results
Record20–12 (.625)
Place4th (Western)
Playoff finishLost First Round (2-0) to Los Angeles Sparks

Transactions

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Seattle Storm expansion draft

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The following players were selected in the Seattle Storm expansion draft from the Phoenix Mercury:

Player Nationality School/Team/Country
Edna Campbell   United States Texas
Toni Foster   United States Iowa

WNBA draft

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Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
2 21 Adrian Williams   United States USC
3 37 Tauja Catchings   United States Illinois
4 53 Shantia Owens   United States Kentucky

Transactions

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Date Transaction
December 15, 1999 Lost Edna Campbell and Toni Foster to the Seattle Storm in the WNBA expansion draft[1]
February 21, 2000 Traded a 2000 1st Round Pick to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Brandy Reed[1]
April 25, 2000 Drafted Adrian Williams, Tauja Catchings and Shantia Owens in the 2000 WNBA Draft[1]
Traded Shantia Owens to the Miami Sol in exchange for a 2001 4th Round Pick[1]
May 28, 2000 Waived Adia Barnes[1]
June 19, 2000 Signed Dena Head[1]
Waived Mactabene Amachree[1]
July 30, 2000 Signed Nicole Kubik[1]

Roster

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2000 Phoenix Mercury roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
F 12   Brogan, Michelle 6' 1" (1.85m) 177 lb (80kg) 1973-02-08 1
G 4   Cleary, Michelle 5' 6" (1.68m) 1974-07-16 R
G 13   Edwards, Tonya 5' 10" (1.78m) 160 lb (73kg) 1968-03-13 Tennessee 1
F/C 22   Gillom, Jennifer 6' 3" (1.91m) 180 lb (82kg) 1964-06-13 Mississippi 3
F 3   Harrison, Lisa 6' 1" (1.85m) 164 lb (74kg) 1971-01-02 Tennessee 1
G 5   Head, Dena 5' 10" (1.78m) 175 lb (79kg) 1970-08-16 Tennessee 2
G 10   Kubik, Nicole 5' 9" (1.75m) 145 lb (66kg) 1978-03-01 Nebraska R
G 32   Pettis, Bridget 5' 9" (1.75m) 150 lb (68kg) 1971-01-01 Florida 3
F 23   Reed, Brandy 6' 1" (1.85m) 168 lb (76kg) 1977-02-17 Southern Miss 2
C 11   Šarenac, Rankica 6' 6" (1.98m) 222 lb (101kg) 1974-06-27 R
C 8   Stepanova, Maria 6' 8" (2.03m) 187 lb (85kg) 1979-01-23 2
G 7   Timms, Michele 5' 7" (1.7m) 132 lb (60kg) 1965-06-28 3
F/C 33   Williams, Adrian 6' 5" (1.96m) 170 lb (77kg) 1977-02-15 USC R
F 30   Wilson, Amanda 5' 11" (1.8m) 176 lb (80kg) 1977-02-06 Louisiana Tech 1
Head coach
  Cheryl Miller (USC)
Assistant coaches
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Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  •   Injured

Schedule

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Regular season

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2000 game log
Total: 20–12 (Home: 11–5; Road: 9–7)
May: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
1 May 31 New York W 51-48 Brandy Reed (22) Brandy Reed (7) Michelle Cleary (3) America West Arena 1–0
June: 8–5 (Home: 2–1; Road: 6–4)
July: 8–5 (Home: 6–2; Road: 2–3)
August: 3–2 (Home: 2–2; Road: 1–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
28 August 1 Orlando W 84-77 Jennifer Gillom (28) Jennifer Gillom (7) Michelle Brogan (4) America West Arena 18–10
29 August 3 Seattle W 85-63 Edwards
Harrison (15)
Adrian Williams (10) Tonya Edwards (4) America West Arena 19–10
30 August 5 Los Angeles L 63-77 Brandy Reed (25) Brandy Reed (7) Brandy Reed (5) America West Arena 19–11
31 August 7 Houston L 54-71 Brandy Reed (21) Jennifer Gillom (6) Brogan
Pettis
Reed (3)
America West Arena 19–12
32 August 9 @ Portland W 68-60 Brandy Reed (18) Harrison
Reed (7)
Lisa Harrison (4) Rose Garden 20–12

Playoffs

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2000 playoff game log
First round vs. Los Angeles Sparks
Lost Series: 0–2
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
1 August 11 Los Angeles L 71–86 Brandy Reed (17) Lisa Harrison (9) Brandy Reed (6) America West Arena 0–1
2 August 13 @ Los Angeles L 76–101 Gillom
Harrison (16)
Michelle Brogan (6) Lisa Harrison (5) Great Western Forum 0–2
2000 playoff schedule

Season standings

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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

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage  TO  Turnovers per game
 PF  Fouls per game Team leader League leader

Regular Season

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Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Brandy Reed 32 30 34.1 .507 .419 .901 5.9 2.7 2.1 0.7 19.0
Tonya Edwards 32 32 28.9 .376 .307 .782 2.4 1.8 1.1 0.3 10.6
Jennifer Gillom 30 30 27.5 .440 .275 .745 3.9 1.5 0.7 1.0 12.5
Michelle Brogan 28 23 25.9 .511 .320 .797 4.0 1.8 1.1 0.2 7.5
Lisa Harrison 31 20 24.2 .526 .667 .811 3.9 1.2 1.0 0.1 6.5
Michele Timms 8 8 22.0 .367 .235 1.000 2.0 2.3 1.9 0.3 3.8
Michelle Cleary 24 7 21.2 .311 .333 .704 1.5 3.2 1.4 0.1 2.5
Bridget Pettis 32 6 18.2 .357 .267 .803 1.9 1.4 1.0 0.1 5.9
Adrian Williams 28 2 12.5 .403 N/A .526 2.5 0.6 0.5 0.1 2.8
Maria Stepanova 15 1 11.3 .444 N/A .600 3.2 0.5 0.3 0.6 3.8
Dena Head 17 1 8.8 .364 .143 .625 1.1 0.9 0.2 0.0 1.6
Rankica Šarenac 20 0 7.1 .523 1.000 .630 1.5 0.4 0.0 0.1 3.2
Nicole Kubik 4 0 4.8 .333 .000 1.000 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.5
Amanda Wilson 3 0 3.0 .000 N/A .500 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.7


Waived/Released during the season
Traded during the season
Acquired during the season

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "2000 Phoenix Mercury Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 10, 2024.