The 2000 WNBA Season was the Women's National Basketball Association's fourth season.
The 2000 season saw four expansion teams join the league, the Indiana Fever, Miami Sol, Portland Fire, and Seattle Storm. The season ended with the Houston Comets winning their fourth WNBA championship.
2000 WNBA season | |
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League | Women's National Basketball Association |
Sport | Basketball |
Duration | May 29 - August 26, 2000 |
Number of games | 32 |
Number of teams | 16 |
Total attendance | 2,322,822 |
Average attendance | 9,074 |
TV partner(s) | ESPN, NBC, Lifetime |
2000 WNBA Draft | |
Top draft pick | Ann Wauters |
Picked by | Cleveland Rockers |
Regular season | |
Season MVP | Sheryl Swoopes (Houston) |
Playoffs | |
Eastern champions | New York Liberty |
Eastern runners-up | Cleveland Rockers |
Western champions | Houston Comets |
Western runners-up | Los Angeles Sparks |
Finals | |
Champions | Houston Comets |
Runners-up | New York Liberty |
Finals MVP | Cynthia Cooper (Houston) |
Eastern Conference
Eastern Conference | W | L | PCT | Conf. | GB |
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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 |
Western Conference
Western Conference | W | L | PCT | Conf. | GB |
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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 |
First Round Best of 3 | Conference Finals Best of 3 | WNBA Finals Best of 3 | ||||||||||||
E1 | New York | 2 | ||||||||||||
E4 | Washington | 0 | ||||||||||||
E1 | New York | 2 | ||||||||||||
Eastern Conference | ||||||||||||||
E2 | Cleveland | 1 | ||||||||||||
E2 | Cleveland | 2 | ||||||||||||
E3 | Orlando | 1 | ||||||||||||
E1 | New York | 0 | ||||||||||||
W2 | Houston | 2 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Los Angeles | 2 | ||||||||||||
W4 | Phoenix | 0 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Los Angeles | 0 | ||||||||||||
Western Conference | ||||||||||||||
W2 | Houston | 2 | ||||||||||||
W2 | Houston | 2 | ||||||||||||
W3 | Sacramento | 0 |
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