2000 Portland Fire season
2000 Portland Fire season | |
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Coach | Linda Hargrove |
Arena | Rose Garden |
Attendance | 8,317 per game |
Results | |
Record | 10–22 (.313) |
Place | 7th (Western) |
Playoff finish | Did Not Qualify |
Team Leaders | |
Points | Sophia Witherspoon 16.8 ppg |
Rebounds | Sylvia Crawley 6.0 rpg |
Assists | Stacey Thomas 3.2 apg |
The 2000 WNBA season was the 1st season for the Portland Fire.
Offseason[]
Expansion Draft[]
Pick | Player | Nationality | WNBA Team | College/HS/Club Team |
4 | Alisa Burras (F) | ![]() |
Cleveland Rockers | Louisiana Tech |
5 | Sonja Henning (G) | ![]() |
Houston Comets | Stanford |
12 | Tari Phillips (C) | ![]() |
Orlando Miracle | Florida |
13 | Coquese Washington (G) | ![]() |
New York Liberty | Notre Dame |
20 | Molly Goodenbour (G) | ![]() |
Sacramento Monarchs | Stanford |
21 | Jamila Wideman (G) | ![]() |
Cleveland Rockers | Stanford |
WNBA Draft[]
Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
1 | 7 | Lynn Pride (G/F) | ![]() |
Kansas |
2 | 23 | Stacey Thomas (F) | ![]() |
Michigan |
3 | 39 | Maxann Reese (G) | ![]() |
Michigan State |
4 | 55 | Rhonda L Smith (C) | ![]() |
Long Beach State |
Regular season[]
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 |
Season schedule[]
Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Record |
---|---|---|---|---|
May 31 | Houston | 89-93 | Loss | 0-1 |
June 3 | @ Seattle | 65-58 | Win | 1-1 |
June 6 | @ Los Angeles | 57-70 | Loss | 1-2 |
June 8 | Utah | 72-81 | Loss | 1-3 |
June 13 | Phoenix | 69-75 | Loss | 1-4 |
June 14 | @ Phoenix | 80-81 | Loss | 1-5 |
June 17 | Los Angeles | 81-94 | Loss | 1-6 |
June 20 | Charlotte | 85-87 | Loss | 1-7 |
June 23 | Seattle | 72-61 | Win | 2-7 |
June 25 | @ Sacramento | 76-92 | Loss | 2-8 |
June 28 | Cleveland | 80-69 | Win | 3-8 |
June 30 | @ Houston | 39-79 | Loss | 3-9 |
July 2 | @ Minnesota | 75-81 | Loss | 3-10 |
July 3 | @ Indiana | 68-64 | Win | 4-10 |
July 5 | @ New York | 45-62 | Loss | 4-11 |
July 7 | Sacramento | 60-63 | Loss | 4-12 |
July 9 | Washington | 75-58 | Win | 5-12 |
July 11 | @ Los Angeles | 80-77 | Win | 6-12 |
July 12 | @ Utah | 67-76 | Loss | 6-13 |
July 14 | Minnesota | 65-54 | Win | 7-13 |
July 19 | @ Miami | 62-69 | Loss | 7-14 |
July 21 | @ Charlotte | 64-73 | Loss | 7-15 |
July 23 | @ Minnesota | 63-80 | Loss | 7-16 |
July 24 | @ Detroit | 61-57 | Win | 8-16 |
July 26 | Sacramento | 70-73 | Loss | 8-17 |
July 28 | Indiana | 58-73 | Loss | 8-18 |
July 30 | Orlando | 76-55 | Win | 9-18 |
August 1 | Miami | 54-50 | Win | 10-18 |
August 4 | Houston | 56-81 | Loss | 10-19 |
August 6 | @ Seattle | 58-66 | Loss | 10-20 |
August 7 | @ Utah | 73-83 | Loss | 10-21 |
August 9 | Phoenix | 60-68 | Loss | 10-22 |
Player stats[]
Player | Minutes | Field Goals | Rebounds | Assists | Steals | Blocks | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sophia Witherspoon | 1061 | 175 | 105 | 68 | 38 | 8 | 538 |
Sylvia Crawley | 930 | 143 | 185 | 34 | 29 | 24 | 357 |
Vanessa Nygaard | 843 | 91 | 121 | 30 | 17 | 5 | 253 |
Michelle Marciniak | 537 | 58 | 59 | 73 | 37 | 6 | 177 |
Stacey Thomas | 863 | 58 | 126 | 101 | 54 | 15 | 163 |
Alisa Burras | 314 | 64 | 74 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 159 |
Tully Bevilaqua | 796 | 40 | 95 | 89 | 41 | 6 | 153 |
Lynn Pride | 462 | 41 | 61 | 40 | 16 | 9 | 114 |
DeMya Walker | 311 | 15 | 47 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 92 |
Tara Williams | 174 | 31 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 80 |
Michele Van Gorp | 199 | 25 | 42 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 69 |
Jamila Wideman | 35 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
References[]
Categories:
- Portland Fire seasons
- 2000 WNBA season
- 2000 in sports in Oregon