2000 Phoenix Mercury season

WNBA team 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
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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.

Transactions

Seattle Storm expansion draft

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

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

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

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

Schedule

Regular season

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)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
2 June 3 @ Houston W 80-62 Brandy Reed (32) Brandy Reed (5) Michelle Cleary (5) Compaq Center 2–0
3 June 6 @ Utah L 61-76 Edwards
Reed (13) 		Brandy Reed (8) Michelle Cleary (3) Delta Center 2–1
4 June 7 Seattle W 82-49 Brandy Reed (24) Maria Stepanova (12) Brogan
Cleary
Timms (3) 		America West Arena 3–1
5 June 10 @ Los Angeles L 57-76 Michele Timms (11) Bridget Pettis (7) Tonya Edwards (4) Great Western Forum 3–2
6 June 13 @ Portland W 75-69 Brandy Reed (23) Brandy Reed (5) Michele Timms (6) Rose Garden 4–2
7 June 14 Portland W 81-80 (OT) Jennifer Gillom (28) Brogan
Gillom (7) 		Michele Timms (5) America West Arena 5–2
8 June 17 Minnesota L 62-69 Brandy Reed (22) Maria Stepanova (8) Jennifer Gillom (4) America West Arena 5–3
9 June 20 @ Minnesota W 74-55 Bridget Pettis (22) Michelle Brogan (9) Bridget Pettis (5) Target Center 6–3
10 June 22 @ Charlotte W 90-57 Brandy Reed (32) Brandy Reed (13) Brandy Reed (6) Charlotte Coliseum 7–3
11 June 24 @ Miami W 67-44 Tonya Edwards (12) Maria Stepanova (7) Brandy Reed (4) American Airlines Arena 8–3
12 June 25 @ Cleveland L 61-64 Brandy Reed (19) Gillom
Reed (6) 		Gillom
Pettis (4) 		Gund Arena 8–4
13 June 28 @ New York L 69-82 Michelle Brogan (17) Brandy Reed (7) Michelle Cleary (6) Madison Square Garden 8–5
14 June 30 @ Washington W 66-57 Brandy Reed (25) Maria Stepanova (7) Cleary
Pettis (4) 		MCI Center 9–5
July: 8–5 (Home: 6–2; Road: 2–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
15 July 2 @ Houston L 58-69 Tonya Edwards (14) Harrison
Stepanova (5) 		Brandy Reed (3) Compaq Center 9–6
16 July 6 Detroit W 83-69 Brandy Reed (22) Brandy Reed (10) Brandy Reed (8) America West Arena 10–6
17 July 8 @ Indiana W 66-65 Rankica Šarenac (15) Brandy Reed (8) Tonya Edwards (3) Conseco Fieldhouse 11–6
18 July 11 Minnesota W 64-54 Lisa Harrison (22) Lisa Harrison (8) Cleary
Reed (4) 		America West Arena 12–6
19 July 13 Sacramento W 72-64 Brandy Reed (25) Brandy Reed (10) Brandy Reed (5) America West Arena 13–6
20 July 14 @ Utah L 84-87 Brandy Reed (25) Rankica Šarenac (8) Michelle Cleary (4) Delta Center 13–7
21 July 19 Utah W 86-76 Brandy Reed (31) Harrison
Reed (5) 		Michelle Cleary (12) America West Arena 14–7
22 July 21 Los Angeles L 68-74 Brandy Reed (21) Brandy Reed (10) Michelle Cleary (6) America West Arena 14–8
23 July 22 @ Sacramento L 60-61 Brandy Reed (22) Lisa Harrison (8) Tonya Edwards (4) ARCO Arena 14–9
24 July 24 Cleveland W 67-57 Brandy Reed (31) Harrison
Reed (8) 		Bridget Pettis (3) America West Arena 15–9
25 July 26 Indiana W 79-65 Brandy Reed (24) Jennifer Gillom (9) Head
Reed (4) 		America West Arena 16–9
26 July 28 @ Seattle W 65-55 Brandy Reed (25) Brandy Reed (9) Brandy Reed (3) KeyArena 17–9
27 July 30 Sacramento L 63-70 Jennifer Gillom (23) Jennifer Gillom (9) Bridget Pettis (5) America West Arena 17–10
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

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

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

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

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

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