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
Coach	Cheryl Miller
Arena	America West Arena
Attendance	10,130 per game
Results
Record	20–12 (.625)
Place	4th (Western)
Playoff finish	Lost First Round (2-0) to Los Angeles Sparks
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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

See also: 2000 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. No. 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) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended 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