2000 Washington Mystics season

The 2000 WNBA season was the third season for the Washington Mystics. The team clinched their first WNBA Playoff berth, eventually losing in a sweep to the New York Liberty.

2000 Washington Mystics season
Coach	Nancy Darsch (fired Jul. 14, 9–11 record) Darrell Walker (interim, 5–7 record)
Arena	MCI Center
Attendance	15,258 per game
Results
Record	14–18 (.438)
Place	4th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Lost First Round (2-0) to New York Liberty
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Transactions

Indiana Fever expansion draft

The following player was selected in the Indiana Fever expansion draft from the Washington Mystics:

Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
Nyree Roberts	United States	Old Dominion
Rita Williams	United States	UConn

WNBA draft

See also: 2000 WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	2	Tausha Mills	United States	Chicago Condors
2	18	Tonya Washington	United States	Florida

Transactions

Date	Transaction
December 15, 1999	Lost Nyree Roberts and Rita Williams to the Indiana Fever in the WNBA expansion draft[1]
January 19, 2000	Traded Shalonda Enis and a 2000 3rd Round Pick to the Charlotte Sting in exchange for Vicky Bullett[1]
April 25, 2000	Drafted Tausha Mills and Tonya Washington in the 2000 WNBA Draft[1]
May 2, 2000	Signed Beth Cunningham, Denique Graves, Itoro Coleman, Keisha Anderson, Kellie Harper, Michelle Campbell and Nakia Sanford[1]
May 11, 2000	Waived Denique Graves and Itoro Coleman[1]
May 12, 2000	Waived Penny Moore[1]
May 25, 2000	Signed Itoro Coleman and Nyree Roberts[1]
May 28, 2000	Waived Itoro Coleman and Nyree Roberts[1]
July 14, 2000	Fired Head Coach Nancy Darsch[1]
	Hired Darrell Walker as Interim Head Coach[1]
July 27, 2000	Signed Renee Robinson[1]

Roster

2000 Washington Mystics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs G 32 Aldridge, Markita 5' 11" (1.8m) 1973-09-15 Charlotte 1 G 12 Anderson, Keisha 5' 7" (1.7m) 125 lb (57kg) 1974-05-08 Wisconsin R F 40 Bullett, Vicky 6' 3" (1.91m) 185 lb (84kg) 1967-10-04 Maryland 3 C 7 Campbell, Michelle 6' 5" (1.96m) 170 lb (77kg) 1974-02-20 USC 1 G 21 Cunningham, Beth 6' 0" (1.83m) 150 lb (68kg) 1975-06-05 Notre Dame R F 23 Holdsclaw, Chamique 6' 2" (1.88m) 172 lb (78kg) 1977-08-09 Tennessee 1 G 15 McCray, Nikki 5' 11" (1.8m) 158 lb (72kg) 1971-12-17 Tennessee 2 C 5 Mills, Tausha 6' 3" (1.91m) 232 lb (105kg) 1976-02-29 Alabama R G 11 Nagy, Andrea 5' 7" (1.7m) 147 lb (67kg) 1971-11-16 FIU 1 F/C 44 Owen, Heather 6' 5" (1.96m) 212 lb (96kg) 1976-05-06 Stanford 1 F 10 Page, Murriel 6' 2" (1.88m) 160 lb (73kg) 1975-09-18 Florida 2 G 24 Robinson, Renee 5' 11" (1.8m) 1978-06-15 Virginia R F 4 Washington, Tonya 6' 0" (1.83m) 1977-12-30 Florida R	Head coach Darrell Walker (Arkansas) Assistant coaches Tyrone Beaman Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Schedule

Regular season

2000 game log Total: 15–17 (Home: 8–8; Road: 7–9)
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 Orlando W 92-66 Chamique Holdsclaw (29) Chamique Holdsclaw (12) Andrea Nagy (10) MCI Center 1–0
June: 6–6 (Home: 3–4; Road: 3–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 2 June 3 @ Cleveland L 49-72 Nikki McCray (24) Vicky Bullett (5) Andrea Nagy (7) Gund Arena 1–1 3 June 4 New York W 79-67 Chamique Holdsclaw (22) Vicky Bullett (6) Andrea Nagy (7) MCI Center 2–1 4 June 7 Houston L 54-81 Chamique Holdsclaw (16) Chamique Holdsclaw (7) Andrea Nagy (3) MCI Center 2–2 5 June 8 @ Miami W 73-51 Nikki McCray (21) Murriel Page (10) Andrea Nagy (7) American Airlines Arena 3–2 6 June 13 @ New York W 57-56 Chamique Holdsclaw (23) Chamique Holdsclaw (12) Andrea Nagy (6) Madison Square Garden 4–2 7 June 17 @ Utah L 67-70 Nikki McCray (20) Murriel Page (8) Andrea Nagy (7) Delta Center 4–3 8 June 19 Detroit W 80-55 Vicky Bullett (22) Murriel Page (11) Andrea Nagy (7) MCI Center 5–3 9 June 21 Miami L 55-57 Chamique Holdsclaw (20) Chamique Holdsclaw (8) Andrea Nagy (4) MCI Center 5–4 10 June 23 Sacramento L 69-84 Nikki McCray (19) Mills Page (4) Andrea Nagy (10) MCI Center 5–5 11 June 24 @ Detroit W 76-70 Vicky Bullett (21) Vicky Bullett (11) Andrea Nagy (5) The Palace of Auburn Hills 6–5 12 June 26 Los Angeles L 72-74 Chamique Holdsclaw (25) Vicky Bullett (10) Andrea Nagy (5) MCI Center 6–6 13 June 30 Phoenix L 57-66 Nikki McCray (19) Bullett Holdsclaw (7) Andrea Nagy (6) MCI Center 6–7
July: 5–8 (Home: 2–4; Road: 3–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 14 July 1 @ Charlotte W 78-74 Nikki McCray (18) Chamique Holdsclaw (11) Anderson Holdsclaw (4) Charlotte Coliseum 7–7 15 July 3 @ Seattle W 60-55 Chamique Holdsclaw (21) Chamique Holdsclaw (10) Murriel Page (7) KeyArena 8–7 16 July 6 @ Los Angeles L 70-79 Nikki McCray (20) Murriel Page (9) Andrea Nagy (7) Great Western Forum 8–8 17 July 8 @ Sacramento L 56-78 Chamique Holdsclaw (16) Tausha Mills (12) Nikki McCray (3) ARCO Arena 8–9 18 July 9 @ Portland L 58-75 Chamique Holdsclaw (15) Chamique Holdsclaw (12) Andrea Nagy (4) Delta Center 8–10 19 July 12 Indiana L 58-81 Vicky Bullett (15) Murriel Page (12) Nikki McCray (4) MCI Center 8–11 20 July 13 @ Miami W 60-48 Nikki McCray (16) Vicky Bullett (12) McCray Nagy (3) American Airlines Arena 9–11 21 July 15 Charlotte L 73-76 Vicky Bullett (22) Bullett Holdsclaw (8) Anderson Nagy (5) MCI Center 9–12 22 July 20 Indiana W 85-74 Chamique Holdsclaw (30) Chamique Holdsclaw (9) Anderson Nagy Page (4) MCI Center 10–12 23 July 21 Orlando W 61-59 Chamique Holdsclaw (16) Murriel Page (7) Anderson Holdsclaw McCray (3) MCI Center 11–12 24 July 24 New York L 64-78 Murriel Page (18) Murriel Page (11) Keisha Anderson (6) MCI Center 11–13 25 July 26 @ Charlotte L 80-87 Chamique Holdsclaw (21) Chamique Holdsclaw (9) Keisha Anderson (11) Charlotte Coliseum 11–14 26 July 29 Minnesota L 85-87 Nikki McCray (24) Murriel Page (12) Nikki McCray (7) MCI Center 11–15
August: 3–3 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 27 August 1 @ Houston L 60-68 Chamique Holdsclaw (18) Murriel Page (8) Keisha Anderson (6) Compaq Center 11–16 28 August 3 @ Indiana W 75-71 Chamique Holdsclaw (22) Chamique Holdsclaw (11) Nikki McCray (7) Conseco Fieldhouse 12–16 29 August 4 Detroit W 96-72 Murriel Page (20) Murriel Page (9) Chamique Holdsclaw (6) MCI Center 13–16 30 August 6 @ Cleveland L 60-77 Chamique Holdsclaw (22) Chamique Holdsclaw (6) Keisha Anderson (4) Gund Arena 13–17 31 August 7 @ Orlando L 57-76 Bullett Holdsclaw (14) Chamique Holdsclaw (12) Chamique Holdsclaw (6) TD Waterhouse Centre 13–18 32 August 9 Cleveland W 60-48 Nikki McCray (20) Chamique Holdsclaw (10) Keisha Anderson (7) MCI Center 14–18

Playoffs

2000 playoff game log
First round vs. New York Liberty Lost Series: 0–2 Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 August 12 New York L 63–72 Vicky Bullett (22) Bullett Holdsclaw (8) Nikki McCray (11) MCI Center 0–1 2 August 14 @ New York L 57–78 Aldridge Holdsclaw (12) Markita Aldridge (4) Markita Aldridge (5) Madison Square Garden 0–2
2000 playoff schedule

Season standings

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
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

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
Chamique Holdsclaw	32	32	35.3	.465	.256	.680	7.5	2.5	1.5	0.6	17.5
Vicky Bullett	32	32	34.2	.486	.324	.714	5.7	1.3	2.0	1.5	10.7
Nikki McCray	32	32	32.7	.434	.331	.769	1.8	2.7	1.4	0.2	15.5
Murriel Page	32	32	32.7	.590	N/A	.565	6.5	2.0	0.7	1.0	9.8
Andrea Nagy	23	23	30.2	.392	.359	.808	2.7	5.1	0.7	0.3	4.2
Keisha Anderson	30	9	14.5	.426	.375	.778	1.5	2.5	0.8	0.1	2.5
Tausha Mills	31	0	9.5	.438	N/A	.745	2.6	0.3	0.3	0.3	4.2
Markita Aldridge	29	0	9.4	.463	.500	.318	0.8	1.0	0.3	0.1	2.2
Beth Cunningham	21	0	9.4	.250	.243	.842	1.0	0.6	0.1	0.0	2.8
Heather Owen	11	0	5.5	.250	N/A	N/A	0.8	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2
Tonya Washington	19	0	5.4	.276	.429	.667	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.0	1.4
Michelle Campbell	5	0	4.4	.400	N/A	1.000	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.2	1.2
Renee Robinson	2	0	2.5	.000	.000	1.000	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	2.0

^‡Waived/Released during the season
^†Traded during the season
^≠Acquired during the season