The 2000 WNBA season was their second in the league. The Miracle made to the playoffs for the first time in franchise history, only to lose to the Cleveland Rockers in three games.
Transactions
Miami Sol expansion draft The following players were selected in the Miami Sol expansion draft from the Orlando Miracle: Player Nationality School/Team/Country Yolanda Moore Ole Miss
Portland Fire expansion draft The following players were selected in the Portland Fire expansion draft from the Orlando Miracle: Player Nationality School/Team/Country Tari Phillips UCF
WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 1 4 Cíntia dos Santos Brazil 2 20 Jannon Roland New England Blizzard336 Shawnetta StewartRutgers452 Romana HamzováGambrinus Brno (Czech Republic)
Transactions DateTransactionDecember 15, 1999Lost Yolanda Moore to the Miami Sol in the WNBA expansion draftLost Tari Phillips to the Portland Fire in the WNBA expansion draft April 25, 2000 Drafted Cíntia dos Santos, Jannon Roland, Shawnetta Stewart and Romana Hamzová in the 2000 WNBA draft
Roster
Schedule
Regular season
| 1 | May 31 | @ Washington | L 66-92 | Shannon Johnson (16) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (8) | S. Johnson Powell (5) | MCI Center | 0–1
| 2 | June 1 | Charlotte | W 82-79 | Nykesha Sales (24) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (9) | Shannon Johnson (7) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 1–1 |- | 3 | June 3 | @ Indiana | W 88-82 | Shannon Johnson (16) | dos Santos McWilliams-Franklin (5) | Shannon Johnson (10) | Conseco Fieldhouse | 2–1 |- | 4 | June 5 | Sacramento | W 75-68 | Nykesha Sales (22) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (12) | Shannon Johnson (8) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 3–1 |- | 5 | June 7 | @ Cleveland | L 79-83 (OT) | Nykesha Sales (24) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (8) | Shannon Johnson (8) | Gund Arena | 3–2 |- | 6 | June 8 | Minnesota | L 57-71 | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (18) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (9) | Shannon Johnson (3) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 3–3 |- | 7 | June 10 | @ Charlotte | W 74-71 | McWilliams-Franklin Sales (20) | dos Santos McWilliams-Franklin (6) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (6) | Charlotte Coliseum | 4–3 |- | 8 | June 13 | @ Utah | W 88-80 | Shannon Johnson (19) | Nykesha Sales (6) | Shannon Johnson (12) | Delta Center | 5–3 |- | 9 | June 15 | @ Minnesota | L 66-72 | Nykesha Sales (23) | Cíntia dos Santos (11) | Shannon Johnson (3) | Target Center | 5–4 |- | 10 | June 17 | Indiana | L 54-79 | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (11) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (6) | Shannon Johnson (4) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 5–5 |- | 11 | June 22 | Cleveland | W 77-64 | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (22) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (11) | dos Santos S. Johnson McWilliams-Franklin Powell Sales (3) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 6–5 |- | 12 | June 24 | Charlotte | W 69-68 | Nykesha Sales (22) | Nykesha Sales (10) | Cíntia dos Santos (4) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 7–5 |- | 13 | June 26 | Houston | L 58-70 | McWilliams-Franklin Sales (14) | Shannon Johnson (11) | Shannon Johnson (6) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 7–6 |- | 14 | June 28 | Miami | W 61-53 | Shannon Johnson (14) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (8) | Shannon Johnson (4) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 8–6 |- | 15 | June 30 | @ Miami | W 66-63 | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (17) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (9) | Adrienne Johnson (10) | American Airlines Arena | 9–6
| 16 | July 1 | New York | W 69-57 | Shannon Johnson (23) | Shannon Johnson (11) | Adrienne Johnson (3) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 10–6 |- | 17 | July 6 | Indiana | W 72-60 | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (22) | Shannon Johnson (7) | Shannon Johnson (4) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 11–6 |- | 18 | July 8 | Seattle | W 64-53 | Adrienne Johnson (18) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (9) | Elaine Powell (5) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 12–6 |- | 19 | July 9 | @ Detroit | W 68-62 | Adrienne Johnson (17) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (11) | Shannon Johnson (5) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 13–6 |- | 20 | July 12 | @ Cleveland | L 72-74 | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (22) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (7) | Elaine Powell (5) | Gund Arena | 13–7 |- | 21 | July 14 | New York | L 51-55 | Adrienne Johnson (22) | Adrienne Johnson (10) | Shannon Johnson (3) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 13–8 |- | 22 | July 19 | Detroit | W 88-78 | Nykesha Sales (20) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (10) | Nykesha Sales (7) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 14–8 |- | 23 | July 21 | @ Washington | L 59-61 | Shannon Johnson (17) | Shannon Johnson (8) | Shannon Johnson (5) | MCI Center | 14–9 |- | 24 | July 23 | Utah | L 66-69 | A. Johnson McWilliams-Franklin (18) | Cíntia dos Santos (11) | Shannon Johnson (7) | Madison Square Garden | 14–10 |- | 25 | July 25 | @ Los Angeles | L 63-78 | Cíntia dos Santos (14) | Shannon Johnson (7) | Shannon Johnson (6) | Great Western Forum | 14–11 |- | 26 | July 27 | @ Sacramento | L 66-73 | Nykesha Sales (25) | Shannon Johnson (10) | Shannon Johnson (9) | ARCO Arena | 14–12 |- | 27 | July 30 | @ Portland | L 55-76 | Adrienne Johnson (20) | Shannon Johnson (8) | Shannon Johnson (4) | Rose Garden | 14–13
| 28 | August 1 | @ Phoenix | L 77-84 | Adrienne Johnson (24) | Carla McGhee (7) | Shannon Johnson (7) | America West Arena | 14–14 |- | 29 | August 4 | @ New York | L 57-70 | Adrienne Johnson (14) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (14) | Shannon Johnson (9) | Madison Square Garden | 14–15 |- | 30 | August 6 | Detroit | W 92-63 | Adrienne Johnson (10) | dos Santos McWilliams-Franklin (8) | Shannon Johnson (9) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 15–15 |- | 31 | August 7 | Washington | W 65-57 | Nykesha Sales (16) | dos Santos Sales (7) | Shannon Johnson (4) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 16–15 |- | 32 | August 9 | @ Miami | L 64-68 (OT) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (23) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (13) | Shannon Johnson (6) | American Airlines Arena | 16–16
Playoffs
| 1 | August 11 | Cleveland | W 62–55 | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (16) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (10) | Shannon Johnson (5) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 1–0 |- | 2 | August 13 | @ Cleveland | L 54–63 | Adrienne Johnson (17) | Shannon Johnson (9) | Shannon Johnson (7) | Gund Arena | 1–1 |- | 3 | August 15 | @ Cleveland | L 43–72 | Nykesha Sales (13) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (8) | dos Santos A. Johnson S. Johnson McWilliams-Franklin (10) | Gund Arena | 1–2
Season standings
Statistics
Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Shannon Johnson 32 32 35.2 .395 .333 .743 4.8 5.3 1.8 0.2 11.9 Adrienne Johnson 32 31 34.4 .445 .351 .895 2.8 1.7 0.8 0.1 13.6 Taj McWilliams-Franklin 32 32 34.3 .524 .294 .713 7.6 1.7 1.8 1.0 13.7 Nykesha Sales 32 32 31.1 .444 .395 .694 4.3 2.2 1.5 0.4 13.4 Cíntia dos Santos 32 31 25.6 .423 .000 .702 3.9 1.2 0.5 2.0 7.1 Elaine Powell 20 1 17.4 .394 .333 .773 2.5 2.1 0.6 0.1 3.6 Carla McGhee 32 0 12.8 .361 .000 .692 2.0 0.7 0.7 0.2 2.7 Tiffany McCain 25 0 8.6 .306 .227 .889 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.0 2.0 Jannon Roland 21 0 8.2 .351 .300 .500 0.8 0.4 0.3 0.0 1.6 Jessie Hicks 26 1 6.0 .435 N/A .621 1.0 0.2 0.1 0.3 1.5 LaCharlotte Smith 3 0 4.0 .667 .000 1.000 0.7 0.3 0.7 0.0 1.7Romana Hamzová1502.9.182.000.5000.20.30.30.00.5Cornelia Gayden302.3.500.000N/A0.00.30.00.00.7 ‡Waived/Released during the season †Traded during the season ≠Acquired during the season
Awards and honors Shannon Johnson, Taj McWilliams-Franklin and Nykesha Sales were named to the WNBA All-Star team. Shannon Johnson was named to the All-WNBA Second Team for the second time in her career.
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