The 2000 WNBA season was the fourth season for the New York Liberty. The team reached the WNBA Finals for the third time, but they were swept by the Houston Comets.
Transactions
Portland Fire expansion draft The following players were selected in the Portland Fire expansion draft from the New York Liberty: Player Nationality School/Team/Country Coquese Washington Notre Dame
Seattle Storm expansion draft The following players were selected in the Seattle Storm expansion draft from the New York Liberty: Player Nationality School/Team/Country Sonja Henning Stanford
WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 1 13 Olga Firsova Kansas State 2 29 Desiree Francis Iowa State345 Jessica BibbyDandenong Rangers (Australia)461 Natalie PorterDandenong Rangers (Australia)
Transactions DateTransactionDecember 15, 1999Lost Coquese Washington to the Portland Fire in the WNBA expansion draftLost Sonja Henning to the Seattle Storm in the WNBA expansion draft April 25, 2000 Drafted Olga Firsova, Desiree Francis, Jessica Bibby and Natalie Porter in the 2000 WNBA draftMay 2, 2000Signed Alessandra Santos de Oliveira, Marina Ferragut and Shea MahoneyMay 15, 2000Waived Natalie PorterMay 28, 2000Traded Carolyn Jones-Young to the Portland Fire in exchange for Tari PhillipsWaived Alessandra Santos de Oliveira and Desiree FrancisJune 2, 2000Waived Venus LacySeptember 18, 2000Traded a 2001 1st Round Pick to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Grace Daley
Roster
Schedule
Regular season
| 1 | May 29 | @ Houston | L 68-84 | Tamika Whitmore (15) | Sue Wicks (6) | Teresa Weatherspoon (13) | Compaq Center | 0–1 |- | 2 | May 31 | @ Phoenix | L 48-51 | Vickie Johnson (14) | Mahoney Wicks (8) | Teresa Weatherspoon (5) | America West Arena | 0–2
| 3 | June 3 | Utah | W 87-76 | Becky Hammon (23) | Tari Phillips (7) | Teresa Weatherspoon(7) | Madison Square Garden | 1–2 |- | 4 | June 4 | @ Washington | L 67-79 | Vickie Johnson (12) | Vickie Johnson (7) | Teresa Weatherspoon (6) | MCI Center | 1–3 |- | 5 | June 7 | @ Detroit | W 73-69 | Vickie Johnson (22) | Vickie Johnson (12) | Teresa Weatherspoon (8) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 2–3 |- | 6 | June 9 | Sacramento | L 56-77 | Tari Phillips (25) | Sue Wicks (12) | Hammon Weatherspoon (3) | Madison Square Garden | 2–4 |- | 7 | June 10 | @ Indiana | W 70-62 | Crystal Robinson (19) | Vickie Johnson (7) | Teresa Weatherspoon (6) | Conseco Fieldhouse | 3–4 |- | 8 | June 13 | Washington | L 56-57 | Johnson Weatherspoon (14) | Tari Phillips (12) | Vickie Johnson (4) | Madison Square Garden | 3–5 |- | 9 | June 18 | Miami | W 58-52 | Crystal Robinson (18) | Tari Phillips (10) | Teresa Weatherspoon (7) | Madison Square Garden | 4–5 |- | 10 | June 21 | Detroit | L 63-67 | Tamika Whitmore (14) | Tari Phillips (8) | Teresa Weatherspoon (7) | Madison Square Garden | 4–6 |- | 11 | June 23 | @ Indiana | W 69-60 | Becky Hammon (16) | Sue Wicks (10) | Teresa Weatherspoon (8) | Conseco Fieldhouse | 5–6 |- | 12 | June 25 | Los Angeles | L 67-72 | Becky Hammon (18) | Tari Phillips (11) | Teresa Weatherspoon (6) | Madison Square Garden | 5–7 |- | 13 | June 28 | Phoenix | W 82-69 | Tari Phillips (22) | Tari Phillips (10) | Teresa Weatherspoon (8) | Madison Square Garden | 6–7 |- | 14 | June 30 | Indiana | W 72-70 | Tari Phillips (30) | Tari Phillips (12) | Teresa Weatherspoon (12) | Madison Square Garden | 7–7
| 15 | July 1 | @ Orlando | L 57-69 | Tari Phillips (21) | Tari Phillips (6) | Teresa Weatherspoon (10) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 7–8 |- | 16 | July 3 | @ Cleveland | L 65-66 (OT) | Tamika Whitmore (17) | Tari Phillips (8) | Vickie Johnson (6) | Gund Arena | 7–9 |- | 17 | July 5 | Portland | W 62-45 | Hammon Johnson (15) | Tari Phillips (10) | Teresa Weatherspoon (7) | Madison Square Garden | 8–9 |- | 18 | July 7 | @ Minnesota | W 76-70 | Tari Phillips (26) | Tari Phillips (12) | Teresa Weatherspoon (8) | Target Center | 9–9 |- | 19 | July 8 | Miami | W 63-51 | Tamika Whitmore (17) | Sue Wicks (8) | Teresa Weatherspoon (6) | Madison Square Garden | 10–9 |- | 20 | July 12 | Charlotte | W 84-70 | Vickie Johnson (19) | Tari Phillips (7) | Teresa Weatherspoon (7) | Madison Square Garden | 11–9 |- | 21 | July 14 | @ Orlando | W 55-51 | Vickie Johnson (15) | Tari Phillips (7) | Teresa Weatherspoon (7) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 12–9 |- | 22 | July 19 | @ Seattle | W 78-55 | Vickie Johnson (18) | Tari Phillips (9) | Teresa Weatherspoon (5) | KeyArena | 13–9 |- | 23 | July 20 | @ Los Angeles | L 66-82 | Vickie Johnson (17) | Sue Wicks (6) | Teresa Weatherspoon (5) | Great Western Forum | 13–10 |- | 24 | July 23 | Houston | W 69-64 | Hammon Phillips (17) | Tari Phillips (11) | Johnson Weatherspoon (6) | Madison Square Garden | 14–10 |- | 25 | July 24 | @ Washington | W 78-64 | Vickie Johnson (22) | Tari Phillips (9) | Teresa Weatherspoon (7) | MCI Center | 15–10 |- | 26 | July 28 | @ Charlotte | W 66-56 | Johnson Phillips (15) | Tari Phillips (11) | Weatherspoon Wicks (4) | Charlotte Coliseum | 16–10 |- | 27 | July 29 | Cleveland | W 81-67 | Crystal Robinson (17) | Vickie Johnson (6) | Teresa Weatherspoon (7) | Madison Square Garden | 17–10 |- | 28 | July 31 | Charlotte | W 81-56 | Vickie Johnson (20) | Tari Phillips (9) | Teresa Weatherspoon (5) | Madison Square Garden | 18–10
| 29 | August 4 | Orlando | W 70-57 | Tari Phillips (18) | Tamika Whitmore (8) | Vickie Johnson (8) | Madison Square Garden | 19–10 |- | 30 | August 6 | @ Miami | L 41-57 | Tamika Whitmore (10) | Tamika Whitmore (10) | Crystal Robinson (4) | American Airlines Arena | 19–11 |- | 31 | August 8 | Cleveland | W 57-44 | Tari Phillips (14) | Tari Phillips (11) | Teresa Weatherspoon (7) | Madison Square Garden | 20–11 |- | 32 | August 9 | @ Detroit | L 63-66 | Tari Phillips (14) | Tari Phillips (5) | Teresa Weatherspoon (7) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 20–12
Playoffs
| 1 | August 12 | @ Washington | W 72–63 | Johnson Phillips (20) | Vickie Johnson (8) | Teresa Weatherspoon (9) | MCI Center | 1–0 |- | 2 | August 14 | Washington | W 78–57 | Becky Hammon (19) | Tari Phillips (10) | Teresa Weatherspoon (10) | Madison Square Garden | 2–0
| 1 | August 17 | @ Cleveland | L 43–56 | Tari Phillips (11) | Tari Phillips (6) | Teresa Weatherspoon (3) | Gund Arena | 0–1 |- | 2 | August 20 | Cleveland | W 51–45 | Becky Hammon (13) | Tari Phillips (6) | Teresa Weatherspoon (5) | Madison Square Garden | 1–1 |- | 3 | August 21 | Cleveland | W 81–67 | Tamika Whitmore (19) | Sue Wicks (7) | Vickie Johnson (10) | Madison Square Garden | 2–1
| 1 | August 24 | Houston | L 52–59 | Tari Phillips (24) | Tari Phillips (15) | Teresa Weatherspoon (5) | Madison Square Garden | 0–1 |- | 2 | August 26 | @ Houston | L 73–79 | Tari Phillips (20) | Tari Phillips (7) | Teresa Weatherspoon (8) | Compaq Center | 0-2
Season standings
Statistics
Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Teresa Weatherspoon 32 32 33.7 .438 .250 .741 3.4 6.4 2.0 0.2 6.4 Vickie Johnson 31 31 33.0 .441 .380 .882 4.4 2.5 0.7 0.2 12.3 Tari Phillips 31 30 31.5 .467 .250 .654 8.0 0.9 1.9 0.7 13.8 Crystal Robinson 27 14 26.7 .428 .353 .909 2.5 1.8 0.9 0.4 8.8 Becky Hammon 32 16 26.1 .472 .369 .884 2.0 1.8 0.9 0.0 11.0 Tamika Whitmore 32 16 21.5 .431 .000 .702 3.3 0.6 0.5 0.5 8.7 Sue Wicks 32 12 21.3 .385 .200 .726 4.7 0.7 0.8 1.2 4.9 Shea Mahoney 15 3 10.5 .289 .200 .500 2.0 0.3 0.1 0.1 1.8 Venus Lacy 2 2 9.0 .400 N/A .500 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 Marina Ferragut 23 4 6.7 .434 .300 .500 0.7 0.2 0.0 0.1 2.2 Jessica Bibby 17 0 4.1 .167 .333 .846 0.3 0.6 0.2 0.0 1.1Olga Firsova902.1.400.000.8000.40.10.00.11.3Desiree Francis102.0.000N/AN/A0.00.00.00.00.0 ‡Waived/Released during the season †Traded during the season ≠Acquired during the season
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