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2000 Washington Mystics season
CoachNancy Darsch (fired Jul. 14, 9–11 record)
Darrell Walker (interim, 5–7 record)
ArenaMCI Center
Attendance15,258 per game
Results
Record14–18 (.438)
Place4th (Eastern)
Playoff finishLost First Round (2-0) to New York Liberty

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.

Transactions

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Indiana Fever expansion draft

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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

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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

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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

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2000 Washington Mystics roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
G 32 United States Aldridge, Markita 5' 11" (1.8m) – 1973-09-15 Charlotte 1
G 12 United States Anderson, Keisha 5' 7" (1.7m) 125 lb (57kg) 1974-05-08 Wisconsin R
F 40 United States Bullett, Vicky 6' 3" (1.91m) 185 lb (84kg) 1967-10-04 Maryland 3
C 7 United States Campbell, Michelle 6' 5" (1.96m) 170 lb (77kg) 1974-02-20 USC 1
G 21 United States Cunningham, Beth 6' 0" (1.83m) 150 lb (68kg) 1975-06-05 Notre Dame R
F 23 United States Holdsclaw, Chamique 6' 2" (1.88m) 172 lb (78kg) 1977-08-09 Tennessee 1
G 15 United States McCray, Nikki 5' 11" (1.8m) 158 lb (72kg) 1971-12-17 Tennessee 2
C 5 United States Mills, Tausha 6' 3" (1.91m) 232 lb (105kg) 1976-02-29 Alabama R
G 11 Hungarian People's Republic Nagy, Andrea 5' 7" (1.7m) 147 lb (67kg) 1971-11-16 FIU 1
F/C 44 United States Owen, Heather 6' 5" (1.96m) 212 lb (96kg) 1976-05-06 Stanford 1
F 10 United States Page, Murriel 6' 2" (1.88m) 160 lb (73kg) 1975-09-18 Florida 2
G 24 United States Robinson, Renee 5' 11" (1.8m) – 1978-06-15 Virginia R
F 4 United States Washington, Tonya 6' 0" (1.83m) – 1977-12-30 Florida R
Head coach
United States Darrell Walker (Arkansas)
Assistant coaches
United States Tyrone Beaman



Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Schedule

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Regular season

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "2000 Washington Mystics Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 14, 2024.
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