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
CoachNancy Darsch
Darrell Walker (interim)
ArenaMCI Center
Attendance15,258 per game
Results
Record1418 (.438)
Place4th (Eastern)
Playoff finishLost First Round (2-0) to New York Liberty

Offseason

Nyree Roberts and Rita Williams were both tabbed by the Indiana Fever in the 2000 WNBA Expansion Draft.

WNBA Draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalityCollege/School/Team
12Tausha Mills (C) United StatesAlabama (from Chicago Condors, ABL
218Tonya Washington (G/F) United StatesFlorida

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
New York Liberty x2012.62514–7
Cleveland Rockers x1715.53113–83.0
Orlando Miracle x1616.50013–84.0
Washington Mystics x1418.43813–86.0
Detroit Shock o1418.43810–116.0
Miami Sol o1319.4069–127.0
Indiana Fever o923.2817–1411.0
Charlotte Sting o824.2505–1612.0

Season schedule

DateOpponentScoreResultRecord
May 31Orlando92-66Win1-0
June 3@ Cleveland49-72Loss1-1
June 4New York79-67Win2-1
June 7Houston54-81Loss2-2
June 8@ Miami73-51Win3-2
June 13@ New York57-56Win4-2
June 17@ Utah67-70Loss4-3
June 19Detroit80-55Win5-3
June 21Miami55-57Loss5-4
June 23Sacramento69-84Loss5-5
June 24@ Detroit76-70Win6-5
June 26Los Angeles72-74Loss6-6
June 30Phoenix57-66Loss6-7
July 1@ Charlotte78-74Win7-7
July 3@ Seattle60-55Win8-7
July 6@ Los Angeles70-79Loss8-8
July 8@ Sacramento56-78Loss8-9
July 9@ Portland58-75Loss8-10
July 12Indiana58-81Loss8-11
July 13@ Miami60-48Win9-11
July 15Charlotte73-76Loss9-12
July 20Indiana85-74Win10-12
July 21Orlando61-59Win11-12
July 24New York64-78Loss11-13
July 26@ Charlotte80-87Loss11-14
July 29Minnesota85-87Loss11-15
August 1@ Houston60-68Loss11-16
August 3@ Indiana75-71Win12-16
August 4Detroit96-72Win13-16
August 6@ Cleveland60-77Loss13-17
August 7@ Orlando57-65Loss13-18
August 9Cleveland60-48Win14-18

Playoffs

GameDateOpponentScoreResultRecord
Eastern Conference Semifinals
1August 12New York63-72Loss0-1
2August 14@ New York57-78Loss0-2

Player stats

PlayerGPREBASTSTLBLKPTS
Chamique Holdsclaw32240804718561
Nikki McCray325685455497
Vicky Bullett32183426447342
Murriel Page32208642332314
Tausha Mills31809108130
Andrea Nagy236311817897
Keisha Anderson30467525375
Markita Aldridge2924289463
Beth Cunningham2121122059
Tonya Washington191452026
Michelle Campbell521016
Renee Robinson200104
Heather Owen1192002

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