2000 New York Liberty season
CoachRichie Adubato
ArenaMadison Square Garden
Attendance14,498 per game
Results
Record2012 (.625)
Place1st (Eastern)
Playoff finishLost WNBA Finals (2-0) to Houston Comets

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.

Offseason

Expansion draft

The team lost Sophia Witherspoon and Ciquese Washington to the Seattle Storm and the Portland Fire, respectively.

WNBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalityCollege/School/Team
113Olga Firsova (C) UkraineKansas State
229Desiree Francis (F) United StatesIowa State
345Jessica Bibby (G) AustraliaDandenong Rangers (WNBL)
461Natalie Porter (F) AustraliaAustralia

Trades

Date Trade
December 15, 1999 To New York Liberty To Portland Fire
for Portland selecting Sophia Witherspoon and Coquese Washington in the 2000 WNBA Expansion Draft Michele Van Gorp
May 28, 2000 To New York Liberty To Portland Fire
Tari Phillips Carolyn Jones

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 29@ Houston68-84Loss0-1
May 31@ Phoenix48-51Loss0-2
June 3Utah87-76Win1-2
June 4@ Washington67-79Loss1-3
June 7@ Detroit73-69Win2-3
June 9Sacramento56-77Loss2-4
June 10@ Indiana70-62Win3-4
June 13Washington56-57Loss3-5
June 18Miami58-52Win4-5
June 21Detroit63-67Loss4-6
June 23@ Indiana69-60Win5-6
June 25Los Angeles67-72Loss5-7
June 28Phoenix82-69Win6-7
June 30Indiana72-70Win7-7
July 1@ Orlando57-69Loss7-8
July 3@ Cleveland65-66Loss7-9
July 5Portland62-45Win8-9
July 7@ Minnesota76-70Win9-9
July 8Miami63-51Win10-9
July 12Charlotte84-70Win11-9
July 14@ Orlando55-51Win12-9
July 19@ Seattle78-55Win13-9
July 20@ Los Angeles66-82Loss13-10
July 23Houston69-64Win14-10
July 24@ Washington78-64Win15-10
July 28@ Charlotte66-56Win16-10
July 29Cleveland81-67Win17-10
July 31Charlotte81-56Win18-10
August 4Orlando70-57Win19-10
August 6@ Miami41-57Loss19-11
August 8Cleveland57-44Win20-11
August 9@ Detroit63-66Loss20-12

Playoffs

GameDateOpponentScoreResultRecord
Eastern Conference Semifinals
1August 12@ Washington72-63Win1-0
2August 14Washington78-57Win2-0
Eastern Conference Finals
1August 17@ Cleveland43-56Loss2-1
2August 20Cleveland51-45Win3-1
3August 21Cleveland81-67Win4-1
WNBA Finals
1August 24Houston52-59Loss4-2
2August 26@ Houston73-79Loss4-3

Player stats

PlayerGPREBASTSTLBLKPTS
Tari Phillips31247285921427
Vickie Johnson3113777225380
Becky Hammon326458291351
Tamika Whitmore32105201717277
Crystal Robinson2768482310238
Teresa Weatherspoon32109205655205
Sue Wicks32149212639156
Marina Ferragut231740250
Shea Mahoney153042127
Jessica Bibby175113019
Olga Firsova9410112
Desiree Francis100000

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References

  1. "2000 New York Liberty Stats".
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