- Offseason WNBA Draft
- Regular season Season standings Season schedule
- Playoffs
- Player stats
- References
{{WNBA season | team = Phoenix Mercury | year = 2000 | attendance = 10,130 | wins = 20 | losses = 12 | conf = Western | conf_place = 4th | coach = Cheryl Miller | arena = America West Arena | playoffs = Lost First Round (2-0) to Los Angeles Sparks }}The 2000 WNBA season was the fourth season for the Phoenix Mercury. They made the playoffs for the first time in two years, but were swept in the first round to the Los Angeles Sparks. It was the last time Phoenix were in the playoffs until the 2007 season. OffseasonEdna Campbell and Toni Foster were both picked up by the Seattle Storm in the 2000 WNBA Expansion Draft. WNBA Draft Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | College/School/Team | 2 | 21 | Adrian Williams (F/C) | United States}} | USC | 3 | 37 | Tauja Catchings (F) | United States}} | Illinois | 4 | 53 | Shantia Owens (C) | United States}} | Kentucky |
Regular seasonSeason standings{{2000 WNBA Western Conference standings|team=PHX}}Season schedule Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Record | May 31 | New York | 51-48 | Win | 1-0 | June 3 | @ Houston | 80-62 | Win | 2-0 | June 6 | @ Utah | 61-76 | Loss | 2-1 | June 7 | Seattle | 82-49 | Win | 3-1 | June 10 | @ Los Angeles | 57-76 | Loss | 3-2 | June 13 | @ Portland | 75-69 | Win | 4-2 | June 14 | Portland | 81-80 | Win | 5-2 | June 17 | Minnesota | 62-69 | Loss | 5-3 | June 20 | @ Minnesota | 74-55 | Win | 6-3 | June 22 | @ Charlotte | 90-57 | Win | 7-3 | June 24 | @ Miami | 67-44 | Win | 8-3 | June 25 | @ Cleveland | 61-64 | Loss | 8-4 | June 28 | @ New York | 69-82 | Loss | 8-5 | June 30 | @ Washington | 66-57 | Win | 9-5 | July 2 | @ Houston | 58-69 | Loss | 9-6 | July 6 | Detroit | 81-69 | Win | 10-6 | July 8 | @ Indiana | 66-65 | Win | 11-6 | July 11 | Minnesota | 64-54 | Win | 12-6 | July 13 | Sacramento | 72-64 | Win | 13-6 | July 14 | @ Utah | 84-87 | Loss | 13-7 | July 19 | Utah | 86-76 | Win | 14-7 | July 21 | Los Angeles | 68-74 | Loss | 14-8 | July 22 | @ Sacramento | 60-61 | Loss | 14-9 | July 24 | Cleveland | 67-57 | Win | 15-9 | July 26 | Indiana | 79-65 | Win | 16-9 | July 28 | @ Seattle | 65-55 | Win | 17-9 | July 30 | Sacramento | 63-70 | Loss | 17-10 | August 1 | Orlando | 84-77 | Win | 18-10 | August 3 | Seattle | 85-63 | Win | 19-10 | August 5 | Los Angeles | 63-77 | Loss | 19-11 | August 7 | Houston | 54-71 | Loss | 19-12 | August 9 | @ Portland | 68-60 | Win | 20-12 |
Playoffs Game | Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Record | Western Conference Semifinals | 1 | August 11 | Los Angeles | 71-86 | Loss | 0-1 | 2 | August 13 | @ Los Angeles | 76-101 | Loss | 0-1 |
Player stats Player | GP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS | Brandy Reed | 32 | 187 | 86 | 66 | 21 | 608 | Jennifer Gillom | 30 | 116 | 45 | 21 | 29 | 376 | Tonya Edwards | 32 | 76 | 58 | 36 | 9 | 338 | Michelle Brogan | 28 | 111 | 49 | 30 | 6 | 211 | Lisa Harrison | 31 | 121 | 36 | 30 | 4 | 200 | Bridget Pettis | 32 | 60 | 46 | 31 | 4 | 189 | Adrian Williams-Strong | 28 | 71 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 78 | Rankica Sarenac | 20 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 64 | Michelle Cleary | 24 | 37 | 77 | 34 | 2 | 57 | Maria Stepanova | 15 | 48 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 57 | Michele Timms | 8 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 30 | Dena Head | 17 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 27 | Nicole Kubik | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Amanda Wilson | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | [1]References1. ^https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/PHO/2000.html
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