- Offseason Expansion Draft WNBA Draft
- Regular season Season standings Season schedule
- Player stats
- References
{{WNBA season
| team = Portland Fire
| year = 2000
| attendance = 8,317
| wins = 10
| losses = 22
| conf = Western
| conf_place = 7th
| coach = Linda Hargrove
| arena = Rose Garden
| points = Sophia Witherspoon 16.8 ppg
| rebounds = Sylvia Crawley 6.0 rpg
| assists = Stacey Thomas 3.2 apg
| playoffs = Did Not Qualify
}}The 2000 WNBA season was the 1st season for the Portland Fire. OffseasonExpansion Draft| Pick | Player | Nationality | WNBA Team | College/HS/Club Team | | 4 | Alisa Burras (F) | {{USA}} | Cleveland Rockers | Louisiana Tech | | 5 | Sonja Henning (G) | {{USA}} | Houston Comets | Stanford | | 12 | Tari Phillips (C) | {{USA}} | Orlando Miracle | Florida | | 13 | Coquese Washington (G) | {{USA}} | New York Liberty | Notre Dame | | 20 | Molly Goodenbour (G) | {{USA}} | Sacramento Monarchs | Stanford | | 21 | Jamila Wideman (G) | {{USA}} | Cleveland Rockers | Stanford |
WNBA Draft| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country | | 1 | 7 | Lynn Pride (G/F) | {{USA}} | Kansas | | 2 | 23 | Stacey Thomas (F) | {{USA}} | Michigan | | 3 | 39 | Maxann Reese (G) | {{USA}} | Michigan State | | 4 | 55 | Rhonda L Smith (C) | {{USA}} | Long Beach State |
Regular seasonSeason standings{{2000 WNBA Western Conference standings|team=POR}}Season schedule| Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Record | | May 31 | Houston | 89-93 | Loss | 0-1 | | June 3 | @ Seattle | 65-58 | Win | 1-1 | | June 6 | @ Los Angeles | 57-70 | Loss | 1-2 | | June 8 | Utah | 72-81 | Loss | 1-3 | | June 13 | Phoenix | 69-75 | Loss | 1-4 | | June 14 | @ Phoenix | 80-81 | Loss | 1-5 | | June 17 | Los Angeles | 81-94 | Loss | 1-6 | | June 20 | Charlotte | 85-87 | Loss | 1-7 | | June 23 | Seattle | 72-61 | Win | 2-7 | | June 25 | @ Sacramento | 76-92 | Loss | 2-8 | | June 28 | Cleveland | 80-69 | Win | 3-8 | | June 30 | @ Houston | 39-79 | Loss | 3-9 | | July 2 | @ Minnesota | 75-81 | Loss | 3-10 | | July 3 | @ Indiana | 68-64 | Win | 4-10 | | July 5 | @ New York | 45-62 | Loss | 4-11 | | July 7 | Sacramento | 60-63 | Loss | 4-12 | | July 9 | Washington | 75-58 | Win | 5-12 | | July 11 | @ Los Angeles | 80-77 | Win | 6-12 | | July 12 | @ Utah | 67-76 | Loss | 6-13 | | July 14 | Minnesota | 65-54 | Win | 7-13 | | July 19 | @ Miami | 62-69 | Loss | 7-14 | | July 21 | @ Charlotte | 64-73 | Loss | 7-15 | | July 23 | @ Minnesota | 63-80 | Loss | 7-16 | | July 24 | @ Detroit | 61-57 | Win | 8-16 | | July 26 | Sacramento | 70-73 | Loss | 8-17 | | July 28 | Indiana | 58-73 | Loss | 8-18 | | July 30 | Orlando | 76-55 | Win | 9-18 | | August 1 | Miami | 54-50 | Win | 10-18 | | August 4 | Houston | 56-81 | Loss | 10-19 | | August 6 | @ Seattle | 58-66 | Loss | 10-20 | | August 7 | @ Utah | 73-83 | Loss | 10-21 | | August 9 | Phoenix | 60-68 | Loss | 10-22 |
Player stats| Player | Minutes | Field Goals | Rebounds | Assists | Steals | Blocks | Points | | Sophia Witherspoon | 1061 | 175 | 105 | 68 | 38 | 8 | 538 | | Sylvia Crawley | 930 | 143 | 185 | 34 | 29 | 24 | 357 | | Vanessa Nygaard | 843 | 91 | 121 | 30 | 17 | 5 | 253 | | Michelle Marciniak | 537 | 58 | 59 | 73 | 37 | 6 | 177 | | Stacey Thomas | 863 | 58 | 126 | 101 | 54 | 15 | 163 | | Alisa Burras | 314 | 64 | 74 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 159 | | Tully Bevilaqua | 796 | 40 | 95 | 89 | 41 | 6 | 153 | | Lynn Pride | 462 | 41 | 61 | 40 | 16 | 9 | 114 | | DeMya Walker | 311 | 15 | 47 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 92 | | Tara Williams | 174 | 31 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 80 | | Michele Van Gorp | 199 | 25 | 42 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 69 | | Jamila Wideman | 35 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
[1]References1. ^https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/POR/2000.html
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