2000 Washington Mystics season

2000 Washington Mystics season
Coach	Nancy Darsch Darrell Walker (interim)
Arena	MCI Center
Attendance	15,258 per game
Results
Record	14–18 (.438)
Place	4th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Lost First Round (2-0) to New York Liberty
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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.

Offseason

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

WNBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/School/Team
1	2	Tausha Mills (C)	United States	Alabama (from Chicago Condors, ABL
2	18	Tonya Washington (G/F)	United States	Florida

Regular season

Season standings

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

Season schedule

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
May 31	Orlando	92-66	Win	1-0
June 3	@ Cleveland	49-72	Loss	1-1
June 4	New York	79-67	Win	2-1
June 7	Houston	54-81	Loss	2-2
June 8	@ Miami	73-51	Win	3-2
June 13	@ New York	57-56	Win	4-2
June 17	@ Utah	67-70	Loss	4-3
June 19	Detroit	80-55	Win	5-3
June 21	Miami	55-57	Loss	5-4
June 23	Sacramento	69-84	Loss	5-5
June 24	@ Detroit	76-70	Win	6-5
June 26	Los Angeles	72-74	Loss	6-6
June 30	Phoenix	57-66	Loss	6-7
July 1	@ Charlotte	78-74	Win	7-7
July 3	@ Seattle	60-55	Win	8-7
July 6	@ Los Angeles	70-79	Loss	8-8
July 8	@ Sacramento	56-78	Loss	8-9
July 9	@ Portland	58-75	Loss	8-10
July 12	Indiana	58-81	Loss	8-11
July 13	@ Miami	60-48	Win	9-11
July 15	Charlotte	73-76	Loss	9-12
July 20	Indiana	85-74	Win	10-12
July 21	Orlando	61-59	Win	11-12
July 24	New York	64-78	Loss	11-13
July 26	@ Charlotte	80-87	Loss	11-14
July 29	Minnesota	85-87	Loss	11-15
August 1	@ Houston	60-68	Loss	11-16
August 3	@ Indiana	75-71	Win	12-16
August 4	Detroit	96-72	Win	13-16
August 6	@ Cleveland	60-77	Loss	13-17
August 7	@ Orlando	57-65	Loss	13-18
August 9	Cleveland	60-48	Win	14-18

Playoffs

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
Eastern Conference Semifinals
1	August 12	New York	63-72	Loss	0-1
2	August 14	@ New York	57-78	Loss	0-2

Player stats

Player	GP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS
Chamique Holdsclaw	32	240	80	47	18	561
Nikki McCray	32	56	85	45	5	497
Vicky Bullett	32	183	42	64	47	342
Murriel Page	32	208	64	23	32	314
Tausha Mills	31	80	9	10	8	130
Andrea Nagy	23	63	118	17	8	97
Keisha Anderson	30	46	75	25	3	75
Markita Aldridge	29	24	28	9	4	63
Beth Cunningham	21	21	12	2	0	59
Tonya Washington	19	14	5	2	0	26
Michelle Campbell	5	2	1	0	1	6
Renee Robinson	2	0	0	1	0	4
Heather Owen	11	9	2	0	0	2