2000 Orlando Miracle season explained

The 2000 WNBA season was their second in the league. The Miracle made to the playoffs for the first time in franchise history, only to lose to the Cleveland Rockers in three games.

Transactions

Miami Sol expansion draft

The following players were selected in the Miami Sol expansion draft from the Orlando Miracle:

Portland Fire expansion draft

The following players were selected in the Portland Fire expansion draft from the Orlando Miracle:

WNBA draft

See also: 2000 WNBA draft.

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
14Cíntia dos SantosBrazil
220Jannon RolandNew England Blizzard
336Shawnetta StewartRutgers
452Romana HamzováGambrinus Brno (Czech Republic)

Transactions

DateTransaction
December 15, 1999Lost Yolanda Moore to the Miami Sol in the WNBA expansion draft[1]
Lost Tari Phillips to the Portland Fire in the WNBA expansion draft
April 25, 2000Drafted Cíntia dos Santos, Jannon Roland, Shawnetta Stewart and Romana Hamzová in the 2000 WNBA Draft

Schedule

Regular season

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 1| May 31| @ Washington| L 66-92| Shannon Johnson (16)| Taj McWilliams-Franklin (8)| S. Johnson
Powell (5)| MCI Center| 0–1|-|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 2| June 1| Charlotte| W 82-79| Nykesha Sales (24)| Taj McWilliams-Franklin (9)| Shannon Johnson (7)| TD Waterhouse Centre| 1–1|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 3| June 3| @ Indiana| W 88-82| Shannon Johnson (16)| dos Santos
McWilliams-Franklin (5)| Shannon Johnson (10)| Conseco Fieldhouse| 2–1|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 4| June 5| Sacramento| W 75-68| Nykesha Sales (22)| Taj McWilliams-Franklin (12)| Shannon Johnson (8)| TD Waterhouse Centre| 3–1|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 5| June 7| @ Cleveland| L 79-83 (OT)| Nykesha Sales (24)| Taj McWilliams-Franklin (8)| Shannon Johnson (8)| Gund Arena| 3–2|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 6| June 8| Minnesota| L 57-71| Taj McWilliams-Franklin (18)| Taj McWilliams-Franklin (9)| Shannon Johnson (3)| TD Waterhouse Centre| 3–3|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 7| June 10| @ Charlotte| W 74-71| McWilliams-Franklin
Sales (20)| dos Santos
McWilliams-Franklin (6)| Taj McWilliams-Franklin (6)| Charlotte Coliseum| 4–3|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 8| June 13| @ Utah| W 88-80| Shannon Johnson (19)| Nykesha Sales (6)| Shannon Johnson (12)| Delta Center| 5–3|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 9| June 15| @ Minnesota| L 66-72| Nykesha Sales (23)| Cíntia dos Santos (11)| Shannon Johnson (3)| Target Center| 5–4|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 10| June 17| Indiana| L 54-79| Taj McWilliams-Franklin (11)| Taj McWilliams-Franklin (6)| Shannon Johnson (4)| TD Waterhouse Centre| 5–5|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 11| June 22| Cleveland| W 77-64| Taj McWilliams-Franklin (22)| Taj McWilliams-Franklin (11)| dos Santos
S. Johnson
McWilliams-Franklin
Powell
Sales (3)| TD Waterhouse Centre| 6–5|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 12| June 24| Charlotte| W 69-68| Nykesha Sales (22)| Nykesha Sales (10)| Cíntia dos Santos (4)| TD Waterhouse Centre| 7–5|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 13| June 26| Houston| L 58-70| McWilliams-Franklin
Sales (14)| Shannon Johnson (11)| Shannon Johnson (6)| TD Waterhouse Centre| 7–6|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 14| June 28| Miami| W 61-53| Shannon Johnson (14)| Taj McWilliams-Franklin (8)| Shannon Johnson (4)| TD Waterhouse Centre| 8–6|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 15| June 30| @ Miami| W 66-63| Taj McWilliams-Franklin (17)| Taj McWilliams-Franklin (9)| Adrienne Johnson (10)| American Airlines Arena| 9–6|-|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 16| July 1| New York| W 69-57| Shannon Johnson (23)| Shannon Johnson (11)| Adrienne Johnson (3)| TD Waterhouse Centre| 10–6|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 17| July 6| Indiana| W 72-60| Taj McWilliams-Franklin (22)| Shannon Johnson (7)| Shannon Johnson (4)| TD Waterhouse Centre| 11–6|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 18| July 8| Seattle| W 64-53| Adrienne Johnson (18)| Taj McWilliams-Franklin (9)| Elaine Powell (5)| TD Waterhouse Centre| 12–6|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 19| July 9| @ Detroit| W 68-62| Adrienne Johnson (17)| Taj McWilliams-Franklin (11)| Shannon Johnson (5)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 13–6|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 20| July 12| @ Cleveland| L 72-74| Taj McWilliams-Franklin (22)| Taj McWilliams-Franklin (7)| Elaine Powell (5)| Gund Arena| 13–7|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 21| July 14| New York| L 51-55| Adrienne Johnson (22)| Adrienne Johnson (10)| Shannon Johnson (3)| TD Waterhouse Centre| 13–8|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 22| July 19| Detroit| W 88-78| Nykesha Sales (20)| Taj McWilliams-Franklin (10)| Nykesha Sales (7)| TD Waterhouse Centre| 14–8|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 23| July 21| @ Washington| L 59-61| Shannon Johnson (17)| Shannon Johnson (8)| Shannon Johnson (5)| MCI Center| 14–9|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 24| July 23| Utah| L 66-69| A. Johnson
McWilliams-Franklin (18)| Cíntia dos Santos (11)| Shannon Johnson (7)| Madison Square Garden| 14–10|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 25| July 25| @ Los Angeles| L 63-78| Cíntia dos Santos (14)| Shannon Johnson (7)| Shannon Johnson (6)| Great Western Forum| 14–11|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 26| July 27| @ Sacramento| L 66-73| Nykesha Sales (25)| Shannon Johnson (10)| Shannon Johnson (9)| ARCO Arena| 14–12|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 27| July 30| @ Portland| L 55-76| Adrienne Johnson (20)| Shannon Johnson (8)| Shannon Johnson (4)| Rose Garden| 14–13|-|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 28| August 1| @ Phoenix| L 77-84| Adrienne Johnson (24)| Carla McGhee (7)| Shannon Johnson (7)| America West Arena| 14–14|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 29| August 4| @ New York| L 57-70| Adrienne Johnson (14)| Taj McWilliams-Franklin (14)| Shannon Johnson (9)| Madison Square Garden| 14–15|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 30| August 6| Detroit| W 92-63| Adrienne Johnson (10)| dos Santos
McWilliams-Franklin (8)| Shannon Johnson (9)| TD Waterhouse Centre| 15–15|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 31| August 7| Washington| W 65-57| Nykesha Sales (16)| dos Santos
Sales (7)| Shannon Johnson (4)| TD Waterhouse Centre| 16–15|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 32| August 9| @ Miami| L 64-68 (OT)| Taj McWilliams-Franklin (23)| Taj McWilliams-Franklin (13)| Shannon Johnson (6)| American Airlines Arena| 16–16|-

Playoffs

|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 1| August 11| Cleveland| W 62–55| Taj McWilliams-Franklin (16)| Taj McWilliams-Franklin (10)| Shannon Johnson (5)| TD Waterhouse Centre| 1–0|- style="background:#ffbbbb;"| 2| August 13| @ Cleveland| L 54–63| Adrienne Johnson (17)| Shannon Johnson (9)| Shannon Johnson (7)| Gund Arena| 1–1|- style="background:#ffbbbb;"| 3| August 15| @ Cleveland| L 43–72| Nykesha Sales (13)| Taj McWilliams-Franklin (8)| dos Santos
A. Johnson
S. Johnson
McWilliams-Franklin (10)| Gund Arena| 1–2

Season standings

Statistics

Regular Season

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Shannon Johnson323235.2.395.333.7434.85.31.80.211.9
Adrienne Johnson323134.4.445.351.8952.81.70.80.113.6
Taj McWilliams-Franklin323234.3.524.294.7137.61.71.81.013.7
Nykesha Sales323231.1.444.395.6944.32.21.50.413.4
323125.6.423.000.7023.91.20.52.07.1
Elaine Powell20117.4.394.333.7732.52.10.60.13.6
Carla McGhee32012.8.361.000.6922.00.70.70.22.7
Tiffany McCain2508.6.306.227.8890.40.20.10.02.0
Jannon Roland2108.2.351.300.5000.80.40.30.01.6
Jessie Hicks2616.0.435N/A.6211.00.20.10.31.5
LaCharlotte Smith304.0.667.0001.0000.70.30.70.01.7
Romana Hamzová1502.9.182.000.5000.20.30.30.00.5
Cornelia Gayden302.3.500.000N/A0.00.30.00.00.7

‡Waived/Released during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season

Awards and honors

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2000 Orlando Miracle Transactions . 2024-08-07 . Basketball-Reference.com . en.

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