2000 Los Angeles Sparks season

2000 Los Angeles Sparks season
Head Coach	Michael Cooper
Arena	Great Western Forum
Attendance	6,563 per game
Results Record 28–4 (.875) Place 1st (Western) Playoff Finish Lost Conference Finals (2-0) to Houston Comets Los Angeles Sparks seasons < 1999 2001 >

The 2000 WNBA season was the fourth season for the Los Angeles Sparks. The team set a 28-4 record, the best in league history, but they were unable to go for the WNBA Finals, losing in the conference finals in a sweep to the Houston Comets.

Offseason

Gordana Grubin was picked up by the Indiana Fever, while Nina Bjedov was selected by the Seattle Storm in the 2000 WNBA Expansion Draft.

WNBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/School/Team
1	15	Nicole Kubik (G)	United States	Nebraska
2	31	Paige Sauer (C)	United States	Connecticut
3	47	Marte Alexander (C)	United States	Arizona
4	63	Nicky McCrimmon (G)	United States	USC

Regular season

Season standings

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
Los Angeles Sparks ^x	28	4	.875	17–4	–
Houston Comets ^x	27	5	.844	17–4	1.0
Sacramento Monarchs ^x	21	11	.656	13–8	7.0
Phoenix Mercury ^x	20	12	.625	11–10	8.0
Utah Starzz ^o	18	14	.563	13–8	10.0
Minnesota Lynx ^o	15	17	.469	5–16	13.0
Portland Fire ^o	10	22	.313	4–17	18.0
Seattle Storm ^o	6	26	.188	4–17	22.0

Season schedule

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
May 31	Utah	69-62	Win	1-0
June 3	@ Minnesota	82-75	Win	2-0
June 6	Portland	70-57	Win	3-0
June 10	Phoenix	76-57	Win	4-0
June 11	@ Sacramento	68-75	Loss	4-1
June 13	@ Seattle	59-69	Loss	4-2
June 17	@ Portland	94-81	Win	5-2
June 18	Charlotte	70-62	Win	6-2
June 20	Houston	90-84	Win	7-2
June 23	@ Miami	68-54	Win	8-2
June 25	@ New York	72-67	Win	9-2
June 26	@ Washington	74-72	Win	10-2
June 28	@ Indiana	82-73	Win	11-2
July 1	Cleveland	75-67	Win	12-2
July 2	Detroit	85-63	Win	13-2
July 5	@ Sacramento	76-61	Win	14-2
July 6	Washington	79-70	Win	15-2
July 9	Utah	92-72	Win	16-2
July 11	Portland	77-80	Loss	16-3
July 14	Houston	63-58	Win	17-3
July 15	Minnesota	58-57	Win	18-3
July 20	New York	82-66	Win	19-3
July 21	@ Phoenix	74-68	Win	20-3
July 23	Sacramento	73-68	Win	21-3
July 25	Orlando	78-63	Win	22-3
July 27	Seattle	76-63	Win	23-3
July 29	@ Houston	84-74	Win	24-3
July 31	@ Minnesota	73-66	Win	25-3
August 2	@ Detroit	84-81	Win	26-3
August 5	@ Phoenix	77-63	Win	27-3
August 8	@ Seattle	60-52	Win	28-3
August 9	@ Utah	77-89	Loss	28-4

Playoffs

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
Western Conference Semifinals
1	August 11	@ Phoenix	86-71	Win	1-0
2	August 13	Phoenix	101-76	Win	2-0
Western Conference Finals
1	August 17	@ Houston	56-77	Loss	2-1
2	August 20	Houston	69-74	Loss	2-2

Player stats

Player	GP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS
Lisa Leslie	32	306	60	31	74	570
Mwadi Mabika	32	179	98	58	18	394
DeLisha Milton-Jones	32	194	68	44	29	378
Tamecka Dixon	31	105	96	40	10	338
Ukari Figgs	32	55	127	21	3	215
Allison Feaster	32	85	33	23	2	202
Clarisse Machanguana	31	72	18	13	4	110
Nicky McCrimmon	32	32	65	29	8	101
Vedrana Grgin-Fonseca	18	23	12	3	1	49
La'Keshia Frett	25	24	6	7	6	40
Paige Sauer	12	16	3	2	1	20

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References

1. http://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/LAS/2000.html