2000 Orlando Miracle season

2000 Orlando Miracle season

Head Coach

Arena

Attendance

7,363 per game

Results
Record	16–16 (.500)
Place	3rd (Eastern)
Playoff Finish	Lost in Eastern Conference Semifinals
Team Leaders
Points	Taj McWilliams (13.7)
Rebounds	Taj McWilliams (7.6)
Assists	Shannon Johnson (5.3)
Orlando Miracle seasons
< 1999	2001 >

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.

Offseason

WNBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	4	Cintia dos Santos	Brazil	Brazil
2	20	Jannon Roland	United States	New England Blizzard (ABL)
3	36	Shawnetta Stewart	United States	Rutgers
4	52	Romana Hamzova	Czech Republic	Czech Republic

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Roster

Orlando Miracle roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Height	Weight	From
6.0 !C	28	BRA !	dos Santos, Cintia	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	187 lb (85 kg)	Brazil
1.5 !G	15	CZE !	Hamzova, Romana	7000175260000000000♠5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	152 lb (69 kg)	Czech Republic
5.5 !F/C	7	USA !	Hicks, Jessie	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	188 lb (85 kg)	Maryland
1.5 !G	31	USA !	Johnson, Adrienne	7000177800000000000♠5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	154 lb (70 kg)	Ohio State
1.5 !G	14	USA !	Johnson, Shannon	7000170180000000000♠5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	152 lb (69 kg)	South Carolina
2.5 !G/F	12	USA !	McCain, Tiffany	7000177800000000000♠5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	167 lb (76 kg)	Kentucky
4.0 !F	10	USA !	McGhee, Carla	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	179 lb (81 kg)	Tennessee
5.5 !F/C	11	USA !	McWilliams, Taj (C)	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	184 lb (83 kg)	St. Edward's College
1.5 !G	50	USA !	Powell, Elaine	7000172720000000000♠5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	Louisiana State
2.5 !G/F	6	USA !	Roland, Jannon	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	157 lb (71 kg)	Purdue
2.5 !G/F	42	USA !	Sales, Nykesha (C)	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Connecticut
1.5 !G	5	USA !	Smith, LaCharlotte	7000170180000000000♠5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	Mississippi State

Head coach

Carolyn Peck (Vanderbilt)

Assistant coaches

Michael Peck (Marshall)
Charlene Thomas-Swinson (Auburn)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
Injured

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

Schedule

Preseason

2000 Game Log: Preseason

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location	Record
1	May 20	@ Indiana	W 82-71	N/A	N/A	N/A	Mackey Arena	1-0
2	May 24	New York	W 83-81	N/A	N/A	N/A	TD Waterhouse Centre	2-0
3	May 26	Indiana	L 73-80	N/A	N/A	N/A	TD Waterhouse Centre	2-1

Regular season

2000 Game Log: Regular Season

May

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location	Record
1	May 31	@ Washington	L 66-92	S. Johnson (16)	McWilliams (8)	S. Johnson, Powell (5)	MCI Center	0-1

June

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location	Record
2	June 1	Charlotte	W 82-79	Sales (24)	McWilliams (9)	S. Johnson (7)	TD Waterhouse Centre	1-1
3	June 3	@ Indiana	W 88-82	S. Johnson (16)	dos Santos, McWilliams (5)	S. Johnson (10)	Conseco Fieldhouse	2-1
4	June 5	Sacramento	W 75-68	Sales (22)	McWilliams (12)	S. Johnson (8)	TD Waterhouse Centre	3-1
5	June 7	@ Cleveland	L 79-83 (OT)	Sales (24)	McWilliams (8)	S. Johnson (8)	Gund Arena	3-2
6	June 8	Minnesota	L 57-71	McWilliams (18)	McWilliams (9)	S. Johnson (3)	TD Waterhouse Centre	3-3
7	June 10	@ Charlotte	W 74-71	McWilliams, Sales (20)	McWilliams, dos Santos (6)	McWilliams (6)	Gund Arena	4-3
8	June 13	@ Utah	W 88-80	S. Johnson (19)	Sales (6)	S. Johnson (12)	Delta Center	5-3
9	June 15	@ Minnesota	L 66-72	Sales (23)	dos Santos (11)	S. Johnson (3)	Target Center	5-4
10	June 17	Indiana	L 54-79	McWilliams (11)	McWilliams (6)	S. Johnson (4)	TD Waterhouse Centre	5-5
11	June 22	Cleveland	W 77-64	McWilliams (22)	McWilliams (11)	Five Players (3)	TD Waterhouse Centre	6-5
12	June 24	Charlotte	W 69-68	Sales (22)	Sales (10)	dos Santos (4)	TD Waterhouse Centre	7-5
13	June 26	Houston	L 58-70	McWilliams, Sales (14)	S. Johnson (11)	S. Johnson (6)	TD Waterhouse Centre	7-6
14	June 28	Miami	W 61-53	S. Johnson (14)	McWilliams (8)	S. Johnson (4)	TD Waterhouse Centre	8-6
15	June 30	@ Miami	W 66-63	McWilliams (17)	McWilliams (9)	A. Johnson (4)	American Airlines Arena	9-6

July

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location	Record
16	July 1	New York	W 69-57	S. Johnson (23)	S. Johnson (11)	A. Johnson (3)	TD Waterhouse Centre	10-6
17	July 6	Indiana	W 72-60	McWilliams (22)	S. Johnson (7)	S. Johnson (4)	TD Waterhouse Centre	11-6
18	July 8	Seattle	W 64-53	A. Johnson (18)	McWilliams (9)	Powell (5)	TD Waterhouse Centre	12-6
19	July 9	@ Detroit	W 68-62	A. Johnson (17)	McWilliams (11)	S. Johnson (5)	Palace of Auburn Hills	13-6
20	July 12	@ Cleveland	L 72-74 (OT)	McWilliams (22)	McWilliams (7)	Powell (5)	Gund Arena	13-7
21	July 14	New York	L 51-55	A. Johnson (22)	A. Johnson (10)	S. Johnson (3)	TD Waterhouse Centre	13-8
22	July 19	Detroit	W 88-78	Sales (20)	McWilliams (10)	Sales (7)	TD Waterhouse Centre	14-8
23	July 21	@ Washington	L 59-61	S. Johnson (17)	S. Johnson (8)	S. Johnson (5)	MCI Center	14-9
24	July 23	Utah	L 66-69	A. Johnson, McWilliams (18)	dos Santos (11)	S. Johnson (7)	TD Waterhouse Centre	14-10
25	July 25	@ Los Angeles	L 63-78	dos Santos (14)	McWilliams (7)	S. Johnson (6)	Staples Center	14-11
26	July 27	@ Sacramento	L 66-73	Sales (25)	S. Johnson (10)	S. Johnson (9)	ARCO Arena	14-12
27	July 30	@ Portland	L 55-76	A. Johnson (20)	S. Johnson (8)	S. Johnson (4)	Rose Garden	14-13

August

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location	Record
28	August 1	@ Phoenix	L 77-84	A. Johnson (24)	McGhee (7)	S. Johnson (7)	America West Arena	14-14
29	August 4	@ New York	L 57-70	A. Johnson (14)	McWilliams (14)	S. Johnson (9)	Madison Square Garden	14-15
30	August 6	Detroit	W 92-63	A. Johnson (25)	dos Santos, McWilliams (8)	S. Johnson (9)	TD Waterhouse Centre	15-15
31	August 7	Washington	W 65-57	Sales (16)	dos Santos, Sales (7)	S. Johnson (4)	TD Waterhouse Centre	16-15
32	August 9	@ Miami	L 64-68 (2OT)	McWilliams (23)	McWilliams (13)	S. Johnson (6)	American Airlines Arena	16-16

Playoffs

In the first round of the Eastern Conference Playoffs, the Miracle had to face the Cleveland Rockers. Since the Rockers had the better record, the series would be played with game 1 at Orlando, game 2 at Cleveland, and game 3 (if needed) at Cleveland. The Miracle won the first game, but the Rockers won the next two and took the series.

For the first time in franchise history, the Miracle advanced to the postseason.

1999 Game Log: Regular Season

Eastern Conference Semifinals

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location	Series
1	August 11	Cleveland	W 62-55	McWilliams (16)	McWilliams (10)	S. Johnson (5)	TD Waterhouse Centre	1-0
2	August 13	@ Cleveland	L 54-63	A. Johnson (17)	S. Johnson (9)	S. Johnson (7)	Gund Arena	1-1
3	August 15	@ Cleveland	L 43-72	Sales (13)	McWilliams (8)	Four Players (2)	Gund Arena	1-2

Depth

Template:2000 Orlando Miracle depth chart

Player stats

http://www.wnba.com/sun/stats/2000/

Awards and honors

Shannon Johnson, Taj McWilliams-Franklin and Nykesha Sales were named to the WNBA All-Star team.
Shannon Johnson was named to the All-WNBA Second Team for the second time in her career.

References

↑ WNBA.com: 2000 WNBA Draft Board

Connecticut Sun seasons

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Bold indicates WNBA Finals appearance

Connecticut Sun

Formerly the Orlando Miracle Founded in 1999 Based in Uncasville, Connecticut

The franchise	All-time roster The Orlando Miracle Years The move to Connecticut Current season

Arenas	TD Waterhouse Centre Mohegan Sun Arena

Head coaches	Carolyn Peck Dee Brown Mike Thibault Anne Donovan Curt Miller

Administration	Owner: RDV Sports, Inc. Mohegan Sun General Manager: Carolyn Peck Dee Brown Chris Sienko

All-Stars	Alex Bentley Kelsey Bone Tina Charles Katie Douglas Margo Dydek Allison Hightower Shannon Johnson Asjha Jones Taj McWilliams Renee Montgomery Chiney Ogwumike Nykesha Sales Lindsay Whalen

Seasons	1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Playoff appearances	2000 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2011 2012

Conference titles	2004 2005

WNBA titles	None

Rivals	Atlanta Dream Detroit Shock Indiana Fever New York Liberty

Media	TV: CPTV Sports (CPTV-S) Announcers: Bob Heussler Rebecca Lobo Jennifer Rizzotti Kara Wolters

2000 WNBA season by team

Draft All-Star Game Championship Playoffs

Eastern	Charlotte Sting Cleveland Rockers Detroit Shock Indiana Fever Miami Sol New York Liberty Orlando Miracle Washington Mystics

Western	Houston Comets Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx Phoenix Mercury Portland Fire Sacramento Monarchs Seattle Storm Utah Starzz

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