2000 Minnesota Lynx season

2000 Minnesota Lynx season
Head Coach Brian Agler
Arena Target Center
Attendance 7,290 per game
Results
Record 1517
(.469)
Place 6th (Western)
Playoff Finish Did Not Qualify
Minnesota Lynx seasons
< 1999 2001 >

The 2000 WNBA season was the 2nd for the Minnesota Lynx franchise. They were close to making the WNBA Playoffs, but came up short for the second consecutive year.

Offseason

Angela Aycock and Charmin Smith were both picked up by the Seattle Storm in the 2000 WNBA Expansion Draft.

WNBA Draft

Round Pick Player Nationality College/School/Team
1 5 Grace Daley (G)  United States Tulane
1 6 Betty Lennox (G)  United States Louisiana Tech
1 10 Maylana Martin (F)  United States UCLA
2 22 Marla Brumfield (G)  United States Rice
2 24 Keitha Dickerson (F)  United States Texas Tech
3 38 Phylesha Whaley (F)  United States Oklahoma
4 54 Jana Lichnerova (C)  United States St. Joseph's
4 56 Shanele Stires (F)  United States Kansas State (from Columbus Quest, ABL

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 Cleveland 73-62 Win 1-0
June 1 @ Utah 74-83 Loss 1-1
June 3 Los Angeles 75-82 Loss 1-2
June 5 Detroit 88-68 Win 2-2
June 8 @ Orlando 71-57 Win 3-2
June 10 @ Miami 66-55 Win 4-2
June 15 Orlando 72-66 Win 5-2
June 17 @ Phoenix 69-62 Win 6-2
June 18 @ Houston 66-78 Loss 6-3
June 20 Phoenix 55-74 Loss 6-4
June 22 Utah 86-64 Win 7-4
June 24 @ Cleveland 60-57 Win 8-4
June 28 @ Sacramento 74-82 Loss 8-5
June 30 @ Seattle 65-53 Win 9-5
July 2 Portland 81-75 Win 10-5
July 5 Seattle 60-67 Loss 10-6
July 7 New York 70-76 Loss 10-7
July 9 Houston 60-70 Loss 10-8
July 11 @ Phoenix 54-64 Loss 10-9
July 14 @ Portland 54-65 Loss 10-10
July 15 @ Los Angeles 57-58 Loss 10-11
July 20 @ Sacramento 56-73 Loss 10-12
July 21 @ Seattle 61-67 Loss 10-13
July 23 Portland 80-63 Win 11-13
July 28 Miami 68-44 Win 12-13
July 29 @ Washington 87-85 Win 13-13
July 31 Los Angeles 66-73 Loss 13-14
August 2 Utah 62-72 Loss 13-15
August 4 Sacramento 63-74 Loss 13-16
August 6 Indiana 80-75 Win 14-16
August 8 @ Charlotte 76-67 Win 15-16
August 9 @ Houston 64-77 Loss 15-17

Player stats

Player GP REB AST STL BLK PTS
Katie Smith 32 93 90 44 7 646
Betty Lennox 32 178 82 53 9 541
Kristin Folkl 32 154 67 23 22 242
Grace Daley 30 72 57 12 0 173
Keitha Dickerson 32 141 59 37 2 142
Maylana Martin 30 67 21 17 13 132
Marla Brumfield 32 60 42 22 2 124
Andrea Lloyd Curry 14 43 22 12 2 75
Kate Paye 28 30 38 8 6 56
Shanele Stires 21 14 7 6 0 35
Sonja Tate 8 13 5 3 0 27
Angie Potthoff 3 2 1 0 0 0
Angela Aycock 3 3 4 0 0 0

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References

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