2000 Portland Fire season
| 2000 Portland Fire season | |
|---|---|
| Coach | Linda Hargrove |
| Arena | Rose Garden |
| Attendance | 8,317 per game |
| Results | |
| Record | 10–22 (.313) |
| Place | 7th (Western) |
| Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
| Team Leaders | |
| Points | Sophia Witherspoon 16.8 ppg |
| Rebounds | Sylvia Crawley 6.0 rpg |
| Assists | Stacey Thomas 3.2 apg |
The 2000 WNBA season was the 1st season for the Portland Fire.
Offseason[edit]
Expansion draft[edit]
| Pick | Player | Nationality | WNBA Team | College/HS/Club Team |
| 4 | Alisa Burras (F) |  United States
|
Cleveland Rockers | Louisiana Tech |
| 5 | Sonja Henning (G) | United States
|
Houston Comets | Stanford |
| 12 | Tari Phillips (C) | United States
|
Orlando Miracle | Florida |
| 13 | Coquese Washington (G) | United States
|
New York Liberty | Notre Dame |
| 20 | Molly Goodenbour (G) | United States
|
Sacramento Monarchs | Stanford |
| 21 | Jamila Wideman (G) | United States
|
Cleveland Rockers | Stanford |
WNBA draft[edit]
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 1 | 7 | Lynn Pride (G/F) | United States
|
Kansas |
| 2 | 23 | Stacey Thomas (F) | United States
|
Michigan |
| 3 | 39 | Maxann Reese (G) | United States
|
Michigan State |
| 4 | 55 | Rhonda L Smith (C) | United States
|
Long Beach State |
Trades[edit]
| Date | Trade | |
|---|---|---|
| December 15, 1999 | To Portland Fire | To New York Liberty |
| Michele Van Gorp | for Portland selecting Sophia Witherspoon and Coquese Washington in the 2000 WNBA Expansion Draft | |
| January 28, 2000 | To Portland Fire | To Houston Comets |
| Mila Nikolich | Coquese Washington | |
| May 28, 2000 | To Portland Fire | To New York Liberty |
| Carolyn Jones | Tari Phillips | |
Regular season[edit]
Season standings[edit]
| 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[edit]
| Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31 | Houston | 89-93 | Loss | 0-1 |
| June 3 | @ Seattle | 65-58 | Win | 1-1 |
| June 6 | @ Los Angeles | 57-70 | Loss | 1-2 |
| June 8 | Utah | 72-81 | Loss | 1-3 |
| June 13 | Phoenix | 69-75 | Loss | 1-4 |
| June 14 | @ Phoenix | 80-81 | Loss | 1-5 |
| June 17 | Los Angeles | 81-94 | Loss | 1-6 |
| June 20 | Charlotte | 85-87 | Loss | 1-7 |
| June 23 | Seattle | 72-61 | Win | 2-7 |
| June 25 | @ Sacramento | 76-92 | Loss | 2-8 |
| June 28 | Cleveland | 80-69 | Win | 3-8 |
| June 30 | @ Houston | 39-79 | Loss | 3-9 |
| July 2 | @ Minnesota | 75-81 | Loss | 3-10 |
| July 3 | @ Indiana | 68-64 | Win | 4-10 |
| July 5 | @ New York | 45-62 | Loss | 4-11 |
| July 7 | Sacramento | 60-63 | Loss | 4-12 |
| July 9 | Washington | 75-58 | Win | 5-12 |
| July 11 | @ Los Angeles | 80-77 | Win | 6-12 |
| July 12 | @ Utah | 67-76 | Loss | 6-13 |
| July 14 | Minnesota | 65-54 | Win | 7-13 |
| July 19 | @ Miami | 62-69 | Loss | 7-14 |
| July 21 | @ Charlotte | 64-73 | Loss | 7-15 |
| July 23 | @ Minnesota | 63-80 | Loss | 7-16 |
| July 24 | @ Detroit | 61-57 | Win | 8-16 |
| July 26 | Sacramento | 70-73 | Loss | 8-17 |
| July 28 | Indiana | 58-73 | Loss | 8-18 |
| July 30 | Orlando | 76-55 | Win | 9-18 |
| August 1 | Miami | 54-50 | Win | 10-18 |
| August 4 | Houston | 56-81 | Loss | 10-19 |
| August 6 | @ Seattle | 58-66 | Loss | 10-20 |
| August 7 | @ Utah | 73-83 | Loss | 10-21 |
| August 9 | Phoenix | 60-68 | Loss | 10-22 |
Player stats[edit]
| Player | Minutes | Field Goals | Rebounds | Assists | Steals | Blocks | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sophia Witherspoon | 1061 | 175 | 105 | 68 | 38 | 8 | 538 |
| Sylvia Crawley | 930 | 143 | 185 | 34 | 29 | 24 | 357 |
| Vanessa Nygaard | 843 | 91 | 121 | 30 | 17 | 5 | 253 |
| Michelle M. Marciniak | 537 | 58 | 59 | 73 | 37 | 6 | 177 |
| Stacey Thomas | 863 | 58 | 126 | 101 | 54 | 15 | 163 |
| Alisa Burras | 314 | 64 | 74 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 159 |
| Tully Bevilaqua | 796 | 40 | 95 | 89 | 41 | 6 | 153 |
| Lynn Pride | 462 | 41 | 61 | 40 | 16 | 9 | 114 |
| DeMya Walker | 311 | 15 | 47 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 92 |
| Tara Williams | 174 | 31 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 80 |
| Michele Van Gorp | 199 | 25 | 42 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 69 |
| Jamila Wideman | 35 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |