2000 Orlando Miracle season

2000 Orlando Miracle season
2000 Orlando Miracle season
Coach	Carolyn Peck
Arena	TD Waterhouse Centre
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)
	← 1999 season 2001 season →

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:

Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
Yolanda Moore	United States	Ole Miss

Portland Fire expansion draft

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

Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
Tari Phillips	United States	UCF

WNBA draft

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

Transactions

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

Roster

2000 Orlando Miracle roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From	Yrs
C	28	dos Santos, Cíntia	6' 5" (1.96m)	187 lb (85kg)	1975-01-31		R
G	24	Gayden, Cornelia	5' 9" (1.75m)	–	1971-05-11	LSU	R
C	15	Hamzová, Romana	5' 9" (1.75m)	148 lb (67kg)	1970-08-17		R
F/C	22	Hicks, Jessie	6' 4" (1.93m)	188 lb (85kg)	1971-12-02	Maryland	1
G	31	Johnson, Adrienne	5' 10" (1.78m)	154 lb (70kg)	1974-02-05	Ohio State	3
G	14	Johnson, Shannon	5' 7" (1.7m)	152 lb (69kg)	1974-08-18	South Carolina	1
G	12	McCain, Tiffany	5' 10" (1.78m)	160 lb (73kg)	1978-03-08	Kentucky	R
F	10	McGhee, Carla	6' 1" (1.85m)	173 lb (78kg)	1968-03-06	Tennessee	1
F/C	11	McWilliams-Franklin, Taj	6' 2" (1.88m)	195 lb (88kg)	1970-10-20	St. Edward's	1
G	5	Powell, Elaine	5' 8" (1.73m)	150 lb (68kg)	1975-08-09	Louisiana Tech	1
G	6	Roland, Jannon	5' 11" (1.8m)	168 lb (76kg)	1975-02-03	Purdue	R
G/F	42	Sales, Nykesha	6' 0" (1.83m)	184 lb (83kg)	1976-05-10	Connecticut	1
G	5	Smith, LaCharlotte	6' 0" (1.83m)	150 lb (68kg)	1974-02-06	Mississippi State	R

Head coach: Carolyn Peck (Vanderbilt)
Assistant coaches: Rick Stukes
Charlene Thomas-Swinson

Legend

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

Schedule

Regular season

2000 game log
Total: 16–16 (Home: 11–5; Road: 5–11)

May: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	May 31	@ Washington	L 66-92	Shannon Johnson (16)	Taj McWilliams-Franklin (8)	S. Johnson Powell (5)	MCI Center	0–1

June: 9–5 (Home: 5–3; Road: 4–2)

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

July: 5–7 (Home: 4–2; Road: 1–5)

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

August: 2–3 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
28	August 1	@ Phoenix	L 77-84	Adrienne Johnson (24)	Carla McGhee (7)	Shannon Johnson (7)	America West Arena	14–14
29	August 4	@ New York	L 57-70	Adrienne Johnson (14)	Taj McWilliams-Franklin (14)	Shannon Johnson (9)	Madison Square Garden	14–15
30	August 6	Detroit	W 92-63	Adrienne Johnson (10)	dos Santos McWilliams-Franklin (8)	Shannon Johnson (9)	TD Waterhouse Centre	15–15
31	August 7	Washington	W 65-57	Nykesha Sales (16)	dos Santos Sales (7)	Shannon Johnson (4)	TD Waterhouse Centre	16–15
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

2000 playoff game log

First round vs. Cleveland Rockers
Won Series: 2–0

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	August 11	Cleveland	W 62–55	Taj McWilliams-Franklin (16)	Taj McWilliams-Franklin (10)	Shannon Johnson (5)	TD Waterhouse Centre	1–0
2	August 13	@ Cleveland	L 54–63	Adrienne Johnson (17)	Shannon Johnson (9)	Shannon Johnson (7)	Gund Arena	1–1
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

2000 playoff schedule

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

Statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage	TO	Turnovers per game
PF	Fouls per game		Team leader		League leader

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Shannon Johnson	32	32	35.2	.395	.333	.743	4.8	5.3	1.8	0.2	11.9
Adrienne Johnson	32	31	34.4	.445	.351	.895	2.8	1.7	0.8	0.1	13.6
Taj McWilliams-Franklin	32	32	34.3	.524	.294	.713	7.6	1.7	1.8	1.0	13.7
Nykesha Sales	32	32	31.1	.444	.395	.694	4.3	2.2	1.5	0.4	13.4
Cíntia dos Santos	32	31	25.6	.423	.000	.702	3.9	1.2	0.5	2.0	7.1
Elaine Powell	20	1	17.4	.394	.333	.773	2.5	2.1	0.6	0.1	3.6
Carla McGhee	32	0	12.8	.361	.000	.692	2.0	0.7	0.7	0.2	2.7
Tiffany McCain	25	0	8.6	.306	.227	.889	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.0	2.0
Jannon Roland	21	0	8.2	.351	.300	.500	0.8	0.4	0.3	0.0	1.6
Jessie Hicks	26	1	6.0	.435	N/A	.621	1.0	0.2	0.1	0.3	1.5
LaCharlotte Smith	3	0	4.0	.667	.000	1.000	0.7	0.3	0.7	0.0	1.7
Romana Hamzová	15	0	2.9	.182	.000	.500	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.5
Cornelia Gayden	3	0	2.3	.500	.000	N/A	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.7

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

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

^ ^a ^b ^c "2000 Orlando Miracle Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 7, 2024.

[:0-1] "2000 Orlando Miracle Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 7, 2024.

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