2000 Minnesota Lynx season

2000 Minnesota Lynx season
Head Coach	Brian Agler
Arena	Target Center
Attendance	7,290 per game
Results Record 15–17 (.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

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