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2000 Orlando Miracle 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.

2000 Orlando Miracle season
CoachCarolyn Peck
ArenaTD Waterhouse Centre
Attendance7,363 per game
Results
Record16–16 (.500)
Place3rd (Eastern)
Playoff finishLost in Eastern Conference Semifinals
Team Leaders
PointsTaj McWilliams (13.7)
ReboundsTaj McWilliams (7.6)
AssistsShannon Johnson (5.3)

Transactions

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Miami Sol expansion draft

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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

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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

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See also: 2000 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

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Date Transaction
December 15, 1999 Lost Yolanda Moore to the Miami Sol in the WNBA expansion draft[1]
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

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2000 Orlando Miracle roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. 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

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Regular season

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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References

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