1998 Houston Comets season

August 2023 March 2026 Houston Comets 1998 27 3 Western 1st Van Chancellor Compaq Center Won WNBA Finals yes The 1998 WNBA season was the second season for the Houston Comets. The Comets won their second straight championship. Their record of 27-3 remains the best in league history. Transactions Washington Mystics expansion draft The following player was selected in the Washington Mystics expansion draft from the Houston Comets: Player Nationality School/Team/Country Tammy Jackson Florida WNBA draft 1998 WNBA draft Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 1 10 Polina Tzekova Tarbes Gespe Bigorre (France) 2 20 Nyree Roberts Old Dominion330Amaya ValdemoroSpanish State SpainPool Getafe (Spain)440Monica LambUSC Transactions DateTransaction February 18, 1998 Lost Tammy Jackson to the Washington Mystics in the WNBA expansion draft1998 Houston Comets Transactions https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/HOU/1998_transactions.html 2024-06-01 Basketball-Reference.com en April 29, 1998 Drafted Polina Tzekova, Nyree Roberts, Amaya Valdemoro and Monica Lamb in the 1998 WNBA draftMay 8, 1998Traded Fran Harris to the Utah Starzz in exchange for Karen Booker Roster Houston Comets 1998 WNBA 9 Janeth Arcain G 5 11 147 1969-04-11 1 BRA Karen Booker 1 C 6 1 170 1965-04-10 1 Vanderbilt USA 14 Cynthia Cooper Cynthia Cooper-Dyke G 5 10 150 1963-04-14 1 USC USA 4 Wanda Guyton C 6 1 178 1968-10-14 1 South Florida USA 23 Tammy Jackson F/C 6 2 190 1962-12-03 1 Florida USA 40 Monica Lamb C 6 5 206 1964-10-11 R USC USA 33 Yolanda Moore F/C 6 0 175 1974-07-01 1 Ole Miss USA 10 Kim Perrot G 5 5 130 1967-01-18 1 Louisiana–Lafayette USA 0 Nyree Roberts C 6 3 209 1976-03-10 R Old Dominion USA 22 Sheryl Swoopes F/G 6 0 145 1971-03-25 1 Texas Tech USA 7 Tina Thompson F 6 2 178 1975-02-10 1 USC USA 13 Amaya Valdemoro F 6 1 1976-08-18 R Spanish State 5 Tiffany Woosley G 5 7 132 1973-04-26 1 Tennessee USA USA Van Chancellor Mississippi State Schedule Regular season Houston Comets 1998 Total: 27–3 (Home: 14–1; Road: 13–2) Houston Comets June yes 4 0 4 1 |- | 1 | June 13 | New York | W 73–62 | Sheryl Swoopes (28) | Tina Thompson (8) | Kim Perrot (7) | Compaq Center | 1–0 |- | 2 | June 15 | @ Charlotte | W 79–65 | Cynthia Cooper (31) | Tina Thompson (8) | Kim Perrot (6) | Charlotte Coliseum | 2–0 |- | 3 | June 18 | Cleveland | W 87–69 | Sheryl Swoopes (25) | Tina Thompson (6) | Cynthia Cooper (7) | Compaq Center | 3–0 |- | 4 | June 20 | @ Sacramento | W 79–68 | Cynthia Cooper (22) | Tina Thompson (9) | Cynthia Cooper (6) | ARCO Arena | 4–0 |- | 5 | June 21 | @ Los Angeles | W 79–63 | Cynthia Cooper (29) | Monica Lamb (11) | Cynthia Cooper (5) | Great Western Forum | 5–0 |- | 6 | June 24 | @ Phoenix | L 66–69 | Cynthia Cooper (27) | Tina Thompson (13) | Cynthia Cooper (3) | America West Arena | 5–1 |- | 7 | June 27 | Los Angeles | W 75–64 | Cynthia Cooper (28) | Cynthia Cooper (6) | Kim Perrot (6) | Compaq Center | 6–1 |- | 8 | June 29 | Washington | W 73–48 | Cynthia Cooper (16) | Lamb Thompson (6) | Kim Perrot (3) | Compaq Center | 7–1 |- | 9 | June 30 | @ Utah | W 75–73 (2OT) | Cynthia Cooper (27) | Tina Thompson (14) | Cynthia Cooper (5) | Delta Center | 8–1 Houston Comets July 6 0 6 0 |- | 10 | July 3 | Sacramento | W 84–67 | Cynthia Cooper (34) | Tina Thompson (10) | Cynthia Cooper (5) | Compaq Center | 9–1 |- | 11 | July 6 | @ Cleveland | W 78–64 | Cooper Swoopes (18) | Yolanda Moore (7) | Sheryl Swoopes (7) | Gund Arena | 10–1 |- | 12 | July 8 | @ New York | W 79–54 | Cynthia Cooper (23) | Lamb Swoopes (7) | Kim Perrot (8) | Madison Square Garden | 11–1 |- | 13 | July 9 | Detroit | W 96–66 | Kim Perrot (22) | Arcain Perrot (6) | Cooper Perrot (7) | Compaq Center | 12–1 |- | 14 | July 11 | Utah | W 72–68 | Cynthia Cooper (24) | Monica Lamb (6) | Kim Perrot (7) | Compaq Center | 13–1 |- | 15 | July 13 | Washington | W 81–67 | Cynthia Cooper (23) | Sheryl Swoopes (7) | Cynthia Cooper (8) | Compaq Center | 14–1 |- | 16 | July 17 | @ Los Angeles | W 74–68 | Cynthia Cooper (22) | Sheryl Swoopes (10) | Kim Perrot (9) | Great Western Forum | 15–1 |- | 17 | July 18 | @ Sacramento | W 75–44 | Cynthia Cooper (23) | Tina Thompson (11) | Kim Perrot (7) | ARCO Arena | 16–1 |- | 18 | July 21 | @ Phoenix | W 65–62 | Cynthia Cooper (23) | Sheryl Swoopes (10) | Cynthia Cooper (3) | America West Arena | 17–1 |- | 19 | July 25 | @ Charlotte | W 67–58 | Sheryl Swoopes (20) | Cynthia Cooper (8) | Cynthia Cooper (8) | Charlotte Coliseum | 18–1 |- | 20 | July 28 | Phoenix | W 72–62 | Cynthia Cooper (27) | Tina Thompson (9) | Cooper Thompson (3) | Compaq Center | 19–1 |- | 21 | July 30 | Utah | W 88–65 | Cynthia Cooper (22) | Sheryl Swoopes (8) | Cynthia Cooper (10) | Compaq Center | 20–1 Houston Comets August 4 1 3 1 |- | 22 | August 1 | Cleveland | L 71–74 (OT) | Sheryl Swoopes (18) | Monica Lamb (8) | Cynthia Cooper (8) | Compaq Center | 20–2 |- | 23 | August 2 | Sacramento | W 70–53 | Sheryl Swoopes (20) | Monica Lamb (8) | Cooper Swoopes (3) | Compaq Center | 21–2 |- | 24 | August 4 | @ Utah | W 77–57 | Cynthia Cooper (32) | Janeth Arcain (9) | Kim Perrot (7) | Delta Center | 22–2 |- | 25 | August 6 | Phoenix | W 75–64 | Cynthia Cooper (21) | Tina Thompson (10) | Kim Perrot (7) | Compaq Center | 23–2 |- | 26 | August 7 | @ Detroit | W 61–57 | Cynthia Cooper (34) | Yolanda Moore (7) | Cooper Swoopes Perrot (2) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 24–2 |- | 27 | August 10 | Charlotte | W 70–67 | Cooper Swoopes (20) | Tina Thompson (13) | Kim Perrot (9) | Compaq Center | 25–2 |- | 28 | August 15 | @ New York | L 54–70 | Cynthia Cooper (17) | Perrot Thompson (5) | Cynthia Cooper (3) | Madison Square Garden | 25–3 |- | 29 | August 17 | @ Washington | W 110–65 | Cynthia Cooper (21) | Monica Lamb (9) | Kim Perrot (7) | MCI Center | 26–3 |- | 30 | August 19 | Los Angeles | W 80–71 | Cynthia Cooper (22) | Sheryl Swoopes (10) | Cooper Perrot (7) | Compaq Center | 27–3 hou 1998 Playoffs Houston Comets yes 1998 Houston Comets Semifinal vs. Charlotte StingWon Series: 2–0 yes yes no |- | 1 | August 22 | @ Charlotte | W 85–71 | Cynthia Cooper (27) | Tina Thompson (10) | Kim Perrot (6) | Charlotte Coliseum | 1–0 |- | 2 | August 24 | Charlotte | W 77–61 | Cynthia Cooper (23) | Tina Thompson (14) | Cooper Perrot (5) | Compaq Center | 2–0 Houston Comets Championship vs. Phoenix MercuryWon Series: 2–1 yes no |- | 1 | August 27 | @ Phoenix | L 51–54 | Cynthia Cooper (29) | Sheryl Swoopes (11) | Swoopes Perrot (6) | America West Arena | 0–1 |- | 2 | August 29 | Phoenix | W 74–69 (OT) | Cynthia Cooper (27) | Sheryl Swoopes (13) | Cynthia Cooper (6) | Compaq Center | 1–1 |- | 3 | September 1 | Phoenix | W 80–71 | Cynthia Cooper (23) | Tina Thompson (6) | Cynthia Cooper Swoopes (6) | Compaq Center | 2–1 HOU yes 1998 Season standings HOU Statistics Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Cynthia Cooper 30 30 35.0 .446 .400 .854 3.7 4.4 1.6 0.4 22.7 Kim Perrot 30 30 32.9 .404 .269 .700 3.14.7 2.8 0.0 8.5 Tina Thompson 27 27 32.4 .419 .359 .851 7.1 0.9 1.1 0.9 12.7 Sheryl Swoopes 29 29 32.3 .427 .360 .826 5.1 2.1 2.5 0.5 15.6 Janeth Arcain 30 4 21.9 .426 .152 .756 3.6 0.9 0.8 0.1 6.8 Monica Lamb 30 25 21.6 .541 N/A .690 4.7 0.3 0.8 0.7 5.4 Yolanda Moore 30 4 17.8 .451 .500 .805 2.9 0.3 0.9 0.0 3.3 Wanda Guyton 1 1 14.0 .000 N/A N/A 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 Tammy Jackson 19 0 8.4 .381 N/A .727 1.1 0.3 0.2 0.3 1.3 Tiffany Woosley 18 0 5.3 .304 .250 .714 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.0 1.2 Nyree Roberts 14 0 3.9 .857 N/A .571 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.0 1.1Amaya Valdemoro1603.8.500.400.7060.60.40.40.11.9 Karen Booker 1 0 2.0 .000 N/A N/A 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 ‡Waived/Released during the season †Traded during the season ≠Acquired during the season Awards and honors Cynthia Cooper, WNBA Finals MVP Award Cynthia Cooper, WNBA Most Valuable Player Award Cynthia Cooper, Best WNBA Player ESPY Award Van Chancellor, WNBA Coach of the Year Award References External links Comets on Basketball Reference Category:Houston Comets seasons Houston Houston Category:WNBA championship seasons Category:Western Conference (WNBA) championship seasons