2000 WNBA Championship

US basketball competition August 2023 2000 WNBA Finals logo.png WNBA 2000 New York Liberty Richie Adubato 0 Houston Comets Van Chancellor 2 August 24-26 Cynthia Cooper (Houston Comets) Comets:Cynthia Cooper (2010)Sheryl Swoopes (2016)Tina Thompson (2018)Liberty:Becky Hammon (2023)Rebecca Lobo (2017; did not play)Teresa Weatherspoon (2019)Coaches:Van Chancellor (2007) New York defeated Cleveland, 2–1 Houston defeated Los Angeles, 2–0 The 2000 WNBA Championship was the championship series of the 2000 WNBA season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The Houston Comets, second-seeded champions of the Western Conference, defeated the New York Liberty, first-seeded champions of the Eastern Conference, two games to none in a best-of-three series. This was Houston's fourth title. The Comets made their fourth appearance in the Finals in franchise history. The Liberty also made their third Finals appearance. Going into the series, no other team except the Houston Comets had won a WNBA championship (1997–1999). The Comets had a 27–5 record (.844), good enough to receive home-court advantage over the Liberty (20–12). It did not matter, however, as the Comets swept the Liberty. Road to the finals Houston CometsNew York Liberty27–5 (.844)2nd West, 2nd overall Regular season20–12 (.562)1st East, 4th overallDefeated the (3) Sacramento Monarchs, 2–0 Conference SemifinalsDefeated the (4) Washington Mystics, 2–0Defeated the (1) Los Angeles Sparks, 2–0 Conference FinalsDefeated the (2) Cleveland Rockers, 2–1 Regular season series The Comets and the Liberty split the regular season series: #eee May 29 https://web.archive.org/web/20001021181442/http://wnba.com/games2000/20000529/NYLHOU/boxscore.html October 21, 2000 Recap New York Liberty 68 Houston Comets |score2=84 Compaq Center, Houston 16,285 #eee July 23 https://web.archive.org/web/20001022164829/http://wnba.com/games2000/20000723/HOUNYL/boxscore.html October 22, 2000 Recap Houston Comets 64 New York Liberty |score2=69 Madison Square Garden, New York 19,563 Game summaries All times listed below are Eastern Daylight Time. Game 1 #eee August 24 https://web.archive.org/web/20001023111516/http://wnba.com/games2000/20000824/HOUNYL/boxscore.html October 23, 2000 Recap Houston Comets 59 52 New York Liberty 29–22 30–39 Cooper (20) Phillips (24) Swoopes, Thompson (8) Phillips (15) Cooper (5) Weatherspoon (5) Madison Square Garden, New York 19,563 Sally Bell Dennis DeMayo Gary Zielinski Lifetime Game 2 #eee August 26 https://web.archive.org/web/20001023124123/http://wnba.com/games2000/20000826/NYLHOU/boxscore.html October 23, 2000 Recap New York Liberty 73 79 Houston Comets 25–27 39–37 9–15 Phillips (20) Swoopes (31) Phillips (7) Thompson (8) Weatherspoon (8) Cooper (7) Compaq Center, Houston 16,285 June Corteau Courtney Kirkland Michael Price NBC Rosters 2000 Houston Comets Finals WNBA #B22222 #D3D3D3 #D3D3D3 #FFFFFF 4 Janeth Arcain F 5 11 147 Brazil BRA 14 Cynthia Cooper Cynthia Cooper-Dyke G 5 10 150 USC USA 23 Tammy Jackson F 6 2 190 Florida USA 00 Tiffani Johnson C 6 4 195 Tennessee USA 3 Jawann Kelley-Gibson G 5 9 137 Maryland USA 40 Monica Lamb C 6 5 206 USC USA 21 Jennifer Rizzotti G 5 6 146 Connecticut USA 22 Sheryl Swoopes F 6 0 145 Texas Tech USA 7 Tina Thompson F 6 2 178 USC USA 13 Amaya Valdemoro F 6 1 160 Spain Spain 4 Coquese Washington G 5 6 138 Notre Dame USA USA Van Chancellor Mississippi State USA Kevin Cook 1 USA Alisa Scott 1 #0047AB #FFFFFF #66CDAA #FF4500 2000 New York Liberty Finals WNBA 22 Jessica Bibby G 5 7 139 Australia AUS 13 Marina Ferragut F 6 3 190 Spain ESP Olga Firsova C 6 8 215 Kansas State Ukraine 42 Desiree Francis F 5 10 193 Iowa State USA 25 Becky Hammon G 5 6 136 Colorado State USA 55 Vickie Johnson G 5 9 150 Louisiana Tech USA 50 Rebecca Lobo C 6 4 185 Connecticut USA yes 24 Tari Phillips F 6 1 200 University of Central Florida USA 3 Crystal Robinson F 5 10 175 Southeastern Oklahoma State University USA 11 Teresa Weatherspoon G 5 8 161 Louisiana Tech USA 44 Tamika Whitmore F 6 2 190 Memphis USA 23 Sue Wicks F 6 3 174 Rutgers USA USA Richie Adubato William Paterson University USA Pat Coyle basketball Rutgers USA Jeff House 1 External links Finals Category:Houston Comets Category:New York Liberty WNBA Finals WNBA Finals Category:WNBA Finals WNBA Finals WNBA Finals Category:Basketball competitions in Houston Category:Basketball competitions in New York City Category:2000s in Manhattan