2000 New York Liberty season

August 2023 March 2026 New York Liberty 2000 20 12 Eastern 1st Richie Adubato Madison Square Garden Lost WNBA Finals (2-0) to Houston Comets The 2000 WNBA season was the fourth season for the New York Liberty. The team reached the WNBA Finals for the third time, but they were swept by the Houston Comets. Transactions Portland Fire expansion draft The following players were selected in the Portland Fire expansion draft from the New York Liberty: Player Nationality School/Team/Country Coquese Washington Notre Dame Seattle Storm expansion draft The following players were selected in the Seattle Storm expansion draft from the New York Liberty: Player Nationality School/Team/Country Sonja Henning Stanford WNBA draft 2000 WNBA draft Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 1 13 Olga Firsova Kansas State 2 29 Desiree Francis Antigua and Barbuda Antigua Iowa State345 Jessica BibbyDandenong Rangers (Australia)461 Natalie PorterDandenong Rangers (Australia) Transactions DateTransactionDecember 15, 1999Lost Coquese Washington to the Portland Fire in the WNBA expansion draft2000 New York Liberty Transactions https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/NYL/2000_transactions.html 2024-08-03 Basketball-Reference.com enLost Sonja Henning to the Seattle Storm in the WNBA expansion draft April 25, 2000 Drafted Olga Firsova, Desiree Francis, Jessica Bibby and Natalie Porter in the 2000 WNBA draftMay 2, 2000Signed Alessandra Santos de Oliveira, Marina Ferragut and Shea MahoneyMay 15, 2000Waived Natalie PorterMay 28, 2000Traded Carolyn Jones-Young to the Portland Fire in exchange for Tari PhillipsWaived Alessandra Santos de Oliveira and Desiree FrancisJune 2, 2000Waived Venus LacySeptember 18, 2000Traded a 2001 1st Round Pick to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Grace Daley Roster New York Liberty 2000 WNBA white #010101 white #0057B7 22 Jessica Bibby G 5 7 139 1979-08-23 R AUS 13 Marina Ferragut F 6 3 190 1972-02-11 R Spanish State 0 Olga Firsova C 6 8 215 1976-04-23 R Kansas State USSR 42 Desiree Francis F 5 10 193 1975-08-24 R Iowa State Antigua and Barbuda 25 Becky Hammon G 5 6 136 1977-03-11 1 Colorado State USA 55 Vickie Johnson G/F 5 9 150 1972-04-15 3 Louisiana Tech USA 5 Venus Lacy C 6 3 234 1967-02-09 1 Louisiana Tech USA 30 Shea Mahoney 2000 New York Liberty F 6 4 1977-07-03 R Western Kentucky USA 24 Tari Phillips F/C 6 2 200 1970-03-06 1 UCF USA 3 Crystal Robinson F 5 11 155 1974-01-22 1 Southeastern Oklahoma State USA 11 Teresa Weatherspoon G 5 8 161 1965-12-08 3 Louisiana Tech USA 44 Tamika Whitmore F 6 2 215 1977-06-05 1 Memphis USA 23 Sue Wicks F 6 3 174 1966-11-26 3 Rutgers USA USA Richie Adubato William Paterson USA Lisa White 1 USA Jeff House 1 USA Pat Coyle basketball Schedule Regular season background:#010101; color:white 2000 game logTotal: 15–17 (Home: 8–8; Road: 7–9) y background:#0057B7; color:white May: 0–2 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record |- | 1 | May 29 | @ Houston | L 68-84 | Tamika Whitmore (15) | Sue Wicks (6) | Teresa Weatherspoon (13) | Compaq Center | 0–1 |- | 2 | May 31 | @ Phoenix | L 48-51 | Vickie Johnson (14) | Mahoney Wicks (8) | Teresa Weatherspoon (5) | America West Arena | 0–2 |- y background:#0057B7; color:white June: 7–5 (Home: 4–4; Road: 3–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record |- | 3 | June 3 | Utah | W 87-76 | Becky Hammon (23) | Tari Phillips (7) | Teresa Weatherspoon(7) | Madison Square Garden | 1–2 |- | 4 | June 4 | @ Washington | L 67-79 | Vickie Johnson (12) | Vickie Johnson (7) | Teresa Weatherspoon (6) | MCI Center | 1–3 |- | 5 | June 7 | @ Detroit | W 73-69 | Vickie Johnson (22) | Vickie Johnson (12) | Teresa Weatherspoon (8) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 2–3 |- | 6 | June 9 | Sacramento | L 56-77 | Tari Phillips (25) | Sue Wicks (12) | Hammon Weatherspoon (3) | Madison Square Garden | 2–4 |- | 7 | June 10 | @ Indiana | W 70-62 | Crystal Robinson (19) | Vickie Johnson (7) | Teresa Weatherspoon (6) | Conseco Fieldhouse | 3–4 |- | 8 | June 13 | Washington | L 56-57 | Johnson Weatherspoon (14) | Tari Phillips (12) | Vickie Johnson (4) | Madison Square Garden | 3–5 |- | 9 | June 18 | Miami | W 58-52 | Crystal Robinson (18) | Tari Phillips (10) | Teresa Weatherspoon (7) | Madison Square Garden | 4–5 |- | 10 | June 21 | Detroit | L 63-67 | Tamika Whitmore (14) | Tari Phillips (8) | Teresa Weatherspoon (7) | Madison Square Garden | 4–6 |- | 11 | June 23 | @ Indiana | W 69-60 | Becky Hammon (16) | Sue Wicks (10) | Teresa Weatherspoon (8) | Conseco Fieldhouse | 5–6 |- | 12 | June 25 | Los Angeles | L 67-72 | Becky Hammon (18) | Tari Phillips (11) | Teresa Weatherspoon (6) | Madison Square Garden | 5–7 |- | 13 | June 28 | Phoenix | W 82-69 | Tari Phillips (22) | Tari Phillips (10) | Teresa Weatherspoon (8) | Madison Square Garden | 6–7 |- | 14 | June 30 | Indiana | W 72-70 | Tari Phillips (30) | Tari Phillips (12) | Teresa Weatherspoon (12) | Madison Square Garden | 7–7 |- y background:#0057B7; color:white July: 11–3 (Home: 6–0; Road: 5–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record |- | 15 | July 1 | @ Orlando | L 57-69 | Tari Phillips (21) | Tari Phillips (6) | Teresa Weatherspoon (10) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 7–8 |- | 16 | July 3 | @ Cleveland | L 65-66 (OT) | Tamika Whitmore (17) | Tari Phillips (8) | Vickie Johnson (6) | Gund Arena | 7–9 |- | 17 | July 5 | Portland | W 62-45 | Hammon Johnson (15) | Tari Phillips (10) | Teresa Weatherspoon (7) | Madison Square Garden | 8–9 |- | 18 | July 7 | @ Minnesota | W 76-70 | Tari Phillips (26) | Tari Phillips (12) | Teresa Weatherspoon (8) | Target Center | 9–9 |- | 19 | July 8 | Miami | W 63-51 | Tamika Whitmore (17) | Sue Wicks (8) | Teresa Weatherspoon (6) | Madison Square Garden | 10–9 |- | 20 | July 12 | Charlotte | W 84-70 | Vickie Johnson (19) | Tari Phillips (7) | Teresa Weatherspoon (7) | Madison Square Garden | 11–9 |- | 21 | July 14 | @ Orlando | W 55-51 | Vickie Johnson (15) | Tari Phillips (7) | Teresa Weatherspoon (7) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 12–9 |- | 22 | July 19 | @ Seattle | W 78-55 | Vickie Johnson (18) | Tari Phillips (9) | Teresa Weatherspoon (5) | KeyArena | 13–9 |- | 23 | July 20 | @ Los Angeles | L 66-82 | Vickie Johnson (17) | Sue Wicks (6) | Teresa Weatherspoon (5) | Great Western Forum | 13–10 |- | 24 | July 23 | Houston | W 69-64 | Hammon Phillips (17) | Tari Phillips (11) | Johnson Weatherspoon (6) | Madison Square Garden | 14–10 |- | 25 | July 24 | @ Washington | W 78-64 | Vickie Johnson (22) | Tari Phillips (9) | Teresa Weatherspoon (7) | MCI Center | 15–10 |- | 26 | July 28 | @ Charlotte | W 66-56 | Johnson Phillips (15) | Tari Phillips (11) | Weatherspoon Wicks (4) | Charlotte Coliseum | 16–10 |- | 27 | July 29 | Cleveland | W 81-67 | Crystal Robinson (17) | Vickie Johnson (6) | Teresa Weatherspoon (7) | Madison Square Garden | 17–10 |- | 28 | July 31 | Charlotte | W 81-56 | Vickie Johnson (20) | Tari Phillips (9) | Teresa Weatherspoon (5) | Madison Square Garden | 18–10 |- y background:#0057B7; color:white August: 2–2 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record |- | 29 | August 4 | Orlando | W 70-57 | Tari Phillips (18) | Tamika Whitmore (8) | Vickie Johnson (8) | Madison Square Garden | 19–10 |- | 30 | August 6 | @ Miami | L 41-57 | Tamika Whitmore (10) | Tamika Whitmore (10) | Crystal Robinson (4) | American Airlines Arena | 19–11 |- | 31 | August 8 | Cleveland | W 57-44 | Tari Phillips (14) | Tari Phillips (11) | Teresa Weatherspoon (7) | Madison Square Garden | 20–11 |- | 32 | August 9 | @ Detroit | L 63-66 | Tari Phillips (14) | Tari Phillips (5) | Teresa Weatherspoon (7) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 20–12 |- Playoffs New York Liberty #010101; color:white 2000 yes New York Liberty #0057B7; color:white First round vs. Washington MysticsWon Series: 2–0 yes |- | 1 | August 12 | @ Washington | W 72–63 | Johnson Phillips (20) | Vickie Johnson (8) | Teresa Weatherspoon (9) | MCI Center | 1–0 |- | 2 | August 14 | Washington | W 78–57 | Becky Hammon (19) | Tari Phillips (10) | Teresa Weatherspoon (10) | Madison Square Garden | 2–0 New York Liberty #0057B7; color:white Conference Finals vs. Cleveland RockersWon Series: 2–1 no |- | 1 | August 17 | @ Cleveland | L 43–56 | Tari Phillips (11) | Tari Phillips (6) | Teresa Weatherspoon (3) | Gund Arena | 0–1 |- | 2 | August 20 | Cleveland | W 51–45 | Becky Hammon (13) | Tari Phillips (6) | Teresa Weatherspoon (5) | Madison Square Garden | 1–1 |- | 3 | August 21 | Cleveland | W 81–67 | Tamika Whitmore (19) | Sue Wicks (7) | Vickie Johnson (10) | Madison Square Garden | 2–1 New York Liberty #0057B7; color:white Championship vs. Houston CometsLost Series: 0–2 no |- | 1 | August 24 | Houston | L 52–59 | Tari Phillips (24) | Tari Phillips (15) | Teresa Weatherspoon (5) | Madison Square Garden | 0–1 |- | 2 | August 26 | @ Houston | L 73–79 | Tari Phillips (20) | Tari Phillips (7) | Teresa Weatherspoon (8) | Compaq Center | 0-2 nyl 2000 yes Season standings NYL Statistics Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Teresa Weatherspoon 32 32 33.7 .438 .250 .741 3.4 6.4 2.0 0.2 6.4 Vickie Johnson 31 31 33.0 .441 .380 .882 4.4 2.5 0.7 0.2 12.3 Tari Phillips 31 30 31.5 .467 .250 .654 8.0 0.9 1.9 0.7 13.8 Crystal Robinson 27 14 26.7 .428 .353 .909 2.5 1.8 0.9 0.4 8.8 Becky Hammon 32 16 26.1 .472 .369 .884 2.0 1.8 0.9 0.0 11.0 Tamika Whitmore 32 16 21.5 .431 .000 .702 3.3 0.6 0.5 0.5 8.7 Sue Wicks 32 12 21.3 .385 .200 .726 4.7 0.7 0.8 1.2 4.9 Shea Mahoney 15 3 10.5 .289 .200 .500 2.0 0.3 0.1 0.1 1.8 Venus Lacy 2 2 9.0 .400 N/A .500 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 Marina Ferragut 23 4 6.7 .434 .300 .500 0.7 0.2 0.0 0.1 2.2 Jessica Bibby 17 0 4.1 .167 .333 .846 0.3 0.6 0.2 0.0 1.1Olga Firsova902.1.400.000.8000.40.10.00.11.3Desiree Francis102.0.000N/AN/A0.00.00.00.00.0 ‡Waived/Released during the season †Traded during the season ≠Acquired during the season References Category:New York Liberty seasons New York New York Liberty Category:Eastern Conference (WNBA) championship seasons