2000 Portland Fire season

August 2023 March 2026 Portland Fire 2000 10 22 Western 7th Linda Hargrove Rose Garden Did not qualify True The 2000 WNBA season was the 1st season for the Portland Fire. Transactions WNBA expansion draft 2000 WNBA expansion draft Player Nationality Former WNBA Team Alisa Burras Cleveland Rockers Sophia Witherspoon Houston CometsTari PhillipsOrlando MiracleCoquese WashingtonNew York LibertyMolly GoodenbourSacramento MonarchsJamila WidemanCleveland Rockers WNBA draft 2000 WNBA draft Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country17Lynn PrideKansas 2 23 Stacey Thomas Michigan339 Maxann ReeseMichigan State455 Rhonda SmithLong Beach State Transactions DateTransactionDecember 15, 1999Drafted Alisa Burras, Sophia Witherspoon, Tari Phillips, Coquese Washington, Molly Goodenbour and Jamila Wideman in the WNBA expansion draft2000 Portland Fire Transactions https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/POR/2000_transactions.html 2024-08-12 Basketball-Reference.com enJanuary 28, 2000Traded Coquese Washington to the Houston Comets in exchange for Mila NikolichApril 25, 2000 Drafted Lynn Pride, Stacey Thomas, Maxann Reese and Rhonda Smith in the 2000 WNBA draftMay 28, 2000Traded Tari Phillips to the New York Liberty in exchange for Carolyn Jones-YoungMay 30, 2000Waived Maxann Reese and Nadine Domond Roster Portland Fire 2000 WNBA white #C8102E white #010101 4 Tully Bevilaqua G 5 7 145 1972-07-19 1 AUS 41 Alisa Burras C 6 3 218 1975-06-23 1 Louisiana Tech USA 0 Sylvia Crawley F 6 5 187 1972-09-27 R North Carolina USA 3 Michelle Marciniak G 5 10 154 1973-10-29 R Tennessee USA 17 Vanessa Nygaard F 6 1 175 1975-03-13 1 Stanford USA 34 Lynn Pride G/F 6 2 180 1978-10-16 R Kansas USA 11 Stacey Thomas F 5 10 154 1978-08-29 R Michigan USA 31 Michele Van Gorp C 6 6 187 1977-05-10 1 Duke USA 22 DeMya Walker F 6 3 191 1977-11-28 R Virginia USA 10 Jamila Wideman G 5 6 135 1975-10-16 3 Stanford USA 7 Tara Williams basketball G 5 11 170 1974-07-23 1 Auburn USA 13 Sophia Witherspoon G 5 10 145 1969-07-06 3 Florida USA USA Linda Hargrove basketball Southwestern (Kansas) Schedule Regular season background:#C8102E; color:white 2000 game logTotal: 10–22 (Home: 6–10; Road: 4–12) y background:#010101; color:white May: 0–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record |- | 1 | May 31 | Houston | L 89-93 (2OT) | Burras Witherspoon (19) | Vanessa Nygaard (11) | Stacey Thomas (6) | Rose Garden | 0–1 |- y background:#010101; color:white June: 3–8 (Home: 2–4; Road: 1–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record |- | 2 | June 3 | @ Seattle | W 65-58 | Sylvia Crawley (18) | Tully Bevilaqua (8) | Tully Bevilaqua (4) | KeyArena | 1–1 |- | 3 | June 6 | @ Los Angeles | L 57-70 | Sophia Witherspoon (12) | Sylvia Crawley (7) | Marciniak Pride (2) | Great Western Forum | 1–2 |- | 4 | June 8 | Utah | L 72-81 | Sylvia Crawley (25) | Vanessa Nygaard (8) | Bevilaqua Pride (3) | Rose Garden | 1–3 |- | 5 | June 13 | Phoenix | L 69-75 | Sophia Witherspoon (19) | Burras Thomas Walker Witherspoon (4) | Tully Bevilaqua (6) | Rose Garden | 1–4 |- | 6 | June 13 | @ Phoenix | L 80-81 (OT) | Sophia Witherspoon (22) | Alisa Burras (9) | Stacey Thomas (4) | America West Arena | 1–5 |- | 7 | June 17 | Los Angeles | L 81-94 | Sylvia Crawley (17) | Crawley Nygaard (5) | Nygaard Witherspoon (4) | Rose Garden | 1–6 |- | 8 | June 20 | Charlotte | L 85-87 (OT) | Sophia Witherspoon (23) | Sylvia Crawley (7) | Sophia Witherspoon (7) | Rose Garden | 1–7 |- | 9 | June 23 | Seattle | W 72-61 | Sylvia Crawley (20) | Sylvia Crawley (11) | Stacey Thomas (6) | Rose Garden | 2–7 |- | 10 | June 25 | @ Sacramento | L 76-92 | Sophia Witherspoon (17) | Alisa Burras (7) | Bevilaqua Pride (4) | ARCO Arena | 2–8 |- | 11 | June 28 | Cleveland | W 80-69 | Burras Witherspoon (22) | Alisa Burras (7) | Tully Bevilaqua (8) | Rose Garden | 3–8 |- | 12 | June 30 | @ Houston | L 39-79 | Alisa Burras (9) | Vanessa Nygaard (5) | Bevilaqua Crawley Marciniak Nygaard Thomas (2) | Compaq Center | 3–9 |- y background:#010101; color:white July: 6–9 (Home: 3–3; Road: 3–6) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record |- | 13 | July 2 | @ Minnesota | L 75-81 | Sophia Witherspoon (31) | Stacey Thomas (8) | Pride Thomas Witherspoon (4) | Target Center | 3–10 |- | 14 | July 3 | @ Indiana | W 68-64 | Sophia Witherspoon (20) | Sylvia Crawley (9) | Michelle Marciniak (3) | Conseco Fieldhouse | 4–10 |- | 15 | July 5 | @ New York | L 45-62 | Sophia Witherspoon (9) | Sylvia Crawley (9) | Bevilaqua Marciniak (2) | Madison Square Garden | 4–11 |- | 16 | July 7 | Sacramento | L 60-63 | Sylvia Crawley (16) | Sylvia Crawley (8) | Stacey Thomas (6) | Rose Garden | 4–12 |- | 17 | July 9 | Washington | W 75-58 | Sophia Witherspoon (26) | Sylvia Crawley (5) | DeMya Walker (5) | Rose Garden | 5–12 |- | 18 | July 11 | @ Los Angeles | W 80-77 | Sophia Witherspoon (29) | Marciniak Thomas Van Gorp (5) | Thomas Witherspoon (3) | Great Western Forum | 6–12 |- | 19 | July 12 | @ Utah | L 67-76 | Sophia Witherspoon (19) | Sylvia Crawley (7) | Marciniak Thomas (2) | Delta Center | 6–13 |- | 20 | July 14 | Minnesota | W 65-54 | Sylvia Crawley (14) | Sylvia Crawley (10) | Stacey Thomas (8) | Rose Garden | 7–13 |- | 21 | July 19 | @ Miami | L 62-69 | DeMya Walker (12) | Stacey Thomas (6) | Michelle Marciniak (4) | American Airlines Arena | 7–14 |- | 22 | July 21 | @ Charlotte | L 64-73 | Sophia Witherspoon (25) | Vanessa Nygaard (10) | Stacey Thomas (5) | Charlotte Coliseum | 7–15 |- | 23 | July 23 | @ Minnesota | L 63-80 | Stacey Thomas (14) | Crawley Thomas (7) | Stacey Thomas (6) | Target Center | 7–16 |- | 24 | July 24 | @ Detroit | W 61-57 | Sophia Witherspoon (18) | Sylvia Crawley (9) | Stacey Thomas (4) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 8–16 |- | 25 | July 26 | Sacramento | L 70-73 | Sophia Witherspoon (22) | Sylvia Crawley (10) | Tully Bevilaqua (7) | Rose Garden | 8–17 |- | 26 | July 28 | Indiana | L 58-73 | Vanessa Nygaard (17) | Vanessa Nygaard (9) | Sylvia Crawley (3) | Rose Garden | 8–18 |- | 27 | July 30 | Orlando | W 76-55 | Sophia Witherspoon (27) | Stacey Thomas (8) | Stacey Thomas (9) | Rose Garden | 9–18 |- y background:#010101; color:white August: 1–4 (Home: 1–2; Road: 0–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record |- | 28 | August 1 | Miami | W 54-50 | Sophia Witherspoon (24) | Marciniak Witherspoon (4) | Marciniak Thomas Witherspoon (2) | Rose Garden | 10–18 |- | 29 | August 4 | Houston | L 56-81 | Sophia Witherspoon (17) | Sophia Witherspoon (5) | Bevilaqua Witherspoon (3) | Rose Garden | 10–19 |- | 30 | August 6 | @ Seattle | L 58-66 (OT) | Vanessa Nygaard (14) | Crawley Nygaard (7) | Bevilaqua Marciniak (3) | KeyArena | 10–20 |- | 31 | August 7 | @ Utah | L 73-83 | Michele Van Gorp (16) | Van Gorp Walker (6) | Bevilaqua Pride Thomas (3) | Delta Center | 10–21 |- | 32 | August 9 | Phoenix | L 60-68 | Vanessa Nygaard (14) | Sylvia Crawley (7) | Tully Bevilaqua (7) | Rose Garden | 10–22 |- Season standings POR Statistics Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Sophia Witherspoon 32 32 33.2 .384 .368 .871 3.3 2.1 1.2 0.3 16.8 Sylvia Crawley 31 30 30.0 .480 .000 .696 6.0 1.1 0.9 0.8 11.5 Stacey Thomas 32 31 27.0 .356 .250 .595 3.9 3.2 1.7 0.5 5.1 Vanessa Nygaard 32 28 26.3 .435 .333 .759 3.8 0.9 0.5 0.2 7.9 Tully Bevilaqua 32 32 24.9 .357 .283 .778 3.0 2.8 1.3 0.2 4.8 Michelle Marciniak 32 0 16.8 .377 .333 .573 1.8 2.3 1.2 0.2 5.5 Alisa Burras 21 4 15.0 .587 N/A .756 3.5 0.3 0.1 0.3 7.6 Lynn Pride 32 1 14.4 .347 .333 .690 1.9 1.3 0.5 0.3 3.6 DeMya Walker 30 1 10.4 .398 .000 .468 1.6 0.6 0.6 0.2 3.1 Michele Van Gorp 28 1 7.1 .500 N/A .543 1.5 0.2 0.1 0.1 2.5 Jamila Wideman 5 0 7.0 .000 N/A N/A 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.0Tara Williams2606.7.449.341.5000.70.50.30.13.1 ‡Waived/Released during the season †Traded during the season ≠Acquired during the season References Category:Portland Fire seasons Portland Portland Fire