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.

Transactions

Miami Sol expansion draft

The following players were selected in the Miami Sol expansion draft from the Orlando Miracle:

Portland Fire expansion draft

The following players were selected in the Portland Fire expansion draft from the Orlando Miracle:

WNBA draft

Transactions

Roster

Schedule

Regular season

|- | 1 | May 31 | @ Washington | L 66-92 | Shannon Johnson (16) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (8) | S. Johnson <br> Powell (5) | MCI Center | 0–1 |-

|- | 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 <br> 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 <br> Sales (20) | dos Santos <br> 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 <br> S. Johnson <br> McWilliams-Franklin <br> Powell <br> 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 <br> 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 |-

|- | 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 <br> 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 |-

|- | 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 <br> McWilliams-Franklin (8) | Shannon Johnson (9) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 15–15 |- | 31 | August 7 | Washington | W 65-57 | Nykesha Sales (16) | dos Santos <br> 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

|- | 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 <br> A. Johnson<br> S. Johnson <br> McWilliams-Franklin (10) | Gund Arena | 1–2

Season standings

Statistics

Regular season

<br />^‡Waived/Released during the season <br />^â€ÂTraded during the season <br />^â‰ÂAcquired during the season

Awards and honors

• Shannon Johnson, Taj McWilliams-Franklin and Nykesha Sales were named to the WNBA All-Star team.
• Shannon Johnson was named to the All-WNBA Second Team for the second time in her career.

References