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2000 Phoenix Mercury season

The 2000 WNBA season was the fourth season for the Phoenix Mercury. They made the playoffs for the first time in two years but were swept in the first round to the Los Angeles Sparks. It was the last time Phoenix were in the playoffs until the 2007 season.

Transactions

Seattle Storm expansion draft

The following players were selected in the Seattle Storm expansion draft from the Phoenix Mercury:

WNBA draft

Transactions

Roster

Schedule

Regular season

|- | 1 | May 31 | New York | W 51-48 | Brandy Reed (22) | Brandy Reed (7) | Michelle Cleary (3) | America West Arena | 1–0 |-

|- | 2 | June 3 | @ Houston | W 80-62 | Brandy Reed (32) | Brandy Reed (5) | Michelle Cleary (5) | Compaq Center | 2–0 |- | 3 | June 6 | @ Utah | L 61-76 | Edwards <br> Reed (13) | Brandy Reed (8) | Michelle Cleary (3) | Delta Center | 2–1 |- | 4 | June 7 | Seattle | W 82-49 | Brandy Reed (24) | Maria Stepanova (12) | Brogan <br> Cleary <br> Timms (3) | America West Arena | 3–1 |- | 5 | June 10 | @ Los Angeles | L 57-76 | Michele Timms (11) | Bridget Pettis (7) | Tonya Edwards (4) | Great Western Forum | 3–2 |- | 6 | June 13 | @ Portland | W 75-69 | Brandy Reed (23) | Brandy Reed (5) | Michele Timms (6) | Rose Garden | 4–2 |- | 7 | June 14 | Portland | W 81-80 (OT) | Jennifer Gillom (28) | Brogan <br> Gillom (7) | Michele Timms (5) | America West Arena | 5–2 |- | 8 | June 17 | Minnesota | L 62-69 | Brandy Reed (22) | Maria Stepanova (8) | Jennifer Gillom (4) | America West Arena | 5–3 |- | 9 | June 20 | @ Minnesota | W 74-55 | Bridget Pettis (22) | Michelle Brogan (9) | Bridget Pettis (5) | Target Center | 6–3 |- | 10 | June 22 | @ Charlotte | W 90-57 | Brandy Reed (32) | Brandy Reed (13) | Brandy Reed (6) | Charlotte Coliseum | 7–3 |- | 11 | June 24 | @ Miami | W 67-44 | Tonya Edwards (12) | Maria Stepanova (7) | Brandy Reed (4) | American Airlines Arena | 8–3 |- | 12 | June 25 | @ Cleveland | L 61-64 | Brandy Reed (19) | Gillom <br> Reed (6) | Gillom <br> Pettis (4) | Gund Arena | 8–4 |- | 13 | June 28 | @ New York | L 69-82 | Michelle Brogan (17) | Brandy Reed (7) | Michelle Cleary (6) | Madison Square Garden | 8–5 |- | 14 | June 30 | @ Washington | W 66-57 | Brandy Reed (25) | Maria Stepanova (7) | Cleary <br> Pettis (4) | MCI Center | 9–5 |-

|- | 15 | July 2 | @ Houston | L 58-69 | Tonya Edwards (14) | Harrison <br> Stepanova (5) | Brandy Reed (3) | Compaq Center | 9–6 |- | 16 | July 6 | Detroit | W 83-69 | Brandy Reed (22) | Brandy Reed (10) | Brandy Reed (8) | America West Arena | 10–6 |- | 17 | July 8 | @ Indiana | W 66-65 | Rankica Šarenac (15) | Brandy Reed (8) | Tonya Edwards (3) | Conseco Fieldhouse | 11–6 |- | 18 | July 11 | Minnesota | W 64-54 | Lisa Harrison (22) | Lisa Harrison (8) | Cleary <br> Reed (4) | America West Arena | 12–6 |- | 19 | July 13 | Sacramento | W 72-64 | Brandy Reed (25) | Brandy Reed (10) | Brandy Reed (5) | America West Arena | 13–6 |- | 20 | July 14 | @ Utah | L 84-87 | Brandy Reed (25) | Rankica Šarenac (8) | Michelle Cleary (4) | Delta Center | 13–7 |- | 21 | July 19 | Utah | W 86-76 | Brandy Reed (31) | Harrison <br> Reed (5) | Michelle Cleary (12) | America West Arena | 14–7 |- | 22 | July 21 | Los Angeles | L 68-74 | Brandy Reed (21) | Brandy Reed (10) | Michelle Cleary (6) | America West Arena | 14–8 |- | 23 | July 22 | @ Sacramento | L 60-61 | Brandy Reed (22) | Lisa Harrison (8) | Tonya Edwards (4) | ARCO Arena | 14–9 |- | 24 | July 24 | Cleveland | W 67-57 | Brandy Reed (31) | Harrison <br> Reed (8) | Bridget Pettis (3) | America West Arena | 15–9 |- | 25 | July 26 | Indiana | W 79-65 | Brandy Reed (24) | Jennifer Gillom (9) | Head <br> Reed (4) | America West Arena | 16–9 |- | 26 | July 28 | @ Seattle | W 65-55 | Brandy Reed (25) | Brandy Reed (9) | Brandy Reed (3) | KeyArena | 17–9 |- | 27 | July 30 | Sacramento | L 63-70 | Jennifer Gillom (23) | Jennifer Gillom (9) | Bridget Pettis (5) | America West Arena | 17–10 |-

|- | 28 | August 1 | Orlando | W 84-77 | Jennifer Gillom (28) | Jennifer Gillom (7) | Michelle Brogan (4) | America West Arena | 18–10 |- | 29 | August 3 | Seattle | W 85-63 | Edwards <br> Harrison (15) | Adrian Williams (10) | Tonya Edwards (4) | America West Arena | 19–10 |- | 30 | August 5 | Los Angeles | L 63-77 | Brandy Reed (25) | Brandy Reed (7) | Brandy Reed (5) | America West Arena | 19–11 |- | 31 | August 7 | Houston | L 54-71 | Brandy Reed (21) | Jennifer Gillom (6) | Brogan <br> Pettis <br> Reed (3) | America West Arena | 19–12 |- | 32 | August 9 | @ Portland | W 68-60 | Brandy Reed (18) | Harrison <br> Reed (7) | Lisa Harrison (4) | Rose Garden | 20–12 |-

Playoffs

|- | 1 | August 11 | Los Angeles | L 71–86 | Brandy Reed (17) | Lisa Harrison (9) | Brandy Reed (6) | America West Arena | 0–1 |- | 2 | August 13 | @ Los Angeles | L 76–101 | Gillom <br> Harrison (16) | Michelle Brogan (6) | Lisa Harrison (5) | Great Western Forum | 0–2

Season standings

Statistics

Regular season

<br /><sup>‡</sup>Waived/Released during the season <br /><sup>†</sup>Traded during the season <br /><sup>≠</sup>Acquired during the season

References