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.

2000 Orlando Miracle season
Coach	Carolyn Peck
Arena	TD Waterhouse Centre
Attendance	7,363 per game
Results
Record	16–16 (.500)
Place	3rd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Lost in Eastern Conference Semifinals
Team Leaders
Points	Taj McWilliams (13.7)
Rebounds	Taj McWilliams (7.6)
Assists	Shannon Johnson (5.3)
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Offseason

WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	4	Cintia dos Santos	Brazil	Brazil
2	20	Jannon Roland	United States	New England Blizzard (ABL)
3	36	Shawnetta Stewart	United States	Rutgers
4	52	Romana Hamzova	Czech Republic	Czech Republic

Roster

Orlando Miracle roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs C 28 dos Santos, Cintia 6' 5" (1.96m) 187 lb (85kg) Brazil G 15 Hamzova, Romana 5' 9" (1.75m) 152 lb (69kg) Czech Republic F/C 7 Hicks, Jessie 6' 4" (1.93m) 188 lb (85kg) Maryland G 31 Johnson, Adrienne 5' 10" (1.78m) 154 lb (70kg) Ohio State G 14 Johnson, Shannon 5' 7" (1.7m) 152 lb (69kg) South Carolina G/F 12 McCain, Tiffany 5' 10" (1.78m) 167 lb (76kg) Kentucky F 10 McGhee, Carla 6' 1" (1.85m) 179 lb (81kg) Tennessee F/C 11 McWilliams, Taj (C) 6' 2" (1.88m) 184 lb (83kg) St. Edward's College G 50 Powell, Elaine 5' 8" (1.73m) 150 lb (68kg) Louisiana State G/F 6 Roland, Jannon 6' 1" (1.85m) 157 lb (71kg) Purdue G/F 42 Sales, Nykesha (C) 6' 0" (1.83m) 175 lb (79kg) Connecticut G 5 Smith, LaCharlotte 5' 7" (1.7m) 150 lb (68kg) Mississippi State	Head coach Carolyn Peck (Vanderbilt) Assistant coaches Michael Peck (Marshall) Charlene Thomas-Swinson (Auburn) Legend (C) Team captain (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured

Season standings

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
New York Liberty x	20	12	.625	14–7	–
Cleveland Rockers x	17	15	.531	13–8	3.0
Orlando Miracle x	16	16	.500	13–8	4.0
Washington Mystics x	14	18	.438	13–8	6.0
Detroit Shock o	14	18	.438	10–11	6.0
Miami Sol o	13	19	.406	9–12	7.0
Indiana Fever o	9	23	.281	7–14	11.0
Charlotte Sting o	8	24	.250	5–16	12.0

Schedule

Preseason

2000 Game Log: Preseason Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record 1 May 20 @ Indiana W 82-71 N/A N/A N/A Mackey Arena 1-0 2 May 24 New York W 83-81 N/A N/A N/A TD Waterhouse Centre 2-0 3 May 26 Indiana L 73-80 N/A N/A N/A TD Waterhouse Centre 2-1

Regular season

2000 Game Log: Regular Season
May Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record 1 May 31 @ Washington L 66-92 S. Johnson (16) McWilliams (8) S. Johnson, Powell (5) MCI Center 0-1
June Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record 2 June 1 Charlotte W 82-79 Sales (24) McWilliams (9) S. Johnson (7) TD Waterhouse Centre 1-1 3 June 3 @ Indiana W 88-82 S. Johnson (16) dos Santos, McWilliams (5) S. Johnson (10) Conseco Fieldhouse 2-1 4 June 5 Sacramento W 75-68 Sales (22) McWilliams (12) S. Johnson (8) TD Waterhouse Centre 3-1 5 June 7 @ Cleveland L 79-83 (OT) Sales (24) McWilliams (8) S. Johnson (8) Gund Arena 3-2 6 June 8 Minnesota L 57-71 McWilliams (18) McWilliams (9) S. Johnson (3) TD Waterhouse Centre 3-3 7 June 10 @ Charlotte W 74-71 McWilliams, Sales (20) McWilliams, dos Santos (6) McWilliams (6) Gund Arena 4-3 8 June 13 @ Utah W 88-80 S. Johnson (19) Sales (6) S. Johnson (12) Delta Center 5-3 9 June 15 @ Minnesota L 66-72 Sales (23) dos Santos (11) S. Johnson (3) Target Center 5-4 10 June 17 Indiana L 54-79 McWilliams (11) McWilliams (6) S. Johnson (4) TD Waterhouse Centre 5-5 11 June 22 Cleveland W 77-64 McWilliams (22) McWilliams (11) Five Players (3) TD Waterhouse Centre 6-5 12 June 24 Charlotte W 69-68 Sales (22) Sales (10) dos Santos (4) TD Waterhouse Centre 7-5 13 June 26 Houston L 58-70 McWilliams, Sales (14) S. Johnson (11) S. Johnson (6) TD Waterhouse Centre 7-6 14 June 28 Miami W 61-53 S. Johnson (14) McWilliams (8) S. Johnson (4) TD Waterhouse Centre 8-6 15 June 30 @ Miami W 66-63 McWilliams (17) McWilliams (9) A. Johnson (4) American Airlines Arena 9-6
July Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record 16 July 1 New York W 69-57 S. Johnson (23) S. Johnson (11) A. Johnson (3) TD Waterhouse Centre 10-6 17 July 6 Indiana W 72-60 McWilliams (22) S. Johnson (7) S. Johnson (4) TD Waterhouse Centre 11-6 18 July 8 Seattle W 64-53 A. Johnson (18) McWilliams (9) Powell (5) TD Waterhouse Centre 12-6 19 July 9 @ Detroit W 68-62 A. Johnson (17) McWilliams (11) S. Johnson (5) Palace of Auburn Hills 13-6 20 July 12 @ Cleveland L 72-74 (OT) McWilliams (22) McWilliams (7) Powell (5) Gund Arena 13-7 21 July 14 New York L 51-55 A. Johnson (22) A. Johnson (10) S. Johnson (3) TD Waterhouse Centre 13-8 22 July 19 Detroit W 88-78 Sales (20) McWilliams (10) Sales (7) TD Waterhouse Centre 14-8 23 July 21 @ Washington L 59-61 S. Johnson (17) S. Johnson (8) S. Johnson (5) MCI Center 14-9 24 July 23 Utah L 66-69 A. Johnson, McWilliams (18) dos Santos (11) S. Johnson (7) TD Waterhouse Centre 14-10 25 July 25 @ Los Angeles L 63-78 dos Santos (14) McWilliams (7) S. Johnson (6) Staples Center 14-11 26 July 27 @ Sacramento L 66-73 Sales (25) S. Johnson (10) S. Johnson (9) ARCO Arena 14-12 27 July 30 @ Portland L 55-76 A. Johnson (20) S. Johnson (8) S. Johnson (4) Rose Garden 14-13
August Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record 28 August 1 @ Phoenix L 77-84 A. Johnson (24) McGhee (7) S. Johnson (7) America West Arena 14-14 29 August 4 @ New York L 57-70 A. Johnson (14) McWilliams (14) S. Johnson (9) Madison Square Garden 14-15 30 August 6 Detroit W 92-63 A. Johnson (25) dos Santos, McWilliams (8) S. Johnson (9) TD Waterhouse Centre 15-15 31 August 7 Washington W 65-57 Sales (16) dos Santos, Sales (7) S. Johnson (4) TD Waterhouse Centre 16-15 32 August 9 @ Miami L 64-68 (2OT) McWilliams (23) McWilliams (13) S. Johnson (6) American Airlines Arena 16-16

Playoffs

In the first round of the Eastern Conference Playoffs, the Miracle had to face the Cleveland Rockers. Since the Rockers had the better record, the series would be played with game 1 at Orlando, game 2 at Cleveland, and game 3 (if needed) at Cleveland. The Miracle won the first game, but the Rockers won the next two and took the series.

• For the first time in franchise history, the Miracle advanced to the postseason.

1999 Game Log: Regular Season
Eastern Conference Semifinals Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Series 1 August 11 Cleveland W 62-55 McWilliams (16) McWilliams (10) S. Johnson (5) TD Waterhouse Centre 1-0 2 August 13 @ Cleveland L 54-63 A. Johnson (17) S. Johnson (9) S. Johnson (7) Gund Arena 1-1 3 August 15 @ Cleveland L 43-72 Sales (13) McWilliams (8) Four Players (2) Gund Arena 1-2

Player stats

• http://www.wnba.com/sun/stats/2000/

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.