| 2000 Houston Comets season | |
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| Coach | Van Chancellor |
| Arena | Compaq Center |
| Attendance | 12,255 per game |
| Results | |
| Record | 27–5 (.844) |
| Place | 2nd (Western) |
| Playoff finish | Won WNBA Finals |
The 2000 WNBA season was the fourth season for the Houston Comets. The Comets won their fourth WNBA Finals and their last title in franchise history before disbanding in 2008.
The following player was selected in the Indiana Fever expansion draft from the Houston Comets:
| Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
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| Kara Wolters |  United States
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UConn |
The following player was selected in the Portland Fire expansion draft from the Houston Comets:
| Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
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| Sophia Witherspoon | United States
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Florida |
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
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| 1 | 16 | Elena Shakirova |  Soviet Union
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Dynamo Moscow (Russia) |
| 2 | 32 | Andrea Garner | United States
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Penn State |
| 3 | 48 | Latavia Coleman | United States
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Florida State |
| 4 | 64 | Abbie Willenborg | United States
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Marquette |
| Date | Transaction | |
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| December 15, 1999 | Lost Kara Wolters to the Indiana Fever in the WNBA expansion draft[1] | |
| Lost Sophia Witherspoon to the Portland Fire in the WNBA expansion draft[1] | ||
| January 28, 2000 | Traded Mila Nikolich to the Portland Fire in exchange for Coquese Washington[1] | |
| April 25, 2000 | Drafted Elena Shakirova, Andrea Garner, Latavia Coleman and Abbie Willenborg in the 2000 WNBA Draft[1] | |
| Traded Latavia Coleman to the Indiana Fever in exchange for Latina Davis and Renee Robinson[1] | ||
| May 27, 2000 | Traded Andrea Garner to the Seattle Storm in exchange for a 2001 4th Round Pick[1] | |
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| 2000 playoff schedule | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Conference | W | L | PCT | Conf. | GB |
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| Los Angeles Sparks x | 28 | 4 | .875 | 17–4 | – |
| Houston Comets x | 27 | 5 | .844 | 17–4 | 1.0 |
| Sacramento Monarchs x | 21 | 11 | .656 | 13–8 | 7.0 |
| Phoenix Mercury x | 20 | 12 | .625 | 11–10 | 8.0 |
| Utah Starzz o | 18 | 14 | .563 | 13–8 | 10.0 |
| Minnesota Lynx o | 15 | 17 | .469 | 5–16 | 13.0 |
| Portland Fire o | 10 | 22 | .313 | 4–17 | 18.0 |
| Seattle Storm o | 6 | 26 | .188 | 4–17 | 22.0 |
| Legend | |||||||
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| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
| APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
| FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage | TO | Turnovers per game |
| PF | Fouls per game | Team leader | League leader | ||||
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| Sheryl Swoopes | 31 | 31 | 35.5 | .506 | .374 | .821 | 6.3 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 20.7 |
| Cynthia Cooper | 31 | 31 | 35.0 | .459 | .355 | .875 | 2.7 | 5.0 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 17.7 |
| Tina Thompson | 32 | 32 | 34.0 | .469 | .417 | .837 | 7.7 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 16.9 |
| Janeth Arcain | 32 | 32 | 30.5 | .468 | .200 | .837 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 8.4 |
| Tiffani Johnson | 29 | 29 | 22.2 | .480 | N/A | .700 | 4.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 4.2 |
| Jennifer Rizzotti | 32 | 2 | 13.7 | .382 | .308 | .667 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.9 |
| Tammy Jackson | 29 | 1 | 11.7 | .574 | N/A | .545 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 2.6 |
| Monica Lamb | 13 | 2 | 10.8 | .500 | N/A | .500 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 2.0 |
| Elena Shakirova | 14 | 0 | 10.7 | .433 | .167 | .879 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 4.1 |
| Coquese Washington | 25 | 0 | 9.4 | .364 | .200 | .800 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1.7 |
| Amaya Valdemoro | 22 | 0 | 7.8 | .333 | .379 | 1.000 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 2.6 |
| Kelley Gibson | 17 | 0 | 4.5 | .368 | .429 | .875 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.4 |
‡Waived/Released during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season
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