2000 New York Liberty season
Introduction The 2000 WNBA season was the fourth season for the New York Liberty. The team reached the WNBA Finals for the third time, but they were swept by the Houston Comets.
Offseason ===Expansion draft===The team lost Sophia Witherspoon and Ciquese Washington to the Seattle Storm and the Portland Fire, respectively.===WNBA draft=== Round  Pick  Player  Nationality  College/School/Team 1  13  Olga Firsova (C)    Kansas State 2  29  Desiree Francis (F)    Iowa State 3  45  Jessica Bibby (G)    Dandenong Rangers (WNBL) 4  61  Natalie Porter (F)    Australia===Trades===DateTradeDecember 15, 1999'''To New York Liberty''''''To Portland Fire''' for Portland selecting Sophia Witherspoon and Coquese Washington in the 2000 WNBA Expansion Draft Michele Van GorpMay 28, 2000'''To New York Liberty''''''To Portland Fire''' Tari Phillips Carolyn Jones
Regular season ===Season standings======Season schedule=== Date  Opponent  Score  Result  Record May 29  @ Houston  68-84  Loss  0-1 May 31  @ Phoenix  48-51  Loss  0-2 June 3  Utah  87-76  Win  1-2 June 4  @ Washington  67-79  Loss  1-3 June 7  @ Detroit  73-69  Win  2-3 June 9  Sacramento  56-77  Loss  2-4 June 10  @ Indiana  70-62  Win  3-4 June 13  Washington  56-57  Loss  3-5 June 18  Miami  58-52  Win  4-5 June 21  Detroit  63-67  Loss  4-6 June 23  @ Indiana  69-60  Win  5-6 June 25  Los Angeles  67-72  Loss  5-7 June 28  Phoenix  82-69  Win  6-7 June 30  Indiana  72-70  Win  7-7 July 1  @ Orlando  57-69  Loss  7-8 July 3  @ Cleveland  65-66  Loss  7-9 July 5  Portland  62-45  Win  8-9 July 7  @ Minnesota  76-70  Win  9-9 July 8  Miami  63-51  Win  10-9 July 12  Charlotte  84-70  Win  11-9 July 14  @ Orlando  55-51  Win  12-9 July 19  @ Seattle  78-55  Win  13-9 July 20  @ Los Angeles  66-82  Loss  13-10 July 23  Houston  69-64  Win  14-10 July 24  @ Washington  78-64  Win  15-10 July 28  @ Charlotte  66-56  Win  16-10 July 29  Cleveland  81-67  Win  17-10 July 31  Charlotte  81-56  Win  18-10 August 4  Orlando  70-57  Win  19-10 August 6  @ Miami  41-57  Loss  19-11 August 8  Cleveland  57-44  Win  20-11 August 9  @ Detroit  63-66  Loss  20-12
Playoffs  '''Game'''  '''Date'''  '''Opponent'''  '''Score'''  '''Result'''  '''Record''' '''Eastern Conference Semifinals''' 1  August 12  @ Washington  72-63  Win  1-0 2  August 14  Washington  78-57  Win  2-0 '''Eastern Conference Finals''' 1  August 17  @ Cleveland  43-56  Loss  2-1 2  August 20  Cleveland  51-45  Win  3-1 3  August 21  Cleveland  81-67  Win  4-1 '''WNBA Finals''' 1  August 24  Houston  52-59  Loss  4-2 2  August 26  @ Houston  73-79  Loss  4-3
Player stats  Player  GP  REB  AST  STL  BLK  PTS Tari Phillips  31  247  28  59  21  427 Vickie Johnson  31  137  77  22  5  380 Becky Hammon  32  64  58  29  1  351 Tamika Whitmore  32  105  20  17  17  277 Crystal Robinson  27  68  48  23  10  238 Teresa Weatherspoon  32  109  205  65  5  205 Sue Wicks  32  149  21  26  39  156 Marina Ferragut  23  17  4  0  2  50 Shea Mahoney  15  30  4  2  1  27 Jessica Bibby  17  5  11  3  0  19 Olga Firsova  9  4  1  0  1  12 Desiree Francis  1  0  0  0  0  0
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