2000 Utah Starzz season
Introduction The 2000 WNBA season was the 4th season for the Utah Starzz. The team finished the season with a winning record, but fell short for the WNBA Playoffs, falling two games back to the Phoenix Mercury.
Off-season Debbie Black was selected by the Miami Sol, while Chantel Tremitiere was picked by the Indiana Fever in the 2000 WNBA Expansion Draft.===WNBA draft=== '''Round'''  '''Pick'''  '''Player'''  '''Nationality'''  '''College, school or team''' 1  12  Naomi Mulitauaopele (C)    Stanford 3  35  Stacy Frese (G)    Iowa State 4  51  Kristen Rasmussen (F)    Michigan State===Trades===DateTradeDecember 15, 1999'''To Utah Starzz''''''To Miami Sol''' Kate Starbird and the 8th pick in the 2000 WNBA Draft Elena Baranova and the 19th pick in the 2000 WNBA draftApril 24, 2000'''To Utah Starzz''''''To Detroit Shock''' Jennifer Azzi and the 12th pick in the 2000 WNBA Draft 3rd and 8th (via Miami) picks in the 2000 WNBA Draft
Regular season ===Season standings======Season schedule=== '''Date'''  '''Opponent'''  '''Score'''  '''Result'''  '''Record''' May 31  @ Los Angeles  62-69  Loss  0-1 June 1  Minnesota  83-74  Win  1-1 June 3  @ New York  76-87  Loss  1-2 June 6  Phoenix  76-61  Win  2-2 June 8  @ Portland  81-72  Win  3-2 June 10  Houston  71-73  Loss  3-3 June 12  @ Houston  85-107  Loss  3-4 June 13  Orlando  80-88  Loss  3-5 June 15  Charlotte  96-68  Win  4-5 June 17  Washington  70-67  Win  5-5 June 18  @ Seattle  56-53  Win  6-5 June 20  Seattle  66-63  Win  7-5 June 22  @ Minnesota  64-86  Loss  7-6 June 23  Houston  66-83  Loss  7-7 June 26  Sacramento  89-80  Win  8-7 June 30  @ Sacramento  62-85  Loss  8-8 July 1  @ Seattle  81-60  Win  9-8 July 7  Detroit  69-73  Loss  9-9 July 9  @ Los Angeles  72-92  Loss  9-10 July 12  Portland  76-67  Win  10-10 July 14  Phoenix  87-84  Win  11-10 July 15  @ Sacramento  75-69  Win  12-10 July 19  @ Phoenix  76-86  Loss  12-11 July 21  @ Miami  65-76  Loss  12-12 July 23  @ Orlando  69-66  Win  13-12 July 26  Cleveland  84-77  Win  14-12 July 29  Indiana  79-71  Win  15-12 August 2  @ Minnesota  72-62  Win  16-12 August 3  @ Cleveland  71-74  Loss  16-13 August 5  @ Charlotte  82-84  Loss  16-14 August 7  Portland  83-73  Win  17-14 August 9  Los Angeles  89-77  Win  18–14
Player stats  '''Player'''  '''GP'''  '''REB'''  '''AST'''  '''STL'''  '''BLK'''  '''PTS''' Natalie Williams  29  336  51  35  18  543 Adrienne Goodson  29  164  69  41  7  498 Korie Hlede  31  93  92  38  4  312 Margo Dydek  32  175  51  18  96  294 LaTonya Johnson  29  52  26  12  2  144 Jennifer Azzi  15  41  92  12  5  144 Kate Starbird  29  33  30  13  11  117 Naomi Mulitauaopele  22  34  6  4  6  99 Dalma Ivanyi  27  54  63  25  3  93 Amy Herrig  25  59  20  7  5  91 Stacy Frese  21  18  17  4  0  62 Katryna Gaither  9  17  4  4  0  14 Kym Hope  3  2  0  0  0  2 Kristen Rasmussen  1  2  1  1  0  0
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