The

2000 WNBA season The 2000 WNBA Season was the Women's National Basketball Association's fourth season. The 2000 season saw four expansion teams join the league, the Indiana Fever, Miami Sol, Portland Fire, and Seattle Storm. The season ended with the Houston Comets ...

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 The Cleveland Rockers were a Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) team based in Cleveland, that played from 1997 until 2003. The Rockers were one of the original eight franchises of the WNBA, which started in 1997. The owner was Gordon Gu ...

in three games.

Offseason

WNBA draft

WNBA.com: 2000 WNBA Draft Board
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Roster

Season standings

Schedule

Preseason

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Playoffs

In the first round of the Eastern Conference Playoffs, the Miracle had to face the

. 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. , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 1 , August 11 ,

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Player stats

*http://www.wnba.com/sun/stats/2000/

Awards and honors

* Shannon Johnson,

Taj McWilliams-Franklin Taj McWilliams-Franklin (born October 20, 1970) is a former American professional women's basketball player. A two-time WNBA champion with the Detroit Shock and Minnesota Lynx and six-time all-star, McWilliams-Franklin's professional career has ...

and

Nykesha Sales Nykesha Simone Sales (born May 10, 1976) is an American assistant coach at the University of Georgia. She is a former professional basketball player in the WNBA, as well as playing in the Bosnian league for the ZKK Mladi Krajisnik club. Her prim ...

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.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:2000 Orlando Miracle Season Orlando Miracle seasons

Orlando Orlando () is a city in the U.S. state of Florida and is the county seat of Orange County. In Central Florida, it is the center of the Orlando metropolitan area, which had a population of 2,509,831, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures rele ...

Orlando Miracle The Orlando Miracle were a Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) team based in Orlando, Florida. It began play in the 1999 WNBA season. The Miracle relocated, in 2003, to Uncasville, Connecticut, where the team became the Connecticut Su ...