The

1999 WNBA season The 1999 WNBA Season was the Women's National Basketball Association's third season. The 1999 season saw two expansion teams join the league, the Minnesota Lynx and Orlando Miracle. The schedule was increased from 30 to 32 games per team. The s ...

was the third season for the Houston Comets. The Comets won their third WNBA Finals.

WNBA Draft

Regular season

Season standings

Season Schedule

Playoffs

Led by what was already known as the ''Big Three'', (Sheryl Swoopes, Cynthia Cooper and Tina Thompson), the Comets survived a highlight film last second, court to court game winning shot by the Liberty's

Teresa Weatherspoon Teresa Gaye Weatherspoon (born December 8, 1965) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who serves as assistant coach for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA). She played for the New York L ...

in Game 2 of the finals to beat the Liberty in three games and win their third straight title, this one after the death of teammate

Kim Perrot Kim Perrot (January 18, 1967 – August 19, 1999) was an American basketball player. She played in the WNBA for the Houston Comets. Biography Perrot attended the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now the University of Louisiana at Lafayet ...

, who died of

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. *Won WNBA Western Conference Finals (2-0) over Los Angeles Sparks *Won WNBA Finals (2-1) over New York Liberty

Awards and honors

* Cynthia Cooper,

WNBA Finals MVP Award The Women's National Basketball Association Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP) is an annual Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) award given since the league's inaugural season. During the first four years of the league, the Houston Come ...

*Cynthia Cooper, Best WNBA Player ESPY Award *Cynthia Cooper, Guard, Houston Comets, All-WNBA First Team *

Van Chancellor Van Winston Chancellor (born September 27, 1943) is a former college and professional basketball coach. He coached University of Mississippi women's basketball, Louisiana State University women's basketball, and the professional Houston Comet ...

WNBA Coach of the Year Award The Women's National Basketball Association's Coach of the Year is an annual Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) award given since the league's inaugural season. The winner is selected at the end of regular season by a panel of sportswr ...

*Sheryl Swoopes, Forward, Houston Comets, All-WNBA First Team *Tina Thompson, Forward, Houston Comets, All-WNBA Second Team

References

External links

Comets on Basketball Reference
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