2000 Utah Starzz season

2000 Utah Starzz season
CoachFred Williams
ArenaDelta Center
Attendance6,417 per game
Results
Record18–14 (.563)
Place5th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify

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.

Transactions

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Indiana Fever expansion draft

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The following player was selected in the Indiana Fever expansion draft from the Utah Starzz:

Player Nationality School/Team/Country
Chantel Tremitiere  United States Auburn

Miami Sol expansion draft

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The following player was selected in the Miami Sol expansion draft from the Utah Starzz:

Player Nationality School/Team/Country
Debbie Black  United States Saint Joseph's

WNBA draft

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See also: 2000 WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 12 Naomi Mulitauaopele  United States Stanford
3 35 Stacy Frese  United States Iowa State
4 51 Kristen Rasmussen  United States Michigan State

Transactions

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Date Transaction
December 15, 1999 Lost Chantel Tremitiere to the Indiana Fever in the WNBA expansion draft[1]
Lost Debbie Black to the Miami Sol in the WNBA expansion draft[1]
April 24, 2000 Traded 2 2000 1st Round Picks to the Detroit Shock in exchange for Jennifer Azzi and a 2000 1st Round Pick[1]
April 25, 2000 Drafted Naomi Mulitauaopele, Stacy Frese and Kristen Rasmussen in the 2000 WNBA Draft[1]
May 27, 2000 Waived Krystyna Lara[1]
June 8, 2000 Waived Kristen Rasmussen[1]
July 7, 2000 Waived Katryna Gaither[1]
July 27, 2000 Signed Kym Hope[1]

Roster

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2000 Utah Starzz roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
G 8 United States Azzi, Jennifer 5' 8" (1.73m) 143 lb (65kg) 1968-08-31 Stanford 1
C 12 Polish People's Republic Dydek, Margo 7' 2" (2.18m) 223 lb (101kg) 1974-04-28 2
G 4 United States Frese, Stacy 5' 8" (1.73m) 126 lb (57kg) 1976-09-23 Iowa State R
C 33 United States Gaither, Katryna 6' 3" (1.91m) 170 lb (77kg) 1975-08-13 Notre Dame R
F 15 United States Goodson, Adrienne 6' 0" (1.83m) 165 lb (75kg) 1966-10-19 Old Dominion 1
C 54 United States Herrig, Amy 6' 3" (1.91m) 193 lb (88kg) 1977-06-16 Iowa R
G 7 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hlede, Korie 5' 9" (1.75m) 155 lb (70kg) 1975-03-29 Duquesne 2
C 23 United States Hope, Kym 6' 2" (1.88m) 165 lb (75kg) 1977-11-23 Miami (FL) R
G 7 Hungarian People's Republic Iványi, Dalma 5' 10" (1.78m) 135 lb (61kg) 1976-03-13 FIU 1
F 23 United States Johnson, LaTonya 6' 1" (1.85m) 150 lb (68kg) 1975-08-17 Memphis 2
F 14 United States Mulitauaopele, Naomi 6' 3" (1.91m) – 1976-03-06 Stanford R
F 52 United States Rasmussen, Kristen 6' 4" (1.93m) 172 lb (78kg) 1978-11-01 Michigan State R
G/F 30 United States Starbird, Kate 6' 1" (1.85m) 153 lb (69kg) 1975-07-30 Stanford 1
C 24 United States Williams, Natalie 6' 2" (1.88m) 210 lb (95kg) 1970-11-30 UCLA 1
Head coach
United States Fred Williams (Boise State)
Assistant coaches
United States Candi Harvey
United States Michael Layden



Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Schedule

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Regular season

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2000 game log
Total: 18–14 (Home: 12–4; Road: 6–10)
May: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 May 31 @ Los Angeles L 62-69 Natalie Williams (21) Natalie Williams (14) Dalma Iványi (3) Great Western Forum 0–1
June: 8–7 (Home: 6–3; Road: 2–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
2 June 1 Minnesota W 83-74 Natalie Williams (16) Natalie Williams (14) Frese
Iványi (3) 		Delta Center 1–1
3 June 3 @ New York L 76-87 Adrienne Goodson (21) Adrienne Goodson (10) Goodson
Iványi (4) 		Madison Square Garden 1–2
4 June 7 Phoenix W 76-61 Natalie Williams (12) Natalie Williams (15) Dalma Iványi (4) Delta Center 2–2
5 June 8 @ Portland W 81-72 Kate Starbird (17) Natalie Williams (16) Dalma Iványi (7) Rose Garden 3–2
6 June 10 Houston L 71-73 Natalie Williams (17) Natalie Williams (9) Margo Dydek (5) Delta Center 3–3
7 June 12 @ Houston L 85-107 Adrienne Goodson (24) Margo Dydek (7) Korie Hlede (4) Compaq Center 3–4
8 June 13 Orlando L 80-88 Natalie Williams (17) Natalie Williams (14) Dydek
Goodson (5) 		Delta Center 3–5
9 June 15 Charlotte W 96-68 Adrienne Goodson (27) Natalie Williams (18) Dalma Iványi (5) Delta Center 4–5
10 June 17 Washington W 70-67 Natalie Williams (30) Natalie Williams (13) Goodson
Iványi (4) 		Delta Center 5–5
11 June 18 @ Seattle W 56-53 Margo Dydek (16) Margo Dydek (7) Adrienne Goodson (3) KeyArena 6–5
12 June 20 Seattle W 66-63 Adrienne Goodson (23) Margo Dydek (8) Dalma Iványi (4) Delta Center 7–5
13 June 22 @ Minnesota L 64-86 Adrienne Goodson (13) Goodson
Herrig (7) 		Korie Hlede (4) Target Center 7–6
14 June 23 Houston L 66-83 Adrienne Goodson (18) Natalie Williams (8) Dydek
Hlede (3) 		Delta Center 7–7
15 June 26 Sacramento W 89-80 Natalie Williams (21) Natalie Williams (14) Dalma Iványi (6) Delta Center 8–7
16 June 30 @ Sacramento L 62-85 Natalie Williams (19) Margo Dydek (9) Iványi
Williams (4) 		ARCO Arena 8–8
July: 7–4 (Home: 4–1; Road: 3–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
17 July 1 @ Seattle W 81-60 Natalie Williams (18) Dydek
Williams (5) 		Dalma Iványi (7) KeyArena 9–8
18 July 7 Detroit L 69-73 Natalie Williams (22) Natalie Williams (11) Azzi
Hlede (5) 		Delta Center 9–9
19 July 9 @ Los Angeles L 72-92 Adrienne Goodson (13) Natalie Williams (8) Azzi
Goodson (4) 		Great Western Forum 9–10
20 July 12 Portland W 76-67 Natalie Williams (22) Natalie Williams (14) Jennifer Azzi (4) Delta Center 10–10
21 July 14 Phoenix W 87-84 Korie Hlede (20) Adrienne Goodson (7) Jennifer Azzi (8) Delta Center 11–10
22 July 15 @ Sacramento W 75-69 Natalie Williams (29) Natalie Williams (13) Jennifer Azzi (8) ARCO Arena 12–10
23 July 19 @ Phoenix L 76-86 Natalie Williams (20) Natalie Williams (14) Jennifer Azzi (7) America West Arena 12–11
24 July 21 @ Miami L 65-76 Natalie Williams (18) Natalie Williams (10) Jennifer Azzi (2) American Airlines Arena 12–12
25 July 23 @ Orlando W 69-66 Natalie Williams (23) Natalie Williams (12) Jennifer Azzi (8) TD Waterhouse Centre 13–12
26 July 26 Cleveland W 84-77 Adrienne Goodson (27) Natalie Williams (19) Korie Hlede (7) Delta Center 14–12
27 July 29 Indiana W 79-71 Adrienne Goodson (29) Natalie Williams (15) Jennifer Azzi (9) Delta Center 15–12
August: 3–2 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
28 August 2 @ Minnesota W 72-62 Jennifer Azzi (20) Natalie Williams (11) Jennifer Azzi (7) Target Center 16–12
29 August 3 @ Cleveland L 71-74 Korie Hlede (18) Margo Dydek (7) Jennifer Azzi (5) Gund Arena 16–13
30 August 5 @ Charlotte L 82-84 Natalie Williams (23) Goodson
Williams (9) 		Jennifer Azzi (9) Charlotte Coliseum 16–14
31 August 7 Portland W 83-73 Natalie Williams (25) Natalie Williams (11) Jennifer Azzi (7) Delta Center 17–14
32 August 9 Los Angeles W 89-77 Natalie Williams (26) Natalie Williams (13) Adrienne Goodson (6) Delta Center 18–14

Season standings

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Western Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
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

Statistics

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Legend
  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

Regular Season

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Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Jennifer Azzi 15 15 37.3 .452 .417 .930 2.7 6.1 0.8 0.3 9.6
Natalie Williams 29 29 35.8 .490 .600 .798 11.6 1.8 1.2 0.6 18.7
Adrienne Goodson 29 28 32.0 .480 .276 .687 5.7 2.4 1.4 0.2 17.2
Korie Hlede 31 31 28.0 .454 .431 .729 3.0 3.0 1.2 0.1 10.1
Margo Dydek 32 32 24.2 .445 .143 .796 5.5 1.6 0.6 3.0 9.2
Dalma Iványi 27 16 18.1 .313 .279 .750 2.0 2.3 0.9 0.1 3.4
LaTonya Johnson 29 6 16.6 .403 .333 .651 1.8 0.9 0.4 0.1 5.0
Amy Herrig 25 0 13.6 .480 .000 .613 2.4 0.8 0.3 0.2 3.6
Naomi Mulitauaopele 22 3 13.2 .594 .667 .750 1.5 0.3 0.2 0.3 4.5
Kate Starbird 29 0 11.7 .358 .217 .810 1.1 1.0 0.4 0.4 4.0
Stacy Frese 21 0 10.6 .333 .346 .917 0.9 0.8 0.2 0.0 3.0
Kristen Rasmussen 1 0 9.0 N/A N/A N/A 2.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0
Katryna Gaither 9 0 6.0 .286 N/A 1.000 1.9 0.4 0.4 0.0 1.6
Kym Hope 3 1 1.3 .000 N/A 1.000 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7


‡Waived/Released during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "2000 Utah Starzz Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 14, 2024.
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