2000 Orlando Miracle season

The 2000 WNBA season was their 2nd in the league. The Miracle made to the playoffs for the first time in franchise history, only to lose to the Cleveland Rockers in three games.

Offseason

WNBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	4	Cintia dos Santos	Brazil	Brazil
2	20	Jannon Roland	United States	New England Blizzard (ABL)
3	36	Shawnetta Stewart	United States	Rutgers
4	52	Romana Hamzova	Czech Republic	Czech Republic

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Roster

Orlando Miracle roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight From 6.0 !C 28 BRA ! dos Santos, Cintia style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 187 lb (85 kg) Brazil 1.5 !G 15 CZE ! Hamzova, Romana style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 152 lb (69 kg) Czech Republic 5.5 !F/C 7 USA ! Hicks, Jessie style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 188 lb (85 kg) Maryland 1.5 !G 31 USA ! Johnson, Adrienne style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 154 lb (70 kg) Ohio State 1.5 !G 14 USA ! Johnson, Shannon style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 67 !5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) 152 lb (69 kg) South Carolina 2.5 !G/F 12 USA ! McCain, Tiffany style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 167 lb (76 kg) Kentucky 4.0 !F 10 USA ! McGhee, Carla style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 179 lb (81 kg) Tennessee 5.5 !F/C 11 USA ! McWilliams, Taj (C) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 184 lb (83 kg) St. Edward's College 1.5 !G 50 USA ! Powell, Elaine style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 68 !5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 150 lb (68 kg) Louisiana State 2.5 !G/F 6 USA ! Roland, Jannon style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 157 lb (71 kg) Purdue 2.5 !G/F 42 USA ! Sales, Nykesha (C) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Connecticut 1.5 !G 5 USA ! Smith, LaCharlotte style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 67 !5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) 150 lb (68 kg) Mississippi State	Head coach Carolyn Peck (Vanderbilt) Assistant coaches Michael Peck (Marshall) Charlene Thomas-Swinson (Auburn) Legend (C) Team captain (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured

Season standings

Schedule

Preseason

Regular season

Playoffs

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

Depth

Template:2000 Orlando Miracle depth chart

Player stats

• http://www.wnba.com/sun/stats/2000/

Awards and honors

• Shannon Johnson, Taj McWilliams-Franklin and Nykesha Sales 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