1999 Houston Comets season

1999 Houston Comets season
Coach Van Chancellor
Arena Compaq Center
Attendance 11,906 per game
Results
Record 26–6 (.813)
Place 1st (Western)
Playoff finish Won WNBA Finals

The 1999 WNBA season was the third season for the Houston Comets. The Comets won their third WNBA Finals.

WNBA Draft

Pick Player Nationality School/Club Team
12 Natalia Zasulskaya  Russia Russia
24 Sonja Henning  United States Stanford
36 Kara Wolters  United States UConn
48 Jennifer Rizzotti  United States UConn

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Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
New York Liberty x 18 14 .563 12–8 –
Detroit Shock x 15 17 .469 12–8 3.0
Charlotte Sting x 15 17 .469 12–8 3.0
Orlando Miracle o 15 17 .469 9–11 3.0
Washington Mystics o 12 20 .375 10–10 6.0
Cleveland Rockers o 7 25 .219 5–15 11.0

Season Schedule

Date Opponent Score Result Record
June 10 @ Orlando 77-63 Win 1-0
June 12 Washington 88-63 Win 2-0
June 17 Utah 93-73 Win 3-0
June 19 @ Minnesota 69-55 Win 4-0
June 22 Los Angeles 84-76 Win 5-0
June 24 @ Detroit 77-65 Win 6-0
June 25 @ Washington 72-69 Win 7-0
June 28 Orlando 66-68 Loss 7-1
June 30 @ Utah 78-68 Win 8-1
July 1 Cleveland 76-64 Win 9-1
July 3 New York 65-50 Win 10-1
July 6 Minnesota 80-54 Win 11-1
July 8 @ Sacramento 63-74 Loss 11-2
July 9 @ Phoenix 71-70 Win 12-2
July 11 Sacramento 68-63 Win 13-2
July 16 @ Utah 88-84 Win 14-2
July 18 @ Los Angeles 65-78 Loss 14-3
July 19 @ Phoenix 48-60 Loss 14-4
July 23 @ Charlotte 75-62 Win 15-4
July 25 @ Minnesota 62-57 Win 16-4
July 27 Detroit 85-46 Win 17-4
July 29 @ Cleveland 71-65 Win 18-4
July 31 Phoenix 77-70 Win 19-4
August 2 Sacramento 75-70 Win 20-4
August 6 Charlotte 81-51 Win 21-4
August 8 @ New York 71-74 Loss 21-5
August 12 Los Angeles 83-61 Win 22-5
August 14 Minnesota 71-53 Win 23-5
August 16 Utah 80-71 Win 24-5
August 18 Phoenix 70-60 Win 25-5
August 20 @ Los Angeles 64-68 Loss 25-6
August 21 @ Sacramento 74-65 Win 26-6
August 26 (West Finals, G1) @ Los Angeles 60-75 Loss 0-1
August 29 (West Finals, G2) Los Angeles 83-55 Win 1-1
August 30 (West Finals, G3) Los Angeles 72-62 Win 2-1
September 2 (WNBA Finals, G1) @ New York 73-60 Win 3-1
September 4 (WNBA Finals, G2) New York 67-68 Loss 3-2
September 5 (WNBA Finals, G3) New York 59-47 Win 4-2

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 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, who died of cancer.

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Awards and honors

References

  1. ↑ http://www.wnba.com/history/comets_draft_history.html
  2. ↑ http://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/HOU/1999.html
  3. 1 2 3 http://www.wnba.com/history/awards_1999.html
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