1999 Houston Comets season

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

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
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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.

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

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Awards and honors

• Cynthia Cooper, WNBA Finals MVP Award
• Cynthia Cooper, Best WNBA Player ESPY Award
• Cynthia Cooper, Guard, Houston Comets, All-WNBA First Team^[3]
• Van Chancellor, WNBA Coach of the Year Award
• Sheryl Swoopes, Forward, Houston Comets, All-WNBA First Team^[3]
• Tina Thompson, Forward, Houston Comets, All-WNBA Second Team^[3]

References

1. "Houston Comets Draft History". WNBA.com. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
2. "1999 Houston Comets Stats".
3. "Postseason Awards: 1999". WNBA.com. Retrieved 2022-09-04.

External links

• Comets on Basketball Reference