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1997 Houston Comets

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18-10, Finished 1st in WNBA Eastern Conference
WNBA Season Summary

1997 WNBA Champions

Scored 71.8 points per game, Allowed 65.5 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 22-6)

Pace Factor: 85.9 (8th of 8)
Offensive Rating: 99.4 (1st of 8), Defensive Rating: 90.7 (3rd of 8)

Playoffs:
Won WNBA Finals (1-0) over New York Liberty
Won WNBA Semifinals (1-0) over Charlotte Sting

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 28 5650 700 1660 .422 169 485 .348 441 592 .745 316 543 859 389 311 67 492 535 2010 71.8
Opponent 28 5650 679 1630 .417 91 305 .298 384 545 .705 296 557 853 405 237 102 537 558 1833 65.5

Player Statistics

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Totals

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Rk Player G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Cynthia Cooper 28 28 982 191 406 .470 67 162 .414 172 199 .864 33 78 111 131 59 6 109 68 621
2 Tina Thompson 28 28 885 133 318 .418 37 100 .370 67 80 .838 67 117 184 32 21 28 62 107 370
3 Janeth Arcain 28 27 784 110 250 .440 9 33 .273 76 85 .894 41 69 110 45 43 4 67 56 305
4 Kim Perrot 28 24 692 59 162 .364 28 99 .283 15 37 .405 18 57 75 88 69 2 65 53 161
5 Wanda Guyton 25 25 668 57 122 .467 0 0 38 68 .559 76 60 136 12 26 8 43 83 152
6 Tammy Jackson 28 3 545 45 110 .409 0 1 .000 25 41 .610 42 74 116 12 45 10 49 84 115
7 Fran Harris 25 1 369 37 107 .346 8 24 .333 22 31 .710 16 40 56 25 17 3 29 27 104
8 Tiffany Woosley 26 4 397 29 88 .330 16 50 .320 2 8 .250 8 20 28 29 18 1 30 19 76
9 Sheryl Swoopes 9 0 129 25 53 .472 4 16 .250 10 14 .714 6 9 15 7 7 4 4 5 64
10 Catarina Pollini 13 0 94 8 22 .364 0 0 6 12 .500 3 9 12 5 4 1 8 21 22
11 Yolanda Moore 13 0 93 5 20 .250 0 0 6 12 .500 6 7 13 1 1 0 7 9 16
12 Pietra Gay 5 0 12 1 2 .500 0 0 2 5 .400 0 3 3 2 1 0 4 3 4

Per Game

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Rk Player G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Cynthia Cooper 28 28 35.1 6.8 14.5 .470 2.4 5.8 .414 6.1 7.1 .864 1.2 2.8 4.0 4.7 2.1 0.2 3.9 2.4 22.2
2 Tina Thompson 28 28 31.6 4.8 11.4 .418 1.3 3.6 .370 2.4 2.9 .838 2.4 4.2 6.6 1.1 0.8 1.0 2.2 3.8 13.2
3 Janeth Arcain 28 27 28.0 3.9 8.9 .440 0.3 1.2 .273 2.7 3.0 .894 1.5 2.5 3.9 1.6 1.5 0.1 2.4 2.0 10.9
4 Sheryl Swoopes 9 0 14.3 2.8 5.9 .472 0.4 1.8 .250 1.1 1.6 .714 0.7 1.0 1.7 0.8 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.6 7.1
5 Wanda Guyton 25 25 26.7 2.3 4.9 .467 0.0 0.0 1.5 2.7 .559 3.0 2.4 5.4 0.5 1.0 0.3 1.7 3.3 6.1
6 Kim Perrot 28 24 24.7 2.1 5.8 .364 1.0 3.5 .283 0.5 1.3 .405 0.6 2.0 2.7 3.1 2.5 0.1 2.3 1.9 5.8
7 Fran Harris 25 1 14.8 1.5 4.3 .346 0.3 1.0 .333 0.9 1.2 .710 0.6 1.6 2.2 1.0 0.7 0.1 1.2 1.1 4.2
8 Tammy Jackson 28 3 19.5 1.6 3.9 .409 0.0 0.0 .000 0.9 1.5 .610 1.5 2.6 4.1 0.4 1.6 0.4 1.8 3.0 4.1
9 Tiffany Woosley 26 4 15.3 1.1 3.4 .330 0.6 1.9 .320 0.1 0.3 .250 0.3 0.8 1.1 1.1 0.7 0.0 1.2 0.7 2.9
10 Catarina Pollini 13 0 7.2 0.6 1.7 .364 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.9 .500 0.2 0.7 0.9 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.6 1.6 1.7
11 Yolanda Moore 13 0 7.2 0.4 1.5 .250 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.9 .500 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.7 1.2
12 Pietra Gay 5 0 2.4 0.2 0.4 .500 0.0 0.0 0.4 1.0 .400 0.0 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.8 0.6 0.8

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Cynthia Cooper 28 28 982 7.0 14.9 .470 2.5 5.9 .414 6.3 7.3 .864 1.2 2.9 4.1 4.8 2.2 0.2 4.0 2.5 22.8
2 Sheryl Swoopes 9 0 129 7.0 14.8 .472 1.1 4.5 .250 2.8 3.9 .714 1.7 2.5 4.2 2.0 2.0 1.1 1.1 1.4 17.9
3 Tina Thompson 28 28 885 5.4 12.9 .418 1.5 4.1 .370 2.7 3.3 .838 2.7 4.8 7.5 1.3 0.9 1.1 2.5 4.4 15.1
4 Janeth Arcain 28 27 784 5.1 11.5 .440 0.4 1.5 .273 3.5 3.9 .894 1.9 3.2 5.1 2.1 2.0 0.2 3.1 2.6 14.0
5 Pietra Gay 5 0 12 3.0 6.0 .500 0.0 0.0 6.0 15.0 .400 0.0 9.0 9.0 6.0 3.0 0.0 12.0 9.0 12.0
6 Fran Harris 25 1 369 3.6 10.4 .346 0.8 2.3 .333 2.1 3.0 .710 1.6 3.9 5.5 2.4 1.7 0.3 2.8 2.6 10.1
7 Kim Perrot 28 24 692 3.1 8.4 .364 1.5 5.2 .283 0.8 1.9 .405 0.9 3.0 3.9 4.6 3.6 0.1 3.4 2.8 8.4
8 Catarina Pollini 13 0 94 3.1 8.4 .364 0.0 0.0 2.3 4.6 .500 1.1 3.4 4.6 1.9 1.5 0.4 3.1 8.0 8.4
9 Wanda Guyton 25 25 668 3.1 6.6 .467 0.0 0.0 2.0 3.7 .559 4.1 3.2 7.3 0.6 1.4 0.4 2.3 4.5 8.2
10 Tammy Jackson 28 3 545 3.0 7.3 .409 0.0 0.1 .000 1.7 2.7 .610 2.8 4.9 7.7 0.8 3.0 0.7 3.2 5.5 7.6
11 Tiffany Woosley 26 4 397 2.6 8.0 .330 1.5 4.5 .320 0.2 0.7 .250 0.7 1.8 2.5 2.6 1.6 0.1 2.7 1.7 6.9
12 Yolanda Moore 13 0 93 1.9 7.7 .250 0.0 0.0 2.3 4.6 .500 2.3 2.7 5.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 2.7 3.5 6.2

Advanced

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Rk Player G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% Usg% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Cynthia Cooper 28 982 32.2 .629 .553 4.3 10.7 7.5 31.4 3.4 0.5 18.1 28.7 119 92 7.8 1.3 9.1
2 Tina Thompson 28 885 18.6 .524 .476 9.8 17.8 13.7 7.7 1.3 2.7 14.9 22.0 105 92 3.1 1.1 4.2
3 Janeth Arcain 28 784 18.2 .531 .458 6.8 11.9 9.3 12.0 3.1 0.4 18.9 21.2 102 92 2.2 1.0 3.2
4 Wanda Guyton 25 668 11.4 .500 .467 14.7 12.1 13.4 3.4 2.2 1.0 22.1 13.7 96 93 0.9 0.7 1.6
5 Kim Perrot 28 692 14.1 .452 .451 3.4 11.1 7.2 23.8 5.6 0.2 26.7 16.5 87 87 0.2 1.4 1.6
6 Tammy Jackson 28 545 10.2 .449 .409 10.0 18.3 14.0 4.1 4.6 1.6 27.7 15.2 80 85 -0.4 1.3 0.9
7 Sheryl Swoopes 9 129 26.6 .541 .509 6.0 9.4 7.7 12.7 3.0 2.6 6.3 22.9 118 92 0.7 0.2 0.9
8 Fran Harris 25 369 11.9 .431 .383 5.6 14.6 10.0 13.0 2.6 0.7 19.4 19.0 88 92 0.2 0.5 0.6
9 Tiffany Woosley 26 397 7.3 .415 .420 2.6 6.8 4.7 13.4 2.5 0.2 24.7 14.3 80 95 -0.2 0.3 0.1
10 Catarina Pollini 13 94 4.6 .403 .364 4.1 12.9 8.4 10.0 2.4 0.9 22.7 17.6 77 92 -0.1 0.1 0.0
11 Pietra Gay 5 12 2.8 .476 .500 0.0 33.7 16.5 31.1 4.7 0.0 48.8 32.0 58 80 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
12 Yolanda Moore 13 93 0.7 .316 .250 8.4 10.1 9.2 1.9 0.6 0.0 21.7 16.3 65 98 -0.2 0.0 -0.2