1998 Houston Comets Statistics

Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Team Record: 27-3
Finishing 1st in the WNBA's Western Conference
Postseason: 4-1 Won Championship

Semifinals - Defeated Charlotte Sting 2-0
Finals - Defeated Phoenix Mercury 2-1
Coach: Van Chancellor (27-3)
Location: Houston, Texas
Attendance: 189,029, Avg. 12,602 in 15 home dates

1998 Houston Comets Roster

The Houston Comets of the Women's National Basketball Association ended the 1998 season with a record of 27 wins and 3 losses, finishing first in the WNBA's Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 4-1.

The Comets scored 2,285 points, most in the league. Houston conceded 1,908 points, the lowest total in the circuit. Cynthia Cooper tossed in a team-leading 680 points for the team, while Sheryl Swoopes and Tina Thompson netted 12 or more per game, too. Tina Thompson contributed 192 boards. Kim Perrot dished out 142 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Kim Perrot added 84 steals.

Van Chancellor coached the team. The 1998 Houston Comets won the Championship of the playoffs.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Cynthia Cooper	G	30	30	1051	455	203	160	64	246	210	25	85	110	131	48	11	95	65	680
Sheryl Swoopes	F-G	29	29	937	405	173	100	36	86	71	39	110	149	62	72	14	58	42	453
Tina Thompson	F	27	27	874	289	121	103	37	74	63	65	127	192	24	31	25	47	89	342
Kim Perrot	G	30	30	986	218	88	108	29	70	49	17	75	92	142	84	0	82	70	254
Janeth Arcain	G	30	4	657	195	83	33	5	45	34	43	65	108	26	25	3	38	48	205
Monica Lamb	C	30	25	649	122	66	0	0	42	29	62	80	142	9	24	21	27	87	161
Yolanda Moore	F	30	4	533	71	32	2	1	41	33	32	54	86	10	26	0	20	54	98
Amaya Valdemoro Madariaga	F	16	0	61	16	8	5	2	17	12	2	8	10	7	7	1	17	8	30
Tammy Jackson	F-C	19	0	160	21	8	0	0	11	8	6	15	21	6	4	5	14	31	24
Tiffany Woosley	G	18	0	96	23	7	12	3	7	5	3	4	7	9	8	0	13	9	22
Nyree Roberts	C	14	0	55	7	6	0	0	7	4	3	7	10	2	1	0	4	3	16
Wanda Guyton	F	1	1	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	0
Karen Booker	C	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Totals		275	150	6075	1824	795	523	177	646	518	297	630	927	428	332	81	417	510	2285

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Cynthia Cooper	G	30	30	35.0	44.6	40.0	85.4	0.8	2.8	3.7	4.4	1.6	0.4	3.2	2.2	22.7
Sheryl Swoopes	F-G	29	29	32.3	42.7	36.0	82.6	1.3	3.8	5.1	2.1	2.5	0.5	2.0	1.4	15.6
Tina Thompson	F	27	27	32.4	41.9	35.9	85.1	2.4	4.7	7.1	0.9	1.1	0.9	1.7	3.3	12.7
Kim Perrot	G	30	30	32.9	40.4	26.9	70.0	0.6	2.5	3.1	4.7	2.8	0.0	2.7	2.3	8.5
Janeth Arcain	G	30	4	21.9	42.6	15.2	75.6	1.4	2.2	3.6	0.9	0.8	0.1	1.3	1.6	6.8
Monica Lamb	C	30	25	21.6	54.1		69.0	2.1	2.7	4.7	0.3	0.8	0.7	0.9	2.9	5.4
Yolanda Moore	F	30	4	17.8	45.1	50.0	80.5	1.1	1.8	2.9	0.3	0.9	0.0	0.7	1.8	3.3
Amaya Valdemoro Madariaga	F	16	0	3.8	50.0	40.0	70.6	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.1	1.1	0.5	1.9
Tammy Jackson	F-C	19	0	8.4	38.1		72.7	0.3	0.8	1.1	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.7	1.6	1.3
Tiffany Woosley	G	18	0	5.3	30.4	25.0	71.4	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.0	0.7	0.5	1.2
Nyree Roberts	C	14	0	3.9	85.7		57.1	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.2	1.1
Wanda Guyton	F	1	1	14.0	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	4.0	0.0
Karen Booker	C	1	0	2.0	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Averages		275	150	22.1	43.6	33.8	80.2	1.1	2.3	3.4	1.6	1.2	0.3	1.5	1.9	8.3

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Cynthia Cooper	G	5	5	198	93	42	28	7	45	38	4	12	16	22	9	5	15	10	129
Sheryl Swoopes	F-G	5	5	188	61	27	18	5	15	14	7	43	50	26	9	7	16	10	73
Tina Thompson	F	5	5	186	49	20	20	7	12	11	12	34	46	6	7	4	8	19	58
Kim Perrot	G	5	5	182	40	15	16	6	12	5	5	11	16	25	8	0	17	8	41
Monica Lamb	C	5	5	107	25	14	0	0	2	1	5	13	18	0	2	4	8	16	29
Yolanda Moore	F	5	0	61	15	10	0	0	3	1	6	3	9	0	4	0	1	9	21
Janeth Arcain	G	5	0	92	18	8	2	0	0	0	1	7	8	4	2	1	3	5	16
Tammy Jackson	F-C	3	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		38	25	1025	301	136	84	25	89	70	40	125	165	83	41	21	68	77	367

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Cynthia Cooper	G	5	5	39.6	45.2	25.0	84.4	0.8	2.4	3.2	4.4	1.8	1.0	3.0	2.0	25.8
Sheryl Swoopes	F-G	5	5	37.6	44.3	27.8	93.3	1.4	8.6	10.0	5.2	1.8	1.4	3.2	2.0	14.6
Tina Thompson	F	5	5	37.2	40.8	35.0	91.7	2.4	6.8	9.2	1.2	1.4	0.8	1.6	3.8	11.6
Kim Perrot	G	5	5	36.4	37.5	37.5	41.7	1.0	2.2	3.2	5.0	1.6	0.0	3.4	1.6	8.2
Monica Lamb	C	5	5	21.4	56.0		50.0	1.0	2.6	3.6	0.0	0.4	0.8	1.6	3.2	5.8
Yolanda Moore	F	5	0	12.2	66.7		33.3	1.2	0.6	1.8	0.0	0.8	0.0	0.2	1.8	4.2
Janeth Arcain	G	5	0	18.4	44.4	0.0		0.2	1.4	1.6	0.8	0.4	0.2	0.6	1.0	3.2
Tammy Jackson	F-C	3	0	3.7				0.0	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Averages		275	25	27.0	45.2	29.8	78.7	1.1	3.3	4.3	2.2	1.1	0.6	1.8	2.0	9.7