1998 Houston Comets season

1998 Houston Comets season
Head Coach Van Chancellor
Arena Compaq Center
Attendance 12,602 per game
Results
Record 273
(.900)
Place 1st (Western)
Playoff Finish Won WNBA Finals
Houston Comets seasons
< 1997 1999 >

The 1998 WNBA season was the second season for the Houston Comets. The Comets won their second straight championship. Their record of 27-3 remains the best in league history.

WNBA Draft

Pick Player Nationality School/Club Team
10 Polina Tzekova  Bulgaria Bulgaria
20 Nyree Roberts  United States Old Dominion
30 Amaya Valdemoro  Spain Spain
40 Monica Lamb-Lattin  United States USC

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Regular season

Season standings

Western Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
Houston Comets x 27 3 .900 15–1
Phoenix Mercury x 19 11 .633 10–6 8.0
Los Angeles Sparks o 12 18 .400 6–10 15.0
Sacramento Monarchs o 8 22 .267 5–11 19.0
Utah Starzz o 8 22 .267 4–12 19.0

Season Schedule

Date Opponent Score Result Record
June 13 New York 73-62 Win 1-0
June 15 @ Charlotte 79-65 Win 2-0
June 18 Cleveland 87-73 Win 3-0
June 20 @ Sacramento 79-68 Win 4-0
June 21 @ Los Angeles 79-63 Win 5-0
June 24 @ Phoenix 66-69 Loss 5-1
June 27 Los Angeles 75-64 Win 6-1
June 29 Washington 73-48 Win 7-1
June 30 @ Utah 75-73 Win 8-1
July 3 Sacramento 84-67 Win 9-1
July 6 @ Cleveland 78-64 Win 10-1
July 8 @ New York 79-54 Win 11-1
July 9 Detroit 96-66 Win 12-1
July 11 Utah 72-68 Win 13-1
July 13 Washington 81-67 Win 14-1
July 17 @ Los Angeles 74-68 Win 15-1
July 18 @ Sacramento 75-44 Win 16-1
July 21 @ Phoenix 65-62 Win 17-1
July 25 @ Charlotte 67-58 Win 18-1
July 28 Phoenix 72-62 Win 19-1
July 30 Utah 88-65 Win 20-1
August 1 Cleveland 71-74 Loss 20-2
August 2 Sacramento 70-53 Win 21-2
August 4 @ Utah 77-57 Win 22-2
August 6 Phoenix 75-64 Win 23-2
August 7 @ Detroit 61-57 Win 24-2
August 10 Charlotte 70-67 Win 25-2
August 15 @ New York 54-70 Loss 25-3
August 17 @ Washington 110-65 Win 26-3
August 19 Los Angeles 80-71 Win 27-3

Playoffs

Game Date Opponent Score Result Record
WNBA Semifinals
1 August 22 @ Charlotte 85-71 Win 1-0
2 August 24 Charlotte 77-61 Win 2-0
WNBA Finals
1 August 27 @ Phoenix 51-54 Loss 2-1
2 August 29 Phoenix 74-69 (OT) Win 3-1
3 September 1 Phoenix 80-71 Win 4-1

Awards and honors

References

External links

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