2007 Houston Comets season

2007 Houston Comets season
Head Coach Karleen Thompson
Arena Toyota Center
Attendance 8,166 per game
Results
Record 13–21
(.382)
Place 5th (Western)
Playoff Finish Did Not Qualify
Houston Comets seasons
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The 2007 WNBA season was the 11th season for the Houston Comets. The team started the season 0-10, finishing 13-11 in the remainder part of the season, and missing the playoffs for the first time in four years. It was also their last year playing at the Toyota Center.

Offseason

Dispersal Draft

Based on the Comets' 2006 record, they would pick 8th in the Charlotte Sting dispersal draft. The Comets picked Yelena Leuchanka.

WNBA Draft

Round Pick Player Nationality College/School/Team
1 8 Ashley Shields  United States Southwest Tennessee CC
2 14 Dee Davis  United States Vanderbilt
3 34 Kristen Newlin  United States Stanford

Regular season

Season standings

Western Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Phoenix Mercury x 23 11 .676 – 12–5 11–6 17–5
San Antonio Silver Stars x 20 14 .588 3.0 9–8 11–6 13–9
Sacramento Monarchs x 19 15 .559 4.0 12–5 7–10 12–10
Seattle Storm x 17 17 .500 6.0 12–5 5–12 11–11
Houston Comets o 13 21 .382 10.0 7–10 6–11 10–12
Minnesota Lynx o 10 24 .294 13.0 7–10 3–14 8–14
Los Angeles Sparks o 10 24 .294 13.0 5–12 5–12 6–16

Season schedule

Date Opponent Score Result Record
May 19 @ Seattle 69-82 Loss 0-1
May 25 @ Phoenix 85-111 Loss 0-2
May 29 San Antonio 71-82 Loss 0-3
June 2 Detroit 71-77 Loss 0-4
June 6 @ Indiana 59-84 Loss 0-5
June 8 Connecticut 77-88 Loss 0-6
June 11 Sacramento 67-82 Loss 0-7
June 13 @ Los Angeles 71-74 Loss 0-8
June 15 @ Seattle 71-84 Loss 0-9
June 16 @ Sacramento 63-75 Loss 0-10
June 20 Los Angeles 74-64 Win 1-10
June 22 Washington 95-85 Win 2-10
June 24 @ Phoenix 85-90 Loss 2-11
June 26 San Antonio 75-67 Win 3-11
June 28 Seattle 81-76 Win 4-11
June 30 Phoenix 75-92 Loss 4-12
July 6 Seattle 55-71 Loss 4-13
July 8 @ Minnesota 79-67 Win 5-13
July 10 Indiana 77-79 Loss 5-14
July 12 Minnesota 87-77 Win 6-14
July 18 @ Washington 58-65 Loss 6-15
July 20 @ New York 80-74 Win 7-15
July 22 @ Connecticut 79-81 Loss 7-16
July 27 @ San Antonio 69-63 Win 8-16
July 29 @ Chicago 70-88 Loss 8-17
July 31 Phoenix 74-76 Loss 8-18
August 3 Los Angeles 66-56 Win 9-18
August 4 @ Minnesota 80-77 Win 10-18
August 7 New York 71-77 Loss 10-19
August 10 Sacramento 83-75 Win 11-19
August 11 @ San Antonio 60-63 Loss 11-20
August 14 @ Detroit 81-73 Win 12-20
August 16 Chicago 70-81 Loss 12-21
August 19 @ Los Angeles 82-72 Win 13-21

Player stats

Player GP REB AST STL BLK PTS
Tina Thompson 34 229 94 29 23 639
Michelle Snow 34 230 47 18 35 366
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba 34 137 77 57 3 310
Tamecka Dixon 18 57 57 24 6 216
Sancho Lyttle 31 164 30 37 20 183
Crystal Smith 27 53 72 34 3 170
Latasha Byears 30 75 16 23 5 151
Ashley Shields 26 33 20 10 1 137
Roneeka Hodges 29 30 27 13 0 102
Barbara Turner 22 42 20 8 4 92
Tamara Moore 15 25 44 16 2 58
Erin Grant 17 19 37 7 0 25
Sheryl Swoopes 3 17 11 5 1 23
Mistie Williams 19 28 5 5 6 22
Tari Phillips 7 5 1 3 0 10
Dee Davis 3 0 0 0 0 6

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/HOU/2007.html

External links

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