2004 Houston Comets season

The 2004 WNBA season was the eighth season for the Houston Comets. The Comets missed the playoffs for the first time in franchise history.

2004 Houston Comets season
CoachVan Chancellor
ArenaToyota Center
Attendance8,086 per game
Results
Record13–21 (.382)
Place6th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify

Offseason

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Dispersal Draft

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Based on the Comets' 2003 record, they would pick 8th and 11th in the Cleveland Rockers dispersal draft. The Comets picked Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough and Lucienne Berthieu.

WNBA draft

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Round Pick Player Nationality College/School/Team
2 26 Lindsay Taylor (C)   United States UC-Santa Barbara
3 37 Stacy Stephens (C)   United States Texas

Regular season

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Season standings

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Western Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Los Angeles Sparks x 25 9 .735 15–2 10–7 16–6
Seattle Storm x 20 14 .588 5.0 13–4 7–10 13–9
Minnesota Lynx x 18 16 .529 7.0 11–6 7–10 12–10
Sacramento Monarchs x 18 16 .529 7.0 10–7 8–9 12–10
Phoenix Mercury o 17 17 .500 8.0 10–7 7–10 11–11
Houston Comets o 13 21 .382 12.0 9–8 4–13 7–15
San Antonio Silver Stars o 9 25 .265 16.0 6–11 3–14 6–16

Season schedule

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Date Opponent Score Result Record
May 20 San Antonio 55-64 Loss 0-1
May 21 @ Charlotte 60-53 Win 1-1
May 23 @ New York 62-68 Loss 1-2
May 25 @ Connecticut 68-57 Win 2-2
May 30 Sacramento 63-57 Win 3-2
June 1 @ Phoenix 63-73 Loss 3-3
June 3 New York 62-71 Loss 3-4
June 5 Los Angeles 75-71 Win 4-4
June 9 San Antonio 59-47 Win 5-4
June 12 @ San Antonio 69-66 (OT) Win 6-4
June 18 Seattle 63-69 Loss 6-5
June 19 @ Minnesota 58-66 Loss 6-6
June 22 @ Seattle 63-57 Win 7-6
June 25 @ Sacramento 55-61 Loss 7-7
June 27 Washington 72-67 Win 8-7
June 30 @ Minnesota 50-58 (OT) Loss 8-8
July 3 Charlotte 55-62 Loss 8-9
July 6 @ Detroit 63-82 Loss 8-10
July 10 Los Angeles 56-59 Loss 8-11
July 14 @ Indiana 62-70 Loss 8-12
July 15 Detroit 97-61 Win 9-12
July 17 Connecticut 72-56 Win 10-12
July 23 @ Los Angeles 67-70 Loss 10-13
July 24 @ Seattle 63-67 Loss 10-14
July 27 Seattle 80-55 Win 11-14
July 31 Indiana 62-54 Win 12-14
September 1 Minnesota 64-72 Loss 12-15
September 3 Phoenix 60-70 Loss 12-16
September 9 @ San Antonio 72-77 Loss 12-17
September 12 @ Washington 63-75 Loss 12-18
September 14 Minnesota 70-59 Win 13-18
September 16 Sacramento 62-71 Loss 13-19
September 18 @ Sacramento 48-68 Loss 13-20
September 19 @ Phoenix 64-78 Loss 13-21

Player stats

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Player Minutes Field Goals Rebounds Assists Steals Blocks Points
Tina Thompson 943 180 157 48 22 23 520
Sheryl Swoopes 1070 181 153 91 47 16 459
Michelle Snow 893 104 239 31 28 35 276
Sheila Lambert 788 75 68 88 26 4 197
Dominique Canty 770 63 84 64 32 1 177
Kedra Holland-Corn 703 59 66 53 40 3 177
Tiffani Johnson 660 59 122 27 9 17 142
Felicia Ragland 517 44 67 38 25 3 118
Octavia Blue 155 42 21 5 1 0 44
Lucienne Berthieu 134 12 27 4 6 2 37
Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough 157 3 29 1 4 3 22
LaTonya Johnson 36 2 1 1 2 0 6
Gordana Grubin 24 0 1 0 0 0 2

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References

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  1. ^ "2004 Houston Comets Stats".