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.
The following player was selected in the Washington Mystics expansion draft from the Houston Comets:
See also: 1998 WNBA draft.
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | Polina Tzekova | Tarbes Gespe Bigorre (France) | ||
| 2 | 20 | Nyree Roberts | Old Dominion | ||
| 3 | 30 | Amaya Valdemoro | Pool Getafe (Spain) | ||
| 4 | 40 | Monica Lamb | USC |
| Date | Transaction | |
|---|---|---|
| February 18, 1998 | Lost Tammy Jackson to the Washington Mystics in the WNBA expansion draft[1] | |
| April 29, 1998 | Drafted Polina Tzekova, Nyree Roberts, Amaya Valdemoro and Monica Lamb in the 1998 WNBA Draft | |
| May 8, 1998 | Traded Fran Harris to the Utah Starzz in exchange for Karen Booker | |
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 1| June 13| New York| W 73–62| Sheryl Swoopes (28)| Tina Thompson (8)| Kim Perrot (7)| Compaq Center| 1–0|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 2| June 15| @ Charlotte| W 79–65| Cynthia Cooper (31)| Tina Thompson (8)| Kim Perrot (6)| Charlotte Coliseum| 2–0|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 3| June 18| Cleveland| W 87–69| Sheryl Swoopes (25)| Tina Thompson (6)| Cynthia Cooper (7)| Compaq Center| 3–0|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 4| June 20| @ Sacramento| W 79–68| Cynthia Cooper (22)| Tina Thompson (9)| Cynthia Cooper (6)| ARCO Arena| 4–0|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 5| June 21| @ Los Angeles| W 79–63| Cynthia Cooper (29)| Monica Lamb (11)| Cynthia Cooper (5)| Great Western Forum| 5–0|- style="background:#fcc;"| 6| June 24| @ Phoenix| L 66–69| Cynthia Cooper (27)| Tina Thompson (13)| Cynthia Cooper (3)| America West Arena| 5–1|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 7| June 27| Los Angeles| W 75–64| Cynthia Cooper (28)| Cynthia Cooper (6)| Kim Perrot (6)| Compaq Center| 6–1|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 8| June 29| Washington| W 73–48| Cynthia Cooper (16)| Lamb
Thompson (6)| Kim Perrot (3)| Compaq Center| 7–1|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 9| June 30| @ Utah| W 75–73 (2OT)| Cynthia Cooper (27)| Tina Thompson (14)| Cynthia Cooper (5)| Delta Center| 8–1|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 10| July 3| Sacramento| W 84–67| Cynthia Cooper (34)| Tina Thompson (10)| Cynthia Cooper (5)| Compaq Center| 9–1|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 11| July 6| @ Cleveland| W 78–64| Cooper
Swoopes (18)| Yolanda Moore (7)| Sheryl Swoopes (7)| Gund Arena| 10–1|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 12| July 8| @ New York| W 79–54| Cynthia Cooper (23)| Lamb
Swoopes (7)| Kim Perrot (8)| Madison Square Garden| 11–1|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 13| July 9| Detroit| W 96–66| Kim Perrot (22)| Arcain
Perrot (6)| Cooper
Perrot (7)| Compaq Center| 12–1|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 14| July 11| Utah| W 72–68| Cynthia Cooper (24)| Monica Lamb (6)| Kim Perrot (7)| Compaq Center| 13–1|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 15| July 13| Washington| W 81–67| Cynthia Cooper (23)| Sheryl Swoopes (7)| Cynthia Cooper (8)| Compaq Center| 14–1|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 16| July 17| @ Los Angeles| W 74–68| Cynthia Cooper (22)| Sheryl Swoopes (10)| Kim Perrot (9)| Great Western Forum| 15–1 |- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 17| July 18| @ Sacramento| W 75–44| Cynthia Cooper (23)| Tina Thompson (11)| Kim Perrot (7)| ARCO Arena| 16–1 |- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 18| July 21| @ Phoenix| W 65–62| Cynthia Cooper (23)| Sheryl Swoopes (10)| Cynthia Cooper (3)| America West Arena| 17–1 |- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 19| July 25| @ Charlotte| W 67–58| Sheryl Swoopes (20)| Cynthia Cooper (8)| Cynthia Cooper (8)| Charlotte Coliseum| 18–1 |- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 20| July 28| Phoenix| W 72–62| Cynthia Cooper (27)| Tina Thompson (9)| Cooper
Thompson (3)| Compaq Center| 19–1 |- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 21| July 30| Utah| W 88–65| Cynthia Cooper (22)| Sheryl Swoopes (8)| Cynthia Cooper (10)| Compaq Center| 20–1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 22| August 1| Cleveland| L 71–74 (OT)| Sheryl Swoopes (18)| Monica Lamb (8)| Cynthia Cooper (8)| Compaq Center| 20–2|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 23| August 2| Sacramento| W 70–53| Sheryl Swoopes (20)| Monica Lamb (8)| Cooper
Swoopes (3)| Compaq Center| 21–2|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 24| August 4| @ Utah| W 77–57| Cynthia Cooper (32)| Janeth Arcain (9)| Kim Perrot (7)| Delta Center| 22–2|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 25| August 6| Phoenix| W 75–64| Cynthia Cooper (21)| Tina Thompson (10)| Kim Perrot (7)| Compaq Center| 23–2|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 26| August 7| @ Detroit| W 61–57| Cynthia Cooper (34)| Yolanda Moore (7)| Cooper
Swoopes
Perrot (2)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 24–2|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 27| August 10| Charlotte| W 70–67| Cooper
Swoopes (20)| Tina Thompson (13)| Kim Perrot (9)| Compaq Center| 25–2|- style="background:#fcc;"| 28| August 15| @ New York| L 54–70| Cynthia Cooper (17)| Perrot
Thompson (5)| Cynthia Cooper (3)| Madison Square Garden| 25–3|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 29| August 17| @ Washington| W 110–65| Cynthia Cooper (21)| Monica Lamb (9)| Kim Perrot (7)| MCI Center| 26–3|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 30| August 19| Los Angeles| W 80–71| Cynthia Cooper (22)| Sheryl Swoopes (10)| Cooper
Perrot (7)| Compaq Center| 27–3
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 1| August 22| @ Charlotte| W 85–71| Cynthia Cooper (27)| Tina Thompson (10)| Kim Perrot (6)| Charlotte Coliseum| 1–0|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 2| August 24| Charlotte| W 77–61| Cynthia Cooper (23)| Tina Thompson (14)| Cooper
Perrot (5)| Compaq Center| 2–0|- style="background:#fcc;"| 1| August 27| @ Phoenix| L 51–54| Cynthia Cooper (29)| Sheryl Swoopes (11)| Swoopes
Perrot (6)| America West Arena| 0–1|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 2| August 29| Phoenix| W 74–69 (OT)| Cynthia Cooper (27)| Sheryl Swoopes (13)| Cynthia Cooper (6)| Compaq Center| 1–1|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 3| September 1| Phoenix| W 80–71| Cynthia Cooper (23)| Tina Thompson (6)| Cynthia Cooper
Swoopes (6)| Compaq Center| 2–1
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cynthia Cooper | 30 | 30 | 35.0 | .446 | .400 | .854 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 22.7 |
| Kim Perrot | 30 | 30 | 32.9 | .404 | .269 | .700 | 3.1 | 4.7 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 8.5 |
| Tina Thompson | 27 | 27 | 32.4 | .419 | .359 | .851 | 7.1 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 12.7 |
| Sheryl Swoopes | 29 | 29 | 32.3 | .427 | .360 | .826 | 5.1 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 15.6 |
| Janeth Arcain | 30 | 4 | 21.9 | .426 | .152 | .756 | 3.6 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 6.8 |
| Monica Lamb | 30 | 25 | 21.6 | .541 | N/A | .690 | 4.7 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 5.4 |
| Yolanda Moore | 30 | 4 | 17.8 | .451 | .500 | .805 | 2.9 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 3.3 |
| Wanda Guyton | 1 | 1 | 14.0 | .000 | N/A | N/A | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Tammy Jackson | 19 | 0 | 8.4 | .381 | N/A | .727 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.3 |
| Tiffany Woosley | 18 | 0 | 5.3 | .304 | .250 | .714 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| Nyree Roberts | 14 | 0 | 3.9 | .857 | N/A | .571 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.1 |
| Amaya Valdemoro | 16 | 0 | 3.8 | .500 | .400 | .706 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.9 |
| Karen Booker | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | .000 | N/A | N/A | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |