2004 Houston Comets season explained

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

Offseason

Dispersal Draft

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

Round Pick Player Nationality College/School/Team
226Lindsay Taylor (C)UC-Santa Barbara
337Stacy Stephens (C)Texas

Regular season

Season schedule

DateOpponentScoreResultRecord
May 20San Antonio55-64Loss0-1
May 21@ Charlotte60-53Win1-1
May 23@ New York62-68Loss1-2
May 25@ Connecticut68-57Win2-2
May 30Sacramento63-57Win3-2
June 1@ Phoenix63-73Loss3-3
June 3New York62-71Loss3-4
June 5Los Angeles75-71Win4-4
June 9San Antonio59-47Win5-4
June 12@ San Antonio69-66 (OT)Win6-4
June 18Seattle63-69Loss6-5
June 19@ Minnesota58-66Loss6-6
June 22@ Seattle63-57Win7-6
June 25@ Sacramento55-61Loss7-7
June 27Washington72-67Win8-7
June 30@ Minnesota50-58 (OT)Loss8-8
July 3Charlotte55-62Loss8-9
July 6@ Detroit63-82Loss8-10
July 10Los Angeles56-59Loss8-11
July 14@ Indiana62-70Loss8-12
July 15Detroit97-61Win9-12
July 17Connecticut72-56Win10-12
July 23@ Los Angeles67-70Loss10-13
July 24@ Seattle63-67Loss10-14
July 27Seattle80-55Win11-14
July 31Indiana62-54Win12-14
September 1Minnesota64-72Loss12-15
September 3Phoenix60-70Loss12-16
September 9@ San Antonio72-77Loss12-17
September 12@ Washington63-75Loss12-18
September 14Minnesota70-59Win13-18
September 16Sacramento62-71Loss13-19
September 18@ Sacramento48-68Loss13-20
September 19@ Phoenix64-78Loss13-21

Player stats

PlayerMinutesField GoalsReboundsAssistsStealsBlocksPoints
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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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2004 Houston Comets Stats.