Sheryl Swoopes scored the most points in the 2000 WNBA Finals, with 31 points against the Liberty on August 26, 2000.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in a game in 2000 finals

	NAME	PTS	DATE	SEASON	SERIES	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	31	8/26/2000	2000	WNBA Finals	HOU	vs	NYL	40	6	1	1	0	11	18	61.1	3	4	75.0	6	7	85.7	73.5	2	4	1	1	+1
2	Cynthia Cooper C. Cooper	25	8/26/2000	2000	WNBA Finals	HOU	vs	NYL	45	4	7	3	0	8	21	38.1	1	4	25.0	8	8	100.0	51.0	0	4	4	3	+9
3	Tari Phillips T. Phillips	24	8/24/2000	2000	WNBA Finals	NYL	vs	HOU	37	15	0	1	1	10	19	52.6	0	0		4	4	100.0	57.8	4	11	6	3	-7
4	Tari Phillips T. Phillips	20	8/26/2000	2000	WNBA Finals	NYL	@	HOU	37	7	1	3	2	7	19	36.8	0	0		6	7	85.7	45.3	2	5	2	6	-10
5	Cynthia Cooper C. Cooper	20	8/24/2000	2000	WNBA Finals	HOU	@	NYL	38	3	5	0	1	7	23	30.4	2	6	33.3	4	5	80.0	39.7	3	0	2	1	+7
6	Tamika Whitmore T. Whitmore	15	8/26/2000	2000	WNBA Finals	NYL	@	HOU	27	1	1	0	1	4	7	57.1	1	2	50.0	6	8	75.0	71.3	0	1	3	4	-7
7	Tina Thompson T. Thompson	15	8/24/2000	2000	WNBA Finals	HOU	@	NYL	38	8	2	2	1	5	12	41.7	3	6	50.0	2	2	100.0	58.2	1	7	1	3	+7
8	Crystal Robinson C. Robinson	13	8/26/2000	2000	WNBA Finals	NYL	@	HOU	34	1	2	2	0	4	6	66.7	3	4	75.0	2	2	100.0	94.5	1	0	2	3	+7
9	Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	12	8/24/2000	2000	WNBA Finals	HOU	@	NYL	38	8	2	2	0	4	12	33.3	0	2	0.0	4	6	66.7	41.0	2	6	2	2	+7
10	Tina Thompson T. Thompson	11	8/26/2000	2000	WNBA Finals	HOU	vs	NYL	42	8	1	1	2	4	14	28.6	1	5	20.0	2	2	100.0	37.0	4	4	3	3	+8
11	Vickie Johnson V. Johnson	11	8/26/2000	2000	WNBA Finals	NYL	@	HOU	41	6	3	0	0	3	13	23.1	1	5	20.0	4	4	100.0	37.3	2	4	4	1	-12
12	Janeth Arcain J. Arcain	8	8/24/2000	2000	WNBA Finals	HOU	@	NYL	35	7	4	2	0	4	8	50.0	0	0		0	0		50.0	2	5	5	3	+4
13	Sue Wicks S. Wicks	7	8/26/2000	2000	WNBA Finals	NYL	@	HOU	26	5	0	1	2	3	7	42.9	1	1	100.0	0	0		50.0	3	2	2	3	+5
14	Teresa Weatherspoon T. Weatherspoon	7	8/26/2000	2000	WNBA Finals	NYL	@	HOU	42	3	8	1	0	3	6	50.0	1	1	100.0	0	0		58.3	0	3	2	6	-5
15	Tamika Whitmore T. Whitmore	7	8/24/2000	2000	WNBA Finals	NYL	vs	HOU	32	4	1	1	0	1	11	9.1	0	0		5	6	83.3	25.7	0	4	1	4	-5
16	Tiffani Johnson T. Johnson	6	8/26/2000	2000	WNBA Finals	HOU	vs	NYL	31	6	0	0	0	3	3	100.0	0	0		0	0		100.0	3	3	1	3	+7
17	Vickie Johnson V. Johnson	6	8/24/2000	2000	WNBA Finals	NYL	vs	HOU	36	6	2	1	0	2	7	28.6	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	38.1	4	2	1	3	-4
18	Teresa Weatherspoon T. Weatherspoon	6	8/24/2000	2000	WNBA Finals	NYL	vs	HOU	37	3	5	2	0	2	5	40.0	0	1	0.0	2	3	66.7	47.5	1	2	0	3	-5
19	Crystal Robinson C. Robinson	5	8/24/2000	2000	WNBA Finals	NYL	vs	HOU	22	4	0	2	1	2	8	25.0	0	4	0.0	1	1	100.0	29.6	1	3	3	1	-1
20	Becky Hammon B. Hammon	4	8/24/2000	2000	WNBA Finals	NYL	vs	HOU	26	0	2	0	0	1	5	20.0	0	2	0.0	2	2	100.0	34.0	0	0	1	2	-11
21	Tammy Jackson T. Jackson	2	8/26/2000	2000	WNBA Finals	HOU	vs	NYL	16	4	0	1	1	1	2	50.0	0	0		0	0		50.0	2	2	0	3	-4
22	Janeth Arcain J. Arcain	2	8/26/2000	2000	WNBA Finals	HOU	vs	NYL	32	4	1	0	0	1	6	16.7	0	1	0.0	0	0		16.7	2	2	3	5	+12
23	Coquese Washington C. Washington	2	8/26/2000	2000	WNBA Finals	HOU	vs	NYL	19	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0		2	2	100.0	113.6	0	1	4	1	-3
24	Tammy Jackson T. Jackson	2	8/24/2000	2000	WNBA Finals	HOU	@	NYL	25	4	0	0	1	1	2	50.0	0	0		0	0		50.0	2	2	0	2	+3
25	Tiffani Johnson T. Johnson	2	8/24/2000	2000	WNBA Finals	HOU	@	NYL	16	5	0	1	0	1	4	25.0	0	0		0	0		25.0	2	3	0	4	+2

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