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2007 Houston Comets season

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2007 Houston Comets season
CoachKarleen Thompson
ArenaToyota Center
Attendance8,166 per game
Results
Record13–21 (.382)
Place5th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify

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

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Dispersal Draft

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With the folding of the Charlotte Sting, the league held a dispersal draft prior to the 2007 WNBA draft. The order of teams picking players was based on their 2006 records. The Comets would be selecting 8th.

Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 8 Yelena Leuchanka  Belarus West Virginia
Charlotte Sting

WNBA draft

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

Trades and Roster Changes

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Date Trade
January 11, 2007 Waived Tamecka Dixon
March 5, 2007 Signed Tasha Butts
March 7, 2007 Signed Hamchétou Maïga-Ba
April 5, 2007 Signed Latasha Byears
April 24, 2007 Waived Lauren Neaves, Ashely Awkward, and Fatima Maddox
April 26, 2007 Signed Jae Kingi-Cross
Waived Monica Roberts
April 27, 2007 Waived Desire Wheeler
May 1, 2007 Waived Coretta Brown, LaTasha Butts, Alisha Gladden, and Giuliana Mendiola
May 5, 2007 Waived Edna Campbell
May 13, 2007 Waived Amber Metoyer, Kristen Newlin, and Amber Obaze
May 16, 2007 Waived Jae Kingi-Cross
May 18, 2007 Signed Jessica Dickson
Waived Jillian Robbins and Yelena Leuchanka
May 23, 2007 Waived Jessica Dickson and Erin Grant
May 24, 2007 Signed Tamara Moore
May 30, 2007 Signed Barbara Turner
June 11, 2007 Waived Dee Davis
June 13, 2007 Signed Crystal Smith
July 1, 2007 Waived Tamara Moore and Tari Phillips
July 2, 2007 Signed Tamecka Dixon
July 4, 2007 Signed Erin Grant

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Regular season

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Season standings

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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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ "2007 WNBA Transactions". WNBA.com. WNBA.com. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  2. ^ "2007 Houston Comets Stats".
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