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2003 Houston Comets season

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{{WNBA season

| year = 2003

| attendance = 8,835

| arena = Compaq Center

| conf = Western

| conf_place = 2nd

| wins = 20

| losses = 14

| playoffs = Lost First Round (Sacramento) 2-1

| team = Houston Comets

| coach = Van Chancellor

}}

The 2003 WNBA season was the seventh for the Houston Comets. Former WNBA MVP Cynthia Cooper came out of retirement and played four games with the Comets. This was their final year in the Compaq Center.

Offseason

=Dispersal Draft=

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! style="background:#c41e3a; width:15%;"| Nationality

! style="background:#c41e3a; width:20%;"| Team

! style="background:#c41e3a; width:20%;"| Previous WNBA Team

13

| Ukari Figgs (G)

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| Houston Comets

| (from Portland Fire)

=WNBA draft=

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1

| 12

| Allison Curtin

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| Tulsa

2

| 19

| Lori Nero

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| Louisville

3

| 38

| Constance Jinks

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| UNLV

3

| 41

| Oksana Rakhmatulina

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| Russia

{{cite web|url=http://www.wnba.com/history/comets_draft_history.html |title=Houston Comets Draft History |publisher=WNBA.com |date= |accessdate=2022-09-04}}

Regular season

=Season standings=

{{2003 WNBA Western Conference standings|team=HOU}}

=Season schedule=

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! style="background:#c41e3a; width:10%;"| Opponent

! style="background:#c41e3a; width:10%;"| Score

! style="background:#c41e3a; width:5%;"| Result

! style="background:#c41e3a; width:10%;"| Record

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| May 22

| Seattle

| 75-64

| Win

| 1-0

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| May 24

| @ Phoenix

| 69-62

| Win

| 2-0

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| May 30

| Connecticut

| 83-91

| Loss

| 2-1

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| June 1

| @ Minnesota

| 64-68 (OT)

| Loss

| 2-2

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| June 3

| Phoenix

| 66-51

| Win

| 3-2

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| June 6

| @ Charlotte

| 58-69

| Loss

| 3-3

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| June 7

| @ Connecticut

| 58-65

| Loss

| 3-4

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| June 10

| Sacramento

| 71-66

| Win

| 4-4

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| June 14

| @ Phoenix

| 61-76

| Loss

| 4-5

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| June 17

| @ Minnesota

| 77-68

| Win

| 5-5

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| June 20

| @ San Antonio

| 69-76

| Loss

| 5-6

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| June 21

| Cleveland

| 63-62

| Win

| 6-6

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| June 24

| Los Angeles

| 62-71

| Loss

| 6-7

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| June 28

| San Antonio

| 64-49

| Win

| 7-7

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| July 1

| Minnesota

| 71-69

| Win

| 8-7

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| July 5

| Washington

| 76-54

| Win

| 9-7

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| July 8

| Indiana

| 60-56

| Win

| 10-7

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| July 15

| @ Seattle

| 55-69

| Loss

| 10-8

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| July 18

| @ Los Angeles

| 79-74

| Win

| 11-8

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| July 19

| @ Sacramento

| 74-71

| Win

| 12-8

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| July 26

| New York

| 61-53

| Win

| 13-8

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| July 29

| Minnesota

| 73-58

| Win

| 14-8

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| August 1

| @ San Antonio

| 53-63

| Loss

| 14-9

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| August 2

| San Antonio

| 64-55

| Win

| 15-9

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| August 5

| Sacramento

| 74-47

| Win

| 16-9

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| August 7

| @ Indiana

| 68-55

| Win

| 17-9

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| August 8

| @ Detroit

| 66-56

| Win

| 18-9

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| August 10

| Phoenix

| 69-46

| Win

| 19-9

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| August 16

| Los Angeles

| 63-64

| Loss

| 19-10

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| August 18

| @ New York

| 64-67

| Loss

| 19-11

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| August 19

| Seattle

| 52-47

| Win

| 20-11

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| August 21

| @ Sacramento

| 52-64

| Loss

| 20-12

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| August 23

| @ Seattle

| 64-71

| Loss

| 20-13

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| August 25

| @ Los Angeles

| 64-67

| Loss

| 20-14

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| August 29 (First Round, Game 1)

| @ Sacramento

| 59-65

| Loss

| 0-1

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| August 31 (First Round, Game 2)

| Sacramento

| 69-48

| Win

| 1-1

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| September 2 (First Round, Game 3)

| Sacramento

| 68-70

| Loss

| 1-2

Player stats

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Awards and honors

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References

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External links

  • [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/HOU/2003.html Houston Comets on Basketball Reference]

{{2003 WNBA season by team}}

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