1999 Detroit Shock season
WNBA team season
1999 Detroit Shock season | |
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Coach | Nancy Lieberman-Cline |
Arena | The Palace of Auburn Hills |
Attendance | 8,485 per game |
Results | |
Record | 15–17 (.469) |
Place | 2nd (Eastern) |
Playoff finish | Lost First Round (1-0) to Charlotte Sting |
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The 1999 WNBA season was the second for the Detroit Shock. The Shock entered the playoffs for the first time in franchise history.
Transactions
WNBA draft
Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
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1 | 5 | Jennifer Azzi | United States | San Jose Lasers |
2 | 17 | Val Whiting-Raymond | United States | Seattle Reign |
3 | 29 | Dominique Canty | United States | Alabama |
4 | 41 | Astou Ndiaye-Diatta | Senegal | Seattle Reign |
Transactions
Date | Transaction |
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May 4, 1999 | Drafted Jennifer Azzi, Val Whiting-Raymond, Dominique Canty and Astou Ndiaye-Diatta in the 1999 WNBA Draft[1] |
May 6, 1999 | Signed Claudia Neves, Oksana Zakaluzhnaya and Laura Baker[1] |
May 7, 1999 | Waived Aneta Kausaite and Lynette Woodard[1] |
May 31, 1999 | Waived Laura Baker[1] |
June 9, 1999 | Waived Gergana Branzova[1] |
July 5, 1999 | Waived Elena Tornikidou[1] |
July 28, 1999 | Signed Wanda Guyton[1] |
July 30, 1999 | Traded Cindy Brown and Korie Hlede to the Utah Starzz in exchange for Wendy Palmer and Olympia Scott-Richardson[1] |
Roster
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Schedule
Regular season
Playoffs
1999 playoff game log | ||||||||||||||||||
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First round vs. Charlotte Sting Lost Series: 0–1
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1999 playoff schedule |
Season standings
Eastern Conference | W | L | PCT | Conf. | GB |
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New York Liberty x | 18 | 14 | .563 | 12–8 | – |
Detroit Shock x | 15 | 17 | .469 | 12–8 | 3.0 |
Charlotte Sting x | 15 | 17 | .469 | 12–8 | 3.0 |
Orlando Miracle o | 15 | 17 | .469 | 9–11 | 3.0 |
Washington Mystics o | 12 | 20 | .375 | 10–10 | 6.0 |
Cleveland Rockers o | 7 | 25 | .219 | 5–15 | 11.0 |
Statistics
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GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage | TO | Turnovers per game |
PF | Fouls per game | Team leader | League leader |
Regular Season
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Sandy Brondello | 32 | 32 | 31.3 | .438 | .487 | .847 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 13.3 |
Jennifer Azzi | 28 | 19 | 29.9 | .514 | .517 | .827 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 10.8 |
Wendy Palmer | 11 | 10 | 26.8 | .470 | .250 | .764 | 9.5 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 12.7 |
Dominique Canty | 26 | 11 | 24.8 | .332 | .176 | .691 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 9.6 |
Val Whiting-Raymond | 31 | 20 | 24.6 | .380 | N/A | .455 | 6.7 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 6.5 |
Cindy Brown | 21 | 21 | 23.3 | .315 | .233 | .692 | 5.4 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 6.9 |
Carla Boyd | 32 | 26 | 21.7 | .397 | .333 | .630 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 5.4 |
Korie Hlede | 21 | 10 | 19.4 | .390 | .333 | .857 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 8.8 |
Rachael Sporn | 18 | 10 | 18.9 | .468 | .000 | .643 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 5.9 |
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta | 31 | 1 | 14.1 | .438 | .000 | .615 | 3.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 5.3 |
Claudia Neves | 30 | 0 | 10.2 | .263 | .233 | .632 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2.5 |
Wanda Guyton | 11 | 0 | 8.9 | .235 | N/A | .813 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.9 |
Elena Tornikidou | 11 | 0 | 7.8 | .391 | N/A | .333 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.8 |
Olympia Scott-Richardson | 8 | 0 | 6.5 | .333 | N/A | .667 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 2.0 |
Lesley Brown | 13 | 0 | 3.3 | .438 | .500 | .667 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.5 |
‡Waived/Released during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "1999 Detroit Shock Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
External links
- Shock on Basketball Reference
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Detroit Shock
- Founded in 1998
- Relocated in 2010 to Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Based in Auburn Hills, Michigan
- The Palace of Auburn Hills
- Joe Louis Arena
- Convocation Center
- Nancy Lieberman
- Greg Williams
- Bill Laimbeer
- Rick Mahorn
- Owner: Bill Davidson
- Karen Davidson
- General Manager: Nancy Lieberman
- Greg Williams
- Bill Laimbeer
- Cheryl Reeve