2002 Detroit Shock season

WNBA team season

2002 Detroit Shock season
Coach	Greg Williams (fired Jun. 19, 0–10 record) Bill Laimbeer (9–13 record)
Arena	The Palace of Auburn Hills
Attendance	5,886 per game
Results
Record	9–23 (.281)
Place	8th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
← 2001 season 2003 season →

The 2002 WNBA season was the fifth season for the Detroit Shock. The team went 0–13 in their first thirteen games, finishing with a franchise worst 9–23.

Transactions

WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	2	Swin Cash	United States	UConn
2	18	Lenae Williams	United States	DePaul
2	20	Ayana Walker	United States	Louisiana Tech
2	21	Jill Chapman	United States	Indiana
2	22	Kathy Wambe	Belgium	Dexia Namur (Belgium)
3	47	Ericka Haney	United States	Notre Dame

Transactions

Date	Transaction
April 19, 2002	Drafted Swin Cash, Lenae Williams, Ayana Walker, Jill Chapman, Kathy Wambe and Ericka Haney in the 2002 WNBA Draft^[1]
April 26, 2002	Waived Rachael Sporn^[1]
May 3, 2002	Traded Claudia Neves to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for a 2003 4th Round Pick^[1]
May 10, 2002	Traded a 2003 4th Round Pick to the Sacramento Monarchs in exchange for Stacy Clinesmith^[1]
May 24, 2002	Waived Ericka Haney and Stacy Clinesmith^[1]
June 19, 2002	Fired Greg Williams as Head Coach^[1]
June 19, 2002	Hired Bill Laimbeer as Head Coach^[1]
June 21, 2002	Waived Oksana Zakalyuzhnaya^[1]
June 27, 2002	Waived Begoña García^[1]
June 28, 2002	Signed Stacy Clinesmith^[1]
July 7, 2002	Traded Wendy Palmer and a 2003 2nd Round Pick to the Orlando Miracle in exchange for Elaine Powell and a 2003 1st Round Pick ^[1]

Roster

2002 Detroit Shock roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From	Yrs
G/F	24	Brown, Edwina	5' 9" (1.75m)	163 lb (74kg)	1978-07-01	Texas	2
G	10	Canty, Dominique	5' 9" (1.75m)	166 lb (75kg)	1977-03-02	Alabama	3
F	32	Cash, Swin	6' 1" (1.85m)	171 lb (78kg)	1979-09-22	Connecticut	R
C	42	Chapman, Jill	6' 4" (1.93m)	–	1979-11-04	Indiana	R
G	21	Clinesmith, Stacy	5' 5" (1.65m)	125 lb (57kg)	1977-03-02	UC Santa Barbara	2
F/C	54	Farris, Barbara	6' 3" (1.91m)	200 lb (91kg)	1976-09-10	Tulane	2
G	5	García, Begoña	5' 5" (1.65m)	–	1976-09-03		R
F	44	Ndiaye-Diatta, Astou	6' 3" (1.91m)	182 lb (83kg)	1973-11-05	Southern Nazarene	3
G/F	14	Nolan, Deanna	5' 9" (1.75m)	147 lb (67kg)	1979-08-25	Georgia	1
F	3	Palmer, Wendy	6' 2" (1.88m)	165 lb (75kg)	1974-08-12	Virginia	5
G	5	Powell, Elaine	5' 8" (1.73m)	150 lb (68kg)	1975-08-09	LSU	3
F	16	Santos, Kelly	6' 3" (1.91m)	188 lb (85kg)	1979-11-10		1
F	12	Walker, Ayana	6' 3" (1.91m)	143 lb (65kg)	1979-09-10	Louisiana Tech	R
G/F	23	Williams, Lenae	5' 11" (1.8m)	155 lb (70kg)	1979-07-14	DePaul	R
C	7	Zakalyuzhnaya, Oksana	6' 6" (1.98m)	174 lb (79kg)	1977-12-18		1

Head coach: Bill Laimbeer (Notre Dame)
Assistant coaches: Laura Ramus

Legend

(C) Team captain
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
Injured

Schedule

Regular season

2002 game log
Total: 9–23 (Home: 7–9; Road: 2–14)

May: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	May 30	@ Orlando	L 66–80	Swin Cash (16)	Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (7)	Deanna Nolan (5)	TD Waterhouse Centre	0–1

June : 1–12 (Home: 1–5; Road: 0–7)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
2	June 1	@ Indiana	L 62–79	Deanna Nolan (15)	Edwina Brown (6)	Brown Cash (5)	Conseco Fieldhouse	0–2
3	June 2	Indiana	L 65–78	Wendy Palmer (16)	Wendy Palmer (5)	Edwina Brown (6)	The Palace of Auburn Hills	0–3
4	June 5	@ New York	L 59–60	Swin Cash (15)	Cash Palmer (8)	Edwina Brown (6)	Madison Square Garden	0–4
5	June 6	@ Cleveland	L 55–72	Wendy Palmer (15)	Edwina Brown (5)	Dominique Canty (6)	Gund Arena	0–5
6	June 9	New York	L 63–70	Swin Cash (14)	Wendy Palmer (15)	Edwina Brown (5)	The Palace of Auburn Hills	0–6
7	June 11	@ Los Angeles	L 80–90	Deanna Nolan (18)	Swin Cash (8)	Dominique Canty (3)	Staples Center	0–7
8	June 13	@ Phoenix	L 67–70	Wendy Palmer (20)	Cash Ndiaye-Diatta (7)	Dominique Canty (5)	America West Arena	0–8
9	June 15	@ Portland	L 60–67	Wendy Palmer (14)	Swin Cash (12)	Edwina Brown (5)	Rose Garden	0–9
10	June 18	@ Washington	L 67–75	Nolan Palmer (16)	Wendy Palmer (9)	Dominique Canty (5)	MCI Center	0–10
11	June 21	Orlando	L 59–80	Swin Cash (20)	Palmer Walker (9)	Canty Ndiaye-Diatta (2)	The Palace of Auburn Hills	0–11
12	June 26	Charlotte	L 73–80	Dominique Canty (17)	Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (7)	Dominique Canty (6)	The Palace of Auburn Hills	0–12
13	June 28	Miami	L 74–78 (OT)	Swin Cash (17)	Wendy Palmer (9)	Dominique Canty (8)	The Palace of Auburn Hills	0–13
14	June 30	Sacramento	W 71–60	Swin Cash (19)	Swin Cash (11)	Dominique Canty (6)	The Palace of Auburn Hills	1–13

July : 5–6 (Home: 4–2; Road: 1–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
15	July 1	@ Minnesota	L 80–85 (OT)	Swin Cash (16)	Swin Cash (8)	Swin Cash (5)	Target Center	1–14
16	July 6	@ Houston	L 40–61	Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (12)	Cash Ndiaye-Diatta (6)	Deanna Nolan (3)	Compaq Center	1–15
17	July 8	@ Utah	L 76–94	Swin Cash (25)	Swin Cash (6)	Deanna Nolan (5)	Delta Center	1–16
18	July 10	New York	W 66–63	Swin Cash (16)	Swin Cash (10)	Dominique Canty (4)	The Palace of Auburn Hills	2–16
19	July 12	Minnesota	W 72–69	Swin Cash (18)	Swin Cash (6)	Elaine Powell (5)	The Palace of Auburn Hills	3–16
20	July 18	@ Washington	L 59–63	Swin Cash (16)	Swin Cash (15)	Edwina Brown (5)	MCI Center	3–17
21	July 20	Miami	W 69–48	Swin Cash (11)	Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (6)	Nolan Powell (5)	The Palace of Auburn Hills	4–17
22	July 23	Utah	L 75–86	Swin Cash (21)	Swin Cash (11)	Elaine Powell (5)	The Palace of Auburn Hills	4–18
23	July 25	Washington	W 64–58	Swin Cash (17)	Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (12)	Elaine Powell (6)	The Palace of Auburn Hills	5–18
24	July 27	@ Charlotte	W 74–66	Swin Cash (20)	Swin Cash (10)	Elaine Powell (8)	Charlotte Coliseum	6–18
25	July 28	Seattle	L 59–72	Swin Cash (15)	Ndiaye-Diatta Powell (7)	Elaine Powell (4)	The Palace of Auburn Hills	6–19

August : 3–4 (Home: 2–2; Road: 1–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
26	August 1	Cleveland	L 66–68	Swin Cash (19)	Swin Cash (10)	Elaine Powell (5)	The Palace of Auburn Hills	6–20
27	August 3	@ Cleveland	W 68–57	Swin Cash (24)	Swin Cash (14)	Elaine Powell (6)	Gund Arena	7–20
28	August 4	Phoenix	W 91–75	Swin Cash (14)	Swin Cash (9)	Dominique Canty (7)	The Palace of Auburn Hills	8–20
29	August 6	Charlotte	L 65–76	Elaine Powell (15)	Kelly Santos (7)	Swin Cash (5)	The Palace of Auburn Hills	8–21
30	August 9	Indiana	W 55–54	Brown Cash (10)	Elaine Powell (5)	Elaine Powell (4)	The Palace of Auburn Hills	9–21
31	August 11	@ Orlando	L 58–71	Elaine Powell (15)	Elaine Powell (8)	Elaine Powell (4)	TD Waterhouse Centre	9–22
32	August 13	@ Miami	L 56–61	Swin Cash (13)	Swin Cash (8)	Swin Cash (4)	American Airlines Arena	9–23

2002 season schedule

Season standings

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
New York Liberty ^x	18	14	.563	11–10	–
Charlotte Sting ^x	18	14	.563	12–9	–
Washington Mystics ^x	17	15	.531	12–9	1.0
Indiana Fever ^x	16	16	.500	12–9	2.0
Orlando Miracle ^o	16	16	.500	13–8	2.0
Miami Sol ^o	15	17	.469	11–10	3.0
Cleveland Rockers ^o	10	22	.312	7–14	8.0
Detroit Shock ^o	9	23	.281	6–15	9.0

Statistics

Legend
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
Swin Cash	32	32	33.7	.408	.206	.762	6.9	2.7	1.2	1.0	14.8
Wendy Palmer	16	16	29.0	.425	.317	.660	6.0	1.3	0.8	0.1	11.5
Elaine Powell	15	13	26.5	.446	.273	.850	4.2	4.0	1.5	0.5	9.9
Deanna Nolan	32	32	25.1	.415	.368	.806	2.7	1.9	0.8	0.4	8.7
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta	32	32	24.3	.467	.000	.590	5.1	1.2	0.5	0.4	8.6
Dominique Canty	28	12	22.3	.338	.200	.724	2.5	3.0	0.8	0.1	5.7
Edwina Brown	28	7	19.6	.328	.500	.719	2.9	2.1	0.9	0.3	4.1
Barbara Farris	32	16	17.6	.419	.000	.738	2.9	0.5	0.4	0.3	4.5
Ayana Walker	32	0	17.1	.377	.222	.694	3.7	0.5	0.4	1.1	5.1
Kelly Santos	12	0	14.1	.381	N/A	.600	2.7	0.6	0.3	0.8	3.7
Stacy Clinesmith	12	0	8.8	.381	.400	.833	0.4	1.4	0.1	0.1	2.3
Begoña García	8	0	8.0	.182	.333	.500	0.5	1.1	0.4	0.0	1.0
Lenae Williams	27	0	6.6	.297	.241	.000	0.7	0.1	0.1	0.0	2.7
Jill Chapman	19	0	6.3	.370	.000	.667	1.4	0.0	0.2	0.1	1.2
Oksana Zakaluzhnaya	3	0	3.3	.333	N/A	N/A	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.7

^‡Waived/Released during the season
^†Traded during the season
^≠Acquired during the season

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "2002 Detroit Shock Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 28, 2024.

Detroit Shock

Founded in 1998
Relocated in 2010 to Tulsa, Oklahoma
Based in Auburn Hills, Michigan

Franchise history

Arenas

Head coaches

Administration

Owner: Bill Davidson
Karen Davidson
General Manager: Nancy Lieberman
Greg Williams
Bill Laimbeer
Cheryl Reeve

All-Stars

Seasons

Playoff Appearances

Conference Titles

WNBA Titles

Rivals

v t e 2002 WNBA season by team
Draft All-Star Game Playoffs Finals
Eastern	Charlotte Sting Cleveland Rockers Detroit Shock Indiana Fever Miami Sol New York Liberty Orlando Miracle Washington Mystics
Western	Houston Comets Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx Phoenix Mercury Portland Fire Sacramento Monarchs Seattle Storm Utah Starzz
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