1999 Detroit Shock season

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1999 Detroit Shock season
Coach Nancy Lieberman
Arena The Palace of Auburn Hills
Attendance8,485 per game
Results
Record1517 (.469)
Place2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finishLost First Round (1-0) to Charlotte Sting

The 1999 WNBA season was the second for the Detroit Shock. The Shock entered the playoffs for the first time in franchise history.

Contents

Offseason

WNBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/Club Team
15 Jennifer Azzi (G)Flag of the United States.svg  United States Stanford (from San Jose Lasers, ABL)
217Val Whiting (C)Flag of the United States.svg  United States Stanford (from Seattle Reign, ABL)
329 Dominique Canty (G/F)Flag of the United States.svg  United States Alabama
441 Astou Ndiaye (F/C)Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal Southern Nazarene (from Seattle Reign, ABL)

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Conference WLPCTConf.GB
New York Liberty x1814.56312–8
Detroit Shock x1517.46912–83.0
Charlotte Sting x1517.46912–83.0
Orlando Miracle o1517.4699–113.0
Washington Mystics o1220.37510–106.0
Cleveland Rockers o725.2195–1511.0

Season schedule

DateOpponentScoreResultRecord
June 12@ Minnesota 51-68Loss0-1
June 14@ Cleveland 73-71Win1-1
June 17 Orlando 79-74Win2-1
June 18@ Washington 76-69Win3-1
June 20@ New York 62-69Loss3-2
June 22 Charlotte 75-69Win4-2
June 24 Houston 65-77Loss4-3
June 26 Phoenix 60-66Loss4-4
June 30 New York 91-71Win5-4
July 2 Los Angeles 81-91Loss5-5
July 4 Sacramento 78-92Loss5-6
July 6@ Utah 94-104Loss5-7
July 10 Washington 78-83Loss5-8
July 12@ Orlando 76-67Win6-8
July 16@ Washington 78-68Win7-8
July 17 Cleveland 77-61Win8-8
July 21 Utah 86-77Win9-8
July 23@ Cleveland 69-60Win10-8
July 25 Charlotte 66-78Loss10-9
July 27@ Houston 46-85Loss10-10
July 28@ Charlotte 65-84Loss10-11
July 31 Cleveland 53-55Loss10-12
August 2 Washington 70-75Loss10-13
August 4 Minnesota 59-56Win11-13
August 6@ Sacramento 58-71Loss11-14
August 9@ Los Angeles 84-59Win12-14
August 11@ Phoenix 57-68Loss12-15
August 13 New York 56-60Loss12-16
August 15@ New York 63-57Win13-16
August 18@ Orlando 81-93Loss13-17
August 20@ Charlotte 58-57Win14-17
August 21 Orlando 74-68Win15-17

Playoffs

GameDateOpponentScoreResultRecord
Eastern Conference Semifinals
1August 24 Charlotte 54-60Loss0-1

Player stats

PlayerGPREBASTSTLBLKPTS
Sandy Brondello 326673255424
Jennifer Azzi 2861106244302
Dominique Canty 268038261249
Val Whiting-Raymond 31207494031202
Korie Hlede 215525222184
Carla Boyd 327251248172
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta 3199171118164
Cindy Brown 21113222512144
Wendy Palmer 111051264140
Rachael Sporn 185927154106
Claudia Neves 30232916076
Wanda Guyton 112622221
Elena Tornikidou 11981120
Lesley Brown 13921119
Olympia Scott 81230316

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References

  1. "1999 Detroit Shock Stats".