1999 Orlando Miracle season

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1999 Orlando Miracle season
Coach Carolyn Peck
Arena TD Waterhouse Centre
Attendance9,801 per game
Results
Record15–17 (.469)
Place4th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Team Leaders
Points Shannon Johnson (14.0)
Rebounds Taj McWilliams (7.5)
Assists Shannon Johnson (4.4)

The 1999 WNBA season was the Orlando Miracle's inaugural season. The Miracle tied for second place in the conference with the Detroit Shock and the Charlotte Sting. However, both Detroit and Charlotte beat Orlando in two of their three meetings during the regular season. Therefore, the Miracle were in fourth place and out of playoff contention.

Contents

Transactions

WNBA expansion draft

PlayerNationalityFormer WNBA Team
Andrea Congreaves Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Charlotte Sting
Kisha Ford Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States New York Liberty
Yolanda Moore Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Houston Comets
Adrienne Johnson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Cleveland Rockers

WNBA allocation draft

PlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
Nykesha Sales Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States UConn
Shannon Johnson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Columbus Quest

WNBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
18 Tari Phillips Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Colorado Xplosion
220 Sheri Sam Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States San Jose Lasers
332 Taj McWilliams-Franklin Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Philadelphia Rage
444 Carla McGhee Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Columbus Quest
450 Elaine Powell Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Portland Power

Transactions

DateTransaction
April 6, 1999Drafted Andrea Congreaves, Kisha Ford, Yolanda Moore and Adrienne Johnson in the 1999 WNBA expansion Draft [1]
May 3, 1999Drafted Nykesha Sales and Shannon Johnson in the 1999 WNBA Allocation Draft [1]
May 4, 1999Drafted Tari Phillips, Sheri Sam, Taj McWilliams-Franklin, Carla McGhee and Elaine Powell in the 1999 WNBA Draft [1]

Roster

1999 Orlando Miracle roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
F/C 3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Congreaves, Andrea 6' 2" (1.88m)183 lb (83kg)1970-06-03 Mercer 2
G/F 5 Flag of the United States.svg Ford, Kisha 5' 10" (1.78m)153 lb (69kg)1975-04-04 Georgia Tech 2
G 31 Flag of the United States.svg Johnson, Adrienne 5' 10" (1.78m)154 lb (70kg)1974-02-05 Ohio State 2
G 14 Flag of the United States.svg Johnson, Shannon 5' 7" (1.7m)152 lb (69kg)1974-08-18 South Carolina R
G 10 Flag of the United States.svg McGhee, Carla 6' 1" (1.85m)173 lb (78kg)1968-03-06 Tennessee R
F/C 11 Flag of the United States.svg McWilliams-Franklin, Taj 6' 2" (1.88m)195 lb (88kg)1970-10-20 St. Edward's R
F/C 33 Flag of the United States.svg Moore, Yolanda 6' 0" (1.83m)175 lb (79kg)1974-07-01 Mississippi 2
F/C 24 Flag of the United States.svg Phillips, Tari 6' 2" (1.88m)200 lb (91kg)1970-03-06 Central Florida R
G 50 Flag of the United States.svg Powell, Elaine 5' 8" (1.73m)150 lb (68kg)1975-08-09 LSU R
G/F 42 Flag of the United States.svg Sales, Nykesha 6' 0" (1.83m)184 lb (83kg)1976-05-10 Connecticut R
G/F 55 Flag of the United States.svg Sam, Sheri 6' 0" (1.83m)160 lb (73kg)1974-05-05 Vanderbilt R
G 7 Flag of the United States.svg Suber, Tora 5' 7" (1.7m)137 lb (62kg)1974-11-23 Virginia 2
Head coach
Flag of the United States.svg Carolyn Peck (Vanderbilt)
Assistant coaches
Flag of the United States.svg Charlene Thomas-Swinson
Flag of the United States.svg Rick Stukes



Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Schedule

Regular season

1999 game log
Total: 15–17 (Home: 8–8; Road: 7–9)
June: 5–3 (Home: 3–1; Road: 2–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1June 10 Houston L 63–77 Taj McWilliams-Franklin (15) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (7) Shannon Johnson (7) TD Waterhouse Centre 0–1
2June 12@ Utah L 65–71 Sheri Sam (21) Sheri Sam (10) Shannon Johnson (7) Delta Center 0–2
3June 15 Los Angeles W 88–86 Nykesha Sales (29) Andrea Congreaves (11) Shannon Johnson (8) TD Waterhouse Centre 1–2
4June 17@ Detroit L 74–79 Shannon Johnson (22) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (13) McWilliams-Franklin
Sales (4)		 The Palace of Auburn Hills 1–3
5June 19 Washington W 73–68 Shannon Johnson (18) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (11) Shannon Johnson (7) TD Waterhouse Centre 2–3
6June 21 Phoenix W 80–76 Sales
Sam (20)		 Taj McWilliams-Franklin (9) Shannon Johnson (9) TD Waterhouse Centre 3–3
7June 22@ Cleveland W 71–62 Sheri Sam (22) McWilliams-Franklin
Sales (7)		 Nykesha Sales (6) Gund Arena 4–3
8June 28@ Houston W 68–66 Nykesha Sales (23) Sheri Sam (6) S. Johnson
Sales (6)		 Compaq Center 5–3
July : 4–9 (Home: 1–6; Road: 3–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
9July 3 Charlotte L 58–75 Shannon Johnson (17) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (11) Shannon Johnson (4) TD Waterhouse Centre 5–4
10July 7 Minnesota L 66–71 Sheri Sam (15) McGhee
Sam (7)		 Shannon Johnson (6) TD Waterhouse Centre 5–5
11July 9@ Charlotte W 66–61 Nykesha Sales (16) S. Johnson
McWilliams-Franklin (5)		 Shannon Johnson (4) Charlotte Coliseum 6–5
12July 10 Utah W 62–56 Nykesha Sales (21) Shannon Johnson (8) Shannon Johnson (4) TD Waterhouse Centre 7–5
13July 12 Detroit L 67–76 Congreaves
McWilliams-Franklin (14)		 Taj McWilliams-Franklin (8) S. Johnson
Sam (5)		 TD Waterhouse Centre 7–6
14July 16 Charlotte L 50–56 Nykesha Sales (15) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (6) Shannon Johnson (3) TD Waterhouse Centre 7–7
15July 17 Sacramento L 70–76 Nykesha Sales (20) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (10) Shannon Johnson (9) TD Waterhouse Centre 7–8
16July 19@ Washington W 77–52 Sheri Sam (20) Shannon Johnson (4) S. Johnson
Sales (4)		 MCI Center 8–8
17July 21@ New York L 56–61 Taj McWilliams-Franklin (13) Shannon Johnson (7) Sheri Sam (3) Madison Square Garden 8–9
18July 23@ Phoenix L 67–73 Shannon Johnson (22) Sheri Sam (6) Shannon Johnson (6) America West Arena 8–10
19July 24@ Sacramento W 73–64 Shannon Johnson (31) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (10) Shannon Johnson (5) ARCO Arena 9–10
20July 27@ Los Angeles L 60–81 Taj McWilliams-Franklin (17) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (7) Elaine Powell (4) Great Western Forum 9–11
21July 29 New York L 52–56 (OT) Shannon Johnson (25) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (12) Shannon Johnson (5) TD Waterhouse Centre 9–12
August : 6–5 (Home: 4–1; Road: 2–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
22August 1@ New York L 61–74 Nykesha Sales (21) Nykesha Sales (8) Congreaves
S. Johnson (3)		 Madison Square Garden 9–13
23August 4 Cleveland W 70–62 Taj McWilliams-Franklin (16) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (9) S. Johnson (5) TD Waterhouse Centre 10–13
24August 5@ Washington L 68–72 Taj McWilliams-Franklin (24) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (10) Sheri Sam (7) MCI Center 10–14
25August 7@ Charlotte L 60–64 Shannon Johnson (25) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (6) Nykesha Sales (5) Charlotte Coliseum 10–15
26August 9 New York L 75–80 Nykesha Sales (24) McWilliams-Franklin
Sales (6)		 Nykesha Sales (5) TD Waterhouse Centre 10–16
27August 12 Cleveland W 55–54 Nykesha Sales (16) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (15) Nykesha Sales (5) TD Waterhouse Centre 11–16
28August 14@ Cleveland W 73–61 Nykesha Sales (17) Shannon Johnson (6) Shannon Johnson (8) Gund Arena 12–16
29August 16 Washington W 81–54 Sheri Sam (19) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (9) Nykesha Sales (6) TD Waterhouse Centre 13–16
30August 18 Detroit W 93–81 Taj McWilliams-Franklin (21) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (13) Elaine Powell (6) TD Waterhouse Centre 14–16
31August 20@ Minnesota W 83–80 (OT) Shannon Johnson (20) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (8) Nykesha Sales (6) Target Center 15–16
32August 21@ Detroit L 68–74 Shannon Johnson (22) Sheri Sam (7) Elaine Powell (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 15–17
1999 season schedule

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

Statistics

Legend
  GPGames 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 gameTeam leaderLeague leader

Regular Season

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Shannon Johnson 323235.8.447.364.6864.74.41.70.414.0
Sheri Sam 323234.0.388.328.6884.62.41.30.311.4
Taj McWilliams-Franklin 323232.6.480.444.6677.51.61.81.213.1
Nykesha Sales 323232.5.385.330.8054.22.82.20.313.7
Andrea Congreaves 323225.4.500.366.8303.21.10.80.26.5
Elaine Powell 18014.2.515.111.5451.31.80.50.22.6
Tari Phillips 32010.5.406.000.4812.10.30.60.34.1
Carla McGhee 3007.8.319N/A.8331.50.30.30.11.5
Adrienne Johnson 2907.7.403.125.6671.00.50.20.12.0
Kisha Ford 805.6.200.0001.0000.80.00.30.30.5
Yolanda Moore 2305.0.476.000.5000.60.00.20.01.1
Tora Suber 2504.6.292.111.5000.50.40.20.00.8


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

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "1999 Orlando Miracle Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
  2. 1 2 "1999 WNBA Season Summary".
  3. ↑ "Postseason Awards: 1999". WNBA.com. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
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