2000 Detroit Shock season

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2000 Detroit Shock season
Coach Nancy Lieberman-Cline
Arena The Palace of Auburn Hills
Attendance6,716 per game
Results
Record1418 (.438)
Place5th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 2000 WNBA season was the third for the Detroit Shock. The Shock were very close of making the playoffs, but they fell to the Washington Mystics in a tiebreaker.

Contents

Transactions

Miami Sol expansion draft

The following player was selected in the Miami Sol expansion draft from the Detroit Shock:

PlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
Lesley BrownFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Virginia

Indiana Fever expansion draft

The following player was selected in the Indiana Fever expansion draft from the Detroit Shock:

PlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
Sandy Brondello Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia BTV Wuppertal (Germany)

WNBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
13 Edwina Brown Flag of the United States.svg  United States Texas
18 Tamicha Jackson Flag of the United States.svg  United States Louisiana Tech
228 Madinah Slaise Flag of the United States.svg  United States Cincinnati
344Chavonne HammondFlag of the United States.svg  United States Vanderbilt
460 Cal Bouchard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Boston College

Transactions

DateTransaction
December 15, 1999Lost Lesley Brown to the Miami Sol in the WNBA expansion draft [1]
Lost Sandy Brondello to the Indiana Fever in the WNBA expansion draft [1]
April 24, 2000Traded Jennifer Azzi and a 2000 1st Round Pick to the Utah Starzz in exchange for 2 2000 1st Round Picks [1]
April 25, 2000Drafted Edwina Brown, Tamicha Jackson, Madinah Slaise, Chavonne Hammond and Cal Bouchard in the 2000 WNBA Draft [1]
May 1, 2000Signed Anna DeForge, Barbara Farris and Elena Tornikidou [1]
May 21, 2000Waived Chavonne Hammond and Wanda Guyton [1]
July 24, 2000Waived Madinah Slaise [1]

Roster

2000 Detroit Shock roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
G/F 24 Flag of the United States.svg Brown, Edwina 5' 9" (1.75m)163 lb (74kg)1978-07-01 Texas R
G 10 Flag of the United States.svg Canty, Dominique 5' 9" (1.75m)166 lb (75kg)1977-03-02 Alabama 1
G 30 Flag of the United States.svg DeForge, Anna 5' 10" (1.78m)160 lb (73kg)1976-04-14 Nebraska R
F/C 54 Flag of the United States.svg Farris, Barbara 6' 3" (1.91m)200 lb (91kg)1976-09-10 Tulane R
F 40 Flag of the United States.svg Holmes Harris, Joy 5' 10" (1.78m)170 lb (77kg)1969-03-31 Purdue R
G 35 Flag of the United States.svg Jackson, Tamicha 5' 6" (1.68m)120 lb (54kg)1978-04-22 Louisiana Tech R
F 44 Flag of Senegal.svg Ndiaye-Diatta, Astou 6' 3" (1.91m)182 lb (83kg)1973-11-05 Southern Nazarene 1
F 9 Flag of Brazil.svg Neves, Claudia 5' 8" (1.73m)136 lb (62kg)1975-02-171
F 3 Flag of the United States.svg Palmer, Wendy 6' 2" (1.88m)165 lb (75kg)1974-08-12 Virginia 3
C 0 Flag of the United States.svg Scott-Richardson, Olympia 6' 2" (1.88m)175 lb (79kg)1976-05-05 Stanford 2
G 12 Flag of the United States.svg Slaise, Madinah 5' 8" (1.73m)1973-08-23 Cincinnati R
F 17 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Tornikidou, Elena 6' 1" (1.85m)160 lb (73kg)1965-05-271
C 52 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Zakaluzhnaya, Oksana 6' 6" (1.98m)174 lb (79kg)1977-12-18R
Head coach
Flag of the United States.svg Nancy Lieberman-Cline (Old Dominion)
Assistant coaches
Flag of the United States.svg Laura Ramus




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

Schedule

Regular season

2000 game log
Total: 14–18 (Home: 8–9; Road: 6–9)
June: 7–6 (Home: 3–3; Road: 4–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
1June 3 Sacramento W 77-74 Elena Tornikidou (18) Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (12) Dominique Canty (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills 1–0
2June 5@ Minnesota L 68-88 Wendy Palmer (15) Wendy Palmer (6) Dominique Canty (4) Target Center 1–1
3June 7 New York L 69-73 Dominique Canty (22) Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (6) Dominique Canty (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 1–2
4June 9 Indiana W 80-76 Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (18) Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (8) Brown
Canty
Tornikidou (3)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 2–2
5June 12 Charlotte L 67-78 Elena Tornikidou (16) Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (7) Edwina Brown (3) The Palace of Auburn Hills 2–3
6June 13@ Miami L 61-74 Jackson
Tornikidou (14)
Oksana Zakaluzhnaya (6) Claudia Neves (3) American Airlines Arena 2–4
7June 16@ Cleveland W 93-81 Dominique Canty (22) Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (8) Canty
Jackson (7)
Gund Arena 3–4
8June 18 Indiana W 111-74 Wendy Palmer (22) Olympia Scott-Richardson (6) Tamicha Jackson (5) The Palace of Auburn Hills 4–4
9June 19@ Washington L 55-80 Tamicha Jackson (13) Ndiaye-Diatta
Palmer
Scott-Richardson (5)
Tamicha Jackson (3) MCI Center 4–5
10June 21@ New York W 67-63 Claudia Neves (16) Wendy Palmer (10) Neves
Tornikidou (3)
Madison Square Garden 5–5
11June 24 Washington L 70-76 Dominique Canty (14) Wendy Palmer (6) Canty
Neves
Tornikidou (3)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 5–6
12June 25@ Charlotte W 84-81 Elena Tornikidou (25) Olympia Scott-Richardson (8) Jackson
Tornikidou (5)
Charlotte Coliseum 6–6
13June 28@ Seattle W 82-78 Wendy Palmer (32) Wendy Palmer (12) Dominique Canty (5) KeyArena 7–6
July: 5–9 (Home: 4–5; Road: 1–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
14July 1@ Sacramento L 96-108 Wendy Palmer (20) Wendy Palmer (9) Elena Tornikidou (6) ARCO Arena 7–7
15July 2@ Los Angeles L 63-85 Wendy Palmer (12) Wendy Palmer (9) Brown
Jackson (3)
Great Western Forum 7–8
16July 6@ Phoenix L 69-83 Claudia Neves (12) Holmes Harris (7) Brown
Neves (4)
America West Arena 7–9
17July 7@ Utah W 73-69 Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (18) Wendy Palmer (12) Anna DeForge (7) Delta Center 8–9
18July 9 Orlando L 62-68 Wendy Palmer (19) Wendy Palmer (9) Anna DeForge (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills 8–10
19July 12 Seattle W 61-56 Dominique Canty (15) Elena Tornikidou (7) Elena Tornikidou (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 9–10
20July 14 Miami W 80-50 Wendy Palmer (15) Wendy Palmer (9) Canty
Palmer
Tornikidou (4)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 10–10
21July 19 Orlando L 78-88 Claudia Neves (19) Ndiaye-Diatta
Palmer (6)
Brown
Neves (4)
TD Waterhouse Centre 10–11
22July 21 Houston L 74-76 (OT) Wendy Palmer (22) Wendy Palmer (12) Edwina Brown (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 10–12
23July 24 Portland L 57-61 Elena Tornikidou (12) Wendy Palmer (10) Brown
Neves (3)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 10–13
24July 26 Miami W 78-62 Wendy Palmer (17) Barbara Farris (10) Dominique Canty (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 11–13
25July 28@ Cleveland L 60-80 Wendy Palmer (13) Wendy Palmer (9) Edwina Brown (8) Gund Arena 11–14
26July 29 Charlotte W 75-72 Wendy Palmer (21) Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (9) Elena Tornikidou (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 12–14
27July 31 Cleveland L 65-76 Wendy Palmer (16) Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (11) Dominique Canty (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills 12–15
August: 2–3 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–2)

Season standings

Eastern Conference WLPCTConf.GB
New York Liberty x2012.62514–7
Cleveland Rockers x1715.53113–83.0
Orlando Miracle x1616.50013–84.0
Washington Mystics x1418.43813–86.0
Detroit Shock o1418.43810–116.0
Miami Sol o1319.4069–127.0
Indiana Fever o923.2817–1411.0
Charlotte Sting o824.2505–1612.0

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
Wendy Palmer 323028.6.448.250.7046.81.20.60.313.8
Dominique Canty 282728.0.409.000.6952.52.91.80.29.2
Elena Tornikidou 323227.2.506.125.9143.42.60.90.410.3
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta 323227.1.474.167.5695.81.30.70.710.8
Claudia Neves 302021.2.380.304.8331.22.01.00.06.0
Edwina Brown 32719.3.355.250.8382.82.30.80.25.9
Anna DeForge 271016.0.405.321.7811.71.71.00.15.4
Tamicha Jackson 17015.7.387.250.7431.52.11.30.06.8
Olympia Scott-Richardson 28013.2.416.000.6502.91.00.40.43.6
Oksana Zakaluzhnaya 23011.2.521.429.9092.00.10.20.63.9
Barbara Farris 1429.3.500.000.5562.30.10.40.13,2
Joy Holmes Harris 2909.3.471.364.7001.60.50.40.13.1
Madinah Slaise 302.3.000.0001.0000.30.00.30.01.3


Waived/Released during the season
Traded during the season
Acquired during the season

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "2000 Detroit Shock Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 13, 2024.