2000 Detroit Shock season

2000 Detroit Shock season
Coach	Nancy Lieberman-Cline
Arena	The Palace of Auburn Hills
Attendance	6,716 per game
Results
Record	14–18 (.438)
Place	5th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
← 1999 season 2001 season →

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.

Transactions

Miami Sol expansion draft

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

Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
Lesley Brown	United States	Virginia

Indiana Fever expansion draft

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

Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
Sandy Brondello	Australia	BTV Wuppertal (Germany)

WNBA draft

See also: 2000 WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	3	Edwina Brown	United States	Texas
1	8	Tamicha Jackson	United States	Louisiana Tech
2	28	Madinah Slaise	United States	Cincinnati
3	44	Chavonne Hammond	United States	Vanderbilt
4	60	Cal Bouchard	Canada	Boston College

Transactions

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

Roster

2000 Detroit Shock roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs G/F 24 Brown, Edwina 5' 9" (1.75m) 163 lb (74kg) 1978-07-01 Texas R G 10 Canty, Dominique 5' 9" (1.75m) 166 lb (75kg) 1977-03-02 Alabama 1 G 30 DeForge, Anna 5' 10" (1.78m) 160 lb (73kg) 1976-04-14 Nebraska R F/C 54 Farris, Barbara 6' 3" (1.91m) 200 lb (91kg) 1976-09-10 Tulane R F 40 Holmes Harris, Joy 5' 10" (1.78m) 170 lb (77kg) 1969-03-31 Purdue R G 35 Jackson, Tamicha 5' 6" (1.68m) 120 lb (54kg) 1978-04-22 Louisiana Tech R F 44 Ndiaye-Diatta, Astou 6' 3" (1.91m) 182 lb (83kg) 1973-11-05 Southern Nazarene 1 F 9 Neves, Claudia 5' 8" (1.73m) 136 lb (62kg) 1975-02-17 1 F 3 Palmer, Wendy 6' 2" (1.88m) 165 lb (75kg) 1974-08-12 Virginia 3 C 0 Scott-Richardson, Olympia 6' 2" (1.88m) 175 lb (79kg) 1976-05-05 Stanford 2 G 12 Slaise, Madinah 5' 8" (1.73m) 1973-08-23 Cincinnati R F 17 Tornikidou, Elena 6' 1" (1.85m) 160 lb (73kg) 1965-05-27 1 C 52 Zakaluzhnaya, Oksana 6' 6" (1.98m) 174 lb (79kg) 1977-12-18 R	Head coach Nancy Lieberman-Cline (Old Dominion) Assistant coaches Laura Ramus Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended 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) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 June 3 Sacramento W 77-74 Elena Tornikidou (18) Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (12) Dominique Canty (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills 1–0 2 June 5 @ Minnesota L 68-88 Wendy Palmer (15) Wendy Palmer (6) Dominique Canty (4) Target Center 1–1 3 June 7 New York L 69-73 Dominique Canty (22) Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (6) Dominique Canty (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 1–2 4 June 9 Indiana W 80-76 Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (18) Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (8) Brown Canty Tornikidou (3) The Palace of Auburn Hills 2–2 5 June 12 Charlotte L 67-78 Elena Tornikidou (16) Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (7) Edwina Brown (3) The Palace of Auburn Hills 2–3 6 June 13 @ Miami L 61-74 Jackson Tornikidou (14) Oksana Zakaluzhnaya (6) Claudia Neves (3) American Airlines Arena 2–4 7 June 16 @ Cleveland W 93-81 Dominique Canty (22) Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (8) Canty Jackson (7) Gund Arena 3–4 8 June 18 Indiana W 111-74 Wendy Palmer (22) Olympia Scott-Richardson (6) Tamicha Jackson (5) The Palace of Auburn Hills 4–4 9 June 19 @ Washington L 55-80 Tamicha Jackson (13) Ndiaye-Diatta Palmer Scott-Richardson (5) Tamicha Jackson (3) MCI Center 4–5 10 June 21 @ New York W 67-63 Claudia Neves (16) Wendy Palmer (10) Neves Tornikidou (3) Madison Square Garden 5–5 11 June 24 Washington L 70-76 Dominique Canty (14) Wendy Palmer (6) Canty Neves Tornikidou (3) The Palace of Auburn Hills 5–6 12 June 25 @ Charlotte W 84-81 Elena Tornikidou (25) Olympia Scott-Richardson (8) Jackson Tornikidou (5) Charlotte Coliseum 6–6 13 June 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) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 14 July 1 @ Sacramento L 96-108 Wendy Palmer (20) Wendy Palmer (9) Elena Tornikidou (6) ARCO Arena 7–7 15 July 2 @ Los Angeles L 63-85 Wendy Palmer (12) Wendy Palmer (9) Brown Jackson (3) Great Western Forum 7–8 16 July 6 @ Phoenix L 69-83 Claudia Neves (12) Holmes Harris (7) Brown Neves (4) America West Arena 7–9 17 July 7 @ Utah W 73-69 Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (18) Wendy Palmer (12) Anna DeForge (7) Delta Center 8–9 18 July 9 Orlando L 62-68 Wendy Palmer (19) Wendy Palmer (9) Anna DeForge (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills 8–10 19 July 12 Seattle W 61-56 Dominique Canty (15) Elena Tornikidou (7) Elena Tornikidou (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 9–10 20 July 14 Miami W 80-50 Wendy Palmer (15) Wendy Palmer (9) Canty Palmer Tornikidou (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 10–10 21 July 19 Orlando L 78-88 Claudia Neves (19) Ndiaye-Diatta Palmer (6) Brown Neves (4) TD Waterhouse Centre 10–11 22 July 21 Houston L 74-76 (OT) Wendy Palmer (22) Wendy Palmer (12) Edwina Brown (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 10–12 23 July 24 Portland L 57-61 Elena Tornikidou (12) Wendy Palmer (10) Brown Neves (3) The Palace of Auburn Hills 10–13 24 July 26 Miami W 78-62 Wendy Palmer (17) Barbara Farris (10) Dominique Canty (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 11–13 25 July 28 @ Cleveland L 60-80 Wendy Palmer (13) Wendy Palmer (9) Edwina Brown (8) Gund Arena 11–14 26 July 29 Charlotte W 75-72 Wendy Palmer (21) Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (9) Elena Tornikidou (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 12–14 27 July 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) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 28 August 2 Los Angeles L 81-84 Dominique Canty (17) Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (12) Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 12–16 29 August 4 @ Washington L 72-96 Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (19) Ndiaye-Diatta Scott-Richardson (7) Dominique Canty (4) MCI Center 12–17 30 August 6 @ Orlando L 63-92 Dominique Canty (10) Canty Ndiaye-Diatta (6) Claudia Neves (3) TD Waterhouse Centre 12–18 31 August 8 @ Indiana W 74-63 Ndiaye-Diatta Palmer (18) Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (8) Palmer DeForge (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 13–18 32 August 9 New York W 66-63 Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (19) Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (8) Dominique Canty (8) The Palace of Auburn Hills 14–18

Season standings

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
New York Liberty x	20	12	.625	14–7	–
Cleveland Rockers x	17	15	.531	13–8	3.0
Orlando Miracle x	16	16	.500	13–8	4.0
Washington Mystics x	14	18	.438	13–8	6.0
Detroit Shock o	14	18	.438	10–11	6.0
Miami Sol o	13	19	.406	9–12	7.0
Indiana Fever o	9	23	.281	7–14	11.0
Charlotte Sting o	8	24	.250	5–16	12.0

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
Wendy Palmer	32	30	28.6	.448	.250	.704	6.8	1.2	0.6	0.3	13.8
Dominique Canty	28	27	28.0	.409	.000	.695	2.5	2.9	1.8	0.2	9.2
Elena Tornikidou	32	32	27.2	.506	.125	.914	3.4	2.6	0.9	0.4	10.3
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta	32	32	27.1	.474	.167	.569	5.8	1.3	0.7	0.7	10.8
Claudia Neves	30	20	21.2	.380	.304	.833	1.2	2.0	1.0	0.0	6.0
Edwina Brown	32	7	19.3	.355	.250	.838	2.8	2.3	0.8	0.2	5.9
Anna DeForge	27	10	16.0	.405	.321	.781	1.7	1.7	1.0	0.1	5.4
Tamicha Jackson	17	0	15.7	.387	.250	.743	1.5	2.1	1.3	0.0	6.8
Olympia Scott-Richardson	28	0	13.2	.416	.000	.650	2.9	1.0	0.4	0.4	3.6
Oksana Zakaluzhnaya	23	0	11.2	.521	.429	.909	2.0	0.1	0.2	0.6	3.9
Barbara Farris	14	2	9.3	.500	.000	.556	2.3	0.1	0.4	0.1	3,2
Joy Holmes Harris	29	0	9.3	.471	.364	.700	1.6	0.5	0.4	0.1	3.1
Madinah Slaise	3	0	2.3	.000	.000	1.000	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.3

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

References

1. "2000 Detroit Shock Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 13, 2024.