2006 San Antonio Silver Stars season

Last updated
2006 San Antonio Silver Stars season
Coach Dan Hughes
Arena AT&T Center
Attendance7,397 per game
Results
Record1321 (.382)
Place6th (Western)
Playoff finishDid Not Qualify

The 2006 WNBA season was the 10th for the San Antonio Silver Stars. It was their 4th season in San Antonio. The Silver Stars failed to qualify for the fourth consecutive season. This was the last season San Antonio had failed to make the playoffs.

Contents

Offseason

WNBA Draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/Club Team
14 Sophia Young (F)Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Baylor
216 Shanna Zolman (G)Flag of the United States.svg  United States Tennessee
330Khara Smith (F)Flag of the United States.svg  United States DePaul

Regular season

Season standings

Western Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Los Angeles Sparks x259.73515–210–715–5
Sacramento Monarchs x2113.6184.014–37–1010–10
Houston Comets x1816.5297.012–56–1111–9
Seattle Storm x1816.5297.09–89–810–10
Phoenix Mercury o1816.5297.010–78–98–12
San Antonio Silver Stars o1321.38212.06–117–1010–10
Minnesota Lynx o1024.29415.08–92–156–14

Season schedule

DateOpponentScoreResultRecord
May 21@ Houston 79-63Win1-0
May 23 Indiana 53-62Loss1-1
May 25 Los Angeles 71-80Loss1-2
May 31@ Phoenix 82-76Win2-2
June 2@ Sacramento 74-71Win3-2
June 4@ Seattle 89-87Win4-2
June 9 Minnesota 79-86Loss4-3
June 10 New York 67-70Loss4-4
June 16 Minnesota 90-60Win5-4
June 17@ Chicago 69-65Win6-4
June 21@ Sacramento 69-75Loss6-5
June 23@ Seattle 57-87Loss6-6
June 25@ Los Angeles 80-105Loss6-7
June 27 Detroit 59-63Loss6-8
June 30@ New York 91-78Win7-8
July 1 Chicago 69-57Win8-8
July 3@ Los Angeles 85-63Win9-8
July 7 Houston 94-75Win10-8
July 9@ Minnesota 80-85Loss10-9
July 14@ Charlotte 65-81Loss10-10
July 16@ Detroit 67-77Loss10-11
July 18 Houston 67-64Win11-11
July 21 Washington 77-80Loss11-12
July 22 Connecticut 61-79Loss11-13
July 26 Los Angeles 67-81Loss11-14
July 28 Phoenix 98-96Win12-14
July 30@ Connecticut 65-72Loss12-15
August 1 Charlotte 65-68Loss12-16
August 3 Sacramento 69-87Loss12-17
August 5@ Indiana 70-76Loss12-18
August 6@ Minnesota 68-82Loss12-19
August 8@ Washington 79-91Loss12-20
August 10 Seattle 75-65Win13-20
August 12 Phoenix 93-95Loss13-21

Player stats

PlayerGPREBASTSTLBLKPTS
Sophia Young34257505713408
Agnieszka Bibrzycka3266482612361
Vickie Johnson34167122283337
Shannon Johnson3295117605318
Kaite Feenstra34209141226265
Shanna Crossley344134114226
Kendra Wecker348447113190
LaToya Thomas198222147157
Chantelle Anderson238515710153
Dalma Ivanyi31415012042
Shyra Ely1231102041
Jae Kingi-Cross 1810116025

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References

  1. "2006 San Antonio Silver Stars Stats".