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

Offseason

Expansion draft

PickPlayerNationalityFormer TeamSchool/Team/Country
2 Andrea Congreaves Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Charlotte Sting Mercer
4 Kisha Ford Flag of the United States.svg  United States New York Liberty Georgia Tech
6 Yolanda Moore Flag of the United States.svg  United States Houston Comets Mississippi
8 Adrienne Johnson Flag of the United States.svg  United States Cleveland Rockers Ohio State

WNBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
18 Tari Phillips Flag of the United States.svg  United States Central Florida (from Colorado Xplosion, ABL)
220 Sheri Sam Flag of the United States.svg  United States Vanderbilt (from San Jose Lasers, ABL)
332 Taj McWilliams Flag of the United States.svg  United States St. Edward's (from Philadelphia Rage, ABL)
444 Carla McGhee Flag of the United States.svg  United States Tennessee (from Columbus Quest, ABL)
450 Elaine Powell Flag of the United States.svg  United States LSU (from Portland Power, ABL)

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Roster

Orlando Miracle roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
F 3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Congreaves, Andrea 6' 2" (1.88m)183 lb (83kg) Mercer
G 5 Flag of the United States.svg Ford, Kisha 5' 10" (1.78m)153 lb (69kg) Georgia Tech
G 31 Flag of the United States.svg Johnson, Adrienne 5' 10" (1.78m)154 lb (70kg) Ohio State
G 14 Flag of the United States.svg Johnson, Shannon 5' 7" (1.7m)152 lb (69kg) South Carolina
F 10 Flag of the United States.svg McGhee, Carla 6' 1" (1.85m)179 lb (81kg) Tennessee
F/C 11 Flag of the United States.svg McWilliams, Taj 6' 2" (1.88m)184 lb (83kg) St. Edward's College
F 33 Flag of the United States.svg Moore, Yolanda 6' 0" (1.83m)175 lb (79kg) Mississippi
F 24 Flag of the United States.svg Phillips, Tari 6' 1" (1.85m)200 lb (91kg) University of Central Florida
G 50 Flag of the United States.svg Powell, Elaine 5' 8" (1.73m)150 lb (68kg) LSU
G/F 42 Flag of the United States.svg Sales, Nykesha 6' 0" (1.83m)175 lb (79kg) Connecticut
G/F 55 Flag of the United States.svg Sam, Sheri 6' 1" (1.85m)160 lb (73kg) Vanderbilt
G 7 Flag of the United States.svg Suber, Tora 5' 7" (1.7m)137 lb (62kg) Virginia
Head coach
Assistant coaches



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

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

Preseason

1999 Game Log: Preseason
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocationRecord
1June 4@ Minnesota W 80-76N/AN/AN/A Midwest Wireless Civic Center
1-0
2June 6 Minnesota W 81-71N/AN/AN/AAmway Arena
2-0

Regular season

1999 Game Log: Regular Season
June
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocationRecord
1June 10 Houston L 63-77 McWilliams (15) McWilliams (7) S. Johnson (7) Amway Arena
0-1
2June 12@ Utah L 65-71 Sam (21) Sam (10) S. Johnson (7) Delta Center
0-2
3June 15 Los Angeles W 88-86 Sales (29) Congreaves (10) S. Johnson (8) Amway Arena
1-2
4June 17@ Detroit L 74-79 S. Johnson (22) McWilliams (13) McWilliams, Sales (2) Palace of Auburn Hills
1-3
5June 19 Washington W 73-68 S. Johnson (18) McWilliams (11) S. Johnson (7) Amway Arena
2-3
6June 21 Phoenix W 80-76 Sam, Sales (20) McWilliams (9) S. Johnson (9) Amway Arena
3-3
7June 22@ Cleveland W 71-62 Sam (22) McWilliams, Sales (7) Sales (6) Gund Arena
4-3
8June 28@ Houston W 68-66 Sales (23) Sam (6) S. Johnson, Sales (4) Compaq Center
5-3
July
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocationRecord
9July 3 Charlotte L 58-75 S. Johnson (17) McWilliams (11) S. Johnson (4) Amway Arena
5-4
10July 7 Minnesota L 66-71 Sam (15) McGhee, Sam (7) S. Johnson (6) Amway Arena
5-5
11July 9@ Charlotte W 66-61 Sales (16) McWilliams, S. Johnson (5) S. Johnson (4) Charlotte Coliseum
6-5
12July 10 Utah W 62-56 Sales (21) S. Johnson (8) S. Johnson (4) Amway Arena
7-5
13July 12 Detroit L 67-76 McWilliams, Congreaves (14) McWilliams (8) S. Johnson, Sam (5) Amway Arena
7-6
14July 16 Charlotte L 50-56 Sales (15) McWilliams (6) S. Johnson (3) Amway Arena
7-7
15July 17 Sacramento L 70-76 Sales (20) McWilliams (10) S. Johnson (9) Amway Arena
7-8
16July 19@ Washington W 77-52 Sam (20) S. Johnson (6) S. Johnson, Sales (6) MCI Center
8-8
17July 20@ New York L 56-61 McWilliams (13) S. Johnson (7) Sam (3) Madison Square Garden
8-9
18July 23@ Phoenix L 67-73 S. Johnson (22) Sam (6) S. Johnson (6) America West Arena
8-10
19July 24@ Sacramento W 73-64 S. Johnson (31) McWilliams (10) S. Johnson (5) ARCO Arena
9-10
20July 27@ Los Angeles L 60-81 McWilliams (17) McWilliams (7) Powell (4) Staples Center
9-11
21July 29 New York L 65-73 (OT) S. Johnson (25) McWilliams (12) S. Johnson (5) Amway Arena
9-12
August
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocationRecord
22August 1@ New York L 61-74 Sales (21) Sales (8) S. Johnson, Congreaves (3) Madison Square Garden
9-13
23August 4 Cleveland W 70-62 McWilliams (16) McWilliams (9) S. Johnson (5) Amway Arena
10-13
24August 5@ Washington L 68-72 McWilliams (24) McWilliams (10) Sam (7) MCI Center
10-14
25August 7@ Charlotte L 60-64 S. Johnson (25) McWilliams (6) Sales (5) Charlotte Coliseum
10-15
26August 9 New York L 75-80 Sales (24) McWilliams, Sales (6) Sales (5) Amway Arena
10-16
27August 12 Cleveland W 55-54 Sales (16) McWilliams (15) Sales (5) Amway Arena
11-16
28August 14@ Cleveland W 73-61 Sales (17) S. Johnson (6) S. Johnson (8) Amway Arena
12-16
29August 15 Washington W 81-54 Sam (19) McWilliams (9) Sales (6) Amway Arena
13-16
30August 18 Detroit W 93-81 McWilliams (21) McWilliams (13) Powell (6) Amway Arena
14-16
31August 20@ Minnesota W 83-80 (OT) S. Johnson (20) McWilliams (8) S. Johnson, Sales, Powell (5) Target Center
15-16
32August 21@ Detroit L 68-74 S. Johnson (22) Sam (7) Powell (4) Palace of Auburn Hills
15-17

Depth

Pos.Starting 5Bench 1Bench 2Inactive
C Taj McWilliams-Franklin Tari Phillips
PF Andrea Congreaves Carla McGhee
SF Sheri Sam Yolanda Moore
SG Nykesha Sales Adrienne Johnson Tora Suber Kisha Ford
PG Shannon Johnson Elaine Powell

Player stats

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage 3P%  3-point field-goal percentage FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game PPG  Points per game
= Denotes team leader(s) in that statistic.
PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Andrea Congreaves 323225.4.500 (75-150).366 (15-41).830 (44-53)3.21.10.800.206.5
Kisha Ford 805.6.200 (1-5).000 (0-1)1.000 (2-2)0.80.00.300.300.5
Adrienne Johnson 2907.7.403 (25-62).125 (1-8).667 (6-9)1.00.50.200.102.0
Shannon Johnson 323235.8.447 (151-338).364 (40-110).686 (105-153)4.74.41.700.4014.0
Carla McGhee 3007.8.319 (15-47).000 (0-0).833 (15-18)1.50.30.300.101.5
Taj McWilliams 323232.6.480 (153-319).444 (20-45).667 (94-141)7.51.61.801.2013.1
Yolanda Moore 2305.0.476 (10-21).000 (0-1).500 (6-12)0.60.00.200.001.1
Tari Phillips 3205.0.406 (52-128).000 (0-3).481 (26-54)2.10.30.600.304.1
Elaine Powell 18014.2.515 (17-33).111 (1-9).545 (12-22)1.31.80.500.202.6
Nykesha Sales 323232.5.385 (153-397).330 (95-118).805 (44-91)4.22.82.200.3013.7
Sheri Sam 323234.0.388 (134-345).328 (41-125).805 (55-80)4.62.41.300.3011.4
Tora Suber 2504.6.292 (7-24).111 (1-9).500 (5-10)0.50.40.200.000.8

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References

  1. ↑ WNBA.com: 1999 WNBA Draft Board [ permanent dead link ]
  2. ↑ "1999 Orlando Miracle Stats".
  3. 1 2 "1999 WNBA Season Summary".
  4. ↑ "Postseason Awards: 1999". WNBA.com. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
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