1999 Detroit Shock season

1999 Detroit Shock season
Head Coach Nancy Lieberman
Arena The Palace of Auburn Hills
Attendance 8,485 per game
Results
Record 1517
(.469)
Place 2nd (Eastern)
Playoff Finish Lost First Round (1-0) to Charlotte Sting
Detroit Shock seasons
< 1998 2000 >

The 1999 WNBA season was the 2nd for the Detroit Shock. The Shock entered the playoffs for the first time in franchise history.

Offseason

WNBA Draft

Round Pick Player Nationality School/Club Team
1 5 Jennifer Azzi (G)  United States Stanford (from San Jose Lasers, ABL)
2 17 Val Whiting (C)  United States Stanford (from Seattle Reign, ABL)
3 29 Dominique Canty (G/F)  United States Alabama
4 41 Astou Ndiaye (F/C)  Senegal Southern Nazarene (from Seattle Reign, ABL)

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
New York Liberty x 18 14 .563 12–8
Detroit Shock x 15 17 .469 12–8 3.0
Charlotte Sting x 15 17 .469 12–8 3.0
Orlando Miracle o 15 17 .469 9–11 3.0
Washington Mystics o 12 20 .375 10–10 6.0
Cleveland Rockers o 7 25 .219 5–15 11.0

Season schedule

Date Opponent Score Result Record
June 12 @ Minnesota 51-68 Loss 0-1
June 14 @ Cleveland 73-71 Win 1-1
June 17 Orlando 79-74 Win 2-1
June 18 @ Washington 76-69 Win 3-1
June 20 @ New York 62-69 Loss 3-2
June 22 Charlotte 75-69 Win 4-2
June 24 Houston 65-77 Loss 4-3
June 26 Phoenix 60-66 Loss 4-4
June 30 New York 91-71 Win 5-4
July 2 Los Angeles 81-91 Loss 5-5
July 4 Sacramento 78-92 Loss 5-6
July 6 @ Utah 94-104 Loss 5-7
July 10 Washington 78-83 Loss 5-8
July 12 @ Orlando 76-67 Win 6-8
July 16 @ Washington 78-68 Win 7-8
July 17 Cleveland 77-61 Win 8-8
July 21 Utah 86-77 Win 9-8
July 23 @ Cleveland 69-60 Win 10-8
July 25 Charlotte 66-78 Loss 10-9
July 27 @ Houston 46-85 Loss 10-10
July 28 @ Charlotte 65-84 Loss 10-11
July 31 Cleveland 53-55 Loss 10-12
August 2 Washington 70-75 Loss 10-13
August 4 Minnesota 59-56 Win 11-13
August 6 @ Sacramento 58-71 Loss 11-14
August 9 @ Los Angeles 84-59 Win 12-14
August 11 @ Phoenix 57-68 Loss 12-15
August 13 New York 56-60 Loss 12-16
August 15 @ New York 63-57 Win 13-16
August 18 @ Orlando 81-93 Loss 13-17
August 20 @ Charlotte 58-57 Win 14-17
August 21 Orlando 74-68 Win 15-17

Playoffs

Game Date Opponent Score Result Record
Eastern Conference Semifinals
1 August 24 Charlotte 54-60 Loss 0-1

Player stats

Player GP REB AST STL BLK PTS
Sandy Brondello 32 66 73 25 5 424
Jennifer Azzi 28 61 106 24 4 302
Dominique Canty 26 80 38 26 1 249
Val Whiting-Raymond 31 207 49 40 31 202
Korie Hlede 21 55 25 22 2 184
Carla Boyd 32 72 51 24 8 172
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta 31 99 17 11 18 164
Cindy Brown 21 113 22 25 12 144
Wendy Palmer 11 105 12 6 4 140
Rachael Sporn 18 59 27 15 4 106
Claudia Neves 30 23 29 16 0 76
Wanda Guyton 11 26 2 2 2 21
Elena Tornikidou 11 9 8 1 1 20
Lesley Brown 13 9 2 1 1 19
Olympia Scott 8 12 3 0 3 16

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