1999 Detroit Shock season

WNBA team season
1999 Detroit Shock season
CoachNancy Lieberman-Cline
ArenaThe Palace of Auburn Hills
Attendance8,485 per game
Results
Record15–17 (.469)
Place2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finishLost First Round (1-0) to Charlotte Sting
← 1998 season
2000 season →

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

Transactions

WNBA draft

Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 5 Jennifer Azzi  United States San Jose Lasers
2 17 Val Whiting-Raymond  United States Seattle Reign
3 29 Dominique Canty  United States Alabama
4 41 Astou Ndiaye-Diatta  Senegal Seattle Reign

Transactions

Date Transaction
May 4, 1999 Drafted Jennifer Azzi, Val Whiting-Raymond, Dominique Canty and Astou Ndiaye-Diatta in the 1999 WNBA Draft[1]
May 6, 1999 Signed Claudia Neves, Oksana Zakaluzhnaya and Laura Baker[1]
May 7, 1999 Waived Aneta Kausaite and Lynette Woodard[1]
May 31, 1999 Waived Laura Baker[1]
June 9, 1999 Waived Gergana Branzova[1]
July 5, 1999 Waived Elena Tornikidou[1]
July 28, 1999 Signed Wanda Guyton[1]
July 30, 1999 Traded Cindy Brown and Korie Hlede to the Utah Starzz in exchange for Wendy Palmer and Olympia Scott-Richardson[1]

Roster

1999 Detroit Shock roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
G 8 United States Azzi, Jennifer 5' 8" (1.73m) 143 lb (65kg) 1968-08-31 Stanford R
F 11 Australia Boyd, Carla 6' 1" (1.85m) 172 lb (78kg) 1975-10-31 1
G 6 Australia Brondello, Sandy 5' 7" (1.7m) 136 lb (62kg) 1968-08-20 1
F 14 United States Brown, Cindy 6' 2" (1.88m) 183 lb (83kg) 1965-03-16 Long Beach State 1
G United States Brown, Lesley 6' 0" (1.83m) 165 lb (75kg) 1977-06-03 Virginia R
G 10 United States Canty, Dominique 5' 9" (1.75m) 166 lb (75kg) 1977-03-02 Alabama R
C 4 United States Guyton, Wanda 6' 1" (1.85m) 178 lb (81kg) 1968-10-14 South Florida 2
G 7 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hlede, Korie 5' 9" (1.75m) 155 lb (70kg) 1975-03-29 Duquesne 1
F 44 Senegal Ndiaye-Diatta, Astou 6' 3" (1.91m) 182 lb (83kg) 1973-11-05 Southern Nazarene R
F 9 Brazil Neves, Claudia 5' 8" (1.73m) 136 lb (62kg) 1975-02-17 R
F 3 United States Palmer, Wendy 6' 2" (1.88m) 165 lb (75kg) 1974-08-12 Virginia 2
C 0 United States Scott-Richardson, Olympia 6' 2" (1.88m) 175 lb (79kg) 1976-05-05 Stanford 1
F 4 Australia Sporn, Rachael 6' 1" (1.85m) 175 lb (79kg) 1968-03-26 1
F 17 Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic Tornikidou, Elena 6' 1" (1.85m) 160 lb (73kg) 1965-05-27 R
F/C 52 United States Whiting-Raymond, Val 6' 2" (1.88m) 199 lb (90kg) 1972-04-09 Stanford R
Head coach
United States Nancy Lieberman-Cline (Old Dominion)
Assistant coaches
United States Laura Ramus



Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Schedule

Regular season

1999 game log
Total: 15–17 (Home: 7–9; Road: 8–8)
June: 5–4 (Home: 3–2; Road: 2–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 June 12 @ Minnesota L 51–68 Sandy Brondello (15) Val Whiting-Raymond (16) Azzi
Brondello (3) 		Target Center 0–1
2 June 14 @ Cleveland W 73–71 Brondello
Hlede (15) 		Val Whiting-Raymond (7) Val Whiting-Raymond (4) Gund Arena 1–1
3 June 17 Orlando W 79–74 Sandy Brondello (23) Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (8) Sandy Brondello (7) The Palace of Auburn Hills 2–1
4 June 18 @ Washington W 76–69 Jennifer Azzi (18) Val Whiting-Raymond (7) Val Whiting-Raymond (5) MCI Center 3–1
5 June 20 @ New York L 62–69 Sandy Brondello (16) Cindy Brown (10) Jennifer Azzi (6) Madison Square Garden 3–2
6 June 22 Charlotte W 75–69 Sandy Brondello (19) Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (9) Azzi
Hlede (3) 		The Palace of Auburn Hills 4–2
7 June 24 Houston L 65–77 Korie Hlede (17) Brown
Ndiaye-Diatta (6) 		Sandy Brondello (2) The Palace of Auburn Hills 4–3
8 June 26 Phoenix L 60–66 Dominique Canty (16) Cindy Brown (6) Sandy Brondello (3) The Palace of Auburn Hills 4–4
9 June 28 New York W 91–71 Korie Hlede (17) Brown
Canty (6) 		Sandy Brondello (5) The Palace of Auburn Hills 5–4
July: 5–8 (Home: 2–5; Road: 3–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
10 July 2 Los Angeles L 81–91 Sandy Brondello (21) Cindy Brown (10) Brondello
Sporn (3) 		The Palace of Auburn Hills 5–5
11 July 4 Sacramento L 78–92 Cindy Brown (18) Val Whiting-Raymond (10) Brown
Hlede (4) 		The Palace of Auburn Hills 5–6
12 July 6 @ Utah L 94–104 (2OT) Sandy Brondello (33) Cindy Brown (10) Jennifer Azzi (5) Delta Center 5–7
13 July 10 Washington L 78–83 (2OT) Brondello
Canty (15) 		Val Whiting-Raymond (13) Azzi
Brondello (4) 		The Palace of Auburn Hills 5–8
14 July 12 @ Orlando W 76–67 Sandy Brondello (22) Val Whiting-Raymond (15) Jennifer Azzi (7) TD Waterhouse Centre 6–8
15 July 16 @ Washington W 78–68 Sandy Brondello (18) Sporn
Whiting-Raymond (7) 		Jennifer Azzi (6) MCI Center 7–8
16 July 17 Cleveland W 77–61 Cindy Brown (14) Cindy Brown (8) Jennifer Azzi (8) The Palace of Auburn Hills 8–8
17 July 21 Utah W 86–77 Cindy Brown (18) Val Whiting-Raymond (9) Jennifer Azzi (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills 9–8
18 July 23 @ Cleveland W 69–60 Jennifer Azzi (20) Cindy Brown (8) Jennifer Azzi (8) Gund Arena 10–8
19 July 25 Charlotte L 66–78 Korie Hlede (22) Carla Boyd (7) Sandy Brondello (5) The Palace of Auburn Hills 10–9
20 July 27 @ Houston L 46–85 Jennifer Azzi (10) Cindy Brown (9) Azzi
Brondello (2) 		Compaq Center 10–10
21 July 28 @ Charlotte L 65–84 Sandy Brondello (15) Val Whiting-Raymond (5) Val Whiting-Raymond (5) Charlotte Coliseum 10–11
22 July 31 Cleveland L 53–55 Val Whiting-Raymond (9) Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (11) Val Whiting-Raymond (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 10–12
August: 5–5 (Home: 2–2; Road: 3–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
23 August 2 Washington L 70–75 Jennifer Azzi (22) Val Whiting-Raymond (10) Jennifer Azzi (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 10–13
24 August 4 Minnesota W 59–56 Sandy Brondello (21) Val Whiting-Raymond (13) Dominique Canty (3) The Palace of Auburn Hills 11–13
25 August 6 @ Sacramento L 58–71 Sandy Brondello (13) Val Whiting-Raymond (12) Jennifer Azzi (3) ARCO Arena 11–14
26 August 9 @ Los Angeles W 84–59 Dominique Canty (18) Wendy Palmer (12) Azzi
Brondello (3) 		Great Western Forum 12–14
27 August 11 @ Phoenix L 57–68 Carla Boyd (14) Wendy Palmer (12) Val Whiting-Raymond (4) America West Arena 12–15
28 August 13 New York L 56–60 Sandy Brondello (15) Wendy Palmer (11) Dominique Canty (2) The Palace of Auburn Hills 12–16
29 August 15 @ New York W 63–57 Wendy Palmer (27) Wendy Palmer (14) Jennifer Azzi (5) Madison Square Garden 13–16
30 August 18 @ Orlando L 81–93 Jennifer Azzi (19) Wendy Palmer (13) Jennifer Azzi (5) TD Waterhouse Centre 13–17
31 August 20 @ Charlotte W 58–57 Wendy Palmer (20) Wendy Palmer (9) Azzi
Boyd (4) 		Charlotte Coliseum 14–17
32 August 18 Orlando W 74–68 Jennifer Azzi (27) Wendy Palmer (14) Azzi

Boyd
Canty (2) 		The Palace of Auburn Hills 15–17
1999 season schedule

Playoffs

1999 playoff game log
First round vs. Charlotte Sting
Lost Series: 0–1
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 August 24 Charlotte L 54–60 Wendy Palmer (10) Wendy Palmer (9) Jennifer Azzi (3) The Palace of Auburn Hills 0–1
1999 playoff schedule

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

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
Sandy Brondello 32 32 31.3 .438 .487 .847 2.1 2.3 0.8 0.2 13.3
Jennifer Azzi 28 19 29.9 .514 .517 .827 2.2 3.8 0.9 0.1 10.8
Wendy Palmer 11 10 26.8 .470 .250 .764 9.5 1.1 0.5 0.4 12.7
Dominique Canty 26 11 24.8 .332 .176 .691 3.1 1.5 1.0 0.0 9.6
Val Whiting-Raymond 31 20 24.6 .380 N/A .455 6.7 1.6 1.3 1.0 6.5
Cindy Brown 21 21 23.3 .315 .233 .692 5.4 1.0 1.2 0.6 6.9
Carla Boyd 32 26 21.7 .397 .333 .630 2.3 1.6 0.8 0.3 5.4
Korie Hlede 21 10 19.4 .390 .333 .857 2.6 1.2 1.0 0.1 8.8
Rachael Sporn 18 10 18.9 .468 .000 .643 3.3 1.5 0.8 0.2 5.9
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta 31 1 14.1 .438 .000 .615 3.2 0.5 0.4 0.6 5.3
Claudia Neves 30 0 10.2 .263 .233 .632 0.8 1.0 0.5 0.0 2.5
Wanda Guyton 11 0 8.9 .235 N/A .813 2.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 1.9
Elena Tornikidou 11 0 7.8 .391 N/A .333 0.8 0.7 0.1 0.1 1.8
Olympia Scott-Richardson 8 0 6.5 .333 N/A .667 1.5 0.4 0.0 0.4 2.0
Lesley Brown 13 0 3.3 .438 .500 .667 0.7 0.2 0.1 0.1 1.5


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

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "1999 Detroit Shock Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 3, 2024.

External links

  • Shock on Basketball Reference
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