1999 Charlotte Sting season

The 1999 WNBA season was the third for the Charlotte Sting. The Sting won their first playoff series by defeating the Detroit Shock in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. In the Eastern Conference Finals they would fall to the New York Liberty in three games.

1999 Charlotte Sting season
Coach	Marynell Meadors (fired Jul. 11, 5–7 record) Dan Hughes (10–10 record)
Arena	Charlotte Coliseum
Attendance	per game
Results
Record	15–17 (.469)
Place	3rd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Lost in Conference Finals
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Transactions

Orlando Miracle expansion draft

The following player was selected in the Orlando Miracle expansion draft from the Charlotte Sting:

Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
Andrea Congreaves	United Kingdom	Mercer

WNBA draft

See also: 1999 WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	9	Dawn Staley	United States	Philadelphia Rage
2	21	Stephanie McCarty	United States	Purdue
3	33	Charlotte Smith	United States	San Jose Lasers
4	45	Angie Braziel	United States	Texas Tech

Transactions

Date	Transaction
April 6, 1999	Lost Andrea Congreaves to the Orlando Miracle in the WNBA expansion draft[1]
May 4, 1999	Drafted Dawn Staley, Stephanie MCarty, Charlotte Smith and Angie Braziel in the 1999 WNBA Draft[1]
May 29, 1999	Signed Nevriye Yilmaz[1]
	Waived Tora Suber[1]
June 8, 1999	Waived Sonia Chase and Tia Paschal[1]
June 30, 1999	Waived Christy Smith[1]
	Signed Sonia Chase[1]
July 11, 1999	Fired Marynell Meadors as Head Coach[1]
	Hired Dan Hughes as Head Coach[1]

Roster

1999 Charlotte Sting roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs C 34 Bauer-Bilodeau, Cass 6' 4" (1.93m) 180 lb (82kg) 1972-06-27 Montana State R F 45 Braziel, Angie 6' 2" (1.88m) 169 lb (77kg) 1976-09-18 Texas Tech R F 23 Bullett, Vicky 6' 3" (1.91m) 185 lb (84kg) 1967-10-04 Maryland 2 G 33 Chase, Sonia 5' 9" (1.75m) 150 lb (68kg) 1976-03-09 Maryland 1 G 24 Johnson, Niesa 5' 9" (1.75m) 146 lb (66kg) 1973-02-07 Alabama R F/C 50 Manning, Sharon 6' 3" (1.91m) 186 lb (84kg) 1969-03-20 NC State 2 C 51 Mapp, Rhonda 6' 2" (1.88m) 190 lb (86kg) 1969-10-13 NC State 2 G/F 6 McCarty, Stephanie 5' 9" (1.75m) 1977-06-20 Purdue R G/F 0 Reid, Tracy 5' 11" (1.8m) 150 lb (68kg) 1976-11-01 North Carolina 1 G 10 Smith, Christy 5' 7" (1.7m) 141 lb (64kg) 1975-08-14 Arkansas 1 F 44 Smith, Charlotte 6' 0" (1.83m) 148 lb (67kg) 1973-08-23 North Carolina R G 5 Staley, Dawn 5' 6" (1.68m) 134 lb (61kg) 1970-05-04 Virginia R G 32 Stinson, Andrea 5' 10" (1.78m) 158 lb (72kg) 1967-11-25 NC State 2	Head coach Dan Hughes (Muskingum) Assistant coaches Kim Moseley T. R. Dunn Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Schedule

Regular season

1999 game log Total: 15–17 (Home: 8–8; Road: 7–9)
June: 3–5 (Home: 1–3; Road: 2–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 June 10 @ Washington W 83–73 Dawn Staley (23) Tracy Reid (8) Dawn Staley (7) MCI Center 1–0 2 June 12 New York L 57–68 Andrea Stinson (15) Vicky Bullett (9) Staley Stinson (4) Charlotte Coliseum 1–1 3 June 19 Los Angeles L 69–73 Stephanie McCarty (18) Andrea Stinson (8) Dawn Staley (7) Charlotte Coliseum 1–2 4 June 22 @ Detroit L 69–75 Bullett Staley (13) Rhonda Mapp (10) Dawn Staley (7) The Palace of Auburn Hills 1–3 5 June 24 Phoenix W 88–72 Andrea Stinson (23) Bullett Manning (7) Dawn Staley (8) Charlotte Coliseum 2–3 6 June 25 @ Cleveland W 59–57 Vicky Bullett (18) Vicky Bullett (9) Dawn Staley (5) Gund Arena 3–3 7 June 27 @ New York L 58–72 Andrea Stinson (15) Sharon Manning (10) Johnson McCarty Stinson (3) Madison Square Garden 3–4 8 June 30 Washington L 63–68 Dawn Staley (22) Vicky Bullett (9) Dawn Staley (6) Charlotte Coliseum 3–5
July : 10–5 (Home: 5–3; Road: 5–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 9 July 3 @ Orlando W 75–58 Vicky Bullett (24) Bullett Smith (11) Andrea Stinson (5) TD Waterhouse Centre 4–5 10 July 7 Cleveland W 75–62 Dawn Staley (22) Vicky Bullett (8) Dawn Staley (5) Charlotte Coliseum 5–5 11 July 9 Orlando L 61–66 Charlotte Smith (12) Sharon Manning (7) Dawn Staley (7) Charlotte Coliseum 5–6 12 July 10 @ Cleveland L 56–82 Andrea Stinson (17) Bullett Mapp (6) Charlotte Smith (4) Gund Arena 5–7 13 July 12 @ Washington L 71–74 Bullett Stinson (19) Rhonda Mapp (8) McCarty Staley Stinson (5) MCI Center 5–8 14 July 16 @ Orlando W 56–50 Dawn Staley (23) Andrea Stinson (8) Andrea Stinson (5) TD Waterhouse Centre 6–8 15 July 17 Washington W 63–56 Andrea Stinson (17) Rhonda Mapp (7) Dawn Staley (5) Charlotte Coliseum 7–8 16 July 19 Utah W 73–66 Andrea Stinson (16) Sharon Manning (7) Dawn Staley (9) Charlotte Coliseum 8–8 17 July 21 Minnesota L 67–76 Tracy Reid (20) Tracy Reid (7) Sharon Manning (4) Charlotte Coliseum 8–9 18 July 23 Houston L 62–75 Andrea Stinson (18) Vicky Bullett (7) Dawn Staley (7) Charlotte Coliseum 8–10 19 July 25 @ Detroit W 78–66 Vicky Bullett (20) Dawn Staley (9) Dawn Staley (10) The Palace of Auburn Hills 9–10 20 July 26 @ New York W 75–69 Rhonda Mapp (18) Rhonda Mapp (18) Dawn Staley (8) Madison Square Garden 10–10 21 July 28 Detroit W 84–65 Andrea Stinson (27) Bullett Manning Mapp Smith (6) Dawn Staley (7) Charlotte Coliseum 11–10 22 July 30 New York W 62–58 Rhonda Mapp (14) Rhonda Mapp (10) Dawn Staley (7) Charlotte Coliseum 12–10 23 July 31 @ Minnesota W 56–52 Andrea Stinson (17) Bullett Mapp (11) Dawn Staley (5) Target Center 13–10
August : 2–7 (Home: 2–2; Road: 0–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 24 August 2 Cleveland W 62–56 Andrea Stinson (18) Bullett Mapp Manning (7) Dawn Staley (5) Charlotte Coliseum 14–10 25 August 4 Sacramento L 62–68 Dawn Staley (12) Rhonda Mapp (9) Dawn Staley (6) Charlotte Coliseum 14–11 26 August 6 @ Houston L 51–81 Vicky Bullett (10) Braziel Bullett (4) Stinson Charlotte Smith (4) Compaq Center 14–12 27 August 7 Orlando W 64–60 Staley Stinson (12) Vicky Bullett (8) McCarty Staley (4) Charlotte Coliseum 15–12 28 August 9 @ Utah L 65–67 Rhonda Mapp (15) Vicky Bullett (11) Dawn Staley (6) Delta Center 15–13 29 August 13 @ Sacramento L 64–78 Rhonda Mapp (14) Rhonda Mapp (14) Mapp Staley (5) ARCO Arena 15–14 30 August 15 @ Phoenix L 54–65 Dawn Staley (16) Vicky Bullett (9) Mapp Stinson (3) America West Arena 15–15 31 August 16 @ Los Angeles L 65–76 Mapp Stinson (15) Bullett Manning Mapp (7) Dawn Staley (5) Great Western Forum 15–16 32 August 20 Detroit L 57–58 Vicky Bullett (14) Vicky Bullett (6) Staley Stinson (3) Charlotte Coliseum 15–17
1999 season schedule

Playoffs

1999 playoff game log
First round vs. Detroit Shock Won Series: 1–0 Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 August 24 @ Detroit W 60–54 Mapp Stinson (16) Andrea Stinson (14) Dawn Staley (5) The Palace of Auburn Hills 1–0
Conference Finals vs. New York Liberty Lost Series: 1–2 Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 August 27 New York W 78–67 Mapp Staley Stinson (16) Vicky Bullett (11) Dawn Staley (9) Charlotte Coliseum 1–0 2 August 29 @ New York L 70–74 Andrea Stinson (27) Mapp Smith Stinson (6) Andrea Stinson (4) Madison Square Garden 1–1 3 August 30 @ New York L 54–69 Andrea Stinson (24) Rhonda Mapp (6) Dawn Staley (6) Madison Square Garden 1–2
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
Dawn Staley	32	32	33.3	.415	.317	.934	2.3	5.5	1.2	0.1	11.5
Andrea Stinson	32	32	32.5	.460	.309	.739	3.5	2.9	1.0	0.6	13.6
Vicky Bullett	32	32	31.5	.486	.370	.773	6.8	1.6	1.9	1.4	11.5
Rhonda Mapp	30	26	26.3	.500	.111	.721	6.4	1.9	0.8	0.4	9.5
Charlotte Smith	32	24	23.3	.330	.143	.707	3.6	1.8	0.3	0.2	5.4
Stephanie McCarty	30	5	18.8	.408	.354	.909	1.6	1.7	0.6	0.1	5.3
Sharon Manning	32	6	16.3	.504	1.000	.522	3.6	0.5	0.9	0.1	4.3
Tracy Reid	10	3	15.4	.429	.000	.429	2.3	0.9	0.1	0.2	4.8
Niesa Johnson	31	0	9.5	.300	.261	.917	0.6	1.4	0.3	0.1	1.5
Angie Braziel	7	0	5.9	.500	N/A	.833	1.6	0.4	0.3	0.0	3.4
Cass Bauer-Bilodeau	25	0	4.9	.382	.000	.875	0.8	0.2	0.0	0.0	1.3
Christy Smith	4	0	4.8	.750	.667	.833	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	3.3
Sonia Chase	13	0	4.5	.188	.273	1.000	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.8

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