1999 Detroit Shock season

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

1999 Detroit Shock season
Coach	Nancy Lieberman-Cline
Arena	The Palace of Auburn Hills
Attendance	8,485 per game
Results
Record	15–17 (.469)
Place	2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Lost First Round (1-0) to Charlotte Sting
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Transactions

WNBA draft

See also: 1999 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. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs G 8 Azzi, Jennifer 5' 8" (1.73m) 143 lb (65kg) 1968-08-31 Stanford R F 11 Boyd, Carla 6' 1" (1.85m) 172 lb (78kg) 1975-10-31 1 G 6 Brondello, Sandy 5' 7" (1.7m) 136 lb (62kg) 1968-08-20 1 F 14 Brown, Cindy 6' 2" (1.88m) 183 lb (83kg) 1965-03-16 Long Beach State 1 G Brown, Lesley 6' 0" (1.83m) 165 lb (75kg) 1977-06-03 Virginia R G 10 Canty, Dominique 5' 9" (1.75m) 166 lb (75kg) 1977-03-02 Alabama R C 4 Guyton, Wanda 6' 1" (1.85m) 178 lb (81kg) 1968-10-14 South Florida 2 G 7 Hlede, Korie 5' 9" (1.75m) 155 lb (70kg) 1975-03-29 Duquesne 1 F 44 Ndiaye-Diatta, Astou 6' 3" (1.91m) 182 lb (83kg) 1973-11-05 Southern Nazarene R F 9 Neves, Claudia 5' 8" (1.73m) 136 lb (62kg) 1975-02-17 R F 3 Palmer, Wendy 6' 2" (1.88m) 165 lb (75kg) 1974-08-12 Virginia 2 C 0 Scott-Richardson, Olympia 6' 2" (1.88m) 175 lb (79kg) 1976-05-05 Stanford 1 F 4 Sporn, Rachael 6' 1" (1.85m) 175 lb (79kg) 1968-03-26 1 F 17 Tornikidou, Elena 6' 1" (1.85m) 160 lb (73kg) 1965-05-27 R F/C 52 Whiting-Raymond, Val 6' 2" (1.88m) 199 lb (90kg) 1972-04-09 Stanford R	Head coach Nancy Lieberman-Cline (Old Dominion) Assistant coaches Laura Ramus Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended 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