2000 Detroit Shock season

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2000 Detroit Shock season
Head Coach Nancy Lieberman
Arena The Palace of Auburn Hills
Attendance 6,716 per game
Results
Record 14–18
(.438)
Place 5th (Eastern)
Playoff Finish Did Not Qualify
Detroit Shock seasons
< 1999 2001 >

The 2000 WNBA season was the 3rd for the Detroit Shock. The Shock were very close of making the playoffs, but they fell to the Washington Mystics in a tiebreaker.

Offseason

Expansion Draft

The following players were selected by the Miami Sol in the draft:

WNBA Draft

Round Pick Player Nationality College/School/Team
1 3 Edwina Brown (G)  United States Texas
1 8 Tamicha Jackson (G)  United States Louisiana Tech
2 28 Madinah Slaise (G)  United States Cincinnati
3 44 Chavonne Hammond (G/F)  United States Vanderbilt
4 60 Cal Bouchard (G)  United States Boston College

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
New York Liberty x 20 12 .625 14–7
Cleveland Rockers x 17 15 .531 13–8 3.0
Orlando Miracle x 16 16 .500 13–8 4.0
Washington Mystics x 14 18 .438 13–8 6.0
Detroit Shock o 14 18 .438 10–11 6.0
Miami Sol o 13 19 .406 9–12 7.0
Indiana Fever o 9 23 .281 7–14 11.0
Charlotte Sting o 8 24 .250 5–16 12.0

Season schedule

Date Opponent Score Result Record
June 3 Sacramento 77-74 Win 1-0
June 5 @ Minnesota 68-88 Loss 1-1
June 7 New York 69-73 Loss 1-2
June 9 Indiana 80-76 Win 2-2
June 12 Charlotte 67-78 Loss 2-3
June 13 @ Miami 61-74 Loss 2-4
June 16 @ Cleveland 93-81 Win 3-4
June 18 Indiana 111-74 Win 4-4
June 19 @ Washington 55-80 Loss 4-5
June 21 @ New York 67-63 Win 5-5
June 24 Washington 70-76 Loss 5-6
June 25 @ Charlotte 84-81 Win 6-6
June 28 @ Seattle 82-78 Win 7-6
July 1 @ Sacramento 96-108 Loss 7-7
July 2 @ Los Angeles 63-85 Loss 7-8
July 6 @ Phoenix 69-81 Loss 7-9
July 7 @ Utah 73-69 Win 8-9
July 9 Orlando 62-68 Loss 8-10
July 12 Seattle 61-56 Win 9-10
July 14 Miami 80-50 Win 10-10
July 19 @ Orlando 78-88 Loss 10-11
July 21 Houston 74-76 Loss 10-12
July 24 Portland 57-61 Loss 10-13
July 26 Miami 78-62 Win 11-13
July 28 @ Cleveland 60-80 Loss 11-14
July 29 Charlotte 75-72 Win 12-14
July 31 Cleveland 65-76 Loss 12-15
August 2 Los Angeles 81-84 Loss 12-16
August 4 @ Washington 72-96 Loss 12-17
August 6 @ Orlando 63-92 Loss 12-18
August 7 @ Indiana 74-63 Win 13-18
August 9 New York 66-63 Win 14-18

Player stats

Player GP REB AST STL BLK PTS
Wendy Palmer 32 219 39 20 10 441
Astou Ndiaye 32 187 40 23 22 346
Elena Tornikidou 32 110 82 29 13 330
Dominique Canty 28 70 82 49 5 257
Edwina Brown 32 88 72 24 5 188
Claudia Maria das Neves 30 35 59 31 1 179
Anna DeForge 27 47 47 27 4 145
Tamicha Jackson 17 25 36 22 0 116
Olympia Scott-Richardson 28 80 28 12 10 100
Joy Holmes-Harris 29 45 14 11 4 91
Oksana Zakaluzhnaya 23 46 2 5 13 89
Barbara Farris 14 32 2 6 1 45

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References