2003 Detroit Shock season

July 2025 August 2023 March 2026 Detroit Shock 2003 25 9 Eastern 1st Bill Laimbeer The Palace of Auburn Hills Won WNBA Finals yes The 2003 WNBA season was the sixth for the Detroit Shock. The Shock won the WNBA Finals for the first time in franchise history. This season was better known as, "From Worst To First". Offseason Dispersal Draft Pick Player Nationality Team Previous team 1 Ruth Riley (C) Detroit Shock (from Duke) WNBA draft Cheryl Ford (daughter of NBA great Karl Malone) helped the Detroit Shock win a WNBA Championship in her first season. Pick Player Nationality School 3rd Cheryl Ford 5th Kara Lawson 28th Syreeta Bromfield http://www.wnba.com/history/shock_draft_history.html Tulsa Shock Draft History WNBA.com 2022-09-04 Regular season Season standings DET Season schedule Game Date Opponent Result Record 1 May 31 Charlotte L 67–70 0–1 2 June 5 Connecticut W 103–89 1–1 3 June 7 @ San Antonio W 74–55 2-1 4 June 14 @ Washington W 93–56 3–1 5 June 17 Los Angeles W 87–78 (OT) 4–1 6 June 20 New York W 88–83 5–1 7 June 22 @ Connecticut W 82–73 (OT) 6–1 8 June 24 Indiana W 68–60 7–1 9 June 27 @ New York W 75–69 8–1 10 June 28 Phoenix L 65–68 8–2 11 July 1 San Antonio W 99–88 9–2 12 July 3 Charlotte L 79–92 9–3 13 July 6 @ Indiana L 54–85 9–4 14 July 8 Connecticut W 66–50 10–4 15 July 8 @ Charlotte L 58–65 10–5 16 July 16 @ Indiana W 70–68 11–5 17 July 18 Seattle W 74–61 12–5 18 July 19 @ Cleveland W 58–57 13–5 19 July 22 Cleveland W 74–71 14–5 20 July 24 @ Charlotte L 61–67 14–6 21 July 27 Washington W 81–71 15–6 22 July 29 @ Cleveland W 77–65 16–6 23 August 1 @ New York W 62–60 17–6 24 August 2 Indiana W 78–58 18–6 25 August 5 @ Connecticut W 78–61 19–6 26 August 6 @ Washington L 81–92 19–7 27 August 8 Houston L 56–66 19–8 28 Aug 10 New York W 90–87 (OT) 20–8 29 August 13 @ Phoenix W 78–76 21-8 30 August 15 @ Sacramento L 63–75 21–9 31 August 17 @ Seattle W 95–86 22–9 32 August 21 Cleveland W 71–56 23–9 33 August 23 @ Minnesota W 86–77 (OT) 24–9 34 August 25 Washington W 68–60 25–9http://www.wnba.com/shock/history/schedule_03.html SHOCK: 2003 Schedule Player stats Note: GP= Games played; FG = Field Goals; MIN= Minutes; REB= Rebounds; AST= Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points Player GP MIN FG REB AST STL BLK PTSSwin Cash 33 1097 195 193 119 43 23 548 Deanna Nolan 396 Cheryl Ford 344Ruth Riley 327 Kedra Holland-Corn 312Elaine Powell 296Barbara Farris 127Sheila Lambert 87Ayana Walker 56 Tamara Moore 21 Astou Ndiaye-Diatta 20 Stacey Thomas 15Petra Ujhelyi 14 68 2 12 3 0 1 4https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/DET/2003.html 2003 Detroit Shock Stats Playoffs Game Date Opponent Result Record 1 August 29 @ Cleveland W 76–74 1–0 2 August 31 Cleveland L 59–66 1–1 3 September 2 Cleveland W 76–74 2–1 1 September 5 @ Connecticut W 73–63 1–0 2 September 7 Connecticut W 79-73 2–0 1 September 12 @ Los Angeles L 63–75 0–1 2 September 14 Los Angeles W 62–61 1–1 3 September 16 Los Angeles W 83–78 2–1http://www.wnba.com/finals2003/ WNBA.com: Finals 2003 2008-10-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20140219093656/http://www.wnba.com/finals2003/ 2014-02-19 dead Awards and honors Ruth Riley, WNBA Finals MVP Award Cheryl Ford, WNBA Rookie of the Year Award Bill Laimbeer, WNBA Coach of the Year Award References External links Shock on Basketball Reference Category:Detroit Shock seasons Detroit Detroit Shock Category:Eastern Conference (WNBA) championship seasons Category:WNBA championship seasons