1999 Detroit Shock season

August 2023 March 2026 Detroit Shock 1999 15 17 Eastern 2nd Nancy Lieberman-Cline The Palace of Auburn Hills Lost First Round (1-0) to Charlotte Sting 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 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 Reign329Dominique CantyUnited StatesAlabama441Astou Ndiaye-DiattaSenegalSeattle Reign Transactions DateTransaction May 4, 1999 Drafted Jennifer Azzi, Val Whiting-Raymond, Dominique Canty and Astou Ndiaye-Diatta in the 1999 WNBA draft May 6, 1999 Signed Claudia Neves, Oksana Zakaluzhnaya and Laura Baker1999 Detroit Shock Transactions https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/DET/1999_transactions.html 2024-07-03 Basketball-Reference.com en May 7, 1999 Waived Aneta Kausaite and Lynette Woodard May 31, 1999 Waived Laura BakerJune 9, 1999Waived Gergana BranzovaJuly 5, 1999Waived Elena TornikidouJuly 28, 1999Signed Wanda GuytonJuly 30, 1999Traded Cindy Brown and Korie Hlede to the Utah Starzz in exchange for Wendy Palmer and Olympia Scott-Richardson Roster Detroit Shock 1999 WNBA white #010101 #006271 #FFA400 8 Jennifer Azzi G 5 8 143 1968-08-31 R Stanford USA 11 Carla Boyd F 6 1 172 1975-10-31 1 AUS 6 Sandy Brondello G 5 7 136 1968-08-20 1 AUS 14 Cindy Brown basketball F 6 2 183 1965-03-16 1 Long Beach State USA Lesley Brown 1 G 6 0 165 1977-06-03 R Virginia USA 10 Dominique Canty G 5 9 166 1977-03-02 R Alabama USA 4 Wanda Guyton C 6 1 178 1968-10-14 2 South Florida USA 7 Korie Hlede G 5 9 155 1975-03-29 1 Duquesne SFR Yugoslavia 44 Astou Ndiaye-Diatta F 6 3 182 1973-11-05 R Southern Nazarene Senegal 9 Claudia Neves F 5 8 136 1975-02-17 R BRA 3 Wendy Palmer F 6 2 165 1974-08-12 2 Virginia USA 0 Olympia Scott-Richardson C 6 2 175 1976-05-05 1 Stanford USA 4 Rachael Sporn F 6 1 175 1968-03-26 1 AUS 17 Elena Tornikidou F 6 1 160 1965-05-27 R USSR 52 Val Whiting-Raymond C/F 6 2 199 1972-04-09 R Stanford USA USA Nancy Lieberman-Cline Nancy Lieberman Old Dominion USA Laura Ramus 1 Schedule Regular season Detroit Shock #010101; color:white 1999 Total: 15–17 (Home: 7–9; Road: 8–8) Detroit Shock #FFA400; color:#006271 June yes 3 2 2 2 |- | 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 Detroit Shock #FFA400; color:#006271 July 2 5 3 3 |- | 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 | Detroit Shock #FFA400; color:#006271 August 2 2 3 3 |- | 23 | August 2 | Washington | L 70–75 | Jennifer Azzi (22) | Val Whiting-Raymond (10) | Jennifer Azzi (4) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 10–13 |- style="background:#bbffbb" | 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 det 1999 Playoffs Detroit Shock #010101; color:white 1999 yes Detroit Shock #FFA400; color:#006271 First round vs. Charlotte StingLost Series: 0–1 yes |- | 1 | August 24 | Charlotte | L 54–60 | Wendy Palmer (10) | Wendy Palmer (9) | Jennifer Azzi (3) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 0–1 det 1999 yes Season standings DET Statistics 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 2.5Wanda Guyton1108.9.235N/A.8132.40.20.20.21.9Elena Tornikidou1107.8.391N/A.3330.80.70.10.11.8Olympia Scott-Richardson806.5.333N/A.6671.50.40.00.42.0Lesley Brown1303.3.438.500.6670.70.20.10.11.5 ‡Waived/Released during the season †Traded during the season ≠Acquired during the season References External links Shock on Basketball Reference Category:Detroit Shock seasons Detroit Detroit Shock