1999 Orlando Miracle season

August 2023 March 2026 Orlando Miracle 1999 15 17 Eastern 4th Carolyn Peck TD Waterhouse Centre Did not qualify True The 1999 WNBA season was the Orlando Miracle's inaugural season. The Miracle tied for second place in the conference with the Detroit Shock and the Charlotte Sting. However, both Detroit and Charlotte beat Orlando in two of their three meetings during the regular season. Therefore, the Miracle were in fourth place and out of playoff contention. Transactions WNBA expansion draft 1999 WNBA expansion draft Player Nationality Former WNBA Team Andrea Congreaves Charlotte Sting Kisha Ford New York Liberty Yolanda Moore Houston Comets Adrienne Johnson Cleveland Rockers WNBA allocation draft Player Nationality School/Team/Country Nykesha Sales UConn Shannon Johnson Columbus Quest WNBA draft 1999 WNBA draft Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 1 8 Tari Phillips Colorado Xplosion 2 20 Sheri Sam San Jose Lasers332Taj McWilliams-FranklinPhiladelphia Rage444Carla McGheeColumbus Quest450Elaine PowellPortland Power Transactions DateTransaction April 6, 1999 Drafted Andrea Congreaves, Kisha Ford, Yolanda Moore and Adrienne Johnson in the 1999 WNBA expansion Draft1999 Orlando Miracle Transactions https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/ORL/1999_transactions.html 2024-07-08 Basketball-Reference.com enMay 3, 1999Drafted Nykesha Sales and Shannon Johnson in the 1999 WNBA Allocation DraftMay 4, 1999Drafted Tari Phillips, Sheri Sam, Taj McWilliams-Franklin, Carla McGhee and Elaine Powell in the 1999 WNBA draft Roster Orlando Miracle 1999 WNBA white #0057B7 white #010101 3 Andrea Congreaves F/C 6 2 183 1970-06-03 2 Mercer UK 5 Kisha Ford G/F 5 10 153 1975-04-04 2 Georgia Tech USA 31 Adrienne Johnson basketball, born 1974 G 5 10 154 1974-02-05 2 Ohio State USA 14 Shannon Johnson basketball G 5 7 152 1974-08-18 R South Carolina USA 10 Carla McGhee G 6 1 173 1968-03-06 R Tennessee USA 11 Taj McWilliams-Franklin F/C 6 2 195 1970-10-20 R St. Edward's USA 33 Yolanda Moore F/C 6 0 175 1974-07-01 2 Ole Miss USA 24 Tari Phillips F/C 6 2 200 1970-03-06 R UCF USA 50 Elaine Powell G 5 8 150 1975-08-09 R LSU USA 42 Nykesha Sales F/G 6 0 184 1976-05-10 R UConn USA 55 Sheri Sam G/F 6 0 160 1974-05-05 R Vanderbilt USA 7 Tora Suber G 5 7 137 1974-11-23 2 Virginia USA USA Carolyn Peck Vanderbilt USA Charlene Thomas-Swinson 1 USA Rick Stukes 1 Schedule Regular season Orlando Miracle #0057B7; color:white 1999 Total: 15–17 (Home: 8–8; Road: 7–9) Orlando Miracle #010101; color:white June yes 3 1 2 2 |- | 1 | June 10 | Houston | L 63–77 | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (15) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (7) | Shannon Johnson (7) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 0–1 |- | 2 | June 12 | @ Utah | L 65–71 | Sheri Sam (21) | Sheri Sam (10) | Shannon Johnson (7) | Delta Center | 0–2 |- | 3 | June 15 | Los Angeles | W 88–86 | Nykesha Sales (29) | Andrea Congreaves (11) | Shannon Johnson (8) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 1–2 |- | 4 | June 17 | @ Detroit | L 74–79 | Shannon Johnson (22) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (13) | McWilliams-Franklin Sales (4) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 1–3 |- | 5 | June 19 | Washington | W 73–68 | Shannon Johnson (18) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (11) | Shannon Johnson (7) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 2–3 |- | 6 | June 21 | Phoenix | W 80–76 | Sales Sam (20) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (9) | Shannon Johnson (9) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 3–3 |- | 7 | June 22 | @ Cleveland | W 71–62 | Sheri Sam (22) | McWilliams-Franklin Sales (7) | Nykesha Sales (6) | Gund Arena | 4–3 |- | 8 | June 28 | @ Houston | W 68–66 | Nykesha Sales (23) | Sheri Sam (6) | S. Johnson Sales (6) | Compaq Center | 5–3 Orlando Miracle #010101; color:white July 1 6 3 3 |- | 9 | July 3 | Charlotte | L 58–75 | Shannon Johnson (17) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (11) | Shannon Johnson (4) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 5–4 |- | 10 | July 7 | Minnesota | L 66–71 | Sheri Sam (15) | McGhee Sam (7) | Shannon Johnson (6) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 5–5 |- | 11 | July 9 | @ Charlotte | W 66–61 | Nykesha Sales (16) | S. Johnson McWilliams-Franklin (5) | Shannon Johnson (4) | Charlotte Coliseum | 6–5 |- | 12 | July 10 | Utah | W 62–56 | Nykesha Sales (21) | Shannon Johnson (8) | Shannon Johnson (4) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 7–5 |- | 13 | July 12 | Detroit | L 67–76 | Congreaves McWilliams-Franklin (14) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (8) | S. Johnson Sam (5) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 7–6 |- | 14 | July 16 | Charlotte | L 50–56 | Nykesha Sales (15) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (6) | Shannon Johnson (3) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 7–7 |- | 15 | July 17 | Sacramento | L 70–76 | Nykesha Sales (20) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (10) | Shannon Johnson (9) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 7–8 |- | 16 | July 19 | @ Washington | W 77–52 | Sheri Sam (20) | Shannon Johnson (4) | S. Johnson Sales (4) | MCI Center | 8–8 |- | 17 | July 21 | @ New York | L 56–61 | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (13) | Shannon Johnson (7) | Sheri Sam (3) | Madison Square Garden | 8–9 |- | 18 | July 23 | @ Phoenix | L 67–73 | Shannon Johnson (22) | Sheri Sam (6) | Shannon Johnson (6) | America West Arena | 8–10 |- | 19 | July 24 | @ Sacramento | W 73–64 | Shannon Johnson (31) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (10) | Shannon Johnson (5) | ARCO Arena | 9–10 |- | 20 | July 27 | @ Los Angeles | L 60–81 | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (17) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (7) | Elaine Powell (4) | Great Western Forum | 9–11 |- | 21 | July 29 | New York | L 52–56 (OT) | Shannon Johnson (25) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (12) | Shannon Johnson (5) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 9–12 Orlando Miracle #010101; color:white August 4 1 2 4 |- | 22 | August 1 | @ New York | L 61–74 | Nykesha Sales (21) | Nykesha Sales (8) | Congreaves S. Johnson (3) | Madison Square Garden | 9–13 |- | 23 | August 4 | Cleveland | W 70–62 | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (16) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (9) | S. Johnson (5) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 10–13 |- | 24 | August 5 | @ Washington | L 68–72 | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (24) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (10) | Sheri Sam (7) | MCI Center | 10–14 |- | 25 | August 7 | @ Charlotte | L 60–64 | Shannon Johnson (25) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (6) | Nykesha Sales (5) | Charlotte Coliseum | 10–15 |- | 26 | August 9 | New York | L 75–80 | Nykesha Sales (24) | McWilliams-Franklin Sales (6) | Nykesha Sales (5) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 10–16 |- | 27 | August 12 | Cleveland | W 55–54 | Nykesha Sales (16) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (15) | Nykesha Sales (5) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 11–16 |- | 28 | August 14 | @ Cleveland | W 73–61 | Nykesha Sales (17) | Shannon Johnson (6) | Shannon Johnson (8) | Gund Arena | 12–16 |- | 29 | August 16 | Washington | W 81–54 | Sheri Sam (19) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (9) | Nykesha Sales (6) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 13–16 |- | 30 | August 18 | Detroit | W 93–81 | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (21) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (13) | Elaine Powell (6) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 14–16 |- | 31 | August 20 | @ Minnesota | W 83–80 (OT) | Shannon Johnson (20) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (8) | Nykesha Sales (6) | Target Center | 15–16 |- | 32 | August 21 | @ Detroit | L 68–74 | Shannon Johnson (22) | Sheri Sam (7) | Elaine Powell (4) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 15–17 orl 1999 Season standings ORL Statistics Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Shannon Johnson 32 32 35.8 .447 .364 .686 4.7 4.4 1.7 0.4 14.0 Sheri Sam 32 32 34.0 .388 .328 .688 4.6 2.4 1.3 0.3 11.4 Taj McWilliams-Franklin 32 32 32.6 .480 .444 .667 7.5 1.6 1.8 1.2 13.1 Nykesha Sales 32 32 32.5 .385 .330 .805 4.2 2.8 2.2 0.3 13.7 Andrea Congreaves 32 32 25.4 .500 .366 .830 3.2 1.1 0.8 0.2 6.5 Elaine Powell 18 0 14.2 .515 .111 .545 1.3 1.8 0.5 0.2 2.6 Tari Phillips 32 0 10.5 .406 .000 .481 2.1 0.3 0.6 0.3 4.1 Carla McGhee 30 0 7.8 .319 N/A .833 1.5 0.3 0.3 0.1 1.5 Adrienne Johnson 29 0 7.7 .403 .125 .667 1.0 0.5 0.2 0.1 2.0 Kisha Ford 8 0 5.6 .200 .000 1.000 0.8 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.5Yolanda Moore2305.0.476.000.5000.60.00.20.01.1Tora Suber2504.6.292.111.5000.50.40.20.00.8 ‡Waived/Released during the season †Traded during the season ≠Acquired during the season Shannon Johnson was tied for tenth in the WNBA in Three Point Field Goals with 40 Taj McWilliams-Franklin ranked third in the WNBA in Three Point Field Goal Percentage, .444 Nykesha Sales ranked eighth in the WNBA in Field Goal Attempts with 397 Sheri Sam ranked sixth in the WNBA in Minutes Played with 1088 Sheri Sam was tied for eighth in the WNBA in Three Point Field Goals with 41 Sheri Sam ranked ninth in the WNBA in Three Point Field Goal Attempts with 125https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/years/1999.html 1999 WNBA Season Summary Awards and honors Shannon Johnson, Guard, Orlando Miracle, All-WNBA Second Teamhttp://www.wnba.com/history/awards_1999.html Postseason Awards: 1999 WNBA.com 2022-09-04 Shannon Johnson led the WNBA in Minutes Played with 1147 References Category:Orlando Miracle seasons Orlando Orlando Miracle