2005 Sacramento Monarchs season

August 2023 March 2026 Sacramento Monarchs 2005 25 9 Western 1st John Whisenant ARCO Arena Won WNBA Finals yes The 2005 WNBA season was the Monarch’s ninth season. The Monarchs finished the season by winning their first WNBA Championship. Offseason WNBA draft 2005 WNBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 9 Kristin Haynie Guard Michigan State 2 22 Chelsea Newton Guard Rutgers 3 30 Anne O'Neil Guard Iowa State 3 35 Cisti Greenwalt Center Texas Tech Regular season Season standings SAC Season schedule Date Opponent Score Result Record May 21 @ Phoenix 77-72 Win 1-0 May 27 @ San Antonio 71-67 Win 2-0 May 29 @ Minnesota 67-66 Win 3-0 June 1 @ Indiana 60-61 Loss 3-1 June 4 Los Angeles 81-53 Win 4-1 June 7 Indiana 65-51 Win 5-1 June 10 Phoenix 73-61 Win 6-1 June 11 @ Los Angeles 74-81 Loss 6-2 June 13 Houston 74-68 Win 7-2 June 17 Minnesota 67-50 Win 8-2 June 24 Connecticut 50-61 Loss 8-3 June 26 @ Washington 62-57 Win 9-3 June 28 @ Connecticut 66-70 Loss 9-4 June 30 @ New York 61-50 Win 10-4 July 1 @ Detroit 80-63 Win 11-4 July 3 @ Seattle 67-74 Loss 11-5 July 14 San Antonio 72-61 Win 12-5 July 16 Washington 73-59 Win 13-5 July 19 @ Houston 54-58 Loss 13-6 July 22 New York 63-73 Loss 13-7 July 24 Detroit 91-51 Win 14-7 July 26 Charlotte 64-54 Win 15-7 July 29 Los Angeles 79-59 Win 16-7 July 31 Minnesota 67-54 Win 17-7 August 2 @ San Antonio 67-57 Win 18-7 August 4 @ Charlotte 76-58 Win 19-7 August 7 Houston 55-45 Win 20-7 August 12 @ Phoenix 62-76 Loss 20-8 August 16 @ Los Angeles 72-63 Win 21-8 August 18 San Antonio 64-57 Win 22-8 August 20 Seattle 75-65 Win 23-8 August 23 Phoenix 76-70 Win 24-8 August 25 @ Seattle 63-76 Loss 24-9 August 27 @ Minnesota 61-52 Win 25-9 August 31 First Round, G1 @ Los Angeles 75-72 Win 1-0 September 2 First Round, G2 Los Angeles 81-63 Win 2-0 September 8 Conference Finals, G1 @ Houston 73-69 (OT) Win 3-0 September 10 Conference Finals, G2 Houston 74-65 Win 4-0 September 14 WNBA Finals, G1 @ Connecticut 69-65 Win 5-0 September 15 WNBA Finals, G2 @ Connecticut 70-77 (OT) Loss 5-1 September 18 WNBA Finals, G3 Connecticut 66-55 Win 6-1 September 20 WNBA Finals, G4 Connecticut 62-59 Win 7-1 Player stats Note: GP = Games played; REB = Rebounds; AST = Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points Player GP REB AST STL BLK PTS Yolanda Griffith 34 223 52 42 31 469 Nicole Powell 34 124 62 39 16 364 DeMya Walker 22 117 48 28 13 311 Rebekkah Brunson 34 187 16 28 15 265 Ticha Penicheiro 34 97 149 48 6 195 Kara Lawson 24 33 37 13 3 192 Chelsea Newton 34 66 55 24 9 148 Hamchetou Maiga-Ba 34 67 30 24 6 129 Kristin Haynie 30 62 43 33 1 104 Erin Buescher 23 29 14 16 5 76 Olympia Scott 18 33 5 4 2 38 Miao Miao 18 4 13 5 1 31 Sui Feifei 5 1 3 0 0 7https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/SAC/2005.html 2005 Sacramento Monarchs Stats Playoffs Round Winner Loser Western Conference Semi-Finals RoundSacramento 2 Los Angeles 0Western Conference FinalsSacramento 2 Houston 0WNBA FinalsSacramento 3 Connecticut 1 Awards and honors Yolanda Griffith, WNBA Finals MVP Award Nicole Powell, WNBA Most Improved Player Award John Whisenant, WNBA Coach of the Year Award References Monarchs on Basketball Reference External links Category:Sacramento Monarchs seasons Sacramento Sacramento Monarchs Category:Western Conference (WNBA) championship seasons Category:WNBA championship seasons