1998 Detroit Shock season

August 2023 March 2026 Detroit Shock 1998 17 13 Eastern 4th Nancy Lieberman-Cline The Palace of Auburn Hills Did not qualify yes The 1998 WNBA season was the first for the Detroit Shock. The team had an 0–4 start, but by season's end they missed out on a postseason berth by just one game in the standings.http://www.wnba.com/shock/history/1998.html SHOCK: 1998 Detroit Shock Year in Review Transactions WNBA allocation draft Player Nationality School/Team/Country Cindy Brown Seattle Reign Razija Mujanović Yugoslavia Microcamp Campinas (Brazil) WNBA expansion draft 1998 WNBA expansion draft Player Nationality Former WNBA Team Lynette Woodard Cleveland Rockers Tara Williams Phoenix Mercury Tajama Abraham Sacramento Monarchs Rhonda Blades New York Liberty WNBA draft 1998 WNBA draft Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 1 4 Korie Hlede Yugoslavia Duquesne 2 14 Rachael Sporn Adelaide Lightning (Australia)324Gergana BranzovaFIU434Sandy BrondelloBTV Wuppertal (Germany) Transactions DateTransaction January 12, 1998 Hired Nancy Lieberman-Cline as Head Coach1998 Detroit Shock Transactions https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/DET/1998_transactions.html 2024-05-30 Basketball-Reference.com en January 27, 1998 Drafted Cindy Brown and Razija Brcaninovic in the 1998 WNBA Allocation Draft February 18, 1998 Drafted Lynette Woodard, Tara Williams, Tajama Abraham and Rhonda Blades in the 1998 WNBA expansion draft April 29, 1998 Drafted Korie Hlede, Rachael Sporn, Gergana Branzova and Sandy Brondello in the 1998 WNBA draftMay 2, 1998Signed Aneta Kausaite and Mfon UdokaJune 22, 1998Waived Mfon Udoka Roster Detroit Shock 1998 WNBA white #010101 #006271 #FFA400 40 Tajama Abraham C 6 2 190 1975-09-27 1 George Washington USA 10 Rhonda Blades G 5 7 138 1972-10-29 1 Vanderbilt USA 11 Carla Boyd F 6 1 172 1975-10-31 R AUS 34 Gergana Branzova F 6 4 178 1976-07-25 R Florida International PRB 12 Razija Brcaninovich Razija Mujanović C 6 8 198 1967-04-15 R SFR Yugoslavia 6 Sandy Brondello G 5 7 136 1968-08-20 R AUS 14 Cindy Brown basketball F 6 2 183 1965-03-16 R Long Beach State USA 24 Angela Hamblin G/F 5 10 170 1976-09-30 R Iowa USA 7 Korie Hlede G 5 9 155 1975-03-29 R Duquesne SFR Yugoslavia 20 Aneta Kausaite 1 F 6 0 155 1970-11-30 R Emporia State USSR 4 Rachael Sporn F 6 1 175 1968-03-26 R AUS 30 Mfon Udoka F 6 0 187 1976-06-16 R DePaul USA 8 Lynette Woodard G 6 0 160 1959-08-12 1 Kansas USA USA Nancy Lieberman-Cline Nancy Lieberman Old Dominion Schedule Regular season Detroit Shock #010101; color:white 1998 Total: 17–13 (Home: 11–4; Road: 6–9) Detroit Shock #FFA400; color:#006271 June yes 3 2 2 2 |- | 1 | June 13 | Charlotte | L 69–78 | Razija Brcaninovic (22) | Razija Brcaninovic (13) | Blades Boyd (4) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 0–1 |- | 2 | June 15 | Cleveland | L 85–96 | Korie Hlede (17) | Cindy Brown (10) | Sandy Brondello (5) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 0–2 |- | 3 | June 18 | @ Charlotte | L 67–71 | Sandy Brondello (14) | Cindy Brown (7) | Rhonda Blades (4) | Charlotte Coliseum | 0–3 |- | 4 | June 20 | @ Cleveland | L 57–65 | Korie Hlede (19) | Rachael Sporn (8) | Sandy Brondello (5) | Gund Arena | 0–4 |- | 5 | June 21 | @ Washington | W 70–57 | Korie Hlede (20) | Brown Hlede (6) | Sandy Brondello (9) | MCI Center | 1–4 |- | 6 | June 23 | Sacramento | W 61–57 | Korie Hlede (25) | Cindy Brown (12) | Korie Hlede (4) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 2–4 |- | 7 | June 25 | Washington | W 79–71 | Sandy Brondello (19) | Cindy Brown (7) | Sandy Brondello (5) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 3–4 |- | 8 | June 27 | @ Cleveland | W 84–73 | Brondello Hlede (23) | Cindy Brown (10) | Brondello Hlede (4) | Gund Arena | 4–4 |- | 9 | June 29 | Charlotte | W 60–49 | Brondello Brown (19) | Cindy Brown (16) | Blades Hlede (2) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 5–4 Detroit Shock #FFA400; color:#006271 July 6 1 1 5 |- | 10 | July 1 | New York | W 82–65 | Cindy Brown (22) | Brcaninovic Brown (10) | Sandy Brondello (7) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 6–4 |- | 11 | July 6 | @ New York | L 56–59 | Cindy Brown (12) | Cindy Brown (12) | Sandy Brondello (5) | Madison Square Garden | 6–5 |- | 12 | July 8 | Phoenix | L 76–78 | Carla Boyd (18) | Cindy Brown (9) | Sandy Brondello (8) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 6–6 |- | 13 | July 9 | @ Houston | L 66–96 | Cindy Brown (14) | Cindy Brown (13) | Brondello Hlede (5) | Compaq Center | 6–7 |- | 14 | July 11 | @ Washington | L 53–78 | Sandy Brondello (10) | Cindy Brown (10) | Hlede Woodard (2) | MCI Center | 6–8 |- | 15 | July 13 | @ Utah | W 74–67 | Sandy Brondello (23) | Korie Hlede (11) | Sandy Brondello (3) | Delta Center | 7–8 |- | 16 | July 15 | @ Phoenix | L 60–73 | Korie Hlede (16) | Brown Sporn (9) | Sandy Brondello (4) | America West Arena | 7–9 |- | 17 | July 17 | Utah | W 79–67 | Sandy Brondello (18) | Cindy Brown (15) | Sandy Brondello (7) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 8–9 |- | 18 | July 18 | Cleveland | W 72–57 | Brown Hlede (16) | Korie Hlede (13) | Sandy Brondello (3) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 9–9 |- | 19 | July 22 | Washington | W 76–61 | Carla Boyd (19) | Cindy Brown (9) | Brondello Brown Hlede (3) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 10–9 |- | 20 | July 25 | Los Angeles | W 69–67 | Korie Hlede (20) | Cindy Brown (14) | Korie Hlede (7) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 11–9 |- | 21 | July 26 | @ New York | L 62–78 | Korie Hlede (14) | Korie Hlede (8) | Korie Hlede (6) | Madison Square Garden | 11–10 |- | 22 | July 31 | Sacramento | W 78–77 | Sandy Brondello (20) | Cindy Brown (10) | Carla Boyd (9) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 12–10 | Detroit Shock #FFA400; color:#006271 August 2 1 3 2 |- | 23 | August 3 | @ Charlotte | L 68–71 | Sandy Brondello (21) | Cindy Brown (10) | Carla Boyd (4) | Charlotte Coliseum | 12–11 |- style="background:#bbffbb" | 24 | August 5 | Los Angeles | W 73–61 | Korie Hlede (20) | Cindy Brown (10) | Brondello Brown (4) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 13–11 |- | 25 | August 7 | Houston | L 57–61 | Cindy Brown (13) | Cindy Brown (13) | Cindy Brown (5) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 13–12 |- | 26 | August 10 | @ Utah | W 77–73 | Korie Hlede (20) | Cindy Brown (21) | Cindy Brown (4) | Delta Center | 14–12 |- | 27 | August 11 | @ Sacramento | W 50–41 | Sandy Brondello (15) | Cindy Brown (12) | Carla Boyd (4) | ARCO Arena | 15–12 |- | 28 | August 14 | @ Phoenix | L 59–74 | Sandy Brondello (20) | Carla Boyd (8) | Rhonda Blades (3) | America West Arena | 15–13 |- | 29 | August 16 | @ Los Angeles | W 73–68 | Razija Brcaninovic (25) | Cindy Brown (11) | Sandy Brondello (5) | Great Western Forum | 16–13 |- | 30 | August 19 | New York | W 82–68 | Sandy Brondello (24) | Lynette Woodard (9) | Lynette Woodard (3) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 17–13 det 1998 Season standings DET Statistics Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Korie Hlede 27 27 33.8 .391 .392 .806 5.2 2.7 0.8 0.0 14.1 Sandy Brondello 30 28 33.1 .428 .364 .923 2.9 3.3 1.3 0.0 14.2 Cindy Brown 30 30 32.2 .470 .328 .707 10.0 1.8 1.7 0.7 11.8 Carla Boyd 30 24 27.2 .342 .302 .632 3.9 2.3 0.9 0.3 8.2 Razija Brcaninovic 30 30 23.2 .520 N/A .667 5.1 1.0 0.3 0.9 9.1 Rachael Sporn 30 1 17.8 .408 N/A .500 3.6 1.3 0.3 0.4 4.5 Lynette Woodard 27 8 14.2 .387 N/A .575 2.4 0.8 0.8 0.1 3.5 Rhonda Blades 29 2 11.7 .256 .240 .483 1.1 1.4 1.4 0.0 2.3 Mfon Udoka 3 0 8.3 .167 N/A .500 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3 Gergana Branzova 26 0 7.8 .446 .000 .550 1.6 0.3 0.1 0.2 2.7 Aneta Kausaite 10 0 5.8 .250 .000 .571 1.1 0.1 0.3 0.0 1.4Angela Hamblin604.8.250.500.5001.20.30.20.01.0Tajama Abraham1203.7.357N/A.5330.60.00.20.11.5 ‡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