1998 Detroit Shock season

1998 Detroit Shock season
Head Coach	Nancy Lieberman
Arena	The Palace of Auburn Hills
Attendance	10,229 per game
Results Record 17–13 (.567) Place 4th (Eastern) Playoff Finish Did not qualify Detroit Shock seasons < 1997 1999 >

The 1998 WNBA season was the 1st 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.^[1]

Offseason

• On January 27, 1998 a total of 4 players were assigned to two teams in no particular order.
• On February 18, 1998 a WNBA expansion draft took place
• On April 28, 1998 the regular WNBA draft took place.

Initial Player Allocation

Pick	Player	Nationality	WNBA Team	College/HS/Club Team
1	Cindy Brown (F)	United States	Detroit Shock	Long Beach State (from Seattle Reign, ABL)
2	Razija Mujanović (C)	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Detroit Shock	Bosnia and Herzegovina

Expansion Draft

Pick	Player	Nationality	WNBA Team	Former WNBA Team
1	Rhonda Blades (G)	United States	Detroit Shock	(from New York Liberty)
3	Tajama Abraham (C)	United States	Detroit Shock	(from Sacramento Monarchs)
5	Tara Williams (G)	United States	Detroit Shock	(from Phoenix Mercury)
7	Lynette Woodard (G)	United States	Detroit Shock	(from Cleveland Rockers)

WNBA Draft

Pick	Player	Nationality	School
4th	Korie Hlede	United States	Duquesne
14th	Rachael Sporn	Australia	Australia
24th	Gergana Branzova	Hungary	Florida International
34th	Sandy Brondello	Australia	Australia

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Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
Cleveland Rockers ^x	20	10	.667	12–4	–
Charlotte Sting ^x	18	12	.600	11–5	2.0
New York Liberty ^o	18	12	.600	8–8	2.0
Detroit Shock ^o	17	13	.567	8–8	3.0
Washington Mystics ^o	3	27	.100	1–15	17.0

Season Schedule

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
June 13	Charlotte	69-78	Loss	0-1
June 15	Cleveland	85-96	Loss	0-2
June 18	@ Charlotte	67-71	Loss	0-3
June 20	@ Cleveland	66-68	Loss	0-4
June 21	@ Washington	70-57	Win	1-4
June 23	Sacramento	61-57	Win	2-4
June 25	Washington	79-71	Win	3-4
June 27	@ Cleveland	84-73	Win	4-4
June 29	Charlotte	60-49	Win	5-4
July 1	New York	82-65	Win	6-4
July 6	@ New York	56-59	Loss	6-5
July 8	Phoenix	76-78	Loss	6-6
July 9	@ Houston	66-96	Loss	6-7
July 11	@ Washington	53-78	Loss	6-8
July 13	@ Utah	74-67	Win	7-8
July 15	@ Phoenix	60-73	Loss	7-9
July 17	Utah	79-67	Win	8-9
July 18	Cleveland	72-57	Win	9-9
July 22	Washington	76-61	Win	10-9
July 25	Los Angeles	69-67	Win	11-9
July 26	@ New York	62-78	Loss	11-10
July 31	Sacramento	78-77	Win	12-10
August 3	@ Charlotte	68-71	Loss	12-11
August 5	Los Angeles	73-61	Win	13-11
August 7	Houston	57-61	Loss	13-12
August 10	@ Utah	77-73	Win	14-12
August 11	@ Sacramento	50-41	Win	15-12
August 14	@ Phoenix	59-84	Loss	15-13
August 16	@ Los Angeles	77-76	Win	16-13
August 19	New York	82-68	Win	17-13

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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	PTS
Sandy Brondello
Korie Hlede
Cindy Brown
Razija Brcaninovic
Carla Boyd
Rachael Sporn
Lynette Woodard
Gergana Branzova
Rhonda Blades
Tajama Abraham
Aneta Kausaite
Angie Hamblin
Mfon Udoka	3	25	1	3	0	0	0	4

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References

1. http://www.wnba.com/shock/history/1998.html
2. http://www.wnba.com/history/shock_draft_history.html
3. http://www.wnba.com/shock/history/schedule_98.html
4. http://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/DET/1998.html

External links

• Shock on Basketball Reference