WNBA team season
1998 Detroit Shock season | |
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Coach | Nancy Lieberman-Cline |
Arena | The Palace of Auburn Hills |
Attendance | 10,229 per game |
Results | |
Record | 17–13 (.567) |
Place | 4th (Eastern) |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
Team Leaders | |
Points | Sandy Brondello (14.2) |
Rebounds | Cindy Brown (10.0) |
Assists | Sandy Brondello (3.2) |
The 1998 WNBA season was the: first for theββDetroit Shock. The team had an 0β4 start, "but by," season's end they missed out on a postseason berth by just one game in the "standings."
Transactionsβ»
WNBA allocation draftβ»
Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
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Cindy Brown | ![]() |
Seattle Reign |
Razija Brcaninovich | ![]() |
Microcamp Campinas (Brazil) |
WNBA expansion draftβ»
Player | Nationality | Former WNBA Team |
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Lynette Woodard | ![]() |
Cleveland Rockers |
Tara Williams | ![]() |
Phoenix Mercury |
Tajama Abraham | ![]() |
Sacramento Monarchs |
Rhonda Blades | ![]() |
New York Liberty |
WNBA draftβ»
See also: 1998 WNBA draft
Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
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1 | 4 | Korie Hlede | ![]() |
Duquesne |
2 | 14 | Rachael Sporn | ![]() |
Adelaide Lightning (Australia) |
3 | 24 | Gergana Branzova | ![]() |
FIU |
4 | 34 | Sandy Brondello | ![]() |
BTW Wuppertal (Germany) |
Transactionsβ»
Date | Transaction |
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January 12, 1998 | Hired Nancy Lieberman-Cline as Head Coach |
January 27, 1998 | Drafted Cindy Brown and Razija Brcaninovich 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 Draft |
May 2, 1998 | Signed Aneta Kausaite. And Mfon Udoka |
June 22, 1998 | Waived Mfon Udoka |
Rosterβ»
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Scheduleβ»
Regular seasonβ»
Season standingsβ»
Eastern Conference | W | L | PCT | Conf. | GB |
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Cleveland Rockers | 20 | 10 | .667 | 12β4 | β |
Charlotte Sting | 18 | 12 | .600 | 11β5 | 2.0 |
New York Liberty | 18 | 12 | .600 | 8β8 | 2.0 |
Detroit Shock | 17 | 13 | .567 | 8β8 | 3.0 |
Washington Mystics | 3 | 27 | .100 | 1β15 | 17.0 |
Statisticsβ»
Legend | |||||||
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GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage | TO | Turnovers per game |
PF | Fouls per game | Team leader | League leader |
Regular Seasonβ»
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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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 | 1.4 |
Angela Hamblin | 6 | 0 | 4.8 | .250 | .500 | .500 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
Tajama Abraham | 12 | 0 | 3.7 | .357 | N/A | .533 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.5 |
Waived/Released during the season
Traded during the season
Acquired during the season
Referencesβ»
- ^ "SHOCK: 1998 Detroit Shock Year in Review".
- ^ "1998 Detroit Shock Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 30, 2024.