2000 Detroit Shock season

WNBA team season
2000 Detroit Shock season
CoachNancy Lieberman
ArenaThe Palace of Auburn Hills
Attendance6,716 per game
Results
Record14–18 (.438)
Place5th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
← 1999 season
2001 season →

The 2000 WNBA season was the third for the Detroit Shock. The Shock were very close of making the playoffs, but they fell to the Washington Mystics in a tiebreaker.

Transactions

Miami Sol expansion draft

The following player was selected in the Miami Sol expansion draft from the Detroit Shock:

Player Nationality School/Team/Country
Lesley Brown  United States Virginia

Indiana Fever expansion draft

The following player was selected in the Indiana Fever expansion draft from the Detroit Shock:

Player Nationality School/Team/Country
Sandy Brondello  Australia BTV Wuppertal (Germany)

WNBA draft

Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 3 Edwina Brown  United States Texas
1 8 Tamicha Jackson  United States Louisiana Tech
2 28 Madinah Slaise  United States Cincinnati
3 44 Chavonne Hammond  United States Vanderbilt
4 60 Cal Bouchard  Canada Boston College

Transactions

Date Transaction
December 15, 1999 Lost Lesley Brown to the Miami Sol in the WNBA expansion draft[1]
Lost Sandy Brondello to the Indiana Fever in the WNBA expansion draft[1]
April 24, 2000 Traded Jennifer Azzi and a 2000 1st Round Pick to the Utah Starzz in exchange for 2 2000 1st Round Picks[1]
April 25, 2000 Drafted Edwina Brown, Tamicha Jackson, Madinah Slaise, Chavonne Hammond and Cal Bouchard in the 2000 WNBA Draft[1]
May 1, 2000 Signed Anna DeForge, Barbara Farris and Elena Tornikidou[1]
May 21, 2000 Waived Chavonne Hammond and Wanda Guyton[1]
July 24, 2000 Waived Madinah Slaise[1]

Roster

2000 Detroit Shock roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
G/F 24 United States Brown, Edwina 5' 9" (1.75m) 163 lb (74kg) 1978-07-01 Texas R
G 10 United States Canty, Dominique 5' 9" (1.75m) 166 lb (75kg) 1977-03-02 Alabama 1
G 30 United States DeForge, Anna 5' 10" (1.78m) 160 lb (73kg) 1976-04-14 Nebraska R
F/C 54 United States Farris, Barbara 6' 3" (1.91m) 200 lb (91kg) 1976-09-10 Tulane R
F 40 United States Holmes Harris, Joy 5' 10" (1.78m) 170 lb (77kg) 1969-03-31 Purdue R
G 35 United States Jackson, Tamicha 5' 6" (1.68m) 120 lb (54kg) 1978-04-22 Louisiana Tech R
F 44 Senegal Ndiaye-Diatta, Astou 6' 3" (1.91m) 182 lb (83kg) 1973-11-05 Southern Nazarene 1
F 9 Brazil Neves, Claudia 5' 8" (1.73m) 136 lb (62kg) 1975-02-17 1
F 3 United States Palmer, Wendy 6' 2" (1.88m) 165 lb (75kg) 1974-08-12 Virginia 3
C 0 United States Scott-Richardson, Olympia 6' 2" (1.88m) 175 lb (79kg) 1976-05-05 Stanford 2
G 12 United States Slaise, Madinah 5' 8" (1.73m) – 1973-08-23 Cincinnati R
F 17 Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic Tornikidou, Elena 6' 1" (1.85m) 160 lb (73kg) 1965-05-27 1
C 52 Soviet Union Zakaluzhnaya, Oksana 6' 6" (1.98m) 174 lb (79kg) 1977-12-18 R
Head coach
United States Nancy Lieberman-Cline (Old Dominion)
Assistant coaches
United States Laura Ramus



Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Schedule

Regular season

2000 game log
Total: 14–18 (Home: 8–9; Road: 6–9)
June: 7–6 (Home: 3–3; Road: 4–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 June 3 Sacramento W 77-74 Elena Tornikidou (18) Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (12) Dominique Canty (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills 1–0
2 June 5 @ Minnesota L 68-88 Wendy Palmer (15) Wendy Palmer (6) Dominique Canty (4) Target Center 1–1
3 June 7 New York L 69-73 Dominique Canty (22) Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (6) Dominique Canty (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 1–2
4 June 9 Indiana W 80-76 Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (18) Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (8) Brown
Canty
Tornikidou (3) 		The Palace of Auburn Hills 2–2
5 June 12 Charlotte L 67-78 Elena Tornikidou (16) Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (7) Edwina Brown (3) The Palace of Auburn Hills 2–3
6 June 13 @ Miami L 61-74 Jackson
Tornikidou (14) 		Oksana Zakaluzhnaya (6) Claudia Neves (3) American Airlines Arena 2–4
7 June 16 @ Cleveland W 93-81 Dominique Canty (22) Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (8) Canty
Jackson (7) 		Gund Arena 3–4
8 June 18 Indiana W 111-74 Wendy Palmer (22) Olympia Scott-Richardson (6) Tamicha Jackson (5) The Palace of Auburn Hills 4–4
9 June 19 @ Washington L 55-80 Tamicha Jackson (13) Ndiaye-Diatta
Palmer
Scott-Richardson (5) 		Tamicha Jackson (3) MCI Center 4–5
10 June 21 @ New York W 67-63 Claudia Neves (16) Wendy Palmer (10) Neves
Tornikidou (3) 		Madison Square Garden 5–5
11 June 24 Washington L 70-76 Dominique Canty (14) Wendy Palmer (6) Canty
Neves
Tornikidou (3) 		The Palace of Auburn Hills 5–6
12 June 25 @ Charlotte W 84-81 Elena Tornikidou (25) Olympia Scott-Richardson (8) Jackson
Tornikidou (5) 		Charlotte Coliseum 6–6
13 June 28 @ Seattle W 82-78 Wendy Palmer (32) Wendy Palmer (12) Dominique Canty (5) KeyArena 7–6
July: 5–9 (Home: 4–5; Road: 1–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
14 July 1 @ Sacramento L 96-108 Wendy Palmer (20) Wendy Palmer (9) Elena Tornikidou (6) ARCO Arena 7–7
15 July 2 @ Los Angeles L 63-85 Wendy Palmer (12) Wendy Palmer (9) Brown
Jackson (3) 		Great Western Forum 7–8
16 July 6 @ Phoenix L 69-83 Claudia Neves (12) Holmes Harris (7) Brown
Neves (4) 		America West Arena 7–9
17 July 7 @ Utah W 73-69 Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (18) Wendy Palmer (12) Anna DeForge (7) Delta Center 8–9
18 July 9 Orlando L 62-68 Wendy Palmer (19) Wendy Palmer (9) Anna DeForge (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills 8–10
19 July 12 Seattle W 61-56 Dominique Canty (15) Elena Tornikidou (7) Elena Tornikidou (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 9–10
20 July 14 Miami W 80-50 Wendy Palmer (15) Wendy Palmer (9) Canty
Palmer
Tornikidou (4) 		The Palace of Auburn Hills 10–10
21 July 19 Orlando L 78-88 Claudia Neves (19) Ndiaye-Diatta
Palmer (6) 		Brown
Neves (4) 		TD Waterhouse Centre 10–11
22 July 21 Houston L 74-76 (OT) Wendy Palmer (22) Wendy Palmer (12) Edwina Brown (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 10–12
23 July 24 Portland L 57-61 Elena Tornikidou (12) Wendy Palmer (10) Brown
Neves (3) 		The Palace of Auburn Hills 10–13
24 July 26 Miami W 78-62 Wendy Palmer (17) Barbara Farris (10) Dominique Canty (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 11–13
25 July 28 @ Cleveland L 60-80 Wendy Palmer (13) Wendy Palmer (9) Edwina Brown (8) Gund Arena 11–14
26 July 29 Charlotte W 75-72 Wendy Palmer (21) Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (9) Elena Tornikidou (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 12–14
27 July 31 Cleveland L 65-76 Wendy Palmer (16) Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (11) Dominique Canty (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills 12–15
August: 2–3 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
28 August 2 Los Angeles L 81-84 Dominique Canty (17) Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (12) Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 12–16
29 August 4 @ Washington L 72-96 Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (19) Ndiaye-Diatta
Scott-Richardson (7) 		Dominique Canty (4) MCI Center 12–17
30 August 6 @ Orlando L 63-92 Dominique Canty (10) Canty
Ndiaye-Diatta (6) 		Claudia Neves (3) TD Waterhouse Centre 12–18
31 August 8 @ Indiana W 74-63 Ndiaye-Diatta
Palmer (18) 		Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (8) Palmer
DeForge (4) 		Conseco Fieldhouse 13–18
32 August 9 New York W 66-63 Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (19) Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (8) Dominique Canty (8) The Palace of Auburn Hills 14–18

Season standings

Eastern Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
New York Liberty x 20 12 .625 14–7 –
Cleveland Rockers x 17 15 .531 13–8 3.0
Orlando Miracle x 16 16 .500 13–8 4.0
Washington Mystics x 14 18 .438 13–8 6.0
Detroit Shock o 14 18 .438 10–11 6.0
Miami Sol o 13 19 .406 9–12 7.0
Indiana Fever o 9 23 .281 7–14 11.0
Charlotte Sting o 8 24 .250 5–16 12.0

Statistics

Legend
  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 Season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Wendy Palmer 32 30 28.6 .448 .250 .704 6.8 1.2 0.6 0.3 13.8
Dominique Canty 28 27 28.0 .409 .000 .695 2.5 2.9 1.8 0.2 9.2
Elena Tornikidou 32 32 27.2 .506 .125 .914 3.4 2.6 0.9 0.4 10.3
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta 32 32 27.1 .474 .167 .569 5.8 1.3 0.7 0.7 10.8
Claudia Neves 30 20 21.2 .380 .304 .833 1.2 2.0 1.0 0.0 6.0
Edwina Brown 32 7 19.3 .355 .250 .838 2.8 2.3 0.8 0.2 5.9
Anna DeForge 27 10 16.0 .405 .321 .781 1.7 1.7 1.0 0.1 5.4
Tamicha Jackson 17 0 15.7 .387 .250 .743 1.5 2.1 1.3 0.0 6.8
Olympia Scott-Richardson 28 0 13.2 .416 .000 .650 2.9 1.0 0.4 0.4 3.6
Oksana Zakaluzhnaya 23 0 11.2 .521 .429 .909 2.0 0.1 0.2 0.6 3.9
Barbara Farris 14 2 9.3 .500 .000 .556 2.3 0.1 0.4 0.1 3,2
Joy Holmes Harris 29 0 9.3 .471 .364 .700 1.6 0.5 0.4 0.1 3.1
Madinah Slaise 3 0 2.3 .000 .000 1.000 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.0 1.3


‡Waived/Released during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "2000 Detroit Shock Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 13, 2024.
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