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1998 Detroit Shock season

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1998 Detroit Shock season
CoachNancy Lieberman-Cline
ArenaThe Palace of Auburn Hills
Attendance10,229 per game
Results
Record17–13 (.567)
Place4th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Team Leaders
PointsSandy Brondello (14.2)
ReboundsCindy Brown (10.0)
AssistsSandy Brondello (3.2)

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.[1]

Transactions

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WNBA allocation draft

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Player Nationality School/Team/Country
Cindy Brown  United States Seattle Reign
Razija Brcaninovich  Yugoslavia Microcamp Campinas (Brazil)

WNBA expansion draft

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Player Nationality Former WNBA Team
Lynette Woodard  United States Cleveland Rockers
Tara Williams  United States Phoenix Mercury
Tajama Abraham  United States Sacramento Monarchs
Rhonda Blades  United States New York Liberty

WNBA draft

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Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 4 Korie Hlede  Yugoslavia Duquesne
2 14 Rachael Sporn  Australia Adelaide Lightning (Australia)
3 24 Gergana Branzova  Bulgaria FIU
4 34 Sandy Brondello  Australia BTV Wuppertal (Germany)

Transactions

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Date Transaction
January 12, 1998 Hired Nancy Lieberman-Cline as Head Coach[2]
January 27, 1998 Drafted Cindy Brown and Razija Brcaninovich in the 1998 WNBA Allocation Draft[2]
February 18, 1998 Drafted Lynette Woodard, Tara Williams, Tajama Abraham and Rhonda Blades in the 1998 WNBA expansion draft[2]
April 29, 1998 Drafted Korie Hlede, Rachael Sporn, Gergana Branzova and Sandy Brondello in the 1998 WNBA Draft[2]
May 2, 1998 Signed Aneta Kausaite and Mfon Udoka[2]
June 22, 1998 Waived Mfon Udoka[2]

Roster

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1998 Detroit Shock roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
C 40 United States Abraham, Tajama 6' 2" (1.88m) 190 lb (86kg) 1975-09-27 George Washington 1
G 10 United States Blades, Rhonda 5' 7" (1.7m) 138 lb (63kg) 1972-10-29 Vanderbilt 1
F 11 Australia Boyd, Carla 6' 1" (1.85m) 172 lb (78kg) 1975-10-31 R
F 34 People's Republic of Bulgaria Branzova, Gergana 6' 4" (1.93m) 178 lb (81kg) 1976-07-25 FIU R
C 12 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Brcaninovich, Razija 6' 8" (2.03m) 198 lb (90kg) 1967-04-15 R
G 6 Australia Brondello, Sandy 5' 7" (1.7m) 136 lb (62kg) 1968-08-20 R
F 14 United States Brown, Cindy 6' 2" (1.88m) 183 lb (83kg) 1965-03-16 Long Beach State R
G/F 24 United States Hamblin, Angela 5' 10" (1.78m) 170 lb (77kg) 1976-09-30 Iowa R
G 7 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hlede, Korie 5' 9" (1.75m) 155 lb (70kg) 1975-03-29 Duquesne R
F 20 Soviet Union Kausaite, Aneta 6' 0" (1.83m) 155 lb (70kg) 1970-11-30 Emporia State R
F 4 Australia Sporn, Rachael 6' 1" (1.85m) 175 lb (79kg) 1968-03-26 R
F 30 United States Udoka, Mfon 6' 0" (1.83m) 187 lb (85kg) 1976-06-16 DePaul R
G 8 United States Woodard, Lynette 6' 0" (1.83m) 160 lb (73kg) 1959-08-12 Kansas 1
Head coach
United States Nancy Lieberman-Cline (Old Dominion)
Assistant coaches
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Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Schedule

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Regular season

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1998 game log
Total: 17–13 (Home: 11–4; Road: 6–9)
June: 5–4 (Home: 3–2; Road: 2–2)
July: 7–6 (Home: 6–1; Road: 1–5)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
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
August: 5–3 (Home: 2–1; Road: 3–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
23 August 3 @ Charlotte L 68–71 Sandy Brondello (21) Cindy Brown (10) Carla Boyd (4) Charlotte Coliseum 12–11
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
1998 season schedule

Season standings

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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

Statistics

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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

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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 1.4
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

References

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  1. ^ "SHOCK: 1998 Detroit Shock Year in Review".
  2. ^ a b c d e f "1998 Detroit Shock Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
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