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1998 Detroit Shock season
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.
Transactions
WNBA allocation draft
| Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
|---|---|---|
| Cindy Brown | Seattle Reign | |
| Razija Brcaninovich | Yugoslavia | Microcamp Campinas (Brazil) |
WNBA expansion draft
Main article: 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
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Korie Hlede | Yugoslavia | Duquesne |
| 2 | 14 | Rachael Sporn | Adelaide Lightning (Australia) | |
| 3 | 24 | Gergana Branzova | FIU | |
| 4 | 34 | Sandy Brondello | BTV Wuppertal (Germany) |
Transactions
| Date | Transaction |
|---|---|
| January 12, 1998 | Hired Nancy Lieberman-Cline as Head Coach |
| 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 draft](1998-wnba-draft) |
| May 2, 1998 | Signed Aneta Kausaite and Mfon Udoka |
| June 22, 1998 | Waived Mfon Udoka |
Roster
Schedule
Regular season
|- | 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 |
| - |
| 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 |
| |- | 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 |
Season standings
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 | 1.4 |
| 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
References
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