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2001 Detroit Shock season
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The 2001 WNBA season was the fourth season for the Detroit Shock.
Transactions
WNBA draft
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Deanna Nolan | Georgia | |
| 2 | 22 | Jae Kingi | Adelaide Lightning (Australia) | |
| 3 | 38 | Svetlana Volnaya | Virginia | |
| 4 | 54 | Kelly Santos | Brazil |
Transactions
| Date | Transaction |
|---|---|
| August 28, 2000 | Fired Nancy Lieberman-Cline as Head Coach |
| September 20, 2000 | Hired Greg Williams as Head Coach |
| April 20, 2001 | Traded Val Whiting-Raymond to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for a [2002](2002-wnba-draft) 2nd Round Pick |
| Drafted Deanna Nolan, Jae Kingi, Svetlana Volnaya and Kelly Santos in the [2001 WNBA draft](2001-wnba-draft) | |
| April 23, 2001 | Traded Anna DeForge to the Houston Comets in exchange for Jennifer Rizzotti |
| May 12, 2001 | Traded Tamicha Jackson and a [2002](2002-wnba-draft) 4th Round Pick to the Portland Fire in exchange for a 2002 2nd Round Pick |
| May 18, 2001 | Waived Cal Bouchard and Svetlana Volnaya |
| May 27, 2001 | Traded Jennifer Rizzotti to the Cleveland Rockers in exchange for a [2002](2002-wnba-draft) 3rd Round Pick |
| Traded Olympia Scott-Richardson and a [2002](2002-wnba-draft) 3rd Round Pick to the Indiana Fever in exchange for [2002](2002-wnba-draft) 2nd Round Pick | |
| Waived Joy Holmes Harris |
Roster
Schedule
Regular season
|- | 1 | June 2 | Houston | L 73–74 | Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (24) | Ndiaye-Diatta Palmer (6) | Elena Tornikidou (5) | The Palace of Auburn Hills
| 0–1 |
|---|
| 2 |
| June 5 |
| Orlando |
| L 71–92 |
| Deanna Nolan (12) |
| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (9) |
| Edwina Brown (5) |
| The Palace of Auburn Hills |
| 0–2 |
| - |
| 3 |
| June 7 |
| @ Houston |
| L 66–87 |
| Elena Tornikidou (15) |
| Wendy Palmer (9) |
| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (4) |
| Compaq Center |
| 0–3 |
| - |
| 4 |
| June 12 |
| @ Miami |
| W 68–67 (OT) |
| Canty |
| Palmer (16) |
| Wendy Palmer (9) |
| Edwina Brown (4) |
| American Airlines Arena |
| 1–3 |
| - |
| 5 |
| June 14 |
| Washington |
| W 80–65 |
| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (22) |
| Ndiaye-Diatta |
| Palmer (9) |
| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (4) |
| The Palace of Auburn Hills |
| 2–3 |
| - |
| 6 |
| June 16 |
| @ Charlotte |
| W 72–69 (2OT) |
| Dominique Canty (20) |
| Barbara Farris (8) |
| Dominique Canty (7) |
| Charlotte Coliseum |
| 3–3 |
| - |
| 7 |
| June 17 |
| Minnesota |
| L 63–71 |
| Carla Boyd (14) |
| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (12) |
| Canty |
| Brown (3) |
| The Palace of Auburn Hills |
| 3–4 |
| - |
| 8 |
| June 22 |
| @ Indiana |
| L 56–77 |
| Dominique Canty (10) |
| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (6) |
| Jae Kingi (5) |
| Conseco Fieldhouse |
| 3–5 |
| - |
| 9 |
| June 23 |
| Indiana |
| L 70–74 |
| Claudia Neves (16) |
| Santos |
| Sporn (5) |
| Dominique Canty (6) |
| The Palace of Auburn Hills |
| 3–6 |
| - |
| 10 |
| June 26 |
| Los Angeles |
| L 89–98 |
| Edwina Brown (18) |
| Farris |
| Ndiaye-Diatta (8) |
| Edwina Brown (5) |
| The Palace of Auburn Hills |
| 3–7 |
| - |
| 11 |
| June 27 |
| @ Charlotte |
| L 50–74 |
| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (13) |
| Barbara Farris (6) |
| Dominique Canty (3) |
| Charlotte Coliseum |
| 3–8 |
| - |
| 12 |
| June 29 |
| Phoenix |
| W 75–71 |
| Jae Kingi (25) |
| Dominique Canty (11) |
| Jae Kingi (4) |
| The Palace of Auburn Hills |
| 4–8 |
| - |
| 13 |
| July 2 |
| @ New York |
| L 60–66 |
| Elena Tornikidou (16) |
| Jae Kingi (8) |
| Dominique Canty (4) |
| Madison Square Garden |
| 4–9 |
| - |
| 14 |
| July 6 |
| Charlotte |
| L 50–67 |
| Deanna Nolan (11) |
| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (9) |
| Farris |
| Kingi |
| Ndiaye-Diatta (2) |
| The Palace of Auburn Hills |
| 4–10 |
| - |
| 15 |
| July 8 |
| @ Orlando |
| L 67–73 |
| Edwina Brown (15) |
| Elena Tornikidou (7) |
| Dominique Canty (3) |
| TD Waterhouse Centre |
| 4–11 |
| - |
| 16 |
| July 11 |
| @ Washington |
| W 64–52 |
| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (20) |
| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (10) |
| Ndiaye-Diatta |
| Neves (5) |
| MCI Center |
| 5–11 |
| - |
| 17 |
| July 13 |
| Miami |
| L 55–56 |
| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (19) |
| Wendy Palmer (8) |
| Jae Kingi (6) |
| The Palace of Auburn Hills |
| 5–12 |
| - |
| 18 |
| July 14 |
| @ Miami |
| L 51–66 |
| Deanna Nolan (10) |
| Wendy Palmer (8) |
| Canty |
| Ndiaye-Diatta |
| Palmer (2) |
| American Airlines Arena |
| 5–13 |
| - |
| 19 |
| July 18 |
| New York |
| L 67–80 |
| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (19) |
| Wendy Palmer (8) |
| Brown |
| Neves |
| Tornikidou (2) |
| The Palace of Auburn Hills |
| 5–14 |
| - |
| 20 |
| July 21 |
| @ Sacramento |
| L 52–66 |
| Ndiaye-Diatta |
| Kingi (13) |
| Edwina Brown (9) |
| Edwina Brown (5) |
| ARCO Arena |
| 5–15 |
| - |
| 21 |
| July 22 |
| @ Portland |
| W 80–77 (OT) |
| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (18) |
| Wendy Palmer (7) |
| Canty |
| Tornikidou (4) |
| Rose Garden |
| 6–15 |
| - |
| 22 |
| July 24 |
| @ Seattle |
| L 69–74 (OT) |
| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (23) |
| Wendy Palmer (11) |
| Elena Tornikidou (6) |
| KeyArena |
| 6–16 |
| - |
| 23 |
| July 26 |
| @ Phoenix |
| L 62–63 |
| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (23) |
| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (7) |
| Edwina Brown (6) |
| America West Arena |
| 6–17 |
| - |
| 24 |
| July 28 |
| Cleveland |
| L 50–57 |
| Wendy Palmer (14) |
| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (8) |
| Jae Kingi (4) |
| The Palace of Auburn Hills |
| 6–18 |
| - |
| 25 |
| July 29 |
| Orlando |
| W 64–62 |
| Edwina Brown (13) |
| Edwina Brown (6) |
| Edwina Brown (5) |
| The Palace of Auburn Hills |
| 7–18 |
| - |
| 26 |
| August 1 |
| @ New York |
| L 63–66 |
| Elena Tornikidou (22) |
| Wendy Palmer (11) |
| Edwina Brown (5) |
| Madison Square Garden |
| 7–19 |
| - |
| 27 |
| August 4 |
| Portland |
| W 70–65 |
| Edwina Brown (15) |
| Wendy Palmer (13) |
| Jae Kingi (4) |
| The Palace of Auburn Hills |
| 8–19 |
| - |
| 28 |
| August 7 |
| Utah |
| L 69–76 |
| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (27) |
| Farris |
| Ndiaye-Diatta (3) |
| Edwina Brown (6) |
| The Palace of Auburn Hills |
| 8–20 |
| - |
| 29 |
| August 8 |
| @ Cleveland |
| L 66–73 |
| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (19) |
| Edwina Brown (5) |
| Edwina Brown (7) |
| Gund Arena |
| 8–21 |
| - |
| 30 |
| August 10 |
| Washington |
| W 69–63 |
| Elena Tornikidou (21) |
| Wendy Palmer (8) |
| Jae Kingi (5) |
| The Palace of Auburn Hills |
| 9–21 |
| - |
| 31 |
| August 12 |
| @ Indiana |
| L 66–83 |
| Wendy Palmer (17) |
| Wendy Palmer (6) |
| Edwina Brown (4) |
| Conseco Fieldhouse |
| 9–22 |
| - |
| 32 |
| August 14 |
| Cleveland |
| W 76–65 |
| Elena Tornikidou (16) |
| Wendy Palmer (5) |
| Edwina Brown (7) |
| The Palace of Auburn Hills |
| 10–22 |
Season standings
Statistics
Regular season
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wendy Palmer | 22 | 22 | 29.6 | .423 | .333 | .678 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 10.6 |
| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta | 32 | 31 | 28.5 | .457 | .333 | .776 | 5.3 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 11.8 |
| Edwina Brown | 32 | 14 | 25.0 | .366 | .377 | .783 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 7.4 |
| Elena Tornikidou | 32 | 32 | 24.3 | .446 | .449 | .887 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 9.6 |
| Jae Kingi | 29 | 17 | 21.6 | .387 | .375 | .722 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 5.8 |
| Deanna Nolan | 27 | 0 | 20.2 | .330 | .288 | .811 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 7.1 |
| Dominique Canty | 32 | 18 | 19.5 | .363 | .200 | .757 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 6.2 |
| Claudia Neves | 22 | 15 | 18.5 | .362 | .365 | 1.000 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 4.3 |
| Barbara Farris | 31 | 10 | 18.0 | .469 | N/A | .638 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 4.2 |
| Rachael Sporn | 23 | 1 | 11.5 | .404 | N/A | .333 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.8 |
| Carla Boyd | 21 | 0 | 11.0 | .343 | .306 | .900 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 3.6 |
| Kelly Santos | 14 | 0 | 10.9 | .476 | .000 | .667 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 3.7 |
‡Waived/Released during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season
References
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