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2002 Detroit Shock season


Bill Laimbeer (9–13 record)

The 2002 WNBA season was the fifth season for the Detroit Shock. The team went 0–13 in their first thirteen games, finishing with a franchise worst 9–23.

Transactions

WNBA draft

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12Swin CashUConn
218Lenae WilliamsDePaul
220Ayana WalkerLouisiana Tech
221Jill ChapmanIndiana
222Kathy WambeDexia Namur (Belgium)
347Ericka HaneyNotre Dame

Transactions

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April 26, 2002Waived Rachael Sporn
May 3, 2002Traded Claudia Neves to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for a [2003](2003-wnba-draft) 4th Round Pick
May 10, 2002Traded a [2003](2003-wnba-draft) 4th Round Pick to the Sacramento Monarchs in exchange for Stacy Clinesmith
May 24, 2002Waived Ericka Haney and Stacy Clinesmith
June 19, 2002Fired Greg Williams as Head Coach
Hired Bill Laimbeer as Head Coach
June 21, 2002Waived Oksana Zakalyuzhnaya
June 27, 2002Waived Begoña García
June 28, 2002Signed Stacy Clinesmith
July 7, 2002Traded Wendy Palmer and a [2003](2003-wnba-draft) 2nd Round Pick to the Orlando Miracle in exchange for Elaine Powell and a 2003 1st Round Pick

Roster

Schedule

Regular season

|- | 1 | May 30 | @ Orlando | L 66–80 | Swin Cash (16) | Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (7) | Deanna Nolan (5) | TD Waterhouse Centre

0–1
2
June 1
@ Indiana
L 62–79
Deanna Nolan (15)
Edwina Brown (6)
Brown
Cash (5)
Conseco Fieldhouse
0–2
-
3
June 2
Indiana
L 65–78
Wendy Palmer (16)
Wendy Palmer (5)
Edwina Brown (6)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
0–3
-
4
June 5
@ New York
L 59–60
Swin Cash (15)
Cash
Palmer (8)
Edwina Brown (6)
Madison Square Garden
0–4
-
5
June 6
@ Cleveland
L 55–72
Wendy Palmer (15)
Edwina Brown (5)
Dominique Canty (6)
Gund Arena
0–5
-
6
June 9
New York
L 63–70
Swin Cash (14)
Wendy Palmer (15)
Edwina Brown (5)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
0–6
-
7
June 11
@ Los Angeles
L 80–90
Deanna Nolan (18)
Swin Cash (8)
Dominique Canty (3)
Staples Center
0–7
-
8
June 13
@ Phoenix
L 67–70
Wendy Palmer (20)
Cash
Ndiaye-Diatta (7)
Dominique Canty (5)
America West Arena
0–8
-
9
June 15
@ Portland
L 60–67
Wendy Palmer (14)
Swin Cash (12)
Edwina Brown (5)
Rose Garden
0–9
-
10
June 18
@ Washington
L 67–75
Nolan
Palmer (16)
Wendy Palmer (9)
Dominique Canty (5)
MCI Center
0–10
-
11
June 21
Orlando
L 59–80
Swin Cash (20)
Palmer
Walker (9)
Canty
Ndiaye-Diatta (2)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
0–11
-
12
June 26
Charlotte
L 73–80
Dominique Canty (17)
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (7)
Dominique Canty (6)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
0–12
-
13
June 28
Miami
L 74–78 (OT)
Swin Cash (17)
Wendy Palmer (9)
Dominique Canty (8)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
0–13
-
14
June 30
Sacramento
W 71–60
Swin Cash (19)
Swin Cash (11)
Dominique Canty (6)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
1–13
-
15
July 1
@ Minnesota
L 80–85 (OT)
Swin Cash (16)
Swin Cash (8)
Swin Cash (5)
Target Center
1–14
-
16
July 6
@ Houston
L 40–61
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (12)
Cash
Ndiaye-Diatta (6)
Deanna Nolan (3)
Compaq Center
1–15
-
17
July 8
@ Utah
L 76–94
Swin Cash (25)
Swin Cash (6)
Deanna Nolan (5)
Delta Center
1–16
-
18
July 10
New York
W 66–63
Swin Cash (16)
Swin Cash (10)
Dominique Canty (4)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
2–16
-
19
July 12
Minnesota
W 72–69
Swin Cash (18)
Swin Cash (6)
Elaine Powell (5)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
3–16
-
20
July 18
@ Washington
L 59–63
Swin Cash (16)
Swin Cash (15)
Edwina Brown (5)
MCI Center
3–17
-
21
July 20
Miami
W 69–48
Swin Cash (11)
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (6)
Nolan
Powell (5)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
4–17
-
22
July 23
Utah
L 75–86
Swin Cash (21)
Swin Cash (11)
Elaine Powell (5)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
4–18
-
23
July 25
Washington
W 64–58
Swin Cash (17)
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (12)
Elaine Powell (6)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
5–18
-
24
July 27
@ Charlotte
W 74–66
Swin Cash (20)
Swin Cash (10)
Elaine Powell (8)
Charlotte Coliseum
6–18
-
25
July 28
Seattle
L 59–72
Swin Cash (15)
Ndiaye-Diatta
Powell (7)
Elaine Powell (4)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
6–19
-
26
August 1
Cleveland
L 66–68
Swin Cash (19)
Swin Cash (10)
Elaine Powell (5)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
6–20
-
27
August 3
@ Cleveland
W 68–57
Swin Cash (24)
Swin Cash (14)
Elaine Powell (6)
Gund Arena
7–20
-
28
August 4
Phoenix
W 91–75
Swin Cash (14)
Swin Cash (9)
Dominique Canty (7)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
8–20
-
29
August 6
Charlotte
L 65–76
Elaine Powell (15)
Kelly Santos (7)
Swin Cash (5)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
8–21
-
30
August 9
Indiana
W 55–54
Brown
Cash (10)
Elaine Powell (5)
Elaine Powell (4)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
9–21
-
31
August 11
@ Orlando
L 58–71
Elaine Powell (15)
Elaine Powell (8)
Elaine Powell (4)
TD Waterhouse Centre
9–22
-
32
August 13
@ Miami
L 56–61
Swin Cash (13)
Swin Cash (8)
Swin Cash (4)
American Airlines Arena
9–23

Season standings

Statistics

Regular season

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Swin Cash323233.7.408.206.7626.92.71.21.014.8
Wendy Palmer161629.0.425.317.6606.01.30.80.111.5
Elaine Powell151326.5.446.273.8504.24.01.50.59.9
Deanna Nolan323225.1.415.368.8062.71.90.80.48.7
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta323224.3.467.000.5905.11.20.50.48.6
Dominique Canty281222.3.338.200.7242.53.00.80.15.7
Edwina Brown28719.6.328.500.7192.92.10.90.34.1
Barbara Farris321617.6.419.000.7382.90.50.40.34.5
Ayana Walker32017.1.377.222.6943.70.50.41.15.1
Kelly Santos12014.1.381N/A.6002.70.60.30.83.7
Stacy Clinesmith1208.8.381.400.8330.41.40.10.12.3
Begoña García808.0.182.333.5000.51.10.40.01.0
Lenae Williams2706.6.297.241.0000.70.10.10.02.7
Jill Chapman1906.3.370.000.6671.40.00.20.11.2
Oksana Zakaluzhnaya303.3.333N/AN/A0.00.00.00.30.7

‡Waived/Released during the season

†Traded during the season

≠Acquired during the season

References

References

  1. "2002 Detroit Shock Transactions".
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