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2005 Sacramento Monarchs season

The 2005 WNBA season was the Monarch’s ninth season. The Monarchs finished the season by winning their first WNBA Championship.

Offseason

WNBA draft

Main article: 2005 WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College
1	9	Kristin Haynie	Guard	Michigan State
2	22	Chelsea Newton	Guard	Rutgers
3	30	Anne O'Neil	Guard	Iowa State
3	35	Cisti Greenwalt	Center	Texas Tech

Regular season

Season standings

Season schedule

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
May 21	@ Phoenix	77-72	Win	1-0
May 27	@ San Antonio	71-67	Win	2-0
May 29	@ Minnesota	67-66	Win	3-0
June 1	@ Indiana	60-61	Loss	3-1
June 4	Los Angeles	81-53	Win	4-1
June 7	Indiana	65-51	Win	5-1
June 10	Phoenix	73-61	Win	6-1
June 11	@ Los Angeles	74-81	Loss	6-2
June 13	Houston	74-68	Win	7-2
June 17	Minnesota	67-50	Win	8-2
June 24	Connecticut	50-61	Loss	8-3
June 26	@ Washington	62-57	Win	9-3
June 28	@ Connecticut	66-70	Loss	9-4
June 30	@ New York	61-50	Win	10-4
July 1	@ Detroit	80-63	Win	11-4
July 3	@ Seattle	67-74	Loss	11-5
July 14	San Antonio	72-61	Win	12-5
July 16	Washington	73-59	Win	13-5
July 19	@ Houston	54-58	Loss	13-6
July 22	New York	63-73	Loss	13-7
July 24	Detroit	91-51	Win	14-7
July 26	Charlotte	64-54	Win	15-7
July 29	Los Angeles	79-59	Win	16-7
July 31	Minnesota	67-54	Win	17-7
August 2	@ San Antonio	67-57	Win	18-7
August 4	@ Charlotte	76-58	Win	19-7
August 7	Houston	55-45	Win	20-7
August 12	@ Phoenix	62-76	Loss	20-8
August 16	@ Los Angeles	72-63	Win	21-8
August 18	San Antonio	64-57	Win	22-8
August 20	Seattle	75-65	Win	23-8
August 23	Phoenix	76-70	Win	24-8
August 25	@ Seattle	63-76	Loss	24-9
August 27	@ Minnesota	61-52	Win	25-9
August 31
First Round, G1	@ Los Angeles	75-72	Win	1-0
September 2
First Round, G2	Los Angeles	81-63	Win	2-0
September 8
Conference Finals, G1	@ Houston	73-69 (OT)	Win	3-0
September 10
Conference Finals, G2	Houston	74-65	Win	4-0
September 14
WNBA Finals, G1	@ Connecticut	69-65	Win	5-0
September 15
WNBA Finals, G2	@ Connecticut	70-77 (OT)	Loss	5-1
September 18
WNBA Finals, G3	Connecticut	66-55	Win	6-1
September 20
WNBA Finals, G4	Connecticut	62-59	Win	7-1

Player stats

Note: GP = Games played; REB = Rebounds; AST = Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points

Player	GP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS
Yolanda Griffith	34	223	52	42	31	469
Nicole Powell	34	124	62	39	16	364
DeMya Walker	22	117	48	28	13	311
Rebekkah Brunson	34	187	16	28	15	265
Ticha Penicheiro	34	97	149	48	6	195
Kara Lawson	24	33	37	13	3	192
Chelsea Newton	34	66	55	24	9	148
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba	34	67	30	24	6	129
Kristin Haynie	30	62	43	33	1	104
Erin Buescher	23	29	14	16	5	76
Olympia Scott	18	33	5	4	2	38
Miao Miao	18	4	13	5	1	31
Sui Feifei	5	1	3	0	0	7

Playoffs

Winner	Loser
Western Conference Semi-Finals Round	Sacramento 2	Los Angeles 0
Western Conference Finals	Sacramento 2	Houston 0
WNBA Finals	Sacramento 3	Connecticut 1

Awards and honors

Yolanda Griffith, WNBA Finals MVP Award
Nicole Powell, WNBA Most Improved Player Award
John Whisenant, WNBA Coach of the Year Award

References

Monarchs on Basketball Reference

References

"2005 Sacramento Monarchs Stats".

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