# 2005 Washington Mystics season

The 2005 WNBA season was the eighth for the Washington Mystics. The Mystics gave it their all, but they fell short for the playoffs, losing a tiebreaker to the Detroit Shock.

## Offseason
### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Club Team |
| 1 | 6 | Temeka Johnson (G) | United States | LSU |
| 2 | 19 | Erica Taylor (G) | United States | Louisiana Tech |
| 3 | 32 | Tashia Morehead (F) | United States | Florida |

## Regular season
### Season standings

| Eastern Conference | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
| Connecticut Sun $^x$ | 26 | 8 | .765 | – | 14–3 | 12–5 | 13–7 |
| Indiana Fever $^x$ | 21 | 13 | .618 | 5.0 | 14–3 | 7–10 | 14–6 |
| New York Liberty $^x$ | 18 | 16 | .529 | 8.0 | 10–7 | 8–9 | 9–11 |
| Detroit Shock $^x$ | 16 | 18 | .471 | 10.0 | 12–5 | 4–13 | 11–9 |
| Washington Mystics $^o$ | 16 | 18 | .471 | 10.0 | 10–7 | 6–11 | 9–11 |
| Charlotte Sting $^o$ | 6 | 28 | .176 | 20.0 | 5–12 | 1–16 | 4–16 |

### Season schedule

| Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Record |
| May 21 | @ Charlotte | 60-42 | Win | 1-0 |
| May 22 | Connecticut | 67-69 | Loss | 1-1 |
| May 26 | Los Angeles | 75-84 | Loss | 1-2 |
| June 1 | New York | 68-77 | Loss | 1-3 |
| June 3 | Minnesota | 74-71 | Win | 2-3 |
| June 5 | @ New York | 58-61 | Loss | 2-4 |
| June 7 | @ San Antonio | 62-71 | Loss | 2-5 |
| June 10 | Seattle | 64-52 | Win | 3-5 |
| June 11 | @ Minnesota | 60-78 | Loss | 3-6 |
| June 18 | Indiana | 88-78 (2OT) | Win | 4-6 |
| June 21 | Phoenix | 77-56 | Win | 5-6 |
| June 24 | @ Detroit | 69-55 | Win | 6-6 |
| June 26 | Sacramento | 57-62 | Loss | 6-7 |
| June 28 | @ Charlotte | 66-61 (OT) | Win | 7-7 |
| June 30 | Charlotte | 65-50 | Win | 8-7 |
| July 7 | Detroit | 62-76 | Loss | 8-8 |
| July 13 | @ Seattle | 78-71 | Win | 9-8 |
| July 15 | @ Phoenix | 66-77 | Loss | 9-9 |
| July 16 | @ Sacramento | 59-73 | Loss | 9-10 |
| July 19 | @ Los Angeles | 74-68 | Win | 10-10 |
| July 21 | @ Houston | 70-65 | Win | 11-10 |
| July 26 | Houston | 65-83 | Loss | 11-11 |
| July 28 | San Antonio | 73-58 | Win | 12-11 |
| July 29 | @ Indiana | 58-62 | Loss | 12-12 |
| August 2 | Charlotte | 65-63 | Win | 13-12 |
| August 7 | Indiana | 61-60 | Win | 14-12 |
| August 11 | Connecticut | 65-80 | Loss | 14-13 |
| August 14 | @ Connecticut | 77-80 | Loss | 14-14 |
| August 16 | @ New York | 66-72 | Loss | 14-15 |
| August 18 | @ Indiana | 57-67 | Loss | 14-16 |
| August 21 | @ Detroit | 52-66 | Loss | 14-17 |
| August 23 | New York | 82-69 (OT) | Win | 15-17 |
| August 26 | @ Connecticut | 47-81 | Loss | 15-18 |
| August 27 | Detroit | 76-67 | Win | 16-18 |

## Player stats

| Player | GP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS |
| Alana Beard | 30 | 130 | 90 | 45 | 9 | 422 |
| Chasity Melvin | 34 | 199 | 25 | 31 | 14 | 397 |
| DeLisha Milton-Jones | 33 | 172 | 58 | 57 | 18 | 394 |
| Temeka Johnson | 34 | 104 | 177 | 44 | 1 | 315 |
| Charlotte Smith | 34 | 128 | 71 | 22 | 11 | 246 |
| Coco Miller | 34 | 59 | 44 | 26 | 3 | 153 |
| Laurie Koehn | 30 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 113 |
| Murriel Page | 34 | 83 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 108 |
| Nakia Sanford | 27 | 45 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 88 |
| Kaayla Chones | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| Tamicha Jackson | 8 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| Kiesha Brown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Mactabene Amachree | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |

## Awards and honors

* Temeka Johnson, WNBA Rookie of the Year Award