# 2006 Detroit Shock season

The 2006 WNBA season was the ninth for the Detroit Shock. The Shock won the WNBA Finals for the second time in franchise history.

## Offseason
### WNBA draft

| Pick | Player | Nationality | School |
| 17th | Ambrosia Anderson | | |
| 35th | Zane Teilane | | |

## Regular season
### Season standings

| Eastern Conference vte | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
| z - Connecticut Sun | 26 | 8 | .765 | – | 14–3 | 12–5 | 15–5 |
| x - Detroit Shock | 23 | 11 | .676 | 3.0 | 14–3 | 9–8 | 14–6 |
| x - Indiana Fever | 21 | 13 | .618 | 5.0 | 12–5 | 9–8 | 12–8 |
| x - Washington Mystics | 18 | 16 | .529 | 8.0 | 13–4 | 5–12 | 12–8 |
| e - New York Liberty | 11 | 23 | .324 | 15.0 | 7–10 | 4–13 | 7–13 |
| e - Charlotte Sting | 11 | 23 | .324 | 15.0 | 7–10 | 4–3 | 6–14 |
| e - Chicago Sky | 5 | 29 | .147 | 21.0 | 3–14 | 2–15 | 4–16 |

### Season Schedule

| Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Record |
| May 20 | @ Indiana | 60-67 | Loss | 0-1 |
| May 24 | Minnesota | 78-69 | Win | 1-1 |
| May 27 | @ Connecticut | 77-73 | Win | 2-1 |
| June 1 | New York | 64-63 | Win | 3-1 |
| June 3 | @ Washington | 68-92 | Loss | 3-2 |
| June 4 | @ Chicago | 81-66 | Win | 4-2 |
| June 7 | @ Los Angeles | 78-86 | Loss | 4-3 |
| June 9 | @ Phoenix | 79-93 | Loss | 4-4 |
| June 16 | Indiana | 71-63 | Win | 5-4 |
| June 17 | Houston | 71-55 | Win | 6-4 |
| June 22 | @ Charlotte | 86-74 | Win | 7-4 |
| June 24 | Washington | 92-86 | Win | 8-4 |
| June 25 | Charlotte | 71-61 | Win | 9-4 |
| June 27 | @ San Antonio | 63-59 | Win | 10-4 |
| June 29 | @ Indiana | 56-66 | Loss | 10-5 |
| June 30 | @ Connecticut | 70-64 | Win | 11-5 |
| July 6 | Phoenix | 76-91 | Loss | 11-6 |
| July 7 | @ Minnesota | 92-80 | Win | 12-6 |
| July 9 | @ Houston | 66-60 | Win | 13-6 |
| July 16 | San Antonio | 77-67 | Win | 14-6 |
| July 19 | Charlotte | 67-73 | Loss | 14-7 |
| July 21 | Los Angeles | 73-59 | Win | 15-7 |
| July 22 | Chicago | 89-70 | Win | 16-7 |
| July 26 | Sacramento | 91-71 | Win | 17-7 |
| July 28 | @ Seattle | 77-67 | Win | 18-7 |
| July 30 | @ Sacramento | 61-94 | Loss | 18-8 |
| August 1 | Indiana | 70-66 | Win | 19-8 |
| August 3 | @ New York | 67-75 | Loss | 19-9 |
| August 4 | @ Chicago | 76-49 | Win | 20-9 |
| August 6 | New York | 65-53 | Win | 21-9 |
| August 8 | Seattle | 79-81 | Loss | 21-10 |
| August 10 | Chicago | 82-48 | Win | 22-10 |
| August 11 | @ Washington | 66-78 | Loss | 22-11 |
| August 13 | Connecticut | 88-65 | Win | 23-11 |
| August 17 (first round, game 1) | @ Indiana | 68-56 | Win | 1-0 |
| August 19 (first round, game 2) | Indiana | 98-83 | Win | 2-0 |
| August 24 (conference finals, game 1) | Connecticut | 70-59 | Win | 3-0 |
| August 26 (conference finals, game 2) | @ Connecticut | 68-77 | Loss | 3-1 |
| August 27 (conference finals, game 3) | @ Connecticut | 79-55 | Win | 4-1 |
| August 30 (WNBA finals, game 1) | Sacramento | 71-95 | Loss | 4-2 |
| September 1 (WNBA finals, game 2) | Sacramento | 73-63 | Win | 5-2 |
| September 3 (WNBA finals, game 3) | @ Sacramento | 69-89 | Loss | 5-3 |
| September 6 (WNBA finals, game 4) | @ Sacramento | 72-52 | Win | 6-3 |
| September 9 (WNBA finals, game 5) | Sacramento | 80-75 | Win | 7-3 |

## Player stats

Note: GP= Games played; FG = Field Goals; MIN= Minutes; REB= Rebounds; AST= Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points
| Player | GP | MIN | FG | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS |
| Deanna Nolan | 34 | 1088 | 172 | 153 | 124 | 47 | 11 | 468 |
| Cheryl Ford | 32 | 920 | 157 | 363 | 45 | 38 | 25 | 443 |
| Katie Smith | | | | | | | | 398 |
| Swin Cash | | | | | | | | 358 |
| Ruth Riley | | | | | | | | 249 |
| Plenette Pierson | | | | | | | | 220 |
| Kara Braxton | | | | | | | | 146 |
| Kedra Holland-Corn | | | | | | | | 140 |
| Angelina Williams | | | | | | | | 41 |
| Jacqueline Batteast | | | | | | | | 36 |
| Elaine Powell | | | | | | | | 14 |
| Sabrina Palie | | | | | | | | 12 |
| Irina Osipova | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |

## Playoffs

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result |
| 2006 WNBA Playoffs|[[2006 WNBA Finals]] |||||||| |
| August 17 | Indiana Fever | W 68-56 |
| August 19 | Indiana Fever | W 98-83 |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. |||||||||

## Awards and honors

* Cheryl Ford, WNBA Peak Performer
* Deanna Nolan, WNBA Finals MVP Award
* Katie Smith, Named to WNBA All-Decade Team