# 1999 Charlotte Sting season

The 1999 WNBA season was the third for the Charlotte Sting. The Sting won their first playoff series by defeating the Detroit Shock in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. In the Eastern Conference Finals they would fall to the New York Liberty in three games.

## Transactions
### Orlando Miracle expansion draft

The following player was selected in the Orlando Miracle expansion draft from the Charlotte Sting:
| Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| Andrea Congreaves | United Kingdom | Mercer |

### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 1 | 9 | Dawn Staley | United States | Philadelphia Rage |
| 2 | 21 | Stephanie McCarty | United States | Purdue |
| 3 | 33 | Charlotte Smith | United States | San Jose Lasers |
| 4 | 45 | Angie Braziel | United States | Texas Tech |

### Transactions

| Date | Transaction |
| April 6, 1999 | Lost Andrea Congreaves to the Orlando Miracle in the WNBA expansion draft |
| May 4, 1999 | Drafted Dawn Staley, Stephanie MCarty, Charlotte Smith and Angie Braziel in the 1999 WNBA Draft |
| May 29, 1999 | Signed Nevriye Yilmaz |
| May 29, 1999 | Waived Tora Suber |
| June 8, 1999 | Waived Sonia Chase and Tia Paschal |
| June 30, 1999 | Waived Christy Smith |
| June 30, 1999 | Signed Sonia Chase |
| July 11, 1999 | Fired Marynell Meadors as Head Coach |
| July 11, 1999 | Hired Dan Hughes as Head Coach |

## Schedule
### Regular season

1999 game log Total: 15–17 (Home: 8–8; Road: 7–9) :
June: 3–5 (Home: 1–3; Road: 2–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
June 10
@ Washington
W 83–73
Dawn Staley (23)
Tracy Reid (8)
Dawn Staley (7)
MCI Center
1–0
2
June 12
New York
L 57–68
Andrea Stinson (15)
Vicky Bullett (9)
Staley Stinson (4)
Charlotte Coliseum
1–1
3
June 19
Los Angeles
L 69–73
Stephanie McCarty (18)
Andrea Stinson (8)
Dawn Staley (7)
Charlotte Coliseum
1–2
4
June 22
@ Detroit
L 69–75
Bullett Staley (13)
Rhonda Mapp (10)
Dawn Staley (7)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
1–3
5
June 24
Phoenix
W 88–72
Andrea Stinson (23)
Bullett Manning (7)
Dawn Staley (8)
Charlotte Coliseum
2–3
6
June 25
@ Cleveland
W 59–57
Vicky Bullett (18)
Vicky Bullett (9)
Dawn Staley (5)
Gund Arena
3–3
7
June 27
@ New York
L 58–72
Andrea Stinson (15)
Sharon Manning (10)
Johnson McCarty Stinson (3)
Madison Square Garden
3–4
8
June 30
Washington
L 63–68
Dawn Staley (22)
Vicky Bullett (9)
Dawn Staley (6)
Charlotte Coliseum
3–5 :
July
: 10–5 (Home: 5–3; Road: 5–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
9
July 3
@ Orlando
W 75–58
Vicky Bullett (24)
Bullett Smith (11)
Andrea Stinson (5)
TD Waterhouse Centre
4–5
10
July 7
Cleveland
W 75–62
Dawn Staley (22)
Vicky Bullett (8)
Dawn Staley (5)
Charlotte Coliseum
5–5
11
July 9
Orlando
L 61–66
Charlotte Smith (12)
Sharon Manning (7)
Dawn Staley (7)
Charlotte Coliseum
5–6
12
July 10
@ Cleveland
L 56–82
Andrea Stinson (17)
Bullett Mapp (6)
Charlotte Smith (4)
Gund Arena
5–7
13
July 12
@ Washington
L 71–74
Bullett Stinson (19)
Rhonda Mapp (8)
McCarty Staley Stinson (5)
MCI Center
5–8
14
July 16
@ Orlando
W 56–50
Dawn Staley (23)
Andrea Stinson (8)
Andrea Stinson (5)
TD Waterhouse Centre
6–8
15
July 17
Washington
W 63–56
Andrea Stinson (17)
Rhonda Mapp (7)
Dawn Staley (5)
Charlotte Coliseum
7–8
16
July 19
Utah
W 73–66
Andrea Stinson (16)
Sharon Manning (7)
Dawn Staley (9)
Charlotte Coliseum
8–8
17
July 21
Minnesota
L 67–76
Tracy Reid (20)
Tracy Reid (7)
Sharon Manning (4)
Charlotte Coliseum
8–9
18
July 23
Houston
L 62–75
Andrea Stinson (18)
Vicky Bullett (7)
Dawn Staley (7)
Charlotte Coliseum
8–10
19
July 25
@ Detroit
W 78–66
Vicky Bullett (20)
Dawn Staley (9)
Dawn Staley (10)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
9–10
20
July 26
@ New York
W 75–69
Rhonda Mapp (18)
Rhonda Mapp (18)
Dawn Staley (8)
Madison Square Garden
10–10
21
July 28
Detroit
W 84–65
Andrea Stinson (27)
Bullett Manning Mapp Smith (6)
Dawn Staley (7)
Charlotte Coliseum
11–10
22
July 30
New York
W 62–58
Rhonda Mapp (14)
Rhonda Mapp (10)
Dawn Staley (7)
Charlotte Coliseum
12–10
23
July 31
@ Minnesota
W 56–52
Andrea Stinson (17)
Bullett Mapp (11)
Dawn Staley (5)
Target Center
13–10 :
August
: 2–7 (Home: 2–2; Road: 0–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
24
August 2
Cleveland
W 62–56
Andrea Stinson (18)
Bullett Mapp Manning (7)
Dawn Staley (5)
Charlotte Coliseum
14–10
25
August 4
Sacramento
L 62–68
Dawn Staley (12)
Rhonda Mapp (9)
Dawn Staley (6)
Charlotte Coliseum
14–11
26
August 6
@ Houston
L 51–81
Vicky Bullett (10)
Braziel Bullett (4) Stinson
Charlotte Smith (4)
Compaq Center
14–12
27
August 7
Orlando
W 64–60
Staley Stinson (12)
Vicky Bullett (8)
McCarty Staley (4)
Charlotte Coliseum
15–12
28
August 9
@ Utah
L 65–67
Rhonda Mapp (15)
Vicky Bullett (11)
Dawn Staley (6)
Delta Center
15–13
29
August 13
@ Sacramento
L 64–78
Rhonda Mapp (14)
Rhonda Mapp (14)
Mapp Staley (5)
ARCO Arena
15–14
30
August 15
@ Phoenix
L 54–65
Dawn Staley (16)
Vicky Bullett (9)
Mapp Stinson (3)
America West Arena
15–15
31
August 16
@ Los Angeles
L 65–76
Mapp Stinson (15)
Bullett Manning Mapp (7)
Dawn Staley (5)
Great Western Forum
15–16
32
August 20
Detroit
L 57–58
Vicky Bullett (14)
Vicky Bullett (6)
Staley Stinson (3)
Charlotte Coliseum
15–17 :
1999 season schedule :

### Playoffs

1999 playoff game log :
First round vs. Detroit Shock Won Series: 1–0
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
August 24
@ Detroit
W 60–54
Mapp Stinson (16)
Andrea Stinson (14)
Dawn Staley (5)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
1–0 :
Conference Finals vs. New York Liberty Lost Series: 1–2
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
August 27
New York
W 78–67
Mapp Staley Stinson (16)
Vicky Bullett (11)
Dawn Staley (9)
Charlotte Coliseum
1–0
2
August 29
@ New York
L 70–74
Andrea Stinson (27)
Mapp Smith Stinson (6)
Andrea Stinson (4)
Madison Square Garden
1–1
3
August 30
@ New York
L 54–69
Andrea Stinson (24)
Rhonda Mapp (6)
Dawn Staley (6)
Madison Square Garden
1–2 :
1999 playoff schedule :

### Season standings

| Eastern Conference | W | L | PCT | Conf. | GB |
| New York Liberty $^x$ | 18 | 14 | .563 | 12–8 | – |
| Detroit Shock $^x$ | 15 | 17 | .469 | 12–8 | 3.0 |
| Charlotte Sting $^x$ | 15 | 17 | .469 | 12–8 | 3.0 |
| Orlando Miracle $^o$ | 15 | 17 | .469 | 9–11 | 3.0 |
| Washington Mystics $^o$ | 12 | 20 | .375 | 10–10 | 6.0 |
| Cleveland Rockers $^o$ | 7 | 25 | .219 | 5–15 | 11.0 |

## Statistics
### Regular Season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Dawn Staley | 32 | 32 | 33.3 | .415 | .317 | .934 | 2.3 | 5.5 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 11.5 |
| Andrea Stinson | 32 | 32 | 32.5 | .460 | .309 | .739 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 13.6 |
| Vicky Bullett | 32 | 32 | 31.5 | .486 | .370 | .773 | 6.8 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 11.5 |
| Rhonda Mapp | 30 | 26 | 26.3 | .500 | .111 | .721 | 6.4 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 9.5 |
| Charlotte Smith | 32 | 24 | 23.3 | .330 | .143 | .707 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 5.4 |
| Stephanie McCarty | 30 | 5 | 18.8 | .408 | .354 | .909 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 5.3 |
| Sharon Manning | 32 | 6 | 16.3 | .504 | 1.000 | .522 | 3.6 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 4.3 |
| Tracy Reid | 10 | 3 | 15.4 | .429 | .000 | .429 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 4.8 |
| Niesa Johnson | 31 | 0 | 9.5 | .300 | .261 | .917 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.5 |
| Angie Braziel | 7 | 0 | 5.9 | .500 | N/A | .833 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 3.4 |
| Cass Bauer-Bilodeau | 25 | 0 | 4.9 | .382 | .000 | .875 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 |
| Christy Smith | 4 | 0 | 4.8 | .750 | .667 | .833 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 3.3 |
| Sonia Chase | 13 | 0 | 4.5 | .188 | .273 | 1.000 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
$^‡$Waived/Released during the season $^†$Traded during the season $^≠$Acquired during the season