# 1999 Washington Mystics season

The 1999 WNBA season was the second for the Washington Mystics. In the 1999 WNBA draft, Chamique Holdsclaw was selected by the Washington Mystics 1st overall. In her first season, she was named the Rookie of the Year and was a starter in the inaugural WNBA All-Star Game. She averaged 16.9 points and 7.9 rebounds per game in her first season.

## Transactions
### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 1 | 1 | Chamique Holdsclaw | United States | Tennessee |
| 2 | 13 | Shalonda Enis | United States | Seattle Reign |
| 3 | 25 | Andrea Nagy | Hungary | Philadelphia Rage |
| 4 | 37 | Jenny Whittle | Australia | Perth Breakers (Australia) |

### Transactions

| Date | Transaction |
| February 18, 1999 | Hired Nancy Darsch as Head Coach |
| May 4, 1999 | Drafted Chamique Holdsclaw, Shalonda Enis, Andrea Nagy and Jenny Whittle in the 1999 WNBA Draft |
| May 6, 1999 | Waived Adrienne Shuler, Keri Chaconas and Margo Graham |
| July 1, 1999 | Waived Jenny Whittle |
| July 1, 1999 | Signed Valerie Still |
| July 11, 1999 | Traded Alessandra Santos de Oliveira to the Houston Comets in exchange for Nyree Roberts |
| December 15, 1999 | Traded Monica Maxwell and a 2000 4th Round Pick to the Indiana Fever in exchange for agreement to select Nyree Roberts in the WNBA expansion draft |

## Schedule
### Regular season

1999 game log Total: 12–20 (Home: 6–10; Road: 6–10) :
June: 2–7 (Home: 0–4; Road: 2–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
June 10
Charlotte
L 73–83
Nikki McCray (22)
Murriel Page (9)
Andrea Nagy (12)
MCI Center
0–1
2
June 12
@ Houston
L 63–88
Shalonda Enis (13)
Chamique Holdsclaw (13)
Enis Nagy (3)
Compaq Center
0–2
3
June 14
@ New York
W 83–61
Nikki McCray (24)
Chamique Holdsclaw (9)
Andrea Nagy (6)
Madison Square Garden
1–2
4
June 18
Detroit
L 69–76
Nikki McCray (19)
Shalonda Enis (15)
Andrea Nagy (7)
MCI Center
1–3
5
June 19
@ Orlando
L 68–73
Chamique Holdsclaw (23)
Murriel Page (11)
Andrea Nagy (5)
TD Waterhouse Centre
1–4
6
June 22
Phoenix
L 76–79
Nikki McCray (24)
Enis Holdsclaw (7)
Andrea Nagy (8)
MCI Center
1–5
7
June 25
Houston
L 69–72
Chamique Holdsclaw (24)
Murriel Page (7)
Andrea Nagy (9)
MCI Center
1–6
8
June 26
@ Cleveland
L 65–76
Nikki McCray (25)
Chamique Holdsclaw (10)
McCray Nagy (2)
Gund Arena
1–7
9
June 30
@ Charlotte
W 68–63
Chamique Holdsclaw (21)
Chamique Holdsclaw (14)
Chamique Holdsclaw (4)
Charlotte Coliseum
2–7 :
July: 4–10 (Home: 2–5; Road: 2–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
10
July 2
Sacramento
L 74–79
Chamique Holdsclaw (22)
Chamique Holdsclaw (9)
Chamique Holdsclaw (7)
MCI Center
2–8
11
July 6
New York
W 71–63
Nikki McCray (16)
Murriel Page (8)
Nikki McCray (9)
MCI Center
3–8
12
July 8
Utah
L 65–81
Chamique Holdsclaw (23)
Murriel Page (6)
Enis Nagy (5)
MCI Center
3–9
13
July 10
@ Detroit
W 83–78 (2OT)
Chamique Holdsclaw (20)
Chamique Holdsclaw (16)
Andrea Nagy (9)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
4–9
14
July 12
Charlotte
W 74–71
Nikki McCray (26)
Murriel Page (15)
Holdsclaw Nagy (5)
MCI Center
5–9
15
July 16
Detroit
L 68–78
McCray Page (18)
Murriel Page (10)
Markita Aldridge (5)
MCI Center
5–10
16
July 17
@ Charlotte
L 56–63
Shalonda Enis (18)
Enis Holdsclaw (6)
Nikki McCray (9)
Charlotte Coliseum
5–11
17
July 19
Orlando
L 52–77
Chamique Holdsclaw (9)
Holdsclaw Page (9)
Holdsclaw Maxwell McCray Nagy Williams (1)
MCI Center
5–12
18
July 21
Cleveland
L 68–85
Chamique Holdsclaw (23)
Shalonda Enis (6)
Aldridge Holdsclaw Nagy (2)
MCI Center
5–13
19
July 23
@ Minnesota
W 60–55
Nikki McCray (19)
Enis Holdsclaw (7)
Nikki McCray (4)
Target Center
6–13
20
July 25
@ Phoenix
L 59–72
Nikki McCray (18)
Chamique Holdsclaw (7)
Holdsclaw Nagy (3)
America West Arena
6–14
21
July 26
@ Utah
L 61–73
Nikki McCray (19)
Chamique Holdsclaw (9)
Nikki McCray (5)
Delta Center
6–15
22
July 29
@ Sacramento
L 54–70
Nikki McCray (16)
Shalonda Enis (8)
Andrea Nagy (6)
ARCO Arena
6–16
23
July 31
@ Los Angeles
L 64–81
Nikki McCray (19)
Murriel Page (10)
Holdsclaw Nagy (3)
Great Western Forum
6–17 :
August: 6–3 (Home: 4–1; Road: 2–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
24
August 2
@ Detroit
W 75–70
Chamique Holdsclaw (23)
Holdsclaw Page (7)
Andrea Nagy (7)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
7–17
25
August 5
Orlando
W 72–68
Holdsclaw McCray (24)
Chamique Holdsclaw (9)
Andrea Nagy (7)
MCI Center
8–17
26
August 7
@ Cleveland
W 63–62
Nikki McCray (25)
Chamique Holdsclaw (6)
Andrea Nagy (11)
Gund Arena
9–17
27
August 8
Cleveland
W 80–45
Nikki McCray (20)
Murriel Page (7)
Holdsclaw McCray Nagy (4)
MCI Center
10–17
28
August 11
New York
W 59–56 (OT)
Nikki McCray (20)
Chamique Holdsclaw (14)
Enis McCray Nagy Page Williams (2)
MCI Center
11–17
29
August 14
Los Angeles
W 55–53
Nikki McCray (20)
Chamique Holdsclaw (13)
Nikki McCray (5)
MCI Center
12–17
30
August 15
@ Orlando
L 54–81
Nikki McCray (13)
Enis Roberts McCray (5)
Aldridge McCray (4)
TD Waterhouse Centre
12–18
31
August 17
@ New York
L 54–66
Nikki McCray (12)
Heather Owen (5)
Enis Holdsclaw Page (2)
Madison Square Garden
12–19
32
August 21
Minnesota
L 45–48
Nikki McCray (19)
Murriel Page (10)
Andrea Nagy (5)
MCI Center
12–20 :
1999 season 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 |
| Chamique Holdsclaw | 31 | 30 | 34.2 | .437 | .172 | .773 | 7.9 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 16.9 |
| Nikki McCray | 32 | 32 | 32.6 | .424 | .301 | .806 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 17.5 |
| Andrea Nagy | 32 | 32 | 29.6 | .409 | .273 | .763 | 2.4 | 4.6 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 5.1 |
| Shalonda Enis | 29 | 26 | 29.1 | .364 | .275 | .684 | 5.4 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 7.4 |
| Murriel Page | 32 | 26 | 28.6 | .574 | N/A | .683 | 6.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 8.8 |
| Alessandro Santos de Oliveira | 13 | 6 | 16.6 | .564 | N/A | .318 | 3.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 3.9 |
| Heather Owen | 17 | 0 | 13.8 | .400 | N/A | .696 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 2.1 |
| Valerie Still | 23 | 6 | 12.3 | .245 | .000 | .368 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.3 |
| Markita Aldridge | 31 | 2 | 12.2 | .309 | .150 | .606 | 1,2 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 2.6 |
| Rita Williams | 31 | 0 | 10.1 | .500 | .559 | .639 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 3.4 |
| Nyree Roberts | 8 | 0 | 7.7 | .600 | N/A | .571 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 2.0 |
| Monica Maxwell | 20 | 0 | 7.1 | .220 | .212 | .556 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.7 |
| Jenny Whittle | 3 | 0 | 6.0 | .000 | N/A | N/A | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Penny Moore | 4 | 0 | 4.8 | .333 | N/A | N/A | 0.73 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
$^‡$Waived/Released during the season $^†$Traded during the season $^≠$Acquired during the season
* Chamique Holdsclaw ranked sixth in the WNBA in Free Throws, 116
* Nikki McCray, ranked fifth in the WNBA in Free Throws, 129

## Awards and honors

* Chamique Holdsclaw, WNBA Rookie of the Year Award
* Chamique Holdsclaw, Forward, All-WNBA Second Team
* Murriel Page, WNBA Peak Performer