# 2001 Detroit Shock season

The 2001 WNBA season was the fourth season for the Detroit Shock.

## Transactions
### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 1 | 6 | Deanna Nolan | United States | Georgia |
| 2 | 22 | Jae Kingi | New Zealand | Adelaide Lightning (Australia) |
| 3 | 38 | Svetlana Volnaya | Soviet Union | Virginia |
| 4 | 54 | Kelly Santos | Brazil | Brazil |

### Transactions

| Date | Transaction |
| August 28, 2000 | Fired Nancy Lieberman-Cline as Head Coach |
| September 20, 2000 | Hired Greg Williams as Head Coach |
| April 20, 2001 | Traded Val Whiting-Raymond to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for a 2002 2nd Round Pick |
| April 20, 2001 | Drafted Deanna Nolan, Jae Kingi, Svetlana Volnaya and Kelly Santos in the 2001 WNBA Draft |
| April 23, 2001 | Traded Anna DeForge to the Houston Comets in exchange for Jennifer Rizzotti |
| May 12, 2001 | Traded Tamicha Jackson and a 2002 4th Round Pick to the Portland Fire in exchange for a 2002 2nd Round Pick |
| May 18, 2001 | Waived Cal Bouchard and Svetlana Volnaya |
| May 27, 2001 | Traded Jennifer Rizzotti to the Cleveland Rockers in exchange for a 2002 3rd Round Pick |
| May 27, 2001 | Traded Olympia Scott-Richardson and a 2002 3rd Round Pick to the Indiana Fever in exchange for 2002 2nd Round Pick |
| May 27, 2001 | Waived Joy Holmes Harris |

## Schedule
### Regular season

2001 game log Total: 10–22 (Home: 5–11; Road: 5–11) :
June: 4–8 (Home: 2–5; Road: 2–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
June 2
Houston
L 73–74
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (24)
Ndiaye-Diatta Palmer (6)
Elena Tornikidou (5)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
0–1
2
June 5
Orlando
L 71–92
Deanna Nolan (12)
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (9)
Edwina Brown (5)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
0–2
3
June 7
@ Houston
L 66–87
Elena Tornikidou (15)
Wendy Palmer (9)
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (4)
Compaq Center
0–3
4
June 12
@ Miami
W 68–67 (OT)
Canty Palmer (16)
Wendy Palmer (9)
Edwina Brown (4)
American Airlines Arena
1–3
5
June 14
Washington
W 80–65
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (22)
Ndiaye-Diatta Palmer (9)
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (4)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
2–3
6
June 16
@ Charlotte
W 72–69 (2OT)
Dominique Canty (20)
Barbara Farris (8)
Dominique Canty (7)
Charlotte Coliseum
3–3
7
June 17
Minnesota
L 63–71
Carla Boyd (14)
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (12)
Canty Brown (3)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
3–4
8
June 22
@ Indiana
L 56–77
Dominique Canty (10)
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (6)
Jae Kingi (5)
Conseco Fieldhouse
3–5
9
June 23
Indiana
L 70–74
Claudia Neves (16)
Santos Sporn (5)
Dominique Canty (6)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
3–6
10
June 26
Los Angeles
L 89–98
Edwina Brown (18)
Farris Ndiaye-Diatta (8)
Edwina Brown (5)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
3–7
11
June 27
@ Charlotte
L 50–74
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (13)
Barbara Farris (6)
Dominique Canty (3)
Charlotte Coliseum
3–8
12
June 29
Phoenix
W 75–71
Jae Kingi (25)
Dominique Canty (11)
Jae Kingi (4)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
4–8 :
July
: 3–10 (Home: 1–4; Road: 2–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
13
July 2
@ New York
L 60–66
Elena Tornikidou (16)
Jae Kingi (8)
Dominique Canty (4)
Madison Square Garden
4–9
14
July 6
Charlotte
L 50–67
Deanna Nolan (11)
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (9)
Farris Kingi Ndiaye-Diatta (2)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
4–10
15
July 8
@ Orlando
L 67–73
Edwina Brown (15)
Elena Tornikidou (7)
Dominique Canty (3)
TD Waterhouse Centre
4–11
16
July 11
@ Washington
W 64–52
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (20)
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (10)
Ndiaye-Diatta Neves (5)
MCI Center
5–11
17
July 13
Miami
L 55–56
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (19)
Wendy Palmer (8)
Jae Kingi (6)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
5–12
18
July 14
@ Miami
L 51–66
Deanna Nolan (10)
Wendy Palmer (8)
Canty Ndiaye-Diatta Palmer (2)
American Airlines Arena
5–13
19
July 18
New York
L 67–80
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (19)
Wendy Palmer (8)
Brown Neves Tornikidou (2)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
5–14
20
July 21
@ Sacramento
L 52–66
Ndiaye-Diatta Kingi (13)
Edwina Brown (9)
Edwina Brown (5)
ARCO Arena
5–15
21
July 22
@ Portland
W 80–77 (OT)
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (18)
Wendy Palmer (7)
Canty Tornikidou (4)
Rose Garden
6–15
22
July 24
@ Seattle
L 69–74 (OT)
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (23)
Wendy Palmer (11)
Elena Tornikidou (6)
KeyArena
6–16
23
July 26
@ Phoenix
L 62–63
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (23)
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (7)
Edwina Brown (6)
America West Arena
6–17
24
July 28
Cleveland
L 50–57
Wendy Palmer (14)
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (8)
Jae Kingi (4)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
6–18
25
July 29
Orlando
W 64–62
Edwina Brown (13)
Edwina Brown (6)
Edwina Brown (5)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
7–18 :
August
: 3–4 (Home: 3–1; Road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
26
August 1
@ New York
L 63–66
Elena Tornikidou (22)
Wendy Palmer (11)
Edwina Brown (5)
Madison Square Garden
7–19
27
August 4
Portland
W 70–65
Edwina Brown (15)
Wendy Palmer (13)
Jae Kingi (4)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
8–19
28
August 7
Utah
L 69–76
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (27)
Farris Ndiaye-Diatta (3)
Edwina Brown (6)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
8–20
29
August 8
@ Cleveland
L 66–73
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (19)
Edwina Brown (5)
Edwina Brown (7)
Gund Arena
8–21
30
August 10
Washington
W 69–63
Elena Tornikidou (21)
Wendy Palmer (8)
Jae Kingi (5)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
9–21
31
August 12
@ Indiana
L 66–83
Wendy Palmer (17)
Wendy Palmer (6)
Edwina Brown (4)
Conseco Fieldhouse
9–22
32
August 14
Cleveland
W 76–65
Elena Tornikidou (16)
Wendy Palmer (5)
Edwina Brown (7)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
10–22 :
2001 season schedule :

### Season standings

| Eastern Conference | W | L | PCT | Conf. | GB |
| Cleveland Rockers $^x$ | 22 | 10 | .688 | 15–6 | – |
| New York Liberty $^x$ | 21 | 11 | .656 | 13–8 | 1.0 |
| Miami Sol $^x$ | 20 | 12 | .625 | 14–7 | 2.0 |
| Charlotte Sting $^x$ | 18 | 14 | .563 | 15–6 | 4.0 |
| Orlando Miracle $^o$ | 13 | 19 | .406 | 9–12 | 9.0 |
| Indiana Fever $^o$ | 10 | 22 | .313 | 7–14 | 12.0 |
| Detroit Shock $^o$ | 10 | 22 | .313 | 7–14 | 12.0 |
| Washington Mystics $^o$ | 10 | 22 | .313 | 4–17 | 12.0 |

## Statistics
### Regular Season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Wendy Palmer | 22 | 22 | 29.6 | .423 | .333 | .678 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 10.6 |
| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta | 32 | 31 | 28.5 | .457 | .333 | .776 | 5.3 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 11.8 |
| Edwina Brown | 32 | 14 | 25.0 | .366 | .377 | .783 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 7.4 |
| Elena Tornikidou | 32 | 32 | 24.3 | .446 | .449 | .887 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 9.6 |
| Jae Kingi | 29 | 17 | 21.6 | .387 | .375 | .722 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 5.8 |
| Deanna Nolan | 27 | 0 | 20.2 | .330 | .288 | .811 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 7.1 |
| Dominique Canty | 32 | 18 | 19.5 | .363 | .200 | .757 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 6.2 |
| Claudia Neves | 22 | 15 | 18.5 | .362 | .365 | 1.000 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 4.3 |
| Barbara Farris | 31 | 10 | 18.0 | .469 | N/A | .638 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 4.2 |
| Rachael Sporn | 23 | 1 | 11.5 | .404 | N/A | .333 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.8 |
| Carla Boyd | 21 | 0 | 11.0 | .343 | .306 | .900 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 3.6 |
| Kelly Santos | 14 | 0 | 10.9 | .476 | .000 | .667 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 3.7 |
$^‡$Waived/Released during the season $^†$Traded during the season $^≠$Acquired during the season