# 2000 Detroit Shock season

The 2000 WNBA season was the third for the Detroit Shock. The Shock were very close of making the playoffs, but they fell to the Washington Mystics in a tiebreaker.

## Transactions
### Miami Sol expansion draft

The following player was selected in the Miami Sol expansion draft from the Detroit Shock:
| Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| Lesley Brown | United States | Virginia |

### Indiana Fever expansion draft

The following player was selected in the Indiana Fever expansion draft from the Detroit Shock:
| Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| Sandy Brondello | Australia | BTV Wuppertal (Germany) |

### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 1 | 3 | Edwina Brown | United States | Texas |
| 1 | 8 | Tamicha Jackson | United States | Louisiana Tech |
| 2 | 28 | Madinah Slaise | United States | Cincinnati |
| 3 | 44 | Chavonne Hammond | United States | Vanderbilt |
| 4 | 60 | Cal Bouchard | Canada | Boston College |

### Transactions

| Date | Transaction |
| December 15, 1999 | Lost Lesley Brown to the Miami Sol in the WNBA expansion draft |
| December 15, 1999 | Lost Sandy Brondello to the Indiana Fever in the WNBA expansion draft |
| April 24, 2000 | Traded Jennifer Azzi and a 2000 1st Round Pick to the Utah Starzz in exchange for 2 2000 1st Round Picks |
| April 25, 2000 | Drafted Edwina Brown, Tamicha Jackson, Madinah Slaise, Chavonne Hammond and Cal Bouchard in the 2000 WNBA Draft |
| May 1, 2000 | Signed Anna DeForge, Barbara Farris and Elena Tornikidou |
| May 21, 2000 | Waived Chavonne Hammond and Wanda Guyton |
| July 24, 2000 | Waived Madinah Slaise |

## Schedule
### Regular season

2000 game log Total: 14–18 (Home: 8–9; Road: 6–9) :
June: 7–6 (Home: 3–3; Road: 4–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
June 3
Sacramento
W 77-74
Elena Tornikidou (18)
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (12)
Dominique Canty (6)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
1–0
2
June 5
@ Minnesota
L 68-88
Wendy Palmer (15)
Wendy Palmer (6)
Dominique Canty (4)
Target Center
1–1
3
June 7
New York
L 69-73
Dominique Canty (22)
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (6)
Dominique Canty (4)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
1–2
4
June 9
Indiana
W 80-76
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (18)
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (8)
Brown Canty Tornikidou (3)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
2–2
5
June 12
Charlotte
L 67-78
Elena Tornikidou (16)
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (7)
Edwina Brown (3)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
2–3
6
June 13
@ Miami
L 61-74
Jackson Tornikidou (14)
Oksana Zakaluzhnaya (6)
Claudia Neves (3)
American Airlines Arena
2–4
7
June 16
@ Cleveland
W 93-81
Dominique Canty (22)
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (8)
Canty Jackson (7)
Gund Arena
3–4
8
June 18
Indiana
W 111-74
Wendy Palmer (22)
Olympia Scott-Richardson (6)
Tamicha Jackson (5)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
4–4
9
June 19
@ Washington
L 55-80
Tamicha Jackson (13)
Ndiaye-Diatta Palmer Scott-Richardson (5)
Tamicha Jackson (3)
MCI Center
4–5
10
June 21
@ New York
W 67-63
Claudia Neves (16)
Wendy Palmer (10)
Neves Tornikidou (3)
Madison Square Garden
5–5
11
June 24
Washington
L 70-76
Dominique Canty (14)
Wendy Palmer (6)
Canty Neves Tornikidou (3)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
5–6
12
June 25
@ Charlotte
W 84-81
Elena Tornikidou (25)
Olympia Scott-Richardson (8)
Jackson Tornikidou (5)
Charlotte Coliseum
6–6
13
June 28
@ Seattle
W 82-78
Wendy Palmer (32)
Wendy Palmer (12)
Dominique Canty (5)
KeyArena
7–6 :
July: 5–9 (Home: 4–5; Road: 1–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
14
July 1
@ Sacramento
L 96-108
Wendy Palmer (20)
Wendy Palmer (9)
Elena Tornikidou (6)
ARCO Arena
7–7
15
July 2
@ Los Angeles
L 63-85
Wendy Palmer (12)
Wendy Palmer (9)
Brown Jackson (3)
Great Western Forum
7–8
16
July 6
@ Phoenix
L 69-83
Claudia Neves (12)
Holmes Harris (7)
Brown Neves (4)
America West Arena
7–9
17
July 7
@ Utah
W 73-69
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (18)
Wendy Palmer (12)
Anna DeForge (7)
Delta Center
8–9
18
July 9
Orlando
L 62-68
Wendy Palmer (19)
Wendy Palmer (9)
Anna DeForge (6)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
8–10
19
July 12
Seattle
W 61-56
Dominique Canty (15)
Elena Tornikidou (7)
Elena Tornikidou (4)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
9–10
20
July 14
Miami
W 80-50
Wendy Palmer (15)
Wendy Palmer (9)
Canty Palmer Tornikidou (4)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
10–10
21
July 19
Orlando
L 78-88
Claudia Neves (19)
Ndiaye-Diatta Palmer (6)
Brown Neves (4)
TD Waterhouse Centre
10–11
22
July 21
Houston
L 74-76 (OT)
Wendy Palmer (22)
Wendy Palmer (12)
Edwina Brown (4)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
10–12
23
July 24
Portland
L 57-61
Elena Tornikidou (12)
Wendy Palmer (10)
Brown Neves (3)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
10–13
24
July 26
Miami
W 78-62
Wendy Palmer (17)
Barbara Farris (10)
Dominique Canty (4)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
11–13
25
July 28
@ Cleveland
L 60-80
Wendy Palmer (13)
Wendy Palmer (9)
Edwina Brown (8)
Gund Arena
11–14
26
July 29
Charlotte
W 75-72
Wendy Palmer (21)
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (9)
Elena Tornikidou (4)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
12–14
27
July 31
Cleveland
L 65-76
Wendy Palmer (16)
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (11)
Dominique Canty (6)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
12–15 :
August: 2–3 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
28
August 2
Los Angeles
L 81-84
Dominique Canty (17)
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (12)
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (4)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
12–16
29
August 4
@ Washington
L 72-96
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (19)
Ndiaye-Diatta Scott-Richardson (7)
Dominique Canty (4)
MCI Center
12–17
30
August 6
@ Orlando
L 63-92
Dominique Canty (10)
Canty Ndiaye-Diatta (6)
Claudia Neves (3)
TD Waterhouse Centre
12–18
31
August 8
@ Indiana
W 74-63
Ndiaye-Diatta Palmer (18)
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (8)
Palmer DeForge (4)
Conseco Fieldhouse
13–18
32
August 9
New York
W 66-63
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (19)
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (8)
Dominique Canty (8)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
14–18 :

### Season standings

| Eastern Conference | W | L | PCT | Conf. | GB |
| New York Liberty $^x$ | 20 | 12 | .625 | 14–7 | – |
| Cleveland Rockers $^x$ | 17 | 15 | .531 | 13–8 | 3.0 |
| Orlando Miracle $^x$ | 16 | 16 | .500 | 13–8 | 4.0 |
| Washington Mystics $^x$ | 14 | 18 | .438 | 13–8 | 6.0 |
| Detroit Shock $^o$ | 14 | 18 | .438 | 10–11 | 6.0 |
| Miami Sol $^o$ | 13 | 19 | .406 | 9–12 | 7.0 |
| Indiana Fever $^o$ | 9 | 23 | .281 | 7–14 | 11.0 |
| Charlotte Sting $^o$ | 8 | 24 | .250 | 5–16 | 12.0 |

## Statistics
### Regular Season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Wendy Palmer | 32 | 30 | 28.6 | .448 | .250 | .704 | 6.8 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 13.8 |
| Dominique Canty | 28 | 27 | 28.0 | .409 | .000 | .695 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 9.2 |
| Elena Tornikidou | 32 | 32 | 27.2 | .506 | .125 | .914 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 10.3 |
| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta | 32 | 32 | 27.1 | .474 | .167 | .569 | 5.8 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 10.8 |
| Claudia Neves | 30 | 20 | 21.2 | .380 | .304 | .833 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 |
| Edwina Brown | 32 | 7 | 19.3 | .355 | .250 | .838 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 5.9 |
| Anna DeForge | 27 | 10 | 16.0 | .405 | .321 | .781 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 5.4 |
| Tamicha Jackson | 17 | 0 | 15.7 | .387 | .250 | .743 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 6.8 |
| Olympia Scott-Richardson | 28 | 0 | 13.2 | .416 | .000 | .650 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 3.6 |
| Oksana Zakaluzhnaya | 23 | 0 | 11.2 | .521 | .429 | .909 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 3.9 |
| Barbara Farris | 14 | 2 | 9.3 | .500 | .000 | .556 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 3,2 |
| Joy Holmes Harris | 29 | 0 | 9.3 | .471 | .364 | .700 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 3.1 |
| Madinah Slaise | 3 | 0 | 2.3 | .000 | .000 | 1.000 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.3 |
$^‡$Waived/Released during the season $^†$Traded during the season $^≠$Acquired during the season