# 1999 Detroit Shock season

The 1999 WNBA season was the second for the Detroit Shock. The Shock entered the playoffs for the first time in franchise history.

## Transactions
### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 1 | 5 | Jennifer Azzi | United States | San Jose Lasers |
| 2 | 17 | Val Whiting-Raymond | United States | Seattle Reign |
| 3 | 29 | Dominique Canty | United States | Alabama |
| 4 | 41 | Astou Ndiaye-Diatta | Senegal | Seattle Reign |

### Transactions

| Date | Transaction |
| May 4, 1999 | Drafted Jennifer Azzi, Val Whiting-Raymond, Dominique Canty and Astou Ndiaye-Diatta in the 1999 WNBA Draft |
| May 6, 1999 | Signed Claudia Neves, Oksana Zakaluzhnaya and Laura Baker |
| May 7, 1999 | Waived Aneta Kausaite and Lynette Woodard |
| May 31, 1999 | Waived Laura Baker |
| June 9, 1999 | Waived Gergana Branzova |
| July 5, 1999 | Waived Elena Tornikidou |
| July 28, 1999 | Signed Wanda Guyton |
| July 30, 1999 | Traded Cindy Brown and Korie Hlede to the Utah Starzz in exchange for Wendy Palmer and Olympia Scott-Richardson |

## Schedule
### Regular season

1999 game log Total: 15–17 (Home: 7–9; Road: 8–8) :
June: 5–4 (Home: 3–2; Road: 2–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
June 12
@ Minnesota
L 51–68
Sandy Brondello (15)
Val Whiting-Raymond (16)
Azzi Brondello (3)
Target Center
0–1
2
June 14
@ Cleveland
W 73–71
Brondello Hlede (15)
Val Whiting-Raymond (7)
Val Whiting-Raymond (4)
Gund Arena
1–1
3
June 17
Orlando
W 79–74
Sandy Brondello (23)
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (8)
Sandy Brondello (7)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
2–1
4
June 18
@ Washington
W 76–69
Jennifer Azzi (18)
Val Whiting-Raymond (7)
Val Whiting-Raymond (5)
MCI Center
3–1
5
June 20
@ New York
L 62–69
Sandy Brondello (16)
Cindy Brown (10)
Jennifer Azzi (6)
Madison Square Garden
3–2
6
June 22
Charlotte
W 75–69
Sandy Brondello (19)
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (9)
Azzi Hlede (3)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
4–2
7
June 24
Houston
L 65–77
Korie Hlede (17)
Brown Ndiaye-Diatta (6)
Sandy Brondello (2)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
4–3
8
June 26
Phoenix
L 60–66
Dominique Canty (16)
Cindy Brown (6)
Sandy Brondello (3)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
4–4
9
June 28
New York
W 91–71
Korie Hlede (17)
Brown Canty (6)
Sandy Brondello (5)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
5–4 :
July: 5–8 (Home: 2–5; Road: 3–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
10
July 2
Los Angeles
L 81–91
Sandy Brondello (21)
Cindy Brown (10)
Brondello Sporn (3)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
5–5
11
July 4
Sacramento
L 78–92
Cindy Brown (18)
Val Whiting-Raymond (10)
Brown Hlede (4)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
5–6
12
July 6
@ Utah
L 94–104 (2OT)
Sandy Brondello (33)
Cindy Brown (10)
Jennifer Azzi (5)
Delta Center
5–7
13
July 10
Washington
L 78–83 (2OT)
Brondello Canty (15)
Val Whiting-Raymond (13)
Azzi Brondello (4)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
5–8
14
July 12
@ Orlando
W 76–67
Sandy Brondello (22)
Val Whiting-Raymond (15)
Jennifer Azzi (7)
TD Waterhouse Centre
6–8
15
July 16
@ Washington
W 78–68
Sandy Brondello (18)
Sporn Whiting-Raymond (7)
Jennifer Azzi (6)
MCI Center
7–8
16
July 17
Cleveland
W 77–61
Cindy Brown (14)
Cindy Brown (8)
Jennifer Azzi (8)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
8–8
17
July 21
Utah
W 86–77
Cindy Brown (18)
Val Whiting-Raymond (9)
Jennifer Azzi (6)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
9–8
18
July 23
@ Cleveland
W 69–60
Jennifer Azzi (20)
Cindy Brown (8)
Jennifer Azzi (8)
Gund Arena
10–8
19
July 25
Charlotte
L 66–78
Korie Hlede (22)
Carla Boyd (7)
Sandy Brondello (5)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
10–9
20
July 27
@ Houston
L 46–85
Jennifer Azzi (10)
Cindy Brown (9)
Azzi Brondello (2)
Compaq Center
10–10
21
July 28
@ Charlotte
L 65–84
Sandy Brondello (15)
Val Whiting-Raymond (5)
Val Whiting-Raymond (5)
Charlotte Coliseum
10–11
22
July 31
Cleveland
L 53–55
Val Whiting-Raymond (9)
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (11)
Val Whiting-Raymond (4)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
10–12 :
August: 5–5 (Home: 2–2; Road: 3–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
23
August 2
Washington
L 70–75
Jennifer Azzi (22)
Val Whiting-Raymond (10)
Jennifer Azzi (4)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
10–13
24
August 4
Minnesota
W 59–56
Sandy Brondello (21)
Val Whiting-Raymond (13)
Dominique Canty (3)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
11–13
25
August 6
@ Sacramento
L 58–71
Sandy Brondello (13)
Val Whiting-Raymond (12)
Jennifer Azzi (3)
ARCO Arena
11–14
26
August 9
@ Los Angeles
W 84–59
Dominique Canty (18)
Wendy Palmer (12)
Azzi Brondello (3)
Great Western Forum
12–14
27
August 11
@ Phoenix
L 57–68
Carla Boyd (14)
Wendy Palmer (12)
Val Whiting-Raymond (4)
America West Arena
12–15
28
August 13
New York
L 56–60
Sandy Brondello (15)
Wendy Palmer (11)
Dominique Canty (2)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
12–16
29
August 15
@ New York
W 63–57
Wendy Palmer (27)
Wendy Palmer (14)
Jennifer Azzi (5)
Madison Square Garden
13–16
30
August 18
@ Orlando
L 81–93
Jennifer Azzi (19)
Wendy Palmer (13)
Jennifer Azzi (5)
TD Waterhouse Centre
13–17
31
August 20
@ Charlotte
W 58–57
Wendy Palmer (20)
Wendy Palmer (9)
Azzi Boyd (4)
Charlotte Coliseum
14–17
32
August 18
Orlando
W 74–68
Jennifer Azzi (27)
Wendy Palmer (14)
Azzi Boyd Canty (2)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
15–17 :
1999 season schedule :

### Playoffs

1999 playoff game log :
First round vs. Charlotte Sting Lost Series: 0–1
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
August 24
Charlotte
L 54–60
Wendy Palmer (10)
Wendy Palmer (9)
Jennifer Azzi (3)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
0–1 :
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 |
| Sandy Brondello | 32 | 32 | 31.3 | .438 | .487 | .847 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 13.3 |
| Jennifer Azzi | 28 | 19 | 29.9 | .514 | .517 | .827 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 10.8 |
| Wendy Palmer | 11 | 10 | 26.8 | .470 | .250 | .764 | 9.5 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 12.7 |
| Dominique Canty | 26 | 11 | 24.8 | .332 | .176 | .691 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 9.6 |
| Val Whiting-Raymond | 31 | 20 | 24.6 | .380 | N/A | .455 | 6.7 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 6.5 |
| Cindy Brown | 21 | 21 | 23.3 | .315 | .233 | .692 | 5.4 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 6.9 |
| Carla Boyd | 32 | 26 | 21.7 | .397 | .333 | .630 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 5.4 |
| Korie Hlede | 21 | 10 | 19.4 | .390 | .333 | .857 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 8.8 |
| Rachael Sporn | 18 | 10 | 18.9 | .468 | .000 | .643 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 5.9 |
| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta | 31 | 1 | 14.1 | .438 | .000 | .615 | 3.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 5.3 |
| Claudia Neves | 30 | 0 | 10.2 | .263 | .233 | .632 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2.5 |
| Wanda Guyton | 11 | 0 | 8.9 | .235 | N/A | .813 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.9 |
| Elena Tornikidou | 11 | 0 | 7.8 | .391 | N/A | .333 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.8 |
| Olympia Scott-Richardson | 8 | 0 | 6.5 | .333 | N/A | .667 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 2.0 |
| Lesley Brown | 13 | 0 | 3.3 | .438 | .500 | .667 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.5 |
$^‡$Waived/Released during the season $^†$Traded during the season $^≠$Acquired during the season