The 1998 WNBA season was the first for the Detroit Shock. The team had an 0–4 start, but by season's end they missed out on a postseason berth by just one game in the standings.
Transactions
WNBA allocation draft Player Nationality School/Team/Country Cindy Brown Seattle Reign Razija Mujanović Microcamp Campinas (Brazil)
WNBA expansion draft
Player Nationality Former WNBA Team Lynette Woodard Cleveland Rockers Tara Williams Phoenix Mercury Tajama Abraham Sacramento Monarchs Rhonda Blades New York Liberty
WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 1 4 Korie Hlede Duquesne 2 14 Rachael Sporn Adelaide Lightning (Australia)324Gergana BranzovaFIU434Sandy BrondelloBTV Wuppertal (Germany)
Transactions DateTransaction January 12, 1998 Hired Nancy Lieberman-Cline as Head Coach January 27, 1998 Drafted Cindy Brown and Razija Brcaninovic in the 1998 WNBA Allocation Draft February 18, 1998 Drafted Lynette Woodard, Tara Williams, Tajama Abraham and Rhonda Blades in the 1998 WNBA expansion draft April 29, 1998 Drafted Korie Hlede, Rachael Sporn, Gergana Branzova and Sandy Brondello in the 1998 WNBA draftMay 2, 1998Signed Aneta Kausaite and Mfon UdokaJune 22, 1998Waived Mfon Udoka
Roster
Schedule
Regular season
| 1 | June 13 | Charlotte | L 69–78 | Razija Brcaninovic (22) | Razija Brcaninovic (13) | Blades Boyd (4) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 0–1 |- | 2 | June 15 | Cleveland | L 85–96 | Korie Hlede (17) | Cindy Brown (10) | Sandy Brondello (5) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 0–2 |- | 3 | June 18 | @ Charlotte | L 67–71 | Sandy Brondello (14) | Cindy Brown (7) | Rhonda Blades (4) | Charlotte Coliseum | 0–3 |- | 4 | June 20 | @ Cleveland | L 57–65 | Korie Hlede (19) | Rachael Sporn (8) | Sandy Brondello (5) | Gund Arena | 0–4 |- | 5 | June 21 | @ Washington | W 70–57 | Korie Hlede (20) | Brown Hlede (6) | Sandy Brondello (9) | MCI Center | 1–4 |- | 6 | June 23 | Sacramento | W 61–57 | Korie Hlede (25) | Cindy Brown (12) | Korie Hlede (4) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 2–4 |- | 7 | June 25 | Washington | W 79–71 | Sandy Brondello (19) | Cindy Brown (7) | Sandy Brondello (5) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 3–4 |- | 8 | June 27 | @ Cleveland | W 84–73 | Brondello Hlede (23) | Cindy Brown (10) | Brondello Hlede (4) | Gund Arena | 4–4 |- | 9 | June 29 | Charlotte | W 60–49 | Brondello Brown (19) | Cindy Brown (16) | Blades Hlede (2) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 5–4
| 10 | July 1 | New York | W 82–65 | Cindy Brown (22) | Brcaninovic Brown (10) | Sandy Brondello (7) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 6–4 |- | 11 | July 6 | @ New York | L 56–59 | Cindy Brown (12) | Cindy Brown (12) | Sandy Brondello (5) | Madison Square Garden | 6–5 |- | 12 | July 8 | Phoenix | L 76–78 | Carla Boyd (18) | Cindy Brown (9) | Sandy Brondello (8) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 6–6 |- | 13 | July 9 | @ Houston | L 66–96 | Cindy Brown (14) | Cindy Brown (13) | Brondello Hlede (5) | Compaq Center | 6–7 |- | 14 | July 11 | @ Washington | L 53–78 | Sandy Brondello (10) | Cindy Brown (10) | Hlede Woodard (2) | MCI Center | 6–8 |- | 15 | July 13 | @ Utah | W 74–67 | Sandy Brondello (23) | Korie Hlede (11) | Sandy Brondello (3) | Delta Center | 7–8 |- | 16 | July 15 | @ Phoenix | L 60–73 | Korie Hlede (16) | Brown Sporn (9) | Sandy Brondello (4) | America West Arena | 7–9 |- | 17 | July 17 | Utah | W 79–67 | Sandy Brondello (18) | Cindy Brown (15) | Sandy Brondello (7) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 8–9 |- | 18 | July 18 | Cleveland | W 72–57 | Brown Hlede (16) | Korie Hlede (13) | Sandy Brondello (3) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 9–9 |- | 19 | July 22 | Washington | W 76–61 | Carla Boyd (19) | Cindy Brown (9) | Brondello Brown Hlede (3) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 10–9 |- | 20 | July 25 | Los Angeles | W 69–67 | Korie Hlede (20) | Cindy Brown (14) | Korie Hlede (7) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 11–9 |- | 21 | July 26 | @ New York | L 62–78 | Korie Hlede (14) | Korie Hlede (8) | Korie Hlede (6) | Madison Square Garden | 11–10 |- | 22 | July 31 | Sacramento | W 78–77 | Sandy Brondello (20) | Cindy Brown (10) | Carla Boyd (9) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 12–10
| 23 | August 3 | @ Charlotte | L 68–71 | Sandy Brondello (21) | Cindy Brown (10) | Carla Boyd (4) | Charlotte Coliseum | 12–11 |- style="background:#bbffbb" | 24 | August 5 | Los Angeles | W 73–61 | Korie Hlede (20) | Cindy Brown (10) | Brondello Brown (4) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 13–11 |- | 25 | August 7 | Houston | L 57–61 | Cindy Brown (13) | Cindy Brown (13) | Cindy Brown (5) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 13–12 |- | 26 | August 10 | @ Utah | W 77–73 | Korie Hlede (20) | Cindy Brown (21) | Cindy Brown (4) | Delta Center | 14–12 |- | 27 | August 11 | @ Sacramento | W 50–41 | Sandy Brondello (15) | Cindy Brown (12) | Carla Boyd (4) | ARCO Arena | 15–12 |- | 28 | August 14 | @ Phoenix | L 59–74 | Sandy Brondello (20) | Carla Boyd (8) | Rhonda Blades (3) | America West Arena | 15–13 |- | 29 | August 16 | @ Los Angeles | W 73–68 | Razija Brcaninovic (25) | Cindy Brown (11) | Sandy Brondello (5) | Great Western Forum | 16–13 |- | 30 | August 19 | New York | W 82–68 | Sandy Brondello (24) | Lynette Woodard (9) | Lynette Woodard (3) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 17–13
Season standings
Statistics
Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Korie Hlede 27 27 33.8 .391 .392 .806 5.2 2.7 0.8 0.0 14.1 Sandy Brondello 30 28 33.1 .428 .364 .923 2.9 3.3 1.3 0.0 14.2 Cindy Brown 30 30 32.2 .470 .328 .707 10.0 1.8 1.7 0.7 11.8 Carla Boyd 30 24 27.2 .342 .302 .632 3.9 2.3 0.9 0.3 8.2 Razija Brcaninovic 30 30 23.2 .520 N/A .667 5.1 1.0 0.3 0.9 9.1 Rachael Sporn 30 1 17.8 .408 N/A .500 3.6 1.3 0.3 0.4 4.5 Lynette Woodard 27 8 14.2 .387 N/A .575 2.4 0.8 0.8 0.1 3.5 Rhonda Blades 29 2 11.7 .256 .240 .483 1.1 1.4 1.4 0.0 2.3 Mfon Udoka 3 0 8.3 .167 N/A .500 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3 Gergana Branzova 26 0 7.8 .446 .000 .550 1.6 0.3 0.1 0.2 2.7 Aneta Kausaite 10 0 5.8 .250 .000 .571 1.1 0.1 0.3 0.0 1.4Angela Hamblin604.8.250.500.5001.20.30.20.01.0Tajama Abraham1203.7.357N/A.5330.60.00.20.11.5 ‡Waived/Released during the season †Traded during the season ≠Acquired during the season
References
External links Shock on Basketball Reference