The 2005 WNBA season was the eighth for the Washington Mystics. The Mystics gave it their all, but they fell short for the playoffs, losing a tiebreaker to the Detroit Shock.

Offseason

WNBA draft Round Pick Player Nationality School/Club team 1 6 Temeka Johnson (G) LSU 2 19 Erica Taylor (G) Louisiana Tech 3 32 Tashia Morehead (F) Florida

Regular season

Season standings

Season schedule Date Opponent Score Result Record May 21 @ Charlotte 60-42 Win 1-0 May 22 Connecticut 67-69 Loss 1-1 May 26 Los Angeles 75-84 Loss 1-2 June 1 New York 68-77 Loss 1-3 June 3 Minnesota 74-71 Win 2-3 June 5 @ New York 58-61 Loss 2-4 June 7 @ San Antonio 62-71 Loss 2-5 June 10 Seattle 64-52 Win 3-5 June 11 @ Minnesota 60-78 Loss 3-6 June 18 Indiana 88-78 (2OT) Win 4-6 June 21 Phoenix 77-56 Win 5-6 June 24 @ Detroit 69-55 Win 6-6 June 26 Sacramento 57-62 Loss 6-7 June 28 @ Charlotte 66-61 (OT) Win 7-7 June 30 Charlotte 65-50 Win 8-7 July 7 Detroit 62-76 Loss 8-8 July 13 @ Seattle 78-71 Win 9-8 July 15 @ Phoenix 66-77 Loss 9-9 July 16 @ Sacramento 59-73 Loss 9-10 July 19 @ Los Angeles 74-68 Win 10-10 July 21 @ Houston 70-65 Win 11-10 July 26 Houston 65-83 Loss 11-11 July 28 San Antonio 73-58 Win 12-11 July 29 @ Indiana 58-62 Loss 12-12 August 2 Charlotte 65-63 Win 13-12 August 7 Indiana 61-60 Win 14-12 August 11 Connecticut 65-80 Loss 14-13 August 14 @ Connecticut 77-80 Loss 14-14 August 16 @ New York 66-72 Loss 14-15 August 18 @ Indiana 57-67 Loss 14-16 August 21 @ Detroit 52-66 Loss 14-17 August 23 New York 82-69 (OT) Win 15-17 August 26 @ Connecticut 47-81 Loss 15-18 August 27 Detroit 76-67 Win 16-18

Player stats Player GP REB AST STL BLK PTS Alana Beard 30 130 90 45 9 422 Chasity Melvin 34 199 25 31 14 397 DeLisha Milton-Jones 33 172 58 57 18 394 Temeka Johnson 34 104 177 44 1 315 Charlotte Smith 34 128 71 22 11 246 Coco Miller 34 59 44 26 3 153 Laurie Koehn 30 11 10 2 0 113 Murriel Page 34 83 25 15 9 108 Nakia Sanford 27 45 6 10 11 88 Kaayla Chones 12 6 1 1 0 14 Tamicha Jackson 8 6 10 5 0 9 Kiesha Brown 2 0 0 2 0 2 Mactabene Amachree 3 0 0 0 0 2

Awards and honors Temeka Johnson, WNBA Rookie of the Year Award

References

External links Mystics on Basketball Reference