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 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 BTV Wuppertal (Germany)
WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 1 3 Edwina Brown Texas 1 8 Tamicha Jackson Louisiana Tech228Madinah SlaiseCincinnati344Chavonne HammondVanderbilt460Cal BouchardBoston College
Transactions DateTransactionDecember 15, 1999Lost Lesley Brown to the Miami Sol in the WNBA expansion draftLost Sandy Brondello to the Indiana Fever in the WNBA expansion draftApril 24, 2000Traded 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
Roster
Schedule
Regular season
| 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
| 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
| 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
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 3,2Joy Holmes Harris2909.3.471.364.7001.60.50.40.13.1Madinah Slaise302.3.000.000 1.0000.30.00.30.01.3 ‡Waived/Released during the season †Traded during the season ≠Acquired during the season
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