1998 Detroit Shock season

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.[1]

1998 Detroit Shock season
CoachNancy Lieberman-Cline
ArenaThe Palace of Auburn Hills
Attendance10,229 per game
Results
Record17–13 (.567)
Place4th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Team Leaders
PointsSandy Brondello (14.2)
ReboundsCindy Brown (10.0)
AssistsSandy Brondello (3.2)

Transactions

WNBA allocation draft
Player Nationality School/Team/Country
Cindy Brown  United States Seattle Reign
Razija Brcaninovich  Yugoslavia Microcamp Campinas (Brazil)

WNBA expansion draft
Player Nationality Former WNBA Team
Lynette Woodard  United States Cleveland Rockers
Tara Williams  United States Phoenix Mercury
Tajama Abraham  United States Sacramento Monarchs
Rhonda Blades  United States New York Liberty

WNBA draft
See also: 1998 WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 4 Korie Hlede  Yugoslavia Duquesne
2 14 Rachael Sporn  Australia Adelaide Lightning (Australia)
3 24 Gergana Branzova  Bulgaria FIU
4 34 Sandy Brondello  Australia BTW Wuppertal (Germany)

Transactions
Date Transaction
January 12, 1998 Hired Nancy Lieberman-Cline as Head Coach[2]
January 27, 1998 Drafted Cindy Brown and Razija Brcaninovich in the 1998 WNBA Allocation Draft[2]
February 18, 1998 Drafted Lynette Woodard, Tara Williams, Tajama Abraham and Rhonda Blades in the 1998 WNBA expansion draft[2]
April 29, 1998 Drafted Korie Hlede, Rachael Sporn, Gergana Branzova and Sandy Brondello in the 1998 WNBA Draft[2]
May 2, 1998 Signed Aneta Kausaite and Mfon Udoka[2]
June 22, 1998 Waived Mfon Udoka[2]

Roster
1998 Detroit Shock roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
C 40 Abraham, Tajama 6' 2" (1.88m) 190 lb (86kg) 1975-09-27 George Washington 1
G 10 Blades, Rhonda 5' 7" (1.7m) 138 lb (63kg) 1972-10-29 Vanderbilt 1
F 11 Boyd, Carla 6' 1" (1.85m) 172 lb (78kg) 1975-10-31 R
F 34 Branzova, Gergana 6' 4" (1.93m) 178 lb (81kg) 1976-07-25 FIU R
C 12 Brcaninovich, Razija 6' 8" (2.03m) 198 lb (90kg) 1967-04-15 R
G 6 Brondello, Sandy 5' 7" (1.7m) 136 lb (62kg) 1968-08-20 R
F 14 Brown, Cindy 6' 2" (1.88m) 183 lb (83kg) 1965-03-16 Long Beach State R
G/F 24 Hamblin, Angela 5' 10" (1.78m) 170 lb (77kg) 1976-09-30 Iowa R
G 7 Hlede, Korie 5' 9" (1.75m) 155 lb (70kg) 1975-03-29 Duquesne R
F 20 Kausaite, Aneta 6' 0" (1.83m) 155 lb (70kg) 1970-11-30 Emporia State R
F 4 Sporn, Rachael 6' 1" (1.85m) 175 lb (79kg) 1968-03-26 R
F 30 Udoka, Mfon 6' 0" (1.83m) 187 lb (85kg) 1976-06-16 DePaul R
G 8 Woodard, Lynette 6' 0" (1.83m) 160 lb (73kg) 1959-08-12 Kansas 1
Head coach
Nancy Lieberman-Cline (Old Dominion)
Assistant coaches
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Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Schedule

Regular season
1998 game log
Total: 17–13 (Home: 11–4; Road: 6–9)
June: 5–4 (Home: 3–2; Road: 2–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
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
July: 7–6 (Home: 6–1; Road: 1–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
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
August: 5–3 (Home: 2–1; Road: 3–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
23 August 3 @ Charlotte L 68–71 Sandy Brondello (21) Cindy Brown (10) Carla Boyd (4) Charlotte Coliseum 12–11
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
1998 season schedule

Season standings
Eastern Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
Cleveland Rockers x2010.66712–4–
Charlotte Sting x1812.60011–52.0
New York Liberty o1812.6008–82.0
Detroit Shock o1713.5678–83.0
Washington Mystics o327.1001–1517.0

Statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage  TO  Turnovers per game
 PF  Fouls per game Team leader League leader

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 1.4
Angela Hamblin 6 0 4.8 .250 .500 .500 1.2 0.3 0.2 0.0 1.0
Tajama Abraham 12 0 3.7 .357 N/A .533 0.6 0.0 0.2 0.1 1.5


‡Waived/Released during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season

References
  1. "SHOCK: 1998 Detroit Shock Year in Review".
  2. "1998 Detroit Shock Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
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