Detroit Shock

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Detroit Shock
Detroit Shock logo
Conference Eastern Conference
Founded 1998
Home court The Palace of Auburn Hills
Colors Blue, red
WNBA Championships 2 (2003, 2006)
Conference Championships 2 (2003, 2006)
Playoff Appearances 5 (1999, 2003–2006)
Head coach Bill Laimbeer
General manager Bill Laimbeer
Owner William Davidson
Mascot Zap [1]

The Detroit Shock is a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Detroit, Michigan. Debuting in 1998, they were one of the league's first expansion franchises. They are the first WNBA expansion franchise to win a WNBA Championship. The team is the sister team of the Detroit Pistons and has been coached by Pistons legend Bill Laimbeer.

Uniforms:

  • White with the team's logo of the stylized Detroit Shock name, in black and blue, over a WNBA basketball at home. Blue with the word "Detroit" across the front for the road jersey.

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[edit] Franchise history

Upon starting in 1998, the Detroit Shock quickly brought a blend of rookies and veterans, such as Sandy Brondello. (Brondello was later traded to the Miami Sol before the 2001 season.) Their first coach was hall of famer Nancy Lieberman.

Several years after making the playoffs in 1999, Detroit came in last place during the 2002 season, and former Detroit Pistons center Bill Laimbeer was brought in as coach. Laimbeer's ideas influenced the team's front management, who agreed with the new coach's idea to bring over some new players he felt necessary to become a contender.

Laimbeer predicted that the Shock would be league champions in 2003, and his prediction became a reality when they defeated the Los Angeles Sparks two games to one in the 2003 WNBA Finals. The final score in the championship game that year was Shock 83, Sparks 78. That game drew the largest crowd ever in WNBA history, as 22,076 came to watch. Detroit, much like the 1991 Minnesota Twins in baseball, became the first team in WNBA history to make it from last place to world champions the next year and the Shock also became the second Eastern conference team to win the championship in WNBA history (The Houston Comets were in the Eastern Conference in 1997).

2005 saw the addition of former Piston star Rick Mahorn as an assistant coach to Laimbeer. [2]

The Shock dethroned the Sacramento Monarchs by winning the last two games of the series and winning the series 3-2 in 2006. They became the first WNBA team to win non-consecutive championships.

[edit] Season-by-Season Records

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, % = Win-Loss %

Season W L % Playoffs Results
Detroit Shock
1998 17 13 .567
1999 15 17 .469 Lost First Round Charlotte 60, Detroit 54
2000 14 18 .438
2001 10 22 .313
2002 9 23 .281
2003 25 9 .735 Won First Round
Won Conference Finals
Won WNBA Finals		 Detroit 2, Cleveland 1
Detroit 2, Connecticut 0
Detroit 2, Los Angeles 1
2004 17 17 .500 Lost First Round New York 2, Detroit 1
2005 16 18 .471 Lost First Round Connecticut 2, Detroit 0
2006 23 11 .676 Won First Round
Won Conference Finals
Won WNBA Finals		 Detroit 2, Indiana 0
Detroit 2, Connecticut 1
Detroit 3, Sacramento 2
Totals 146 148 .497
Playoffs 14 10 .583 2 WNBA Championships

Stats updated September 9, 2006

[edit] Players of note

[edit] Hall of Famers

None

[edit] Retired numbers

None

[edit] Not to be forgotten

[edit] Current Roster

Detroit Shock
Current Roster
Head Coach: Bill Laimbeer Edit
Pos. No. Name College
F 21 Jacqueline Batteast Notre Dame
F 45 Kara Braxton Georgia
F 32 Swin Cash Connecticut
F 35 Cheryl Ford Louisiana Tech
G 11 Kedra Holland-Corn Georgia
G-F 14 Deanna Nolan Georgia
F-C 23 Plenette Pierson Texas Tech
G 5 Elaine Powell LSU
C 00 Ruth Riley Notre Dame
G 30 Katie Smith Ohio State
F 33 Angelina Williams Illinois
(IL) - Inactive List

[edit] Coaches and others

Head Coaches:

[edit] External links

Women's National Basketball Association
Eastern Conference Western Conference
Charlotte Sting | Chicago Sky | Connecticut Sun | Detroit Shock | Indiana Fever | New York Liberty | Washington Mystics Houston Comets | Los Angeles Sparks | Minnesota Lynx | Phoenix Mercury | Sacramento Monarchs | San Antonio Silver Stars | Seattle Storm
Defunct teams: Cleveland Rockers | Miami Sol | Portland Fire
Media: WNBA on ESPN | List of WNBA Finals broadcasters
Other Women's Leagues: National Women's Basketball League | Women's National Basketball League (Australia)
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