1999 Orlando Miracle season

1999 Orlando Miracle season
Head Coach Carolyn Peck
Arena TD Waterhouse Centre
Attendance 9,801 per game
Results
Record 15–17
(.469)
Place 4th (Eastern)
Playoff Finish Did not qualify
Team Leaders
Points Shannon Johnson (14.0)
Rebounds Taj McWilliams (7.5)
Assists Shannon Johnson (4.4)
Orlando Miracle seasons
< 1998 2000 >

The 1999 WNBA season was the Orlando Miracle's inaugural season. The Miracle tied for second place in the conference with the Detroit Shock and the Charlotte Sting. However, both Detroit and Charlotte beat Orlando in two of their three meetings during the regular season. Therefore, the Miracle were in fourth place and out of playoff contention.

Contents

Offseason

Expansion Draft

Pick Player Nationality Former Team School/Team/Country
2 Andrea Congreaves  United Kingdom Charlotte Sting Mercer
4 Kisha Ford  United States New York Liberty Georgia Tech
6 Yolanda Moore  United States Houston Comets Mississippi
8 Adrienne Johnson  United States Cleveland Rockers Ohio State

WNBA Draft

Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 8 Tari Phillips  United States Central Florida (from Colorado Xplosion, ABL)
2 20 Sheri Sam  United States Vanderbilt (from San Jose Lasers, ABL)
3 32 Taj McWilliams  United States St. Edward's (from Philadelphia Rage, ABL)
4 44 Carla McGhee  United States Tennessee (from Columbus Quest, ABL)
4 50 Elaine Powell  United States LSU (from Portland Power, ABL)

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Roster

Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight From
F 3 Congreaves, Andrea 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 183 lb (83 kg) Mercer
G 5 Ford, Kisha 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 153 lb (69 kg) Georgia Tech
G 31 Johnson, Adrienne 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 154 lb (70 kg) Ohio State
G 14 Johnson, Shannon 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) 152 lb (69 kg) South Carolina
F 10 McGhee, Carla 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 179 lb (81 kg) Tennessee
F/C 11 McWilliams, Taj 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 184 lb (83 kg) St. Edward's College
F 33 Moore, Yolanda 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Mississippi
F 24 Phillips, Tari 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) University of Central Florida
G 50 Powell, Elaine 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 150 lb (68 kg) LSU
G/F 42 Sales, Nykesha 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Connecticut
G/F 55 Sam, Sheri 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Vanderbilt
G 7 Suber, Tora 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) 137 lb (62 kg) Virginia
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Season standings

Eastern Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
New York Liberty x 18 14 .563 12–8 –
Detroit Shock x 15 17 .469 12–8 3.0
Charlotte Sting x 15 17 .469 12–8 3.0
Orlando Miracle o 15 17 .469 9–11 3.0
Washington Mystics o 12 20 .375 10–10 6.0
Cleveland Rockers o 7 25 .219 5–15 11.0

Season schedule

Preseason

1999 Game Log: Preseason
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record
1 June 4 @ Minnesota W 80-76 N/A N/A N/A Midwest Wireless Civic Center
 1-0
2 June 6 Minnesota W 81-71 N/A N/A N/A Amway Arena
 2-0

Regular season

1999 Game Log: Regular Season
June
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record
1 June 10 Houston L 63-77 McWilliams (15) McWilliams (7) S. Johnson (7) Amway Arena
 0-1
2 June 12 @ Utah L 65-71 Sam (21) Sam (10) S. Johnson (7) Delta Center
 0-2
3 June 15 Los Angeles W 88-86 Sales (29) Congreaves (10) S. Johnson (8) Amway Arena
 1-2
4 June 17 @ Detroit L 74-79 S. Johnson (22) McWilliams (13) McWilliams, Sales (2) Palace of Auburn Hills
 1-3
5 June 19 Washington W 73-68 S. Johnson (18) McWilliams (11) S. Johnson (7) Amway Arena
 2-3
6 June 21 Phoenix W 80-76 Sam, Sales (20) McWilliams (9) S. Johnson (9) Amway Arena
 3-3
7 June 22 @ Cleveland W 71-62 Sam (22) McWilliams, Sales (7) Sales (6) Gund Arena
 4-3
8 June 28 @ Houston W 68-66 Sales (23) Sam (6) S. Johnson, Sales (4) Compaq Center
 5-3
July
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record
9 July 3 Charlotte L 58-75 S. Johnson (17) McWilliams (11) S. Johnson (4) Amway Arena
 5-4
10 July 7 Minnesota L 66-71 Sam (15) McGhee, Sam (7) S. Johnson (6) Amway Arena
 5-5
11 July 9 @ Charlotte W 66-61 Sales (16) McWilliams, S. Johnson (5) S. Johnson (4) Charlotte Coliseum
 6-5
12 July 10 Utah W 62-56 Sales (21) S. Johnson (8) S. Johnson (4) Amway Arena
 7-5
13 July 12 Detroit L 67-76 McWilliams, Congreaves (14) McWilliams (8) S. Johnson, Sam (5) Amway Arena
 7-6
14 July 16 Charlotte L 50-56 Sales (15) McWilliams (6) S. Johnson (3) Amway Arena
 7-7
15 July 17 Sacramento L 70-76 Sales (20) McWilliams (10) S. Johnson (9) Amway Arena
 7-8
16 July 19 @ Washington W 77-52 Sam (20) S. Johnson (6) S. Johnson, Sales (6) MCI Center
 8-8
17 July 20 @ New York L 56-61 McWilliams (13) S. Johnson (7) Sam (3) Madison Square Garden
 8-9
18 July 23 @ Phoenix L 67-73 S. Johnson (22) Sam (6) S. Johnson (6) America West Arena
 8-10
19 July 24 @ Sacramento W 73-64 S. Johnson (31) McWilliams (10) S. Johnson (5) ARCO Arena
 9-10
20 July 27 @ Los Angeles L 60-81 McWilliams (17) McWilliams (7) Powell (4) Staples Center
 9-11
21 July 29 New York L 65-73 (OT) S. Johnson (25) McWilliams (12) S. Johnson (5) Amway Arena
 9-12
August
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record
22 August 1 @ New York L 61-74 Sales (21) Sales (8) S. Johnson, Congreaves (3) Madison Square Garden
 9-13
23 August 4 Cleveland W 70-62 McWilliams (16) McWilliams (9) S. Johnson (5) Amway Arena
 10-13
24 August 5 @ Washington L 68-72 McWilliams (24) McWilliams (10) Sam (7) MCI Center
 10-14
25 August 7 @ Charlotte L 60-64 S. Johnson (25) McWilliams (6) Sales (5) Charlotte Coliseum
 10-15
26 August 9 New York L 75-80 Sales (24) McWilliams, Sales (6) Sales (5) Amway Arena
 10-16
27 August 12 Cleveland W 55-54 Sales (16) McWilliams (15) Sales (5) Amway Arena
 11-16
28 August 14 @ Cleveland W 73-61 Sales (17) S. Johnson (6) S. Johnson (8) Amway Arena
 12-16
29 August 15 Washington W 81-54 Sam (19) McWilliams (9) Sales (6) Amway Arena
 13-16
30 August 18 Detroit W 93-81 McWilliams (21) McWilliams (13) Powell (6) Amway Arena
 14-16
31 August 20 @ Minnesota W 83-80 (OT) S. Johnson (20) McWilliams (8) S. Johnson, Sales, Powell (5) Target Center
 15-16
32 August 21 @ Detroit L 68-74 S. Johnson (22) Sam (7) Powell (4) Palace of Auburn Hills
 15-17

Depth

Pos. Starter Bench Inactive
C Taj McWilliams-Franklin Tari Phillips
PF Andrea Congreaves Carla McGhee
SF Sheri Sam Yolanda Moore
SG Nykesha Sales Adrienne Johnson -- Tora Suber Kisha Ford
PG Shannon Johnson Elaine Powell

Player stats

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
= Denotes team leader(s) in that statistic.
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Andrea Congreaves 32 32 25.4 .500 (75-150) .366 (15-41) .830 (44-53) 3.2 1.1 0.80 0.20 6.5
Kisha Ford 8 0 5.6 .200 (1-5) .000 (0-1) 1.000 (2-2) 0.8 0.0 0.30 0.30 0.5
Adrienne Johnson 29 0 7.7 .403 (25-62) .125 (1-8) .667 (6-9) 1.0 0.5 0.20 0.10 2.0
Shannon Johnson 32 32 35.8 .447 (151-338) .364 (40-110) .686 (105-153) 4.7 4.4 1.70 0.40 14.0
Carla McGhee 30 0 7.8 .319 (15-47) .000 (0-0) .833 (15-18) 1.5 0.3 0.30 0.10 1.5
Taj McWilliams 32 32 32.6 .480 (153-319) .444 (20-45) .667 (94-141) 7.5 1.6 1.80 1.20 13.1
Yolanda Moore 23 0 5.0 .476 (10-21) .000 (0-1) .500 (6-12) 0.6 0.0 0.20 0.00 1.1
Tari Phillips 32 0 5.0 .406 (52-128) .000 (0-3) .481 (26-54) 2.1 0.3 0.60 0.30 4.1
Elaine Powell 18 0 14.2 .515 (17-33) .111 (1-9) .545 (12-22) 1.3 1.8 0.50 0.20 2.6
Nykesha Sales 32 32 32.5 .385 (153-397) .330 (95-118) .805 (44-91) 4.2 2.8 2.20 0.30 13.7
Sheri Sam 32 32 34.0 .388 (134-345) .328 (41-125) .805 (55-80) 4.6 2.4 1.30 0.30 11.4
Tora Suber 25 0 4.6 .292 (7-24) .111 (1-9) .500 (5-10) 0.5 0.4 0.20 0.00 0.8

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Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ WNBA.com: 1999 WNBA Draft Board
  2. ^ http://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/ORL/1999.html
  3. ^ a b http://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/years/1999.html
  4. ^ http://www.wnba.com/history/awards_1999.html
Bold indicates WNBA Finals appearance
Formerly the Orlando Miracle • Founded in 1999 • Based in Uncasville, Connecticut
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General Manager: Carolyn Peck • Dee Brown • Chris Sienko
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