1999 Orlando Miracle season

1999 Orlando Miracle season

Head Coach

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.

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

Orlando Miracle roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Height	Weight	From
4.0 !F	3	UK !	Congreaves, Andrea	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	183 lb (83 kg)	Mercer
1.5 !G	5	USA !	Ford, Kisha	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	153 lb (69 kg)	Georgia Tech
1.5 !G	31	USA !	Johnson, Adrienne	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	154 lb (70 kg)	Ohio State
1.5 !G	14	USA !	Johnson, Shannon	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 67 !5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	152 lb (69 kg)	South Carolina
4.0 !F	10	USA !	McGhee, Carla	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	179 lb (81 kg)	Tennessee
5.5 !F/C	11	USA !	McWilliams, Taj	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	184 lb (83 kg)	St. Edward's College
4.0 !F	33	USA !	Moore, Yolanda	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Mississippi
4.0 !F	24	USA !	Phillips, Tari	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	University of Central Florida
1.5 !G	50	USA !	Powell, Elaine	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 68 !5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	LSU
2.5 !G/F	42	USA !	Sales, Nykesha	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Connecticut
2.5 !G/F	55	USA !	Sam, Sheri	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Vanderbilt
1.5 !G	7	USA !	Suber, Tora	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 67 !5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	137 lb (62 kg)	Virginia

Head coach

Carolyn Peck (Vanderbilt)

Assistant coaches

Michael Peck (Marshall)
Charlene Thomas-Swinson (Auburn)

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
Congreaves, Andrea !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
Ford, Kisha !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
Johnson, Adrienne !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
Johnson, Shannon !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
McGhee, Carla !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
McWilliams, Taj !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
Moore, Yolanda !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
Phillips, Tari !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
Powell, Elaine !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
Sales, Nykesha !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
Sam, Sheri !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
Suber, Tora !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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Shannon Johnson was tied for tenth in the WNBA in Three Point Field Goals with 40
Taj McWilliams-Franklin ranked third in the WNBA in Three Point Field Goal Percentage, .444
Nykesha Sales ranked eighth in the WNBA in Field Goal Attempts with 397
Sheri Sam ranked sixth in the WNBA in Minutes Played with 1088
Sheri Sam was tied for eighth in the WNBA in Three Point Field Goals with 41
Sheri Sam ranked ninth in the WNBA in Three Point Field Goal Attempts with 125^[3]

Awards and honors

Shannon Johnson, Guard, Orlando Miracle, All-WNBA Second Team^[4]
Shannon Johnson led the WNBA in Minutes Played with 1147^[3]

References

Connecticut Sun seasons

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Bold indicates WNBA Finals appearance

Connecticut Sun

Formerly the Orlando Miracle Founded in 1999 Based in Uncasville, Connecticut

The franchise	All-time roster The Orlando Miracle Years The move to Connecticut Current season

Arenas	TD Waterhouse Centre Mohegan Sun Arena

Head coaches	Carolyn Peck Dee Brown Mike Thibault Anne Donovan

Administration	Owner: RDV Sports, Inc. Mohegan Sun General Manager: Carolyn Peck Dee Brown Chris Sienko

All-Stars	Tina Charles Katie Douglas Margo Dydek Shannon Johnson Asjha Jones Taj McWilliams Renee Montgomery Chiney Ogwumike Nykesha Sales Lindsay Whalen

Seasons	1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Playoff appearances	2000 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2011 2012

Conference titles	2004 2005

WNBA titles	None

Rivals	Atlanta Dream Detroit Shock Indiana Fever New York Liberty

Media	TV: CPTV Sports (CPTV-S) Announcers: Bob Heussler Rebecca Lobo Jennifer Rizzotti Kara Wolters

1999 WNBA season by team

Draft All-Star Game Championship Playoffs

Eastern	Charlotte Sting Cleveland Rockers Detroit Shock New York Liberty Orlando Miracle Washington Mystics

Western	Houston Comets Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx Phoenix Mercury Sacramento Monarchs Utah Starzz

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