2006 Indiana Fever season

2006 Indiana Fever season
CoachBrian Winters
ArenaConseco Fieldhouse
Attendance7,222 per game
Results
Record21–13 (.618)
Place3rd (Eastern)
Playoff finishLost First Round (2-0) to Detroit Shock

The 2006 WNBA season was the 7th for the Indiana Fever. The Fever matched their record from 2005, but lost in the first round to eventual champion Detroit Shock.

Offseason

WNBA draft

Round Pick Player Nationality School/Club Team
1 9 La'Tangela Atkinson (G/F)  United States North Carolina
2 26 Kasha Terry (F)  United States Georgia Tech
3 38 Jessica Foley (G)  Australia Duke

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Conference
W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
z - Connecticut Sun 26 8 .765 – 14–3 12–5 15–5
x - Detroit Shock 23 11 .676 3.0 14–3 9–8 14–6
x - Indiana Fever 21 13 .618 5.0 12–5 9–8 12–8
x - Washington Mystics 18 16 .529 8.0 13–4 5–12 12–8
e - New York Liberty 11 23 .324 15.0 7–10 4–13 7–13
e - Charlotte Sting 11 23 .324 15.0 7–10 4–3 6–14
e - Chicago Sky 5 29 .147 21.0 3–14 2–15 4–16

Season schedule

Date Opponent Score Result Record
May 20 Detroit 67-60 Win 1–0
May 23 @ San Antonio 62-53 Win 2–0
May 26 @ Chicago 75-60 Win 3–0
May 30 New York 91-70 Win 4–0
May 31 @ Houston 60-73 Loss 4–1
June 2 @ Minnesota 87-92 Loss 4–2
June 7 Washington 83-70 Win 5–2
June 9 @ Charlotte 59-70 Loss 5–3
June 11 Seattle 69-62 Win 6–3
June 13 @ New York 80-78 (OT) Win 7–3
June 16 @ Detroit 63-71 Loss 7–4
June 18 Charlotte 92-85 (OT) Win 8–4
June 21 Chicago 77-55 Win 9–4
June 23 @ Phoenix 83-73 Win 10–4
June 25 @ Sacramento 61-82 Loss 10–5
June 27 @ Washington 74-67 Win 11–5
June 29 Detroit 66-56 Win 12–5
July 1 Connecticut 66-76 Loss 12–6
July 7 @ Los Angeles 60-72 Loss 12–7
July 9 @ Seattle 74-62 Win 13–7
July 15 @ Charlotte 65-75 Loss 13–8
July 16 Houston 60-56 Win 14–8
July 18 Phoenix 71-65 Win 15–8
July 22 Los Angeles 68-73 Loss 15–9
July 25 Sacramento 75-60 Win 16–9
July 29 Washington 67-74 Loss 16–10
July 30 @ Chicago 69-64 Win 17–10
August 1 @ Detroit 66-70 Loss 17–11
August 3 Minnesota 69-59 Win 18–11
August 5 San Antonio 76-70 Win 19–11
August 8 @ New York 77-44 Win 20–11
August 9 Connecticut 63-71 Loss 20–12
August 11 @ Connecticut 87-68 Win 21–12
August 13 Chicago 73-80 Loss 21–13

Playoffs

Game Date Opponent Score Result Record
Eastern Conference Semifinals
1 August 17 Detroit 56-68 Loss 0–1
2 August 19 @ Detroit 83-98 Loss 0–2

Player stats

Player GP REB AST STL BLK PTS
Tamika Whitmore 34 165 61 46 12 528
Tamika Catchings 32 240 119 94 35 521
Anna DeForge 34 146 76 39 9 348
Tan White 34 82 52 27 9 302
Tully Bevilaqua 34 77 79 71 1 223
Ebony Hoffman 34 193 46 37 16 218
La'Tangela Atkinson 33 76 22 18 5 99
Linda Frohlich 20 35 9 5 0 66
Olympia Scott 21 33 7 7 2 50
Charlotte Smith 18 24 7 3 1 35
Kasha Terry 10 14 0 0 3 23
K.B. Sharp 23 9 23 7 0 22

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Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ "2006 Indiana Fever Stats".