2001 Detroit Shock season

2001 Detroit Shock season
CoachGreg Williams
ArenaThe Palace of Auburn Hills
Attendance6,834 per game
Results
Record10–22 (.313)
Place7th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Media
TelevisionWJBK (FOX 2)
Fox Sports Net Detroit

The 2001 WNBA season was the fourth season for the Detroit Shock.

Transactions

WNBA draft

See also: 2001 WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 6 Deanna Nolan  United States Georgia
2 22 Jae Kingi  New Zealand Adelaide Lightning (Australia)
3 38 Svetlana Volnaya  Soviet Union Virginia
4 54 Kelly Santos  Brazil Brazil

Transactions

Date Transaction
August 28, 2000 Fired Nancy Lieberman-Cline as Head Coach[1]
September 20, 2000 Hired Greg Williams as Head Coach[1]
April 20, 2001 Traded Val Whiting-Raymond to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for a 2002 2nd Round Pick[1]
Drafted Deanna Nolan, Jae Kingi, Svetlana Volnaya and Kelly Santos in the 2001 WNBA Draft[1]
April 23, 2001 Traded Anna DeForge to the Houston Comets in exchange for Jennifer Rizzotti[1]
May 12, 2001 Traded Tamicha Jackson and a 2002 4th Round Pick to the Portland Fire in exchange for a 2002 2nd Round Pick[1]
May 18, 2001 Waived Cal Bouchard and Svetlana Volnaya[1]
May 27, 2001 Traded Jennifer Rizzotti to the Cleveland Rockers in exchange for a 2002 3rd Round Pick[1]
Traded Olympia Scott-Richardson and a 2002 3rd Round Pick to the Indiana Fever in exchange for 2002 2nd Round Pick[1]
Waived Joy Holmes Harris[1]

Roster

2001 Detroit Shock roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
F 11 Australia Boyd, Carla 6' 1" (1.85m) 172 lb (78kg) 1975-10-31 2
G/F 24 United States Brown, Edwina 5' 9" (1.75m) 163 lb (74kg) 1978-07-01 Texas 1
G 10 United States Canty, Dominique 5' 9" (1.75m) 166 lb (75kg) 1977-03-02 Alabama 3
F/C 54 United States Farris, Barbara 6' 3" (1.91m) 200 lb (91kg) 1976-09-10 Tulane 1
G 6 New Zealand Kingi, Jae 5' 8" (1.73m) 150 lb (68kg) 1976-01-20 R
F 44 Senegal Ndiaye-Diatta, Astou 6' 3" (1.91m) 182 lb (83kg) 1973-11-05 Southern Nazarene 2
F 9 Brazil Neves, Claudia 5' 8" (1.73m) 136 lb (62kg) 1975-02-17 2
G/F 14 United States Nolan, Deanna 5' 9" (1.75m) 147 lb (67kg) 1979-08-25 Georgia R
F 3 United States Palmer, Wendy 6' 2" (1.88m) 165 lb (75kg) 1974-08-12 Virginia 4
F 16 Brazil Santos, Kelly 6' 3" (1.91m) 188 lb (85kg) 1979-11-10 R
F 4 Australia Sporn, Rachael 6' 1" (1.85m) 175 lb (79kg) 1968-05-26 2
F 17 Soviet Union Tornikidou, Elena 6' 1" (1.85m) 160 lb (73kg) 1965-05-27 2
Head coach
United States Greg Williams (Rice)
Assistant coaches
United States Laura Ramus



Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Schedule

Regular season

2001 game log
Total: 10–22 (Home: 5–11; Road: 5–11)
June: 4–8 (Home: 2–5; Road: 2–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 June 2 Houston L 73–74 Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (24) Ndiaye-Diatta
Palmer (6) 		Elena Tornikidou (5) The Palace of Auburn Hills 0–1
2 June 5 Orlando L 71–92 Deanna Nolan (12) Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (9) Edwina Brown (5) The Palace of Auburn Hills 0–2
3 June 7 @ Houston L 66–87 Elena Tornikidou (15) Wendy Palmer (9) Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (4) Compaq Center 0–3
4 June 12 @ Miami W 68–67 (OT) Canty
Palmer (16) 		Wendy Palmer (9) Edwina Brown (4) American Airlines Arena 1–3
5 June 14 Washington W 80–65 Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (22) Ndiaye-Diatta
Palmer (9) 		Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 2–3
6 June 16 @ Charlotte W 72–69 (2OT) Dominique Canty (20) Barbara Farris (8) Dominique Canty (7) Charlotte Coliseum 3–3
7 June 17 Minnesota L 63–71 Carla Boyd (14) Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (12) Canty
Brown (3) 		The Palace of Auburn Hills 3–4
8 June 22 @ Indiana L 56–77 Dominique Canty (10) Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (6) Jae Kingi (5) Conseco Fieldhouse 3–5
9 June 23 Indiana L 70–74 Claudia Neves (16) Santos
Sporn (5) 		Dominique Canty (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills 3–6
10 June 26 Los Angeles L 89–98 Edwina Brown (18) Farris
Ndiaye-Diatta (8) 		Edwina Brown (5) The Palace of Auburn Hills 3–7
11 June 27 @ Charlotte L 50–74 Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (13) Barbara Farris (6) Dominique Canty (3) Charlotte Coliseum 3–8
12 June 29 Phoenix W 75–71 Jae Kingi (25) Dominique Canty (11) Jae Kingi (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 4–8
July : 3–10 (Home: 1–4; Road: 2–6)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
13 July 2 @ New York L 60–66 Elena Tornikidou (16) Jae Kingi (8) Dominique Canty (4) Madison Square Garden 4–9
14 July 6 Charlotte L 50–67 Deanna Nolan (11) Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (9) Farris
Kingi
Ndiaye-Diatta (2) 		The Palace of Auburn Hills 4–10
15 July 8 @ Orlando L 67–73 Edwina Brown (15) Elena Tornikidou (7) Dominique Canty (3) TD Waterhouse Centre 4–11
16 July 11 @ Washington W 64–52 Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (20) Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (10) Ndiaye-Diatta
Neves (5) 		MCI Center 5–11
17 July 13 Miami L 55–56 Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (19) Wendy Palmer (8) Jae Kingi (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills 5–12
18 July 14 @ Miami L 51–66 Deanna Nolan (10) Wendy Palmer (8) Canty
Ndiaye-Diatta
Palmer (2) 		American Airlines Arena 5–13
19 July 18 New York L 67–80 Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (19) Wendy Palmer (8) Brown
Neves
Tornikidou (2) 		The Palace of Auburn Hills 5–14
20 July 21 @ Sacramento L 52–66 Ndiaye-Diatta
Kingi (13) 		Edwina Brown (9) Edwina Brown (5) ARCO Arena 5–15
21 July 22 @ Portland W 80–77 (OT) Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (18) Wendy Palmer (7) Canty
Tornikidou (4) 		Rose Garden 6–15
22 July 24 @ Seattle L 69–74 (OT) Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (23) Wendy Palmer (11) Elena Tornikidou (6) KeyArena 6–16
23 July 26 @ Phoenix L 62–63 Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (23) Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (7) Edwina Brown (6) America West Arena 6–17
24 July 28 Cleveland L 50–57 Wendy Palmer (14) Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (8) Jae Kingi (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 6–18
25 July 29 Orlando W 64–62 Edwina Brown (13) Edwina Brown (6) Edwina Brown (5) The Palace of Auburn Hills 7–18
August : 3–4 (Home: 3–1; Road: 0–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
26 August 1 @ New York L 63–66 Elena Tornikidou (22) Wendy Palmer (11) Edwina Brown (5) Madison Square Garden 7–19
27 August 4 Portland W 70–65 Edwina Brown (15) Wendy Palmer (13) Jae Kingi (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 8–19
28 August 7 Utah L 69–76 Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (27) Farris
Ndiaye-Diatta (3) 		Edwina Brown (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills 8–20
29 August 8 @ Cleveland L 66–73 Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (19) Edwina Brown (5) Edwina Brown (7) Gund Arena 8–21
30 August 10 Washington W 69–63 Elena Tornikidou (21) Wendy Palmer (8) Jae Kingi (5) The Palace of Auburn Hills 9–21
31 August 12 @ Indiana L 66–83 Wendy Palmer (17) Wendy Palmer (6) Edwina Brown (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 9–22
32 August 14 Cleveland W 76–65 Elena Tornikidou (16) Wendy Palmer (5) Edwina Brown (7) The Palace of Auburn Hills 10–22
2001 season schedule

Season standings

Eastern Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
Cleveland Rockers x 22 10 .688 15–6 –
New York Liberty x 21 11 .656 13–8 1.0
Miami Sol x 20 12 .625 14–7 2.0
Charlotte Sting x 18 14 .563 15–6 4.0
Orlando Miracle o 13 19 .406 9–12 9.0
Indiana Fever o 10 22 .313 7–14 12.0
Detroit Shock o 10 22 .313 7–14 12.0
Washington Mystics o 10 22 .313 4–17 12.0

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
Wendy Palmer 22 22 29.6 .423 .333 .678 7.0 1.0 1.0 0.2 10.6
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta 32 31 28.5 .457 .333 .776 5.3 1.5 0.7 0.9 11.8
Edwina Brown 32 14 25.0 .366 .377 .783 3.2 2.7 1.0 0.2 7.4
Elena Tornikidou 32 32 24.3 .446 .449 .887 2.4 1.8 0.6 0.4 9.6
Jae Kingi 29 17 21.6 .387 .375 .722 2.2 2.6 1.1 0.3 5.8
Deanna Nolan 27 0 20.2 .330 .288 .811 2.0 1.1 0.6 0.2 7.1
Dominique Canty 32 18 19.5 .363 .200 .757 2.6 2.2 1.0 0.0 6.2
Claudia Neves 22 15 18.5 .362 .365 1.000 1.3 1.5 1.0 0.0 4.3
Barbara Farris 31 10 18.0 .469 N/A .638 3.5 0.5 0.2 0.2 4.2
Rachael Sporn 23 1 11.5 .404 N/A .333 2.3 0.5 0.3 0.2 1.8
Carla Boyd 21 0 11.0 .343 .306 .900 1.2 0.7 0.5 0.1 3.6
Kelly Santos 14 0 10.9 .476 .000 .667 1.9 0.4 0.2 0.2 3.7


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

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "2001 Detroit Shock Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 17, 2024.