2002 Detroit Shock season

2002 Detroit Shock season
CoachGreg Williams (fired Jun. 19, 0–10 record)
Bill Laimbeer (9–13 record)
ArenaThe Palace of Auburn Hills
Attendance5,886 per game
Results
Record9–23 (.281)
Place8th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 2002 WNBA season was the fifth season for the Detroit Shock. The team went 0–13 in their first thirteen games, finishing with a franchise worst 9–23.

Transactions

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WNBA draft

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See also: 2002 WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 2 Swin Cash  United States UConn
2 18 Lenae Williams  United States DePaul
2 20 Ayana Walker  United States Louisiana Tech
2 21 Jill Chapman  United States Indiana
2 22 Kathy Wambe  Belgium Dexia Namur (Belgium)
3 47 Ericka Haney  United States Notre Dame

Transactions

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Date Transaction
April 19, 2002 Drafted Swin Cash, Lenae Williams, Ayana Walker, Jill Chapman, Kathy Wambe and Ericka Haney in the 2002 WNBA Draft[1]
April 26, 2002 Waived Rachael Sporn[1]
May 3, 2002 Traded Claudia Neves to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for a 2003 4th Round Pick[1]
May 10, 2002 Traded a 2003 4th Round Pick to the Sacramento Monarchs in exchange for Stacy Clinesmith[1]
May 24, 2002 Waived Ericka Haney and Stacy Clinesmith[1]
June 19, 2002 Fired Greg Williams as Head Coach[1]
Hired Bill Laimbeer as Head Coach[1]
June 21, 2002 Waived Oksana Zakalyuzhnaya[1]
June 27, 2002 Waived Begoña García[1]
June 28, 2002 Signed Stacy Clinesmith[1]
July 7, 2002 Traded Wendy Palmer and a 2003 2nd Round Pick to the Orlando Miracle in exchange for Elaine Powell and a 2003 1st Round Pick [1]

Roster

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2002 Detroit Shock roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
G/F 24 United States Brown, Edwina 5' 9" (1.75m) 163 lb (74kg) 1978-07-01 Texas 2
G 10 United States Canty, Dominique 5' 9" (1.75m) 166 lb (75kg) 1977-03-02 Alabama 3
F 32 United States Cash, Swin 6' 1" (1.85m) 171 lb (78kg) 1979-09-22 Connecticut R
C 42 United States Chapman, Jill 6' 4" (1.93m) – 1979-11-04 Indiana R
G 21 United States Clinesmith, Stacy 5' 5" (1.65m) 125 lb (57kg) 1977-03-02 UC Santa Barbara 2
F/C 54 United States Farris, Barbara 6' 3" (1.91m) 200 lb (91kg) 1976-09-10 Tulane 2
G 5 Spain García, Begoña 5' 5" (1.65m) – 1976-09-03 R
F 44 Senegal Ndiaye-Diatta, Astou 6' 3" (1.91m) 182 lb (83kg) 1973-11-05 Southern Nazarene 3
G/F 14 United States Nolan, Deanna 5' 9" (1.75m) 147 lb (67kg) 1979-08-25 Georgia 1
F 3 United States Palmer, Wendy 6' 2" (1.88m) 165 lb (75kg) 1974-08-12 Virginia 5
G 5 United States Powell, Elaine 5' 8" (1.73m) 150 lb (68kg) 1975-08-09 LSU 3
F 16 Brazil Santos, Kelly 6' 3" (1.91m) 188 lb (85kg) 1979-11-10 1
F 12 United States Walker, Ayana 6' 3" (1.91m) 143 lb (65kg) 1979-09-10 Louisiana Tech R
G/F 23 United States Williams, Lenae 5' 11" (1.8m) 155 lb (70kg) 1979-07-14 DePaul R
C 7 Soviet Union Zakalyuzhnaya, Oksana 6' 6" (1.98m) 174 lb (79kg) 1977-12-18 1
Head coach
United States Bill Laimbeer (Notre Dame)
Assistant coaches
United States Laura Ramus



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

Schedule

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Regular season

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2002 game log
Total: 9–23 (Home: 7–9; Road: 2–14)
May: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 May 30 @ Orlando L 66–80 Swin Cash (16) Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (7) Deanna Nolan (5) TD Waterhouse Centre 0–1
June : 1–12 (Home: 1–5; Road: 0–7)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
2 June 1 @ Indiana L 62–79 Deanna Nolan (15) Edwina Brown (6) Brown
Cash (5) 		Conseco Fieldhouse 0–2
3 June 2 Indiana L 65–78 Wendy Palmer (16) Wendy Palmer (5) Edwina Brown (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills 0–3
4 June 5 @ New York L 59–60 Swin Cash (15) Cash
Palmer (8) 		Edwina Brown (6) Madison Square Garden 0–4
5 June 6 @ Cleveland L 55–72 Wendy Palmer (15) Edwina Brown (5) Dominique Canty (6) Gund Arena 0–5
6 June 9 New York L 63–70 Swin Cash (14) Wendy Palmer (15) Edwina Brown (5) The Palace of Auburn Hills 0–6
7 June 11 @ Los Angeles L 80–90 Deanna Nolan (18) Swin Cash (8) Dominique Canty (3) Staples Center 0–7
8 June 13 @ Phoenix L 67–70 Wendy Palmer (20) Cash
Ndiaye-Diatta (7) 		Dominique Canty (5) America West Arena 0–8
9 June 15 @ Portland L 60–67 Wendy Palmer (14) Swin Cash (12) Edwina Brown (5) Rose Garden 0–9
10 June 18 @ Washington L 67–75 Nolan
Palmer (16) 		Wendy Palmer (9) Dominique Canty (5) MCI Center 0–10
11 June 21 Orlando L 59–80 Swin Cash (20) Palmer
Walker (9) 		Canty
Ndiaye-Diatta (2) 		The Palace of Auburn Hills 0–11
12 June 26 Charlotte L 73–80 Dominique Canty (17) Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (7) Dominique Canty (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills 0–12
13 June 28 Miami L 74–78 (OT) Swin Cash (17) Wendy Palmer (9) Dominique Canty (8) The Palace of Auburn Hills 0–13
14 June 30 Sacramento W 71–60 Swin Cash (19) Swin Cash (11) Dominique Canty (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills 1–13
July : 5–6 (Home: 4–2; Road: 1–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
15 July 1 @ Minnesota L 80–85 (OT) Swin Cash (16) Swin Cash (8) Swin Cash (5) Target Center 1–14
16 July 6 @ Houston L 40–61 Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (12) Cash
Ndiaye-Diatta (6) 		Deanna Nolan (3) Compaq Center 1–15
17 July 8 @ Utah L 76–94 Swin Cash (25) Swin Cash (6) Deanna Nolan (5) Delta Center 1–16
18 July 10 New York W 66–63 Swin Cash (16) Swin Cash (10) Dominique Canty (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 2–16
19 July 12 Minnesota W 72–69 Swin Cash (18) Swin Cash (6) Elaine Powell (5) The Palace of Auburn Hills 3–16
20 July 18 @ Washington L 59–63 Swin Cash (16) Swin Cash (15) Edwina Brown (5) MCI Center 3–17
21 July 20 Miami W 69–48 Swin Cash (11) Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (6) Nolan
Powell (5) 		The Palace of Auburn Hills 4–17
22 July 23 Utah L 75–86 Swin Cash (21) Swin Cash (11) Elaine Powell (5) The Palace of Auburn Hills 4–18
23 July 25 Washington W 64–58 Swin Cash (17) Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (12) Elaine Powell (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills 5–18
24 July 27 @ Charlotte W 74–66 Swin Cash (20) Swin Cash (10) Elaine Powell (8) Charlotte Coliseum 6–18
25 July 28 Seattle L 59–72 Swin Cash (15) Ndiaye-Diatta
Powell (7) 		Elaine Powell (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 6–19
August : 3–4 (Home: 2–2; Road: 1–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
26 August 1 Cleveland L 66–68 Swin Cash (19) Swin Cash (10) Elaine Powell (5) The Palace of Auburn Hills 6–20
27 August 3 @ Cleveland W 68–57 Swin Cash (24) Swin Cash (14) Elaine Powell (6) Gund Arena 7–20
28 August 4 Phoenix W 91–75 Swin Cash (14) Swin Cash (9) Dominique Canty (7) The Palace of Auburn Hills 8–20
29 August 6 Charlotte L 65–76 Elaine Powell (15) Kelly Santos (7) Swin Cash (5) The Palace of Auburn Hills 8–21
30 August 9 Indiana W 55–54 Brown
Cash (10) 		Elaine Powell (5) Elaine Powell (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 9–21
31 August 11 @ Orlando L 58–71 Elaine Powell (15) Elaine Powell (8) Elaine Powell (4) TD Waterhouse Centre 9–22
32 August 13 @ Miami L 56–61 Swin Cash (13) Swin Cash (8) Swin Cash (4) American Airlines Arena 9–23
2002 season schedule

Season standings

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Eastern Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
New York Liberty x 18 14 .563 11–10 –
Charlotte Sting x 18 14 .563 12–9 –
Washington Mystics x 17 15 .531 12–9 1.0
Indiana Fever x 16 16 .500 12–9 2.0
Orlando Miracle o 16 16 .500 13–8 2.0
Miami Sol o 15 17 .469 11–10 3.0
Cleveland Rockers o 10 22 .312 7–14 8.0
Detroit Shock o 9 23 .281 6–15 9.0

Statistics

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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

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Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Swin Cash 32 32 33.7 .408 .206 .762 6.9 2.7 1.2 1.0 14.8
Wendy Palmer 16 16 29.0 .425 .317 .660 6.0 1.3 0.8 0.1 11.5
Elaine Powell 15 13 26.5 .446 .273 .850 4.2 4.0 1.5 0.5 9.9
Deanna Nolan 32 32 25.1 .415 .368 .806 2.7 1.9 0.8 0.4 8.7
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta 32 32 24.3 .467 .000 .590 5.1 1.2 0.5 0.4 8.6
Dominique Canty 28 12 22.3 .338 .200 .724 2.5 3.0 0.8 0.1 5.7
Edwina Brown 28 7 19.6 .328 .500 .719 2.9 2.1 0.9 0.3 4.1
Barbara Farris 32 16 17.6 .419 .000 .738 2.9 0.5 0.4 0.3 4.5
Ayana Walker 32 0 17.1 .377 .222 .694 3.7 0.5 0.4 1.1 5.1
Kelly Santos 12 0 14.1 .381 N/A .600 2.7 0.6 0.3 0.8 3.7
Stacy Clinesmith 12 0 8.8 .381 .400 .833 0.4 1.4 0.1 0.1 2.3
Begoña García 8 0 8.0 .182 .333 .500 0.5 1.1 0.4 0.0 1.0
Lenae Williams 27 0 6.6 .297 .241 .000 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.0 2.7
Jill Chapman 19 0 6.3 .370 .000 .667 1.4 0.0 0.2 0.1 1.2
Oksana Zakaluzhnaya 3 0 3.3 .333 N/A N/A 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.7


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

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "2002 Detroit Shock Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
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