2003 Detroit Shock season

2003 Detroit Shock season
WNBA champions
CoachBill Laimbeer
ArenaThe Palace of Auburn Hills
Attendance7,862 per game
Results
Record25–9 (.735)
Place1st (Eastern)
Playoff finishWon WNBA Finals

The 2003 WNBA season was the sixth for the Detroit Shock. The Shock won the WNBA Finals for the first time in franchise history. This season was better known as, "From Worst To First".

Offseason

Dispersal Draft

Pick Player Nationality Team Previous team
1 Ruth Riley (C)  United States Detroit Shock (from Duke)

WNBA draft

Cheryl Ford (daughter of NBA great Karl Malone) helped the Detroit Shock win a WNBA Championship in her first season.

Pick Player Nationality School
3rd Cheryl Ford
5th Kara Lawson
28th Syreeta Bromfield

[1]

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Detroit Shock x 25 9 .735 – 13–4 12–5 18–6
Charlotte Sting x 18 16 .529 7.0 13–4 5–12 12–12
Connecticut Sun x 18 16 .529 7.0 10–7 8–9 11–13
Cleveland Rockers x 17 17 .500 8.0 11–6 6–11 13–11
Indiana Fever o 16 18 .471 9.0 11–6 5–12 12–12
New York Liberty o 16 18 .471 9.0 11–6 5–12 11–13
Washington Mystics o 9 25 .265 16.0 3–14 6–11 7–17

Season schedule

Game Date Opponent Result Record
1 May 31 Charlotte L 67–70 0–1
2 June 5 Connecticut W 103–89 1–1
3 June 7 @ San Antonio W 74–55 2-1
4 June 14 @ Washington W 93–56 3–1
5 June 17 Los Angeles W 87–78 (OT) 4–1
6 June 20 New York W 88–83 5–1
7 June 22 @ Connecticut W 82–73 (OT) 6–1
8 June 24 Indiana W 68–60 7–1
9 June 27 @ New York W 75–69 8–1
10 June 28 Phoenix L 65–68 8–2
11 July 1 San Antonio W 99–88 9–2
12 July 3 Charlotte L 79–92 9–3
13 July 6 @ Indiana L 54–85 9–4
14 July 8 Connecticut W 66–50 10–4
15 July 8 @ Charlotte L 58–65 10–5
16 July 16 @ Indiana W 70–68 11–5
17 July 18 Seattle W 74–61 12–5
18 July 19 @ Cleveland W 58–57 13–5
19 July 22 Cleveland W 74–71 14–5
20 July 24 @ Charlotte L 61–67 14–6
21 July 27 Washington W 81–71 15–6
22 July 29 @ Cleveland W 77–65 16–6
23 August 1 @ New York W 62–60 17–6
24 August 2 Indiana W 78–58 18–6
25 August 5 @ Connecticut W 78–61 19–6
26 August 6 @ Washington L 81–92 19–7
27 August 8 Houston L 56–66 19–8
28 Aug 10 New York W 90–87 (OT) 20–8
29 August 13 @ Phoenix W 78–76 21-8
30 August 15 @ Sacramento L 63–75 21–9
31 August 17 @ Seattle W 95–86 22–9
32 August 21 Cleveland W 71–56 23–9
33 August 23 @ Minnesota W 86–77 (OT) 24–9
34 August 25 Washington W 68–60 25–9

[2]

Player stats

Note: GP= Games played; FG = Field Goals; MIN= Minutes; REB= Rebounds; AST= Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points

Player GP MIN FG REB AST STL BLK PTS
Swin Cash 33 1097 195 193 119 43 23 548
Deanna Nolan 396
Cheryl Ford 344
Ruth Riley 327
Kedra Holland-Corn 312
Elaine Powell 296
Barbara Farris 127
Sheila Lambert 87
Ayana Walker 56
Tamara Moore 21
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta 20
Stacey Thomas 15
Petra Ujhelyi 14 68 2 12 3 0 1 4

[3]

Playoffs

Game Date Opponent Result Record
1 August 29 @ Cleveland W 76–74 1–0
2 August 31 Cleveland L 59–66 1–1
3 September 2 Cleveland W 76–74 2–1[2]
1 September 5 @ Connecticut W 73–63 1–0
2 September 7 Connecticut W 79-73 2–0[2]
1 September 12 @ Los Angeles L 63–75 0–1
2 September 14 Los Angeles W 62–61 1–1
3 September 16 Los Angeles W 83–78 2–1

[4]

Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ "Tulsa Shock Draft History". WNBA.com. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "SHOCK: 2003 Schedule".
  3. ^ "2003 Detroit Shock Stats".
  4. ^ "WNBA.com: Finals 2003". Archived from the original on February 19, 2014. Retrieved October 17, 2008.
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