2004 Washington Mystics season
Introduction The 2004 WNBA season was the seventh for the Washington Mystics. The franchise drafted Alana Beard as the 2nd pick in the 2004 WNBA draft, who later led the team to the playoffs for the first time in two years.The Mystics won a playoff game this season, something they would not again accomplish until 2013.Additionally, the Mystics won a home playoff game. Washington would not win another home playoff game until 2017.This would also be Chamique Holdsclaw's last year as a Mystic.
Dispersal Draft Based on the Mystics' 2003 record, they would pick 2nd in the Cleveland Rockers dispersal draft. The Mystics picked Chasity Melvin.
WNBA draft  Round  Pick  Player  Nationality  College/School/Team 1  2  Alana Beard (G)    Duke 2  15  Kaayla Chones (C)    North Carolina State 2  28  Evan Unrau (F)    Missouri
Regular season ===Season standings======Season schedule=== Date  Opponent  Score  Result  Record May 22  Charlotte  68-71  Loss  0-1 May 23  @ Indiana  68-67  Win  1-1 May 25  Los Angeles  79-95  Loss  1-2 May 28  @ Minnesota  62-73  Loss  1-3 June 2  @ Detroit  65-63  Win  2-3 June 4  Connecticut  63-72  Loss  2-4 June 11  Detroit  60-74  Loss  2-5 June 13  New York  62-60  Win  3-5 June 17  San Antonio  76-60  Win  4-5 June 20  @ Connecticut  65-75  Loss  4-6 June 22  @ Detroit  78-72  Win  5-6 June 27  @ Houston  67-72  Loss  5-7 June 30  @ Connecticut  69-78  Loss  5-8 July 1  Indiana  69-64  Win  6-8 July 7  Seattle  72-69  Win  7-8 July 8  @ New York  71-54  Win  8-8 July 10  @ Charlotte  65-67  Loss  8-9 July 15  Charlotte  68-54  Win  9-9 July 17  @ Seattle  83-85 (OT)  Loss  9-10 July 18  @ Sacramento  71-81  Loss  9-11 July 21  @ Los Angeles  76-96  Loss  9-12 July 23  Minnesota  65-61  Win  10-12 July 24  @ Charlotte  41-70  Loss  10-13 July 28  Detroit  65-73  Loss  10-14 July 30  Connecticut  69-68  Win  11-14 August 1  Phoenix  82-62  Win  12-14 September 1  Indiana  58-75  Loss  12-15 September 4  @ Indiana  42-69  Loss  12-16 September 7  Sacramento  67-63 (OT)  Win  13-16 September 9  New York  71-59  Win  14-16 September 12  Houston  75-63  Win  15-16 September 15  @ San Antonio  84-73  Win  16-16 September 17  @ Phoenix  74-67  Win  17-16 September 19  @ New York  75-79  Loss  17-17 September 25 First Round, G1  Connecticut  67-59  Win  1-0 September 27 First Round, G2  @ Connecticut  70-80  Loss  1-1 September 29 First Round, G3  @ Connecticut  56-76  Loss  1-2
Player stats  Player  GP  REB  AST  STL  BLK  PTS Alana Beard  34  143  91  69  34  446 Chamique Holdsclaw  23  191  56  39  18  437 Chasity Melvin  34  131  37  15  18  293 Stacey Dales  31  64  78  20  3  254 Murriel Page  33  140  36  25  16  184 Nakia Sanford  31  154  18  18  16  169 Coco Miller  33  63  43  18  3  160 Tamicha Jackson  25  37  45  20  1  135 Aiysha Smith  29  69  15  17  12  115 Kiesha Brown  26  50  42  13  2  104 Kaayla Chones  13  17  4  1  4  28 Shaunzinski Gortman  4  4  2  0  1  0
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