2000 Detroit Shock season
Introduction The 2000 WNBA season was the third for the Detroit Shock. The Shock were very close of making the playoffs, but they fell to the Washington Mystics in a tiebreaker.
Offseason ===Expansion draft===The following players were selected by the Miami Sol in the draft:* Sandy Brondello (G), 6th pick* Lesley Brown (F), 19th pick===WNBA draft=== Round  Pick  Player  Nationality  College/School/Team 1  3  Edwina Brown (G)    Texas 1  8  Tamicha Jackson (G)    Louisiana Tech 2  28  Madinah Slaise (G)    Cincinnati 3  44  Chavonne Hammond (G/F)    Vanderbilt 4  60  Cal Bouchard (G)    Boston College===Trades===DateTradeApril 24, 2000'''To Detroit Shock''''''To Utah Starzz''' 3rd and 8th (via Miami) picks in the 2000 WNBA Draft Jennifer Azzi and the 12th pick in the 2000 WNBA Draft
Regular season ===Season standings======Season schedule=== Date  Opponent  Score  Result  Record June 3  Sacramento  77-74  Win  1-0 June 5  @ Minnesota  68-88  Loss  1-1 June 7  New York  69-73  Loss  1-2 June 9  Indiana  80-76  Win  2-2 June 12  Charlotte  67-78  Loss  2-3 June 13  @ Miami  61-74  Loss  2-4 June 16  @ Cleveland  93-81  Win  3-4 June 18  Indiana  111-74  Win  4-4 June 19  @ Washington  55-80  Loss  4-5 June 21  @ New York  67-63  Win  5-5 June 24  Washington  70-76  Loss  5-6 June 25  @ Charlotte  84-81  Win  6-6 June 28  @ Seattle  82-78  Win  7-6 July 1  @ Sacramento  96-108  Loss  7-7 July 2  @ Los Angeles  63-85  Loss  7-8 July 6  @ Phoenix  69-81  Loss  7-9 July 7  @ Utah  73-69  Win  8-9 July 9  Orlando  62-68  Loss  8-10 July 12  Seattle  61-56  Win  9-10 July 14  Miami  80-50  Win  10-10 July 19  @ Orlando  78-88  Loss  10-11 July 21  Houston  74-76  Loss  10-12 July 24  Portland  57-61  Loss  10-13 July 26  Miami  78-62  Win  11-13 July 28  @ Cleveland  60-80  Loss  11-14 July 29  Charlotte  75-72  Win  12-14 July 31  Cleveland  65-76  Loss  12-15 August 2  Los Angeles  81-84  Loss  12-16 August 4  @ Washington  72-96  Loss  12-17 August 6  @ Orlando  63-92  Loss  12-18 August 7  @ Indiana  74-63  Win  13-18 August 9  New York  66-63  Win  14-18
Player stats  Player  GP  REB  AST  STL  BLK  PTS Wendy Palmer  32  219  39  20  10  441 Astou Ndiaye  32  187  40  23  22  346 Elena Tornikidou  32  110  82  29  13  330 Dominique Canty  28  70  82  49  5  257 Edwina Brown  32  88  72  24  5  188 Claudia Maria das Neves  30  35  59  31  1  179 Anna DeForge  27  47  47  27  4  145 Tamicha Jackson  17  25  36  22  0  116 Olympia Scott-Richardson  28  80  28  12  10  100 Joy Holmes-Harris  29  45  14  11  4  91 Oksana Zakaluzhnaya  23  46  2  5  13  89 Barbara Farris  14  32  2  6  1  45
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