2004 Sacramento Monarchs season
Introduction The 2004 WNBA season was the 8th for the Sacramento Monarchs. The Monarchs went to the playoffs, where they upset the Los Angeles Sparks in three games, but fell in the conference finals to eventual champion Seattle Storm.
Offseason ===Dispersal Draft===Based on the Monarchs' 2003 record, they would pick 10th in the Cleveland Rockers dispersal draft. The Monarchs picked Jennifer Butler.===WNBA draft=== Round  Pick  Player  Nationality  School/Club Team 1  10  Rebekkah Brunson (F)    Georgetown 3  36  Nuria Martinez (F)    Spain
Regular season ===Season standings======Season schedule=== Date  Opponent  Score  Result  Record May 20  @ Phoenix  72-66  Win  1-0 May 22  Minnesota  61-69  Loss  1-1 May 28  @ San Antonio  63-72  Loss  1-2 May 30  @ Houston  57-63  Loss  1-3 June 3  Los Angeles  68-51  Win  2-3 June 5  Seattle  63-65  Loss  2-4 June 12  Connecticut  76-83  Loss  2-5 June 16  @ Indiana  50-63  Loss  2-6 June 17  @ Minnesota  60-50  Win  3-6 June 19  Detroit  74-84  Loss  3-7 June 25  Houston  61-55  Win  4-7 June 27  Phoenix  63-57  Win  5-7 July 1  New York  73-47  Win  6-7 July 3  @ Seattle  61-75  Loss  6-8 July 6  @ New York  66-73  Loss  6-9 July 9  @ Connecticut  85-70  Win  7-9 July 11  @ Minnesota  73-83 (OT)  Loss  7-10 July 12  @ Detroit  67-51  Win  8-10 July 15  Seattle  63-66  Loss  8-11 July 17  @ Los Angeles  79-70  Win  9-11 July 18  Washington  81-71  Win  10-11 July 22  Phoenix  69-71  Loss  10-12 July 25  Indiana  71-62  Win  11-12 July 29  Los Angeles  80-85 (OT)  Loss  11-13 July 31  Charlotte  62-61  Win  12-13 September 1  @ Seattle  73-65  Win  13-13 September 2  San Antonio  66-64  Win  14-13 September 4  @ San Antonio  80-70  Win  15-13 September 7  @ Washington  63-67 (OT)  Loss  15-14 September 9  @ Charlotte  69-74  Loss  15-15 September 12  @ Los Angeles  52-65  Loss  15-16 September 16  @ Houston  71-62  Win  16-16 September 18  Houston  68-48  Win  17-16 September 19  Minnesota  72-63  Win  18-16
Playoffs  Game  Date  Opponent  Score  Result  Record '''Western Conference Semifinals''' 1  September 24  Los Angeles  72-52  Win  1-0 2  September 26  @ Los Angeles  57-71  Loss  1-1 3  September 28  @ Los Angeles  73-58  Win  2-1 '''Western Conference Finals''' 1  October 1  Seattle  74-72 (OT)  Win  3-1 2  October 3  @ Seattle  54-66  Loss  3-2 3  October 5  @ Seattle  62-82  Loss  3-3
Player stats  Player  GP  REB  AST  STL  BLK  PTS Yolanda Griffith  34  246  42  75  41  494 Tangela Smith  34  138  50  38  25  380 Kara Lawson  34  77  68  21  8  294 DeMya Walker  34  143  86  26  13  284 Ticha Penicheiro  33  102  163  64  2  199 Ruthie Bolton  34  49  31  23  0  160 Rebekkah Brunson  34  122  19  23  13  151 Hamchetou Maiga-Ba  34  71  25  29  6  140 Chantelle Anderson  30  34  5  3  6  77 Edna Campbell  22  19  16  5  2  74 Lady Grooms  28  18  11  7  2  49 Giuliana Mendiola  6  5  3  0  0  10
References
External links * Monarchs on Basketball Reference