2004 Detroit Shock season
Introduction The 2004 WNBA season was the seventh season for the Detroit Shock. They were unable to defend their title the year before, losing in the first round to the New York Liberty.
Offseason ===Dispersal Draft===Based on the Shock's 2004 record, they would pick 13th in the Cleveland Rockers dispersal draft. The Shock picked Jennifer Rizzotti.===WNBA draft=== '''Round'''  '''Pick'''  '''Player'''  '''Nationality'''  '''College/School/Team''' 1 11 Iciss Tillis (C/F)  Duke 1 13 Shereka Wright (F)  Purdue 2 23 Erika Valek (G)  Purdue 3 32 Jennifer Smith (C)  Michigan
Regular season ===Season standings======Season schedule=== '''Date'''  '''Opponent'''  '''Score'''  '''Result'''  '''Record''' May 22  @ San Antonio  73-60  Win  1-0 May 26  @ New York  52-64  Loss  1-1 May 29  Los Angeles  60-63  Loss  1-2 June 2  Washington  63-65  Loss  1-3 June 6  @ Connecticut  74-73  Win  2-3 June 9  @ Indiana  83-79  Win  3-3 June 11  @ Washington  74-60  Win  4-3 June 12  Indiana  72-68  Win  5-3 June 19  @ Sacramento  84-74  Win  6-3 June 22  Washington  72-78  Loss  6-4 June 23  @ Charlotte  65-60  Win  7-4 June 25  @ Connecticut  67-71 (OT)  Loss  7-5 June 27  Connecticut  72-74  Loss  7-6 June 29  Indiana  68-69  Loss  7-7 July 3  @ Minnesota  70-78  Loss  7-8 July 6  Houston  82-63  Win  8-8 July 10  Seattle  70-65  Win  9-8 July 12  Sacramento  51-67  Loss  9-9 July 15  @ Houston  61-97  Loss  9-10 July 16  @ Indiana  73-85  Loss  9-11 July 18  San Antonio  77-71  Win  10-11 July 21  Connecticut  68-78  Loss  10-12 July 23  Charlotte  63-53  Win  11-12 July 24  @ New York  69-78  Loss  11-13 July 28  @ Washington  73-65  Win  12-13 July 30  New York  88-79  Win  13-13 August 1  Minnesota  58-59  Loss  13-14 September 1  Phoenix  58-63  Loss  13-15 September 4  @ Charlotte  66-58  Win  14-15 September 8  @ Seattle  67-86  Loss  14-16 September 9  @ Los Angeles  63-81  Loss  14-17 September 11  @ Phoenix  80-72  Win  15-17 September 14  New York  82-71 (OT)  Win  16-17 September 19  Charlotte  68-54  Win  17-17
Playoffs  '''Game'''  '''Date'''  '''Opponent'''  '''Score'''  '''Result'''  '''Record''' '''Eastern Conference Semifinals''' 1  September 24  New York  62-75  Loss  0-1 2  September 26  @ New York  76-66  Win  1-1 3  September 28  @ New York  64-66  Loss  1-2
Player stats ''Note: GP = Games played; REB = Rebound; AST = Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points'' '''Player'''  '''GP'''  '''REB'''  '''AST'''  '''STL'''  '''BLK'''  '''PTS''' Swin Cash  32  208  135  44  29  526 Deanna Nolan  34  134  112  66  12  464 Ruth Riley  34  199  50  31  53  378 Cheryl Ford  31  297  34  41  25  329 Merlakia Jones  33  69  21  19  2  180 Elaine Powell  30  84  134  36  8  133 Barbara Farris  26  61  7  8  2  118 Chandi Jones  31  34  45  18  5  107 Iciss Tillis  31  39  13  9  8  83 Isabel Sanchez  10  5  3  2  0  22 Ayana Walker  18  26  6  1  4  18 Stacy Stephens  7  9  3  0  0  4 Jae Kingi-Cross  5  1  1  0  0  3 Amisha Carter  2  4  0  2  0  1 Stacey Thomas  1  0  0  0  0  0
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