2006 Sacramento Monarchs season
Introduction The 2006 WNBA season was the 10th season for the Sacramento Monarchs. The Monarchs reached their second trip to the WNBA Finals, but was defeated in five games to the Detroit Shock. It was the final season in franchise history that Sacramento qualified for the WNBA Finals.
Offseason Chelsea Newton was picked up by the Chicago Sky in the 2006 WNBA Expansion Draft.===WNBA draft=== Round  Pick  Player  Nationality  College/School/Team 1  13  Kim Smith (F)    Utah 1  14  Scholanda Dorrell (G)    LSU 3  41  Lamisha Augustine (F)    San Jose State
Regular season ===Season standings======Season schedule=== Date  Opponent  Score  Result  Record May 20  Phoenix  105-78  Win  1-0 May 23  @ Chicago  76-63  Win  2-0 May 25  Houston  66-81  Loss  2-1 May 31  Seattle  87-66  Win  3-1 June 2  San Antonio  71-74  Loss  3-2 June 6  @ Phoenix  76-90  Loss  3-3 June 10  Chicago  80-70  Win  4-3 June 14  @ Houston  66-73 (OT)  Loss  4-4 June 17  Seattle  76-74  Win  5-4 June 18  @ Los Angeles  69-80  Loss  5-5 June 21  San Antonio  75-69  Win  6-5 June 23  Los Angeles  63-77  Loss  6-6 June 25  Indiana  82-61  Win  7-6 June 27  @ Seattle  53-68  Loss  7-7 June 29  Minnesota  87-78  Win  8-7 July 1  @ Charlotte  65-57  Win  9-7 July 2  @ Houston  62-77  Loss  9-8 July 6  @ New York  79-58  Win  10-8 July 7  @ Washington  73-60  Win  11-8 July 9  Charlotte  70-61  Win  12-8 July 15  Connecticut  69-63  Win  13-8 July 18  @ Seattle  74-61  Win  14-8 July 20  New York  71-62  Win  15-8 July 22  @ Minnesota  86-59  Win  16-8 July 25  @ Indiana  60-75  Loss  16-9 July 26  @ Detroit  71-91  Loss  16-10 July 28  @ Connecticut  68-75  Loss  16-11 July 30  Detroit  94-61  Win  17-11 August 1  Houston  74-62  Win  18-11 August 3  @ San Antonio  87-69  Win  19-11 August 5  Washington  99-95 (2OT)  Win  20-11 August 9  @ Los Angeles  58-69  Loss  20-12 August 10  Minnesota  74-66  Win  21-12 August 13  @ Phoenix  71-81  Loss  21-13 August 17 1st Round, G1  @ Houston  93-78  Win  1-0 August 19 1st Round, G2  Houston  92-64  Win  2-0 August 24 West Finals, G1  Los Angeles  64-61  Win  3-0 August 26 West Finals, G2  @ Los Angeles  72-58  Win  4-0 August 30 WNBA Finals, G1  @ Detroit  95-71  Win  5-0 September 1 WNBA Finals, G2  @ Detroit  63-73  Loss  5-1 September 3 WNBA Finals, G3  Detroit  89-69  Win  6-1 September 6 WNBA Finals, G4  Detroit  52-72  Loss  6-2 September 9 WNBA Finals, G5  @ Detroit  75-80  Loss  6-3
Player stats  Player  GP  REB  AST  STL  BLK  PTS Yolanda Griffith  34  219  56  44  16  407 Erin Buescher  34  134  35  33  14  330 Nicole Powell  34  131  61  42  15  327 Kara Lawson  34  65  56  20  4  277 Rebekkah Brunson  34  191  17  21  15  232 DeMya Walker  23  92  32  15  7  213 Ticha Penicheiro  34  91  116  58  2  183 Hamchetou Maiga-Ba  34  73  30  32  9  177 Scholanda Robinson  33  36  27  19  4  171 Kristin Haynie  34  67  68  27  2  140 Kim Smith  31  39  20  9  0  74 Brittany Wilkins  4  0  1  0  0  6
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