1999 Orlando Miracle season

The 1999 WNBA season was the Orlando Miracle's inaugural season. The Miracle tied for second place in the conference with the Detroit Shock and the Charlotte Sting. However, both Detroit and Charlotte beat Orlando in two of their three meetings during the regular season. Therefore, the Miracle were in fourth place and out of playoff contention.

1999 Orlando Miracle season
CoachCarolyn Peck
ArenaTD Waterhouse Centre
Attendance9,801 per game
Results
Record15–17 (.469)
Place4th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Team Leaders
PointsShannon Johnson (14.0)
ReboundsTaj McWilliams (7.5)
AssistsShannon Johnson (4.4)
← 1998 season

Offseason

Expansion Draft
Pick Player Nationality Former Team School/Team/Country
2 Andrea Congreaves  United Kingdom Charlotte Sting Mercer
4 Kisha Ford  United States New York Liberty Georgia Tech
6 Yolanda Moore  United States Houston Comets Mississippi
8 Adrienne Johnson  United States Cleveland Rockers Ohio State

WNBA Draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 8 Tari Phillips  United States Central Florida (from Colorado Xplosion, ABL)
2 20 Sheri Sam  United States Vanderbilt (from San Jose Lasers, ABL)
3 32 Taj McWilliams  United States St. Edward's (from Philadelphia Rage, ABL)
4 44 Carla McGhee  United States Tennessee (from Columbus Quest, ABL)
4 50 Elaine Powell  United States LSU (from Portland Power, ABL)

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Roster
Orlando Miracle roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
F 3 Congreaves, Andrea 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 183 lb (83 kg) Mercer
G 5 Ford, Kisha 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 153 lb (69 kg) Georgia Tech
G 31 Johnson, Adrienne 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 154 lb (70 kg) Ohio State
G 14 Johnson, Shannon 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 152 lb (69 kg) South Carolina
F 10 McGhee, Carla 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 179 lb (81 kg) Tennessee
F/C 11 McWilliams, Taj 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 184 lb (83 kg) St. Edward's College
F 33 Moore, Yolanda 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Mississippi
F 24 Phillips, Tari 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) University of Central Florida
G 50 Powell, Elaine 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 150 lb (68 kg) LSU
G/F 42 Sales, Nykesha 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Connecticut
G/F 55 Sam, Sheri 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Vanderbilt
G 7 Suber, Tora 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 137 lb (62 kg) Virginia
Head coach
Assistant coaches



Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Season standings
Eastern Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
New York Liberty x1814.56312–8–
Detroit Shock x1517.46912–83.0
Charlotte Sting x1517.46912–83.0
Orlando Miracle o1517.4699–113.0
Washington Mystics o1220.37510–106.0
Cleveland Rockers o725.2195–1511.0

Season schedule

Preseason
1999 Game Log: Preseason
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record
1June 4@ MinnesotaW 80-76N/AN/AN/AMidwest Wireless Civic Center
1-0
2June 6MinnesotaW 81-71N/AN/AN/AAmway Arena
2-0

Regular season
1999 Game Log: Regular Season
June
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record
1June 10HoustonL 63-77McWilliams (15)McWilliams (7)S. Johnson (7)Amway Arena
0-1
2June 12@ UtahL 65-71Sam (21)Sam (10)S. Johnson (7)Delta Center
0-2
3June 15Los AngelesW 88-86Sales (29)Congreaves (10)S. Johnson (8)Amway Arena
1-2
4June 17@ DetroitL 74-79S. Johnson (22)McWilliams (13)McWilliams, Sales (2)Palace of Auburn Hills
1-3
5June 19WashingtonW 73-68S. Johnson (18)McWilliams (11)S. Johnson (7)Amway Arena
2-3
6June 21PhoenixW 80-76Sam, Sales (20)McWilliams (9)S. Johnson (9)Amway Arena
3-3
7June 22@ ClevelandW 71-62Sam (22)McWilliams, Sales (7)Sales (6)Gund Arena
4-3
8June 28@ HoustonW 68-66Sales (23)Sam (6)S. Johnson, Sales (4)Compaq Center
5-3
July
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record
9July 3CharlotteL 58-75S. Johnson (17)McWilliams (11)S. Johnson (4)Amway Arena
5-4
10July 7MinnesotaL 66-71Sam (15)McGhee, Sam (7)S. Johnson (6)Amway Arena
5-5
11July 9@ CharlotteW 66-61Sales (16)McWilliams, S. Johnson (5)S. Johnson (4)Charlotte Coliseum
6-5
12July 10UtahW 62-56Sales (21)S. Johnson (8)S. Johnson (4)Amway Arena
7-5
13July 12DetroitL 67-76McWilliams, Congreaves (14)McWilliams (8)S. Johnson, Sam (5)Amway Arena
7-6
14July 16CharlotteL 50-56Sales (15)McWilliams (6)S. Johnson (3)Amway Arena
7-7
15July 17SacramentoL 70-76Sales (20)McWilliams (10)S. Johnson (9)Amway Arena
7-8
16July 19@ WashingtonW 77-52Sam (20)S. Johnson (6)S. Johnson, Sales (6)MCI Center
8-8
17July 20@ New YorkL 56-61McWilliams (13)S. Johnson (7)Sam (3)Madison Square Garden
8-9
18July 23@ PhoenixL 67-73S. Johnson (22)Sam (6)S. Johnson (6)America West Arena
8-10
19July 24@ SacramentoW 73-64S. Johnson (31)McWilliams (10)S. Johnson (5)ARCO Arena
9-10
20July 27@ Los AngelesL 60-81McWilliams (17)McWilliams (7)Powell (4)Staples Center
9-11
21July 29New YorkL 65-73 (OT)S. Johnson (25)McWilliams (12)S. Johnson (5)Amway Arena
9-12
August
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record
22August 1@ New YorkL 61-74Sales (21)Sales (8)S. Johnson, Congreaves (3)Madison Square Garden
9-13
23August 4ClevelandW 70-62McWilliams (16)McWilliams (9)S. Johnson (5)Amway Arena
10-13
24August 5@ WashingtonL 68-72McWilliams (24)McWilliams (10)Sam (7)MCI Center
10-14
25August 7@ CharlotteL 60-64S. Johnson (25)McWilliams (6)Sales (5)Charlotte Coliseum
10-15
26August 9New YorkL 75-80Sales (24)McWilliams, Sales (6)Sales (5)Amway Arena
10-16
27August 12ClevelandW 55-54Sales (16)McWilliams (15)Sales (5)Amway Arena
11-16
28August 14@ ClevelandW 73-61Sales (17)S. Johnson (6)S. Johnson (8)Amway Arena
12-16
29August 15WashingtonW 81-54Sam (19)McWilliams (9)Sales (6)Amway Arena
13-16
30August 18DetroitW 93-81McWilliams (21)McWilliams (13)Powell (6)Amway Arena
14-16
31August 20@ MinnesotaW 83-80 (OT)S. Johnson (20)McWilliams (8)S. Johnson, Sales, Powell (5)Target Center
15-16
32August 21@ DetroitL 68-74S. Johnson (22)Sam (7)Powell (4)Palace of Auburn Hills
15-17

Depth
Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Inactive
C Taj McWilliams-Franklin Tari Phillips
PF Andrea Congreaves Carla McGhee
SF Sheri Sam Yolanda Moore
SG Nykesha Sales Adrienne Johnson Tora Suber Kisha Ford
PG Shannon Johnson Elaine Powell

Player stats
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
= Denotes team leader(s) in that statistic.
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Andrea Congreaves 323225.4.500 (75-150).366 (15-41).830 (44-53)3.21.10.800.206.5
Kisha Ford 805.6.200 (1-5).000 (0-1)1.000 (2-2)0.80.00.300.300.5
Adrienne Johnson 2907.7.403 (25-62).125 (1-8).667 (6-9)1.00.50.200.102.0
Shannon Johnson 323235.8.447 (151-338).364 (40-110).686 (105-153)4.74.41.700.4014.0
Carla McGhee 3007.8.319 (15-47).000 (0-0).833 (15-18)1.50.30.300.101.5
Taj McWilliams 323232.6.480 (153-319).444 (20-45).667 (94-141)7.51.61.801.2013.1
Yolanda Moore 2305.0.476 (10-21).000 (0-1).500 (6-12)0.60.00.200.001.1
Tari Phillips 3205.0.406 (52-128).000 (0-3).481 (26-54)2.10.30.600.304.1
Elaine Powell 18014.2.515 (17-33).111 (1-9).545 (12-22)1.31.80.500.202.6
Nykesha Sales 323232.5.385 (153-397).330 (95-118).805 (44-91)4.22.82.200.3013.7
Sheri Sam 323234.0.388 (134-345).328 (41-125).805 (55-80)4.62.41.300.3011.4
Tora Suber 2504.6.292 (7-24).111 (1-9).500 (5-10)0.50.40.200.000.8

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  • Shannon Johnson was tied for tenth in the WNBA in Three Point Field Goals with 40
  • Taj McWilliams-Franklin ranked third in the WNBA in Three Point Field Goal Percentage, .444
  • Nykesha Sales ranked eighth in the WNBA in Field Goal Attempts with 397
  • Sheri Sam ranked sixth in the WNBA in Minutes Played with 1088
  • Sheri Sam was tied for eighth in the WNBA in Three Point Field Goals with 41
  • Sheri Sam ranked ninth in the WNBA in Three Point Field Goal Attempts with 125[3]

Awards and honors
  • Shannon Johnson, Guard, Orlando Miracle, All-WNBA Second Team[4]
  • Shannon Johnson led the WNBA in Minutes Played with 1147[3]

References
  1. WNBA.com: 1999 WNBA Draft Board
  2. https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/ORL/1999.html
  3. https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/years/1999.html
  4. http://www.wnba.com/history/awards_1999.html
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