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Detroit Shock
Conference	Eastern Conference
Founded	1998
Arena	The Palace of Auburn Hills
City	Auburn Hills, Michigan
Team Colors	Blue, Red
Owner	William Davidson
General Manager	Bill Laimbeer
Head Coach	Bill Laimbeer
WNBA Championships	2 (2003, 2006)
Conference Titles	2 (2003, 2006)
Mascot	Zap [1]

The Detroit Shock is a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Detroit, Michigan. Debuting in 1998, they were one of the league's first expansion franchises. They are the first WNBA expansion franchise to win a WNBA Championship. The team is the sister team of the Detroit Pistons and has been coached by Pistons legend Bill Laimbeer.

Uniforms:

• White with the team's logo of the stylized Detroit Shock name, in black and blue, over a WNBA basketball at home. Blue with the word "Detroit" across the front for the road jersey.

Contents 1 Franchise history 2 Season-by-Season Records 3 Players of note 3.1 Hall of Famers 3.2 Retired numbers 3.3 Not to be forgotten 3.4 Current Roster 4 Coaches and others 5 External links

Upon starting in 1998, the Detroit Shock quickly brought a blend of rookies and veterans, such as Sandy Brondello. (Brondello was later traded to the Miami Sol before the 2001 season.) Their first coach was hall of famer Nancy Lieberman.

Several years after making the playoffs in 1999, Detroit came in last place during the 2002 season, and former Detroit Pistons center Bill Laimbeer was brought in as coach. Laimbeer's ideas influenced the team's front management, who agreed with the new coach's idea to bring over some new players he felt necessary to become a contender.

Laimbeer predicted that the Shock would be league champions in 2003, and his prediction became a reality when they defeated the Los Angeles Sparks two games to one in the 2003 WNBA Finals. The final score in the championship game that year was Shock 83, Sparks 78. That game drew the largest crowd ever in WNBA history, as 22,076 came to watch. Detroit, much like the 1991 Minnesota Twins in baseball, became the first team in WNBA history to make it from last place to world champions the next year and the Shock also became the second Eastern conference team to win the championship in WNBA history (The Houston Comets were in the Eastern Conference in 1997).

2005 saw the addition of former Piston star Rick Mahorn as an assistant coach to Laimbeer. [2]

The Shock dethroned the Sacramento Monarchs by winning the last two games of the series and winning the series 3-2 in 2006. They became the first WNBA team to win non-consecutive championships.

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, % = Win-Loss %

Season	W	L	%	Playoffs	Results
Detroit Shock
1998	17	13	.567
1999	15	17	.469	Lost First Round	Charlotte 60, Detroit 54
2000	14	18	.438
2001	10	22	.313
2002	9	23	.281
2003	25	9	.735	Won First Round Won Conference Finals Won WNBA Finals	Detroit 2, Cleveland 1 Detroit 2, Connecticut 0 Detroit 2, Los Angeles 1
2004	17	17	.500	Lost First Round	New York 2, Detroit 1
2005	16	18	.471	Lost First Round	Connecticut 2, Detroit 0
2006	23	11	.676	Won First Round Won Conference Finals Won WNBA Finals	Detroit 2, Indiana 0 Detroit 2, Connecticut 1 Detroit 3, Sacramento 2
Totals	146	148	.497
Playoffs	14	10	.583	2 WNBA Championships

Stats updated September 9, 2006

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• Jennifer Azzi
• Carla Boyd
• Sandy Brondello, now an Assistant Coach for the San Antonio Silver Stars
• Edwina Brown
• Dominique Canty
• Anna DeForge
• Barbara Farris
• Korie Hlede
• Astou Ndiaye-Diatta
• Claudia Neves
• Wendy Palmer
• Ruth Riley
• Olympia Scott-Richardson
• Elena Tornikidou

Detroit Shock Current Roster
Head Coach: Bill Laimbeer				Edit
Pos.	No.	Name	College
F	21	Jacqueline Batteast	Notre Dame
C	45	Kara Braxton	Georgia
F	32	Swin Cash	Connecticut
C	44	Katie Feenstra	Liberty
F-C	35	Cheryl Ford	Louisiana Tech
G	11	Kedra Holland-Corn	Georgia
G	14	Shannon Johnson	South Carolina
G	14	Deanna Nolan	Georgia
G	7	Sabrina Palie	France
F	23	Plenette Pierson	Texas Tech
G	5	Elaine Powell	LSU
G	30	Katie Smith	Ohio State
G	33	Angelina Williams	Illinois
(IL) - Inactive List

Head Coaches:

• Nancy Lieberman (1998-2000), also served as General Manager (Hall of Famer)
• Greg Williams (2001-2002)
• Bill Laimbeer (2002-Present)

• Official Detroit Shock Website

Women's National Basketball Association

Eastern Conference	Western Conference
Chicago Sky | Connecticut Sun | Detroit Shock | Indiana Fever | New York Liberty | Washington Mystics	Houston Comets | Los Angeles Sparks | Minnesota Lynx | Phoenix Mercury | Sacramento Monarchs | San Antonio Silver Stars | Seattle Storm
Defunct teams: Charlotte Sting | Cleveland Rockers | Miami Sol | Portland Fire
Media: WNBA on ESPN | List of WNBA Finals broadcasters
Other Women's Leagues: National Women's Basketball League | Women's National Basketball League (Australia)