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2006 Detroit Shock season
Head Coach	Bill Laimbeer
Arena	The Palace of Auburn Hills
Attendance	9,380 per game

Record	23–11 (.676)
Place	2nd (Eastern)
Playoff Finish	Won WNBA Finals



Detroit Shock seasons
< 2005	2007 >

The 2006 WNBA season was the 9th for the Detroit Shock. The Shock won the WNBA Finals for the second time in franchise history.

Contents

1 Offseason
- 1.1 WNBA Draft
2 Regular season
- 2.1 Season standings
- 2.2 Season Schedule
3 Player stats
4 Playoffs
5 Awards and honors
6 References
7 External links

Offseason

WNBA Draft

Pick	Player	Nationality	School
17th	Ambrosia Anderson
35th	Zane Teilane

^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Connecticut Sun ^x	26	8	.765	–	14–3	12–5	15–5
Detroit Shock ^x	23	11	.676	3.0	14–3	9–8	14–6
Indiana Fever ^x	21	13	.618	5.0	12–5	9–8	12–8
Washington Mystics ^x	18	16	.529	8.0	13–4	5–12	12–8
New York Liberty ^o	11	23	.324	15.0	7–10	4–13	7–13
Charlotte Sting ^o	11	23	.324	15.0	7–10	4–3	6–14
Chicago Sky ^o	5	29	.147	21.0	3–14	2–15	4–16

Season Schedule

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
May 20	@ Indiana	60-67	Loss	0-1
May 24	Minnesota	78-69	Win	1-1
May 27	@ Connecticut	77-73	Win	2-1
June 1	New York	64-63	Win	3-1
June 3	@ Washington	68-92	Loss	3-2
June 4	@ Chicago	81-66	Win	4-2
June 7	@ Los Angeles	78-86	Loss	4-3
June 9	@ Phoenix	79-93	Loss	4-4
June 16	Indiana	71-63	Win	5-4
June 17	Houston	71-55	Win	6-4
June 22	@ Charlotte	86-74	Win	7-4
June 24	Washington	92-86	Win	8-4
June 25	Charlotte	71-61	Win	9-4
June 27	@ San Antonio	63-59	Win	10-4
June 29	@ Indiana	56-66	Loss	10-5
June 30	@ Connecticut	70-64	Win	11-5
July 6	Phoenix	76-91	Loss	11-6
July 7	@ Minnesota	92-80	Win	12-6
July 9	@ Houston	66-60	Win	13-6
July 16	San Antonio	77-67	Win	14-6
July 19	Charlotte	67-73	Loss	14-7
July 21	Los Angeles	73-59	Win	15-7
July 22	Chicago	89-70	Win	16-7
July 26	Sacramento	91-71	Win	17-7
July 28	@ Seattle	77-67	Win	18-7
July 30	@ Sacramento	61-94	Loss	18-8
August 1	Indiana	70-66	Win	19-8
August 3	@ New York	67-75	Loss	19-9
August 4	@ Chicago	76-49	Win	20-9
August 6	New York	65-53	Win	21-9
August 8	Seattle	79-81	Loss	21-10
August 10	Chicago	82-48	Win	22-10
August 11	@ Washington	66-78	Loss	22-11
August 13	Connecticut	88-65	Win	23-11
August 17 (First Round, Game 1)	@ Indiana	68-56	Win	1-0
August 19 (First Round, Game 2)	Indiana	98-83	Win	2-0
August 24 (Conference Finals, Game 1)	Connecticut	70-59	Win	3-0
August 26 (Conference Finals, Game 2)	@ Connecticut	68-77	Loss	3-1
August 27 (Conference Finals, Game 3)	@ Connecticut	79-55	Win	4-1
August 30 (WNBA Finals, Game 1)	Sacramento	71-95	Loss	4-2
September 1 (WNBA Finals, Game 2)	Sacramento	73-63	Win	5-2
September 3 (WNBA Finals, Game 3)	@ Sacramento	69-89	Loss	5-3
September 6 (WNBA Finals, Game 4)	@ Sacramento	72-52	Win	6-3
September 9 (WNBA Finals, Game 5)	Sacramento	80-75	Win	7-3

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Player stats

Note: GP= Games played; FG = Field Goals; MIN= Minutes; REB= Rebounds; AST= Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points

Player	GP	MIN	FG	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS
Deanna Nolan	34	1088	172	153	124	47	11	468
Cheryl Ford	32	920	157	363	45	38	25	443
Katie Smith								398
Swin Cash								358
Ruth Riley								249
Plenette Pierson								220
Kara Braxton								146
Kedra Holland-Corn								140
Angelina Williams								41
Jacqueline Batteast								36
Elaine Powell								14
Sabrina Palie								12
Irina Osipova	2	12	0	1	0	0	0	2

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Playoffs

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Awards and honors

Cheryl Ford, WNBA Peak Performer
Deanna Nolan, WNBA Finals MVP Award
Katie Smith, Named to WNBA All-Decade Team^[4]

References

External links

Shock on Basketball Reference

v d e 2006 WNBA season by team
Draft • All-Star Game • Playoffs • Finals
Eastern	Charlotte Sting	Chicago Sky	Connecticut Sun	Detroit Shock	Indiana Fever	New York Liberty	Washington Mystics
Western	Houston Comets	Los Angeles Sparks	Minnesota Lynx	Phoenix Mercury	Sacramento Monarchs	San Antonio Silver Stars	Seattle Storm
← 2005 • WNBA season • 2007 →

v d e Detroit Shock 2006 WNBA Champions

5 Elaine Powell 7 Sabrina Palie 8 Angelina Williams 11 Kedra Holland-Corn 14 Deanna Nolan (Finals MVP) 21 Jacqueline Batteast 23 Plenette Pierson 30 Katie Smith 32 Swin Cash 35 Cheryl Ford 45 Kara Braxton 00 Ruth Riley Head Coach Bill Laimbeer Assistant Coach Rick Mahorn

v d e Detroit Shock

Founded in 1998 • Relocated in 2010 to Tulsa, OK • Based in Auburn Hills, Michigan

Franchise	Detroit Shock • Final season • Tulsa Shock

Arenas	The Palace of Auburn Hills

Head coaches	Nancy Lieberman • Greg Williams • Bill Laimbeer • Rick Mahorn

Administration	Owner: William Davidson • Karen Davidson General Manager: Nancy Lieberman • Greg Williams • Bill Laimbeer • Cheryl Reeve

All-Stars	Kara Braxton • Sandy Brondello • Swin Cash • Cheryl Ford • Deanna Nolan • Wendy Palmer • Ruth Riley • Katie Smith

Seasons	1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009

Playoff Appearances	1999 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009

Conference Titles	2003 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008

WNBA Titles	2003 • 2006 • 2008

Rivals	Connecticut Sun • Indiana Fever • Los Angeles Sparks • Phoenix Mercury

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