2004 Detroit Shock season
CoachBill Laimbeer
ArenaThe Palace of Auburn Hills
Attendance9,462 per game
Results
Record1717 (.500)
Place3rd (Eastern)
Playoff finishLost First Round (2-1) to New York Liberty

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

RoundPickPlayerNationalityCollege/School/Team
1 11 Iciss Tillis (C/F)  United States Duke
1 13 Shereka Wright (F)  United States Purdue
2 23 Erika Valek (G)  United States Purdue
3 32 Jennifer Smith (C)  United States Michigan

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Connecticut Sun x1816.52910–78–914–6
New York Liberty x1816.52911–67–1010–10
Detroit Shock x1717.5001.08–99–811–9
Washington Mystics x1717.5001.011–66–119–11
Charlotte Sting o1618.4712.010–76–118–12
Indiana Fever o1519.4413.010–75–128–12

Season schedule

DateOpponentScoreResultRecord
May 22@ San Antonio73-60Win1-0
May 26@ New York52-64Loss1-1
May 29Los Angeles60-63Loss1-2
June 2Washington63-65Loss1-3
June 6@ Connecticut74-73Win2-3
June 9@ Indiana83-79Win3-3
June 11@ Washington74-60Win4-3
June 12Indiana72-68Win5-3
June 19@ Sacramento84-74Win6-3
June 22Washington72-78Loss6-4
June 23@ Charlotte65-60Win7-4
June 25@ Connecticut67-71 (OT)Loss7-5
June 27Connecticut72-74Loss7-6
June 29Indiana68-69Loss7-7
July 3@ Minnesota70-78Loss7-8
July 6Houston82-63Win8-8
July 10Seattle70-65Win9-8
July 12Sacramento51-67Loss9-9
July 15@ Houston61-97Loss9-10
July 16@ Indiana73-85Loss9-11
July 18San Antonio77-71Win10-11
July 21Connecticut68-78Loss10-12
July 23Charlotte63-53Win11-12
July 24@ New York69-78Loss11-13
July 28@ Washington73-65Win12-13
July 30New York88-79Win13-13
August 1Minnesota58-59Loss13-14
September 1Phoenix58-63Loss13-15
September 4@ Charlotte66-58Win14-15
September 8@ Seattle67-86Loss14-16
September 9@ Los Angeles63-81Loss14-17
September 11@ Phoenix80-72Win15-17
September 14New York82-71 (OT)Win16-17
September 19Charlotte68-54Win17-17

Playoffs

GameDateOpponentScoreResultRecord
Eastern Conference Semifinals
1September 24New York62-75Loss0-1
2September 26@ New York76-66Win1-1
3September 28@ New York64-66Loss1-2

Player stats

Note: GP = Games played; REB = Rebound; AST = Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points

PlayerGPREBASTSTLBLKPTS
Swin Cash322081354429526
Deanna Nolan341341126612464
Ruth Riley34199503153378
Cheryl Ford31297344125329
Merlakia Jones336921192180
Elaine Powell3084134368133
Barbara Farris2661782118
Chandi Jones313445185107
Iciss Tillis3139139883
Isabel Sanchez10532022
Ayana Walker182661418
Stacy Stephens793004
Jae Kingi-Cross511003
Amisha Carter240201
Stacey Thomas100000

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References

  1. "2004 Detroit Shock Stats".
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