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1999 Orlando Miracle season
Coach Carolyn Peck
Arena TD Waterhouse Centre
Attendance9,801 per game
Results
Record15–17 (.469)
Place4th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Team Leaders
Points Shannon Johnson (14.0)
Rebounds Taj McWilliams (7.5)
Assists Shannon Johnson (4.4)

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.

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
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
F 3 United Kingdom Congreaves, Andrea 6' 2" (1.88m) 183 lb (83kg) Mercer
G 5 United States Ford, Kisha 5' 10" (1.78m) 153 lb (69kg) Georgia Tech
G 31 United States Johnson, Adrienne 5' 10" (1.78m) 154 lb (70kg) Ohio State
G 14 United States Johnson, Shannon 5' 7" (1.7m) 152 lb (69kg) South Carolina
F 10 United States McGhee, Carla 6' 1" (1.85m) 179 lb (81kg) Tennessee
F/C 11 United States McWilliams, Taj 6' 2" (1.88m) 184 lb (83kg) St. Edward's College
F 33 United States Moore, Yolanda 6' 0" (1.83m) 175 lb (79kg) Mississippi
F 24 United States Phillips, Tari 6' 1" (1.85m) 200 lb (91kg) University of Central Florida
G 50 United States Powell, Elaine 5' 8" (1.73m) 150 lb (68kg) LSU
G/F 42 United States Sales, Nykesha 6' 0" (1.83m) 175 lb (79kg) Connecticut
G/F 55 United States Sam, Sheri 6' 1" (1.85m) 160 lb (73kg) Vanderbilt
G 7 United States Suber, Tora 5' 7" (1.7m) 137 lb (62kg) Virginia
Head coach
Assistant coaches



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

Season standings

Eastern Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
New York Liberty x 18 14 .563 12–8 –
Detroit Shock x 15 17 .469 12–8 3.0
Charlotte Sting x 15 17 .469 12–8 3.0
Orlando Miracle o 15 17 .469 9–11 3.0
Washington Mystics o 12 20 .375 10–10 6.0
Cleveland Rockers o 7 25 .219 5–15 11.0

Season schedule

Preseason

1999 Game Log: Preseason
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record
1 June 4 @ Minnesota W 80-76 N/A N/A N/A Midwest Wireless Civic Center
1-0
2 June 6 Minnesota W 81-71 N/A N/A N/A Amway Arena
2-0

Regular season

1999 Game Log: Regular Season
June
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record
1 June 10 Houston L 63-77 McWilliams (15) McWilliams (7) S. Johnson (7) Amway Arena
0-1
2 June 12 @ Utah L 65-71 Sam (21) Sam (10) S. Johnson (7) Delta Center
0-2
3 June 15 Los Angeles W 88-86 Sales (29) Congreaves (10) S. Johnson (8) Amway Arena
1-2
4 June 17 @ Detroit L 74-79 S. Johnson (22) McWilliams (13) McWilliams, Sales (2) Palace of Auburn Hills
1-3
5 June 19 Washington W 73-68 S. Johnson (18) McWilliams (11) S. Johnson (7) Amway Arena
2-3
6 June 21 Phoenix W 80-76 Sam, Sales (20) McWilliams (9) S. Johnson (9) Amway Arena
3-3
7 June 22 @ Cleveland W 71-62 Sam (22) McWilliams, Sales (7) Sales (6) Gund Arena
4-3
8 June 28 @ Houston W 68-66 Sales (23) Sam (6) S. Johnson, Sales (4) Compaq Center
5-3
July
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record
9 July 3 Charlotte L 58-75 S. Johnson (17) McWilliams (11) S. Johnson (4) Amway Arena
5-4
10 July 7 Minnesota L 66-71 Sam (15) McGhee, Sam (7) S. Johnson (6) Amway Arena
5-5
11 July 9 @ Charlotte W 66-61 Sales (16) McWilliams, S. Johnson (5) S. Johnson (4) Charlotte Coliseum
6-5
12 July 10 Utah W 62-56 Sales (21) S. Johnson (8) S. Johnson (4) Amway Arena
7-5
13 July 12 Detroit L 67-76 McWilliams, Congreaves (14) McWilliams (8) S. Johnson, Sam (5) Amway Arena
7-6
14 July 16 Charlotte L 50-56 Sales (15) McWilliams (6) S. Johnson (3) Amway Arena
7-7
15 July 17 Sacramento L 70-76 Sales (20) McWilliams (10) S. Johnson (9) Amway Arena
7-8
16 July 19 @ Washington W 77-52 Sam (20) S. Johnson (6) S. Johnson, Sales (6) MCI Center
8-8
17 July 20 @ New York L 56-61 McWilliams (13) S. Johnson (7) Sam (3) Madison Square Garden
8-9
18 July 23 @ Phoenix L 67-73 S. Johnson (22) Sam (6) S. Johnson (6) America West Arena
8-10
19 July 24 @ Sacramento W 73-64 S. Johnson (31) McWilliams (10) S. Johnson (5) ARCO Arena
9-10
20 July 27 @ Los Angeles L 60-81 McWilliams (17) McWilliams (7) Powell (4) Staples Center
9-11
21 July 29 New York L 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
22 August 1 @ New York L 61-74 Sales (21) Sales (8) S. Johnson, Congreaves (3) Madison Square Garden
9-13
23 August 4 Cleveland W 70-62 McWilliams (16) McWilliams (9) S. Johnson (5) Amway Arena
10-13
24 August 5 @ Washington L 68-72 McWilliams (24) McWilliams (10) Sam (7) MCI Center
10-14
25 August 7 @ Charlotte L 60-64 S. Johnson (25) McWilliams (6) Sales (5) Charlotte Coliseum
10-15
26 August 9 New York L 75-80 Sales (24) McWilliams, Sales (6) Sales (5) Amway Arena
10-16
27 August 12 Cleveland W 55-54 Sales (16) McWilliams (15) Sales (5) Amway Arena
11-16
28 August 14 @ Cleveland W 73-61 Sales (17) S. Johnson (6) S. Johnson (8) Amway Arena
12-16
29 August 15 Washington W 81-54 Sam (19) McWilliams (9) Sales (6) Amway Arena
13-16
30 August 18 Detroit W 93-81 McWilliams (21) McWilliams (13) Powell (6) Amway Arena
14-16
31 August 20 @ Minnesota W 83-80 (OT) S. Johnson (20) McWilliams (8) S. Johnson, Sales, Powell (5) Target Center
15-16
32 August 21 @ Detroit L 68-74 S. 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 32 32 25.4 .500 (75-150) .366 (15-41) .830 (44-53) 3.2 1.1 0.80 0.20 6.5
Kisha Ford 8 0 5.6 .200 (1-5) .000 (0-1) 1.000 (2-2) 0.8 0.0 0.30 0.30 0.5
Adrienne Johnson 29 0 7.7 .403 (25-62) .125 (1-8) .667 (6-9) 1.0 0.5 0.20 0.10 2.0
Shannon Johnson 32 32 35.8 .447 (151-338) .364 (40-110) .686 (105-153) 4.7 4.4 1.70 0.40 14.0
Carla McGhee 30 0 7.8 .319 (15-47) .000 (0-0) .833 (15-18) 1.5 0.3 0.30 0.10 1.5
Taj McWilliams 32 32 32.6 .480 (153-319) .444 (20-45) .667 (94-141) 7.5 1.6 1.80 1.20 13.1
Yolanda Moore 23 0 5.0 .476 (10-21) .000 (0-1) .500 (6-12) 0.6 0.0 0.20 0.00 1.1
Tari Phillips 32 0 5.0 .406 (52-128) .000 (0-3) .481 (26-54) 2.1 0.3 0.60 0.30 4.1
Elaine Powell 18 0 14.2 .515 (17-33) .111 (1-9) .545 (12-22) 1.3 1.8 0.50 0.20 2.6
Nykesha Sales 32 32 32.5 .385 (153-397) .330 (95-118) .805 (44-91) 4.2 2.8 2.20 0.30 13.7
Sheri Sam 32 32 34.0 .388 (134-345) .328 (41-125) .805 (55-80) 4.6 2.4 1.30 0.30 11.4
Tora Suber 25 0 4.6 .292 (7-24) .111 (1-9) .500 (5-10) 0.5 0.4 0.20 0.00 0.8

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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[ permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "1999 Orlando Miracle Stats".
  3. ^ a b "1999 WNBA Season Summary".
  4. ^ "Postseason Awards: 1999". WNBA.com. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
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