WNBA team season
The 1998 WNBA season was the second season for the Phoenix Mercury. The Mercury reached their first WNBA Finals, but championship hopes were denied when they lost to the Houston Comets in three games.
Transactions [ edit ] Detroit Shock expansion draft [ edit ] The following player was selected in the Detroit Shock expansion draft from the Phoenix Mercury:
WNBA draft [ edit ] Transactions [ edit ] Date Transaction February 18, 1998 Lost Tara Williams to the Detroit Shock in the WNBA expansion draft.[1] April 29, 1998 Drafted Maria Stepanova , Andrea Kuklová , Brandy Reed and Karen Wilkins in the 1998 WNBA Draft [1] May 29, 1998 Waived Monique Ambers [1] May 30, 1998 Waived Karen Wilkins[1] June 4, 1998 Waived Tawona Alhaleem[1] June 10, 1998 Waived Tia Jackson [1] July 6, 1998 Traded Pauline Jordan to the Sacramento Monarchs in exchange for Tiffani Johnson [1] July 31, 1998 Waived Mikiko Hagiwara [1]
1998 Phoenix Mercury roster Players Coaches Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs C 14 Askamp, Marlies 6' 5" (1.96m) 198 lb (90kg) 1970-07-08 1 F 12 Brogan, Michelle 6' 1" (1.85m) 177 lb (80kg) 1973-02-08 R F/C 0 Foster, Toni 6' 1" (1.85m) 175 lb (79kg) 1971-11-16 Iowa 1 F/C 22 Gillom, Jennifer 6' 3" (1.91m) 180 lb (82kg) 1964-06-13 Mississippi 1 G 24 Hagiwara, Mikiko 5' 9" (1.75m) 160 lb (73kg) 1970-04-27 1 G 4 Harrower, Kristi 5' 4" (1.63m) 139 lb (63kg) 1975-03-04 R F/C 11 Jordan, Pauline 6' 3" (1.91m) 205 lb (93kg) 1968-04-27 UNLV R G/F 15 Kuklová, Andrea 6' 0" (1.83m) 150 lb (68kg) 1971-07-16 R G 32 Pettis, Bridget 5' 9" (1.75m) 150 lb (68kg) 1971-01-01 Florida 1 F 13 Reed, Brandy 6' 1" (1.85m) 168 lb (76kg) 1977-02-17 Southern Miss R C 8 Stepanova, Maria 6' 8" (2.03m) 187 lb (85kg) 1979-01-23 R G 7 Timms, Michele 5' 7" (1.7m) 132 lb (60kg) 1965-06-28 1 G/F 21 Webb, Umeki 5' 10" (1.78m) 162 lb (73kg) 1975-06-26 NC State 1
Head coach Cheryl Miller (USC ) Assistant coaches -
Legend (C) Team captain (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured
Schedule [ edit ] Regular season [ edit ] 1998 game log Total: 19–11 (Home: 13–3; Road: 6–8) June: 6–2 (Home: 4–1; Road: 2–1)
July: 6–7 (Home: 4–2; Road: 2–5)
August: 7–2 (Home: 5–0; Road: 2–2)
1998 season schedule
Playoffs [ edit ] 1998 playoff game log Semifinal vs. Cleveland Rockers Won Series: 2–1
Championship vs. Houston Comets Lost Series: 1–2
1998 playoff schedule
Season standings [ edit ] Statistics [ edit ] Regular Season [ edit ] Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Jennifer Gillom 30 30 32.1 .465 .378 .703 7.3 1.4 1.7 0.3 20.9 Michele Timms 30 30 31.1 .318 .298 .694 2.5 5.3 1.3 0.1 6.9 Bridget Pettis 30 28 28.3 .377 .285 .865 3.4 2.1 1.0 0.3 11.3 Umeki Webb 30 30 28.2 .363 .286 .661 3.9 3.1 1.6 0.7 5.3 Michelle Brogan 30 25 26.0 .505 .478 .796 4.4 1.4 1.5 0.2 9.2 Toni Foster 16 5 13.6 .467 N/A .767 1.9 1.2 0.9 0.3 4.9 Marlies Askamp 26 0 12.3 .471 N/A .661 3.3 0.5 0.5 0.3 5.3 Kristi Harrower 30 0 11.8 .365 .344 .750 0.7 1.7 0.5 0.1 2.3 Andrea Kuklová 29 2 11.7 .400 .143 .556 1.3 1.1 0.6 0.1 3.3 Brandy Reed 24 0 10.6 .526 .250 .710 3.3 0.8 0.8 0.3 5.2 Maria Stepanova 20 0 6.5 .426 N/A .636 1.9 0.4 0.2 0.6 3.3 Mikiko Hagiwara 10 0 5.9 .381 .333 .667 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 2.2 Pauline Jordan 6 0 5.0 .625 N/A .714 0.8 0.7 0.0 0.0 2.5
‡ Waived/Released during the season † Traded during the season ≠ Acquired during the season
References [ edit ] External links [ edit ]
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