1998 - 99 WNBA (WNBA) Season Review

1998 - 99 WNBA Season Review

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The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) is a women's professional basketball league located in the United States. Starting play in 1997 it currently consists of 12 teams, all located in the United States, The league plays a 34 game schedule from May to August with the finals occurring in October. The WNBA playoffs currently begin in late September, with four teams in each conference qualifying for the playoffs.

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1998 - 99 WNBA Regular Season Standings

Eastern Conference

	Wins	Loses	Win %	GB	PF	PA
New York Liberty	18	14	0.563	-	67.8	65.3
Charlotte Sting	15	17	0.469	3	65.8	66.9
Detroit Shock	15	17	0.469	3	70.0	72.0
Orlando Miracle	15	17	0.469	3	68.9	69.3
Washington Mystics	12	20	0.375	6	65.6	70.2
Cleveland Rockers	7	25	0.219	11	62.9	69.3

Western Conference

	Wins	Loses	Win %	GB	PF	PA
Houston Comets	26	6	0.813	-	74.0	64.7
Los Angeles Sparks	20	12	0.625	6	76.5	72.4
Sacramento Monarchs	19	13	0.594	7	74.8	70.6
Minnesota Lynx	15	17	0.469	11	63.6	66.0
Phoenix Mercury	15	17	0.469	11	68.0	68.2
Utah Starzz	15	17	0.469	11	74.0	77.1

1998 - 99 WNBA Playoffs

Finals Houston Comets over New York Liberty (2-1) Thu, September 2 - Houston Comets 73 @ New York Liberty 60 Sat, September 4 - New York Liberty 68 @ Houston Comets 67 Sun, September 5 - New York Liberty 47 @ Houston Comets 59
Eastern Conference Finals New York Liberty over Charlotte Sting (2-1) Fri, August 27 - New York Liberty 67 @ Charlotte Sting 78 Sun, August 29 - Charlotte Sting 70 @ New York Liberty 74 Mon, August 30 - Charlotte Sting 54 @ New York Liberty 69	Western Conference Finals Houston Comets over Los Angeles Sparks (2-0) Thu, August 26 - Houston Comets 60 @ Los Angeles Sparks 75 Sun, August 29 - Los Angeles Sparks 55 @ Houston Comets 83 Mon, August 30 - Los Angeles Sparks 62 @ Houston Comets 72
Eastern Conference First Round Charlotte Sting over Detroit Shock (1-0) Tue, August 24 - Charlotte Sting 60 @ Detroit Shock 54	Western Conference First Round Los Angeles Sparks over Sacramento Monarchs (1-0) Tue, August 24 - Sacramento Monarchs 58 @ Los Angeles Sparks 71

WNBA - 1998 - 99 Awards

Player	Team	Award
Dawn Staley	Charlotte Sting	Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award
Chamique Holdsclaw	Washington Mystics	Rookie of the Year
Yolanda Griffith	Sacramento Monarchs	Most Valuable Player (Season)
Cynthia Cooper	Houston Comets	Finals Most Valuable Player
Yolanda Griffith	Sacramento Monarchs	Defensive Player of the Year
Van Chancellor	Houston Comets	Coach of the Year
Natalie Williams	Utah Starzz	All Star Team
Teresa Weatherspoon	New York Liberty	All Star Team
Tina Thompson	Houston Comets	All Star Team
Lisa Leslie	Los Angeles Sparks	All Star Team
Shannon Johnson	Orlando Miracle	All Star Team
Chamique Holdsclaw	Washington Mystics	All Star Team
Sheryl Swoopes	Houston Comets	All Star Team
Ticha Penicheiro	Sacramento Monarchs	All Star Team
Yolanda Griffith	Sacramento Monarchs	All Star Team
Cynthia Cooper	Houston Comets	All Star Team
Lisa Leslie	Los Angeles Sparks	All Star Most Valuable Player

WNBA - 1998 - 99 All Star Game Individual Statistics

Player

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Team

Minutes

Points

Rebounds

Assists

WNBA - 1998 - 99 Leading Scorer

Player	Season	Team	Points
Cynthia Cooper	1998-1999	Houston Comets	686
Sheryl Swoopes	1998-1999	Houston Comets	585
Nikki McCray	1998-1999	Washington Mystics	561
Yolanda Griffith	1998-1999	Sacramento Monarchs	545
Chamique Holdsclaw	1998-1999	Washington Mystics	525
Natalie Williams	1998-1999	Utah Starzz	504
Lisa Leslie	1998-1999	Los Angeles Sparks	500
Jennifer Gillom	1998-1999	Phoenix Mercury	485
Adrienne Goodson	1998-1999	Utah Starzz	476
Tonya Edwards	1998-1999	Minnesota Lynx	475
Shannon Johnson	1998-1999	Orlando Miracle	447

WNBA - 1998 - 99 Assist Leader

Player	Season	Team	Assists
Ticha Penicheiro	1998-1999	Sacramento Monarchs	226
Teresa Weatherspoon	1998-1999	New York Liberty	205
Dawn Staley	1998-1999	Charlotte Sting	177
Cynthia Cooper	1998-1999	Houston Comets	162
Debbie Black	1998-1999	Utah Starzz	161
Michele Timms	1998-1999	Phoenix Mercury	151
Andrea Nagy	1998-1999	Washington Mystics	146
Shannon Johnson	1998-1999	Orlando Miracle	141
Sheryl Swoopes	1998-1999	Houston Comets	127
Mwadi Mabika	1998-1999	Los Angeles Sparks	111
Jennifer Azzi	1998-1999	Detroit Shock	106

1998 - 99 Fouls Leader

Player	Season	Team	Fouls
Lisa Leslie	1998-1999	Los Angeles Sparks	136
Sue Wicks	1998-1999	New York Liberty	123
Polina Tzekova	1998-1999	Houston Comets	118
Debbie Black	1998-1999	Utah Starzz	116
Margo Dydek	1998-1999	Utah Starzz	112
DeLisha Milton-Jones	1998-1999	Los Angeles Sparks	112
Sheri Sam	1998-1999	Orlando Miracle	112
Andrea Nagy	1998-1999	Washington Mystics	111
Kym Hampton	1998-1999	New York Liberty	110
Natalie Williams	1998-1999	Utah Starzz	108
Katie Smith	1998-1999	Minnesota Lynx	106

1998 - 99 Field Goal Percentage (>200 Attempts)

Player	Season	Team	Attempt	Made	Percentage
Yolanda Griffith	1998-1999	Sacramento Monarchs	370	200	0.541
Latasha Byears	1998-1999	Sacramento Monarchs	242	130	0.537
DeLisha Milton-Jones	1998-1999	Los Angeles Sparks	236	125	0.530
Natalie Williams	1998-1999	Utah Starzz	347	180	0.519
Rhonda Mapp	1998-1999	Charlotte Sting	236	118	0.500
Margo Dydek	1998-1999	Utah Starzz	283	141	0.498
Vicky Bullett	1998-1999	Charlotte Sting	292	142	0.486
Taj McWilliams-Franklin	1998-1999	Orlando Miracle	319	153	0.480
Lisa Leslie	1998-1999	Los Angeles Sparks	390	182	0.467
Cynthia Cooper	1998-1999	Houston Comets	458	212	0.463
Sheryl Swoopes	1998-1999	Houston Comets	489	226	0.462

1998 - 99 Three Point Field Goals Made (> 50 Attempts)

Player	Season	Team	Attempt	Made	Percentage
Crystal Robinson	1998-1999	New York Liberty	174	76	0.437
Tonya Edwards	1998-1999	Minnesota Lynx	192	66	0.344
Ruthie Bolton	1998-1999	Sacramento Monarchs	187	60	0.321
Cynthia Cooper	1998-1999	Houston Comets	173	58	0.335
Kedra Holland-Corn	1998-1999	Sacramento Monarchs	167	57	0.341
Katie Smith	1998-1999	Minnesota Lynx	136	52	0.382
Nikki McCray	1998-1999	Washington Mystics	153	46	0.301
Mwadi Mabika	1998-1999	Los Angeles Sparks	146	41	0.281
Sheri Sam	1998-1999	Orlando Miracle	125	41	0.328
Gordana Grubin	1998-1999	Los Angeles Sparks	93	40	0.430
Shannon Johnson	1998-1999	Orlando Miracle	110	40	0.364

1998 - 99 Offensive Rebounds

Player	Season	Team	Off Reb
Yolanda Griffith	1998-1999	Sacramento Monarchs	141
Natalie Williams	1998-1999	Utah Starzz	109
Marlies Askamp	1998-1999	Phoenix Mercury	92
Taj McWilliams-Franklin	1998-1999	Orlando Miracle	81
Latasha Byears	1998-1999	Sacramento Monarchs	77
Sue Wicks	1998-1999	New York Liberty	76
Chamique Holdsclaw	1998-1999	Washington Mystics	74
Lisa Leslie	1998-1999	Los Angeles Sparks	72
Adrienne Goodson	1998-1999	Utah Starzz	71
Murriel Page	1998-1999	Washington Mystics	68
Tina Thompson	1998-1999	Houston Comets	67

1998 - 99 Defensive Rebounds

Player	Season	Team	Rebounds
Yolanda Griffith	1998-1999	Sacramento Monarchs	188
Lisa Leslie	1998-1999	Los Angeles Sparks	176
Chamique Holdsclaw	1998-1999	Washington Mystics	172
Margo Dydek	1998-1999	Utah Starzz	166
Vicky Bullett	1998-1999	Charlotte Sting	159
Taj McWilliams-Franklin	1998-1999	Orlando Miracle	158
Sheryl Swoopes	1998-1999	Houston Comets	154
Natalie Williams	1998-1999	Utah Starzz	148
Sue Wicks	1998-1999	New York Liberty	147
Rhonda Mapp	1998-1999	Charlotte Sting	145
Murriel Page	1998-1999	Washington Mystics	145

WNBA - 1998 - 99 Total Rebounds

Player	Season	Team	Rebounds
Yolanda Griffith	1998-1999	Sacramento Monarchs	329
Natalie Williams	1998-1999	Utah Starzz	257
Lisa Leslie	1998-1999	Los Angeles Sparks	248
Chamique Holdsclaw	1998-1999	Washington Mystics	246
Taj McWilliams-Franklin	1998-1999	Orlando Miracle	239
Sue Wicks	1998-1999	New York Liberty	223
Vicky Bullett	1998-1999	Charlotte Sting	219
Marlies Askamp	1998-1999	Phoenix Mercury	215
Murriel Page	1998-1999	Washington Mystics	213
Val Whiting-Raymond	1998-1999	Detroit Shock	207
Tina Thompson	1998-1999	Houston Comets	206

WNBA - 1998 - 99 Steals Leader

Player	Season	Team	Steals
Teresa Weatherspoon	1998-1999	New York Liberty	78
Debbie Black	1998-1999	Utah Starzz	77
Sheryl Swoopes	1998-1999	Houston Comets	76
Yolanda Griffith	1998-1999	Sacramento Monarchs	73
Nykesha Sales	1998-1999	Orlando Miracle	69
Ticha Penicheiro	1998-1999	Sacramento Monarchs	67
Vicky Bullett	1998-1999	Charlotte Sting	62
Kedra Holland-Corn	1998-1999	Sacramento Monarchs	62
Taj McWilliams-Franklin	1998-1999	Orlando Miracle	57
Shannon Johnson	1998-1999	Orlando Miracle	54
DeLisha Milton-Jones	1998-1999	Los Angeles Sparks	47

WNBA - 1998 - 99 Blocks Leader

Player	Season	Team	Blocks
Margo Dydek	1998-1999	Utah Starzz	77
Maria Stepanova	1998-1999	Phoenix Mercury	62
Yolanda Griffith	1998-1999	Sacramento Monarchs	54
Lisa Leslie	1998-1999	Los Angeles Sparks	49
Sheryl Swoopes	1998-1999	Houston Comets	46
Vicky Bullett	1998-1999	Charlotte Sting	45
Sue Wicks	1998-1999	New York Liberty	43
Taj McWilliams-Franklin	1998-1999	Orlando Miracle	38
Tangela Smith	1998-1999	Sacramento Monarchs	38
Val Whiting-Raymond	1998-1999	Detroit Shock	31
Tina Thompson	1998-1999	Houston Comets	31