1999 Charlotte Sting season

The 1999 WNBA season was the third for the Charlotte Sting. The Sting won their first playoff series by defeating the Detroit Shock in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. In the Eastern Conference Finals they would fall to the New York Liberty in three games.

1999 Charlotte Sting season
Coach	Dan Hughes
Arena	Charlotte Coliseum
Attendance	per game
Results
Record	15–17 (.469)
Place	3rd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Lost in Conference Finals
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Offseason

WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	9	Dawn Staley	United States	Virginia (from Philadelphia Rage, ABL)
2	21	Stephanie White-McCarty	United States	Purdue
3	33	Charlotte Smith	United States	North Carolina (from San Jose Lasers, ABL)
4	47	Angie Braziel	United States	Texas Tech

Regular season

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

1999 Game Log: Regular Season
June Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 June 10 @ Washington 83-73 Staley (23) Reid (6) Staley (7) MCI Center 20,674 1-0 2 June 12 New York 57-68 Stinson (15) Bullett (9) Staley, Stinson (4) Charlotte Coliseum 8,150 1-1 3 June 19 Los Angeles 69-73 McCarty (18) Stinson (8) Staley (7) Charlotte Coliseum 6,116 1-2 4 June 22 @ Detroit 69-75 Bullett, Staley (13) Mapp (10) Staley (7) Palace of Auburn Hills 7,212 1-3 5 June 24 Phoenix 88-72 Stinson (23) Bullett, Manning (7) Staley (8) Charlotte Coliseum 4,514 2-3 6 June 25 @ Cleveland 59-57 Bullett (18) Bullett (9) Staley (5) Gund Arena 7,255 3-3 7 June 27 @ New York 58-72 Stinson (15) Manning (10) McCarty, Stinson (3) Madison Square Garden 13,337 3-4 8 June 29 Washington 63-68 Staley (22) Bullett (9) Staley (6) Charlotte Coliseum 7,454 3-5
July Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 9 July 3 @ Orlando 75-58 Bullett (24) Bullett, Smith (11) Stinson (5) TD Waterhouse Centre 10,005 4-5 10 July 7 Cleveland 75-62 Staley (22) Bullett (8) Staley (5) Charlotte Coliseum 4,760 5-5 11 July 9 Orlando 61-66 Smith (12) Manning (7) Staley (7) Charlotte Coliseum 5,839 5-6 12 July 10 @ Cleveland 56-82 Stinson (17) Bullett, Mapp (6) Smith (4) Gund Arena 9,089 5-7 13 July 12 @ Washington 71-74 Bullett, Stinson (19) Mapp (8) McCarty, Staley, Stinson (5) MCI Center 12,124 5-8 14 July 16 @ Orlando 56-50 Staley (23) Stinson (8) Stinson (5) TD Waterhouse Centre 8,826 6-8 15 July 17 Washington 63-56 Stinson (17) Mapp (7) Staley (5) Charlotte Coliseum 7,819 7-8 16 July 19 Utah 73-66 Stinson (16) Manning (7) Staley (9) Charlotte Coliseum 4,190 8-8 17 July 21 Minnesota 67-76 Mapp (22) Bullett (10) Staley (5) Charlotte Coliseum 4,665 8-9 18 July 23 Houston 62-75 Stinson (18) Bullett (7) Staley (7) Charlotte Coliseum 8,829 8-10 19 July 25 @ Detroit 78-66 Bullett (10) Staley (9) Staley (10) Palace of Auburn Hills 7,215 9-10 20 July 26 @ New York 75-69 Mapp (18) Mapp (18) Staley (8) Madison Square Garden 14,778 10-10 21 July 28 Detroit 84-65 Stinson (27) 4 players (6) Staley (7) Charlotte Coliseum 6,588 11-10 22 July 30 New York 62-58 Mapp (14) Mapp (10) Staley (7) Charlotte Coliseum 6,537 12-10 23 July 31 @ Minnesota 56-52 Stinson (7) Bullett, Mapp (11) Staley (5) Target Center 12,690 13-10
August Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 24 August 2 Cleveland 62-56 Stinson (18) Bullett, Manning, Mapp (7) Staley (5) Charlotte Coliseum 5,841 14-10 25 August 4 Sacramento 62-68 Charlotte Coliseum 14-11 26 August 6 @ Houston 51-81 Compaq Center 14-12 27 August 7 Orlando 64-60 Charlotte Coliseum 15-12 28 August 9 @ Utah 65-67 Delta Center 15-13 29 August 13 @ Sacramento 64-78 ARCO Arena 15-14 30 August 15 @ Phoenix 54-65 America West Arena 15-15 31 August 16 @ Los Angeles 65-76 Great Western Forum 15-16 32 August 20 Detroit 57-58 Charlotte Coliseum 15-17

Playoffs

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
Eastern Conference Semifinals
1	August 24	@ Detroit	60-54	Win	1-0
Eastern Conference Finals
1	August 27	New York	78-67	Win	2-0
2	August 29	@ New York	70-74	Loss	2-1
3	August 30	@ New York	54-69	Loss	2-2

External links

• Rockers on Basketball Reference