1999 Washington Mystics season

WNBA team season

1999 Washington Mystics season

Coach| Nancy Darsch
Arena| MCI Center
Attendance| 15,306 per game
Results
Record| 12-20 (.375)
Place| 5th (Eastern)
Playoff finish| Did not qualify

← 1998 season

2000 season →

The 1999 WNBA season was the second for the Washington Mystics. In the 1999 WNBA draft, Chamique Holdsclaw was selected by the Washington Mystics 1st overall. In her first season, she was named the Rookie of the Year and was a starter in the inaugural WNBA All-Star Game. She averaged 16.9 points and 7.9 rebounds per game in her first season.

## Transactions

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### WNBA draft

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See also: 1999 WNBA draft

Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country

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1  | 1  | Chamique Holdsclaw |  United States | Tennessee
2  | 13  | Shalonda Enis |  United States | Seattle Reign
3  | 25  | Andrea Nagy |  Hungary | Philadelphia Rage
4  | 37  | Jenny Whittle |  Australia | Perth Breakers (Australia)

### Transactions

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Date | Transaction

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February 18, 1999  | Hired Nancy Darsch as Head Coach[1]
May 4, 1999  | Drafted Chamique Holdsclaw, Shalonda Enis, Andrea Nagy and Jenny Whittle in the 1999 WNBA Draft[1]
May 6, 1999  | Waived Adrienne Shuler, Keri Chaconas and Margo Graham[1]
July 1, 1999  | Waived Jenny Whittle[1]
Signed Valerie Still[1]
July 11, 1999  | Traded Alessandra Santos de Oliveira to the Houston Comets in exchange for Nyree Roberts[1]
December 15, 1999  | Traded Monica Maxwell and a 2000 4th Round Pick to the Indiana Fever in exchange for agreement to select Nyree Roberts in the WNBA expansion draft[1]

## Roster

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1999 Washington Mystics roster

Players| Coaches
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G| 32| | Aldridge, Markita| 5' 11" (1.8m)| | 1973-09-15| Charlotte| R
F/C| 3| | Enis, Shalonda| 6' 1" (1.85m)| 185 lb (84kg)| 1974-12-03| Alabama| R
F| 23| | Holdsclaw, Chamique| 6' 2" (1.88m)| 172 lb (78kg)| 1977-08-09| Tennessee| R
F| 21| | Maxwell, Monica| 5' 9" (1.75m)| 162 lb (73kg)| 1976-12-21| Louisiana Tech| R
G| 15| | McCray, Nikki| 5' 11" (1.8m)| 158 lb (72kg)| 1971-12-17| Tennessee| 1
F| 24| | Moore, Penny| 6' 0" (1.83m)| | 1969-01-25| Long Beach State| 2
G| 11| | Nagy, Andrea| 5' 7" (1.7m)| 147 lb (67kg)| 1971-11-16| FIU| R
F/C| 44| | Owen, Heather| 6' 5" (1.96m)| 212 lb (96kg)| 1976-05-06| Stanford| R
F| 10| | Page, Murriel| 6' 2" (1.88m)| 160 lb (73kg)| 1975-09-18| Florida| 1
C| 0| | Roberts, Nyree| 6' 3" (1.91m)| 209 lb (95kg)| 1976-03-10| Old Dominion| 1
C| 11| | Santos de Oliveira, Alessandra| 6' 5" (1.96m)| 181 lb (82kg)| 1973-12-02| | 1
F| 12| | Still, Valerie| 6' 1" (1.85m)| 155 lb (70kg)| 1961-05-14| Kentucky| R
C| 32| | Whittle, Jenny| 6' 5" (1.96m)| | 1973-11-05| | R
G| 23| | Williams, Rita| 5' 6" (1.68m)| 135 lb (61kg)| 1976-01-14| Connecticut| 1

Head coach
Nancy Darsch (Tennessee)
Assistant coaches
Melissa McFerrin
Jenny Boucek

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Legend

* (C) Team captain
* (DP) Unsigned draft pick
* (FA) Free agent
* (S) Suspended
* Injured

## Schedule

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### Regular season

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1999 game log
Total: 12–20 (Home: 6–10; Road: 6–10)

June: 2–7 (Home: 0–4; Road: 2–3)

| Game | Date | Team | Score | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Location
Attendance | Record

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1  | June 10  | Charlotte | L 73–83 | Nikki McCray (22)  | Murriel Page (9)  | Andrea Nagy (12)  | MCI Center | 0–1
2  | June 12  | @ Houston | L 63–88 | Shalonda Enis (13)  | Chamique Holdsclaw (13)  | Enis
Nagy (3)  | Compaq Center | 0–2
3  | June 14  | @ New York | W 83–61 | Nikki McCray (24)  | Chamique Holdsclaw (9)  | Andrea Nagy (6)  | Madison Square Garden | 1–2
4  | June 18  | Detroit | L 69–76 | Nikki McCray (19)  | Shalonda Enis (15)  | Andrea Nagy (7)  | MCI Center | 1–3
5  | June 19  | @ Orlando | L 68–73 | Chamique Holdsclaw (23)  | Murriel Page (11)  | Andrea Nagy (5)  | TD Waterhouse Centre | 1–4
6  | June 22  | Phoenix | L 76–79 | Nikki McCray (24)  | Enis
Holdsclaw (7)  | Andrea Nagy (8)  | MCI Center | 1–5
7  | June 25  | Houston | L 69–72 | Chamique Holdsclaw (24)  | Murriel Page (7)  | Andrea Nagy (9)  | MCI Center | 1–6
8  | June 26  | @ Cleveland | L 65–76 | Nikki McCray (25)  | Chamique Holdsclaw (10)  | McCray
Nagy (2)  | Gund Arena | 1–7
9  | June 30  | @ Charlotte | W 68–63 | Chamique Holdsclaw (21)  | Chamique Holdsclaw (14)  | Chamique Holdsclaw (4)  | Charlotte Coliseum | 2–7

July: 4–10 (Home: 2–5; Road: 2–5)

| Game | Date | Team | Score | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Location
Attendance | Record

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10  | July 2  | Sacramento | L 74–79 | Chamique Holdsclaw (22)  | Chamique Holdsclaw (9)  | Chamique Holdsclaw (7)  | MCI Center | 2–8
11  | July 6  | New York | W 71–63 | Nikki McCray (16)  | Murriel Page (8)  | Nikki McCray (9)  | MCI Center | 3–8
12  | July 8  | Utah | L 65–81 | Chamique Holdsclaw (23)  | Murriel Page (6)  | Enis
Nagy (5)  | MCI Center | 3–9
13  | July 10  | @ Detroit | W 83–78 (2OT) | Chamique Holdsclaw (20)  | Chamique Holdsclaw (16)  | Andrea Nagy (9)  | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 4–9
14  | July 12  | Charlotte | W 74–71 | Nikki McCray (26)  | Murriel Page (15)  | Holdsclaw
Nagy (5)  | MCI Center | 5–9
15  | July 16  | Detroit | L 68–78 | McCray
Page (18)  | Murriel Page (10)  | Markita Aldridge (5)  | MCI Center | 5–10
16  | July 17  | @ Charlotte | L 56–63 | Shalonda Enis (18)  | Enis
Holdsclaw (6)  | Nikki McCray (9)  | Charlotte Coliseum | 5–11
17  | July 19  | Orlando | L 52–77 | Chamique Holdsclaw (9)  | Holdsclaw
Page (9)  | Holdsclaw
Maxwell
McCray
Nagy
Williams (1)  | MCI Center | 5–12
18  | July 21  | Cleveland | L 68–85 | Chamique Holdsclaw (23)  | Shalonda Enis (6)  | Aldridge
Holdsclaw
Nagy (2)  | MCI Center | 5–13
19  | July 23  | @ Minnesota | W 60–55 | Nikki McCray (19)  | Enis
Holdsclaw (7)  | Nikki McCray (4)  | Target Center | 6–13
20  | July 25  | @ Phoenix | L 59–72 | Nikki McCray (18)  | Chamique Holdsclaw (7)  | Holdsclaw
Nagy (3)  | America West Arena | 6–14
21  | July 26  | @ Utah | L 61–73 | Nikki McCray (19)  | Chamique Holdsclaw (9)  | Nikki McCray (5)  | Delta Center | 6–15
22  | July 29  | @ Sacramento | L 54–70 | Nikki McCray (16)  | Shalonda Enis (8)  | Andrea Nagy (6)  | ARCO Arena | 6–16
23  | July 31  | @ Los Angeles | L 64–81 | Nikki McCray (19)  | Murriel Page (10)  | Holdsclaw
Nagy (3)  | Great Western Forum | 6–17

August: 6–3 (Home: 4–1; Road: 2–2)

| Game | Date | Team | Score | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Location
Attendance | Record

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24  | August 2  | @ Detroit | W 75–70 | Chamique Holdsclaw (23)  | Holdsclaw
Page (7)  | Andrea Nagy (7)  | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 7–17
25  | August 5  | Orlando | W 72–68 | Holdsclaw
McCray (24)  | Chamique Holdsclaw (9)  | Andrea Nagy (7)  | MCI Center | 8–17
26  | August 7  | @ Cleveland | W 63–62 | Nikki McCray (25)  | Chamique Holdsclaw (6)  | Andrea Nagy (11)  | Gund Arena | 9–17
27  | August 8  | Cleveland | W 80–45 | Nikki McCray (20)  | Murriel Page (7)  | Holdsclaw
McCray
Nagy (4)  | MCI Center | 10–17
28  | August 11  | New York | W 59–56 (OT) | Nikki McCray (20)  | Chamique Holdsclaw (14)  | Enis
McCray
Nagy
Page
Williams (2)  | MCI Center | 11–17
29  | August 14  | Los Angeles | W 55–53 | Nikki McCray (20)  | Chamique Holdsclaw (13)  | Nikki McCray (5)  | MCI Center | 12–17
30  | August 15  | @ Orlando | L 54–81 | Nikki McCray (13)  | Enis
Roberts
McCray (5)  | Aldridge
McCray (4)  | TD Waterhouse Centre | 12–18
31  | August 17  | @ New York | L 54–66 | Nikki McCray (12)  | Heather Owen (5)  | Enis
Holdsclaw
Page (2)  | Madison Square Garden | 12–19
32  | August 21  | Minnesota | L 45–48 | Nikki McCray (19)  | Murriel Page (10)  | Andrea Nagy (5)  | MCI Center | 12–20

1999 season schedule

### Season standings

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Eastern Conference | W  | L  | PCT  | Conf.  | GB

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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

## Statistics

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Legend

GP  | Games played  |  GS | Games started  |  MPG | Minutes per game  |  RPG | Rebounds per game
APG | Assists per game  |  SPG | Steals per game  |  BPG | Blocks per game  |  PPG | Points per game
FG% | Field-goal percentage  |  3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage  |  FT% | Free-throw percentage  |  TO | Turnovers per game
PF | Fouls per game  |  | Team leader  |  | League leader

### Regular Season

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Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG

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Chamique Holdsclaw | 31  | 30  | 34.2  | .437  | .172  | .773  | 7.9  | 2.4  | 1.2  | 0.9  | 16.9
Nikki McCray | 32  | 32  | 32.6  | .424  | .301  | .806  | 2.7  | 2.4  | 1.1  | 0.0  | 17.5
Andrea Nagy | 32  | 32  | 29.6  | .409  | .273  | .763  | 2.4  | 4.6  | 1.0  | 0.1  | 5.1
Shalonda Enis | 29  | 26  | 29.1  | .364  | .275  | .684  | 5.4  | 1.6  | 0.8  | 0.1  | 7.4
Murriel Page | 32  | 26  | 28.6  | .574  | N/A  | .683  | 6.7  | 0.9  | 0.8  | 0.9  | 8.8
Alessandro Santos de Oliveira | 13  | 6  | 16.6  | .564  | N/A  | .318  | 3.2  | 0.1  | 0.1  | 0.2  | 3.9
Heather Owen  | 17  | 0  | 13.8  | .400  | N/A  | .696  | 2.2  | 0.4  | 0.1  | 0.2  | 2.1
Valerie Still | 23  | 6  | 12.3  | .245  | .000  | .368  | 1.9  | 0.3  | 0.2  | 0.2  | 1.3
Markita Aldridge | 31  | 2  | 12.2  | .309  | .150  | .606  | 1,2  | 1.1  | 0.5  | 0.2  | 2.6
Rita Williams | 31  | 0  | 10.1  | .500  | .559  | .639  | 1.2  | 1.0  | 0.7  | 0.0  | 3.4
Nyree Roberts | 8  | 0  | 7.7  | .600  | N/A  | .571  | 1.3  | 0.1  | 0.6  | 0.1  | 2.0
Monica Maxwell | 20  | 0  | 7.1  | .220  | .212  | .556  | 1.1  | 0.5  | 0.3  | 0.1  | 1.7
Jenny Whittle | 3  | 0  | 6.0  | .000  | N/A  | N/A  | 1.0  | 0.0  | 0.3  | 0.3  | 0.0
Penny Moore | 4  | 0  | 4.8  | .333  | N/A  | N/A  | 0.73  | 0.0  | 0.0  | 0.3  | 0.5

‡Waived/Released during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season

* Chamique Holdsclaw ranked sixth in the WNBA in Free Throws, 116
* Nikki McCray, ranked fifth in the WNBA in Free Throws, 129 [2]

## Awards and honors

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* Chamique Holdsclaw, WNBA Rookie of the Year Award
* Chamique Holdsclaw, Forward, All-WNBA Second Team[3]
* Murriel Page, WNBA Peak Performer

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g "1999 Washington Mystics Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
2. ^ "1999 WNBA Season Summary".
3. ^ "Postseason Awards: 1999". WNBA.com. Retrieved September 4, 2022.

## External links

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* Washington Mystics on Basketball Reference

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1999 WNBA season by team

* Draft
* All-Star Game
* Championship
* Playoffs

Eastern|

* Charlotte Sting
* Cleveland Rockers
* Detroit Shock
* New York Liberty
* Orlando Miracle
* Washington Mystics

Western|

* Houston Comets
* Los Angeles Sparks
* Minnesota Lynx
* Phoenix Mercury
* Sacramento Monarchs
* Utah Starzz

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Washington Mystics

* Founded in 1998
* Based in Washington, D.C.

Franchise|

* Franchise
* Current season

Arenas|

* Capital One Arena (1998–2018)
* CareFirst Arena (2019–present)

Head coaches|

* Jim Lewis
* Cathy Parson
* Nancy Darsch
* Darrell Walker
* Tom Maher
* Marianne Stanley
* Michael Adams
* Richie Adubato
* Tree Rollins
* Jessie Kenlaw
* Julie Plank
* Trudi Lacey
* Mike Thibault
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* Sydney Johnson

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* Sponsor: Inova Health System

* Owner: Monumental Sports & Entertainment (Ted Leonsis)

* President: Michael Winger

* General manager: Melissa McFerrin
* Judy Holland-Burton
* Linda Hargrove
* Angela Taylor
* Trudi Lacey
* Mike Thibault
* Jamila Wideman

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* Ariel Atkins
* Alana Beard
* Tina Charles
* Monique Currie
* Stacey Dales
* Elena Delle Donne
* Stefanie Dolson
* Lindsey Harding
* Chamique Holdsclaw
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