2005 Washington Mystics season

WNBA team season

2005 Washington Mystics season

Coach| Richie Adubato
Arena| MCI Center
Attendance| 10,088 per game
Results
Record| 16-18 (.471)
Place| 5th (Eastern)
Playoff finish| Did not qualify

← 2004 season

2006 season →

The 2005 WNBA season was the eighth for the Washington Mystics. The Mystics gave it their all, but they fell short for the playoffs, losing a tiebreaker to the Detroit Shock.

## Offseason

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### WNBA draft

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

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1 | 6 | Temeka Johnson (G) |  United States | LSU
2 | 19 | Erica Taylor (G) |  United States | Louisiana Tech
3 | 32 | Tashia Morehead (F) |  United States | Florida

## Regular season

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### Season standings

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

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Connecticut Sun x | 26 | 8 | .765 | – | 14–3 | 12–5 | 13–7
Indiana Fever x | 21 | 13 | .618 | 5.0 | 14–3 | 7–10 | 14–6
New York Liberty x | 18 | 16 | .529 | 8.0 | 10–7 | 8–9 | 9–11
Detroit Shock x | 16 | 18 | .471 | 10.0 | 12–5 | 4–13 | 11–9
Washington Mystics o | 16 | 18 | .471 | 10.0 | 10–7 | 6–11 | 9–11
Charlotte Sting o | 6 | 28 | .176 | 20.0 | 5–12 | 1–16 | 4–16

### Season schedule

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Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Record

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May 21 | @ Charlotte | 60-42 | Win | 1-0
May 22 | Connecticut | 67-69 | Loss | 1-1
May 26 | Los Angeles | 75-84 | Loss | 1-2
June 1 | New York | 68-77 | Loss | 1-3
June 3 | Minnesota | 74-71 | Win | 2-3
June 5 | @ New York | 58-61 | Loss | 2-4
June 7 | @ San Antonio | 62-71 | Loss | 2-5
June 10 | Seattle | 64-52 | Win | 3-5
June 11 | @ Minnesota | 60-78 | Loss | 3-6
June 18 | Indiana | 88-78 (2OT) | Win | 4-6
June 21 | Phoenix | 77-56 | Win | 5-6
June 24 | @ Detroit | 69-55 | Win | 6-6
June 26 | Sacramento | 57-62 | Loss | 6-7
June 28 | @ Charlotte | 66-61 (OT) | Win | 7-7
June 30 | Charlotte | 65-50 | Win | 8-7
July 7 | Detroit | 62-76 | Loss | 8-8
July 13 | @ Seattle | 78-71 | Win | 9-8
July 15 | @ Phoenix | 66-77 | Loss | 9-9
July 16 | @ Sacramento | 59-73 | Loss | 9-10
July 19 | @ Los Angeles | 74-68 | Win | 10-10
July 21 | @ Houston | 70-65 | Win | 11-10
July 26 | Houston | 65-83 | Loss | 11-11
July 28 | San Antonio | 73-58 | Win | 12-11
July 29 | @ Indiana | 58-62 | Loss | 12-12
August 2 | Charlotte | 65-63 | Win | 13-12
August 7 | Indiana | 61-60 | Win | 14-12
August 11 | Connecticut | 65-80 | Loss | 14-13
August 14 | @ Connecticut | 77-80 | Loss | 14-14
August 16 | @ New York | 66-72 | Loss | 14-15
August 18 | @ Indiana | 57-67 | Loss | 14-16
August 21 | @ Detroit | 52-66 | Loss | 14-17
August 23 | New York | 82-69 (OT) | Win | 15-17
August 26 | @ Connecticut | 47-81 | Loss | 15-18
August 27 | Detroit | 76-67 | Win | 16-18

## Player stats

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Player | GP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS

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Alana Beard | 30 | 130 | 90 | 45 | 9 | 422
Chasity Melvin | 34 | 199 | 25 | 31 | 14 | 397
DeLisha Milton-Jones | 33 | 172 | 58 | 57 | 18 | 394
Temeka Johnson | 34 | 104 | 177 | 44 | 1 | 315
Charlotte Smith | 34 | 128 | 71 | 22 | 11 | 246
Coco Miller | 34 | 59 | 44 | 26 | 3 | 153
Laurie Koehn | 30 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 113
Murriel Page | 34 | 83 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 108
Nakia Sanford | 27 | 45 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 88
Kaayla Chones | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14
Tamicha Jackson | 8 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 9
Kiesha Brown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2
Mactabene Amachree | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2

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## Awards and honors

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* Temeka Johnson, WNBA Rookie of the Year Award

## References

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1. ^ "2005 Washington Mystics Stats".

## External links

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* Mystics on Basketball Reference

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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
* Eric Thibault
* Sydney Johnson

Administration|

* 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

All-Stars|

* Ariel Atkins
* Alana Beard
* Tina Charles
* Monique Currie
* Stacey Dales
* Elena Delle Donne
* Stefanie Dolson
* Lindsey Harding
* Chamique Holdsclaw
* Crystal Langhorne
* Ivory Latta
* Nikki McCray
* Emma Meesseman
* DeLisha Milton-Jones
* Kristi Toliver

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* "Swag Surfin"

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Conference Championships|

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WNBA Championships|

* 2019

Media|

* Monumental Sports Network

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2005 WNBA season by team

* Draft
* All-Star Game
* Playoffs
* Finals

Eastern|

* Charlotte Sting
* Connecticut Sun
* Detroit Shock
* Indiana Fever
* New York Liberty
* Washington Mystics

Western|

* Houston Comets
* Los Angeles Sparks
* Minnesota Lynx
* Phoenix Mercury
* Sacramento Monarchs
* San Antonio Silver Stars
* Seattle Storm

* ← 2004
* WNBA season
* 2006 →

*[ W ]: Games won
*[ L ]: Games lost
*[ PCT ]: Winning percentage
*[ GB ]: Games behind
*[ Home ]: Home record
*[ Road ]: Road record
*[ Conf. ]: Conference record
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