1998 Charlotte Sting season

The 1998 WNBA season was the second for the Charlotte Sting. The Sting qualified for the playoffs, but they lost in the league semifinals to eventual champion Houston Comets.

Transactions

Washington Mystics expansion draft

The following player was selected in the Washington Mystics expansion draft from the Charlotte Sting:

WNBA draft

Transactions

Roster

Schedule

Regular season

|- | 1 | June 11 | Washington | W 83–57 | Andrea Stinson (19) | Vicky Bullett (7) | Christy Smith (5) | Charlotte Coliseum | 1–0 |- | 2 | June 13 | @ Detroit | W 78–69 | Andrea Stinson (13) | Vicky Bullett (12) | Andrea Stinson (4) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 2–0 |- | 3 | June 15 | Houston | L 65–79 | Tracy Reid (20) | Rhonda Mapp (9) | Tora Suber (6) | Charlotte Coliseum | 2–1 |- | 4 | June 18 | Detroit | W 71–67 | Rhonda Mapp (18) | Vicky Bullett (8) | Reid <br> Smith (4) | Charlotte Coliseum | 3–1 |- | 5 | June 21 | @ Phoenix | W 72–71 | Tracy Reid (21) | Congreaves<br> Reid (8) | Andrea Stinson (8) | America West Arena | 4–1 |- | 6 | June 24 | @ Los Angeles | W 77–73 | Vicky Bullett (22) | Sharon Manning (15) | Smith <br> Stinson (5) | Great Western Forum | 5–1 |- | 7 | June 25 | @ Utah | W 91–83 | Andrea Stinson (25) | Bullett <br> Stinson (7) | Andrea Stinson (5) | Delta Center | 6–1 |- | 8 | June 27 | Sacramento | W 58–50 | Vicky Bullett (17) | Andrea Stinson (9) | Christy Smith (5) | Charlotte Coliseum | 7–1 |- | 9 | June 29 | @ Detroit | L 49–60 | Andrea Congreaves (10) | Vicky Bullett (9) | Congreaves <br> Stinson (2) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 7–2

|- | 10 | July 4 | Phoenix | W 68–66 | Andrea Stinson (19) | Sharon Manning (8) | Andrea Stinson (7) | Charlotte Coliseum | 8–2 |- | 11 | July 7 | @ Los Angeles | L 79–86 | Andrea Stinson (21) | Andrea Stinson (10) | Christy Smith (6) | Great Western Forum | 8–3 |- | 12 | July 8 | @ Utah | W 77–69 | Congreaves <br> Stinson (14) | Tracy Reid (6) | Smith <br> Stinson (6) | Delta Center | 9–3 |- | 13 | July 10 | @ Sacramento | W 63–55 | Andrea Stinson (18) | Tracy Reid (12) | Tora Suber (4) | ARCO Arena | 10–3 |- | 14 | July 12 | @ New York | W 75–57 | Andrea Congreaves (23) | Congreaves <br> Manning (10) | Andrea Stinson (7) | Madison Square Garden | 11–3 |- | 15 | July 15 | New York | W 72–65 | Vicky Bullett (19) | Manning <br> Reid <br> Stinson (5) | Andrea Stinson (7) | Charlotte Coliseum | 12–3 |- | 16 | July 17 | Washington | W 86–56 | Tracy Reid (17) | Manning <br> Reid (8) | Tracy Reid (4) | Charlotte Coliseum | 13–3 |- | 17 | July 19 | @ Cleveland | L 69–85 | Tracy Reid (20) | Tracy Reid (7) | Sharon Manning (4) | Gund Arena | 13–4 |- | 18 | July 21 | @ Washington | W 84–67 | Vicky Bullett (19) | Vicky Bullett (7) | Tora Suber (6) | MCI Center | 14–4 |- | 19 | July 22 | Utah | L 58–61 | Rhonda Mapp (17) | Vicky Bullett (11) | Andrea Stinson (6) | Charlotte Coliseum | 14–5 |- | 20 | July 25 | Houston | L 58–67 | Andrea Stinson (18) | Sharon Manning (15) | Christy Smith (7) | Charlotte Coliseum | 14–6 |- | 21 | July 27 | Sacramento | L 70–76 | Andrea Stinson (15) | Vicky Bullett (8) | Andrea Stinson (5) | Charlotte Coliseum | 14–7 |- | 22 | July 30 | Cleveland | W 79–64 | Rhonda Mapp (20) | Vicky Bullett (12) | Andrea Stinson (7) | Charlotte Coliseum | 15–7 |- |

|- | 23 | August 2 | @ New York | L 67–85 | Rhonda Mapp (16) | Vicky Bullett (10) | Andrea Stinson (3) | Madison Square Garden | 15–8 |- | 24 | August 3 | Detroit | W 71–68 | Vicky Bullett (19) | Vicky Bullett (13) | Christy Smith <br> Stinson (4) | Charlotte Coliseum | 16–8 |- | 25 | August 5 | New York | W 69–61 | Andrea Stinson (19) | Vicky Bullett (9) | Tora Suber (6) | Charlotte Coliseum | 17–8 |- | 26 | August 8 | @ Cleveland | L 58–65 | Vicky Bullett (17) | Sharon Manning (9) | Andrea Stinson (5) | Gund Arena | 17–9 |- | 27 | August 10 | @ Houston | L 67–70 | Tracy Reid (22) | Tora Suber (8) | Mapp <br> Suber (4) | Compaq Center | 17–10 |- | 28 | August 12 | Los Angeles | L 52–65 | Andrea Stinson (15) | Vicky Bullett (8) | Mapp <br> Stinson <br> Suber (3) | Charlotte Coliseum | 17–11 |- | 29 | August 14 | Cleveland | L 72–85 | Andrea Stinson (20) | Rhonda Mapp (9) | Tora Suber (9) | Charlotte Coliseum | 17–12 |- | 30 | August 19 | @ Washington | W 105–69 | Andrea Stinson (23) | Sharon Manning (7) | Christy Smith (7) | MCI Center | 18–12

Playoffs

|- | 1 | August 22 | @ Houston | L 71–85 | Mapp <br> Stinson (16) | Andrea Stinson (7) | Andrea Stinson (7) | Compaq Center | 0–1 |- | 2 | August 24 | @ Houston | L 61–77 | Tracy Reid (18) | Vicky Bullett (11) | Andrea Stinson (6) | Compaq Center | 0–2

Season standings

Statistics

Regular season

<br />^‡Waived/Released during the season <br />^â€ÂTraded during the season <br />^â‰ÂAcquired during the season

References

External links

• Sting on Basketball Reference