1999 Orlando Miracle season

The 1999 WNBA season was the Orlando Miracle's inaugural season. The Miracle tied for second place in the conference with the Detroit Shock and the Charlotte Sting. However, both Detroit and Charlotte beat Orlando in two of their three meetings during the regular season. Therefore, the Miracle were in fourth place and out of playoff contention.

Transactions

WNBA expansion draft

WNBA allocation draft

WNBA draft

Transactions

Roster

Schedule

Regular season

|- | 1 | June 10 | Houston | L 63–77 | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (15) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (7) | Shannon Johnson (7) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 0–1 |- | 2 | June 12 | @ Utah | L 65–71 | Sheri Sam (21) | Sheri Sam (10) | Shannon Johnson (7) | Delta Center | 0–2 |- | 3 | June 15 | Los Angeles | W 88–86 | Nykesha Sales (29) | Andrea Congreaves (11) | Shannon Johnson (8) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 1–2 |- | 4 | June 17 | @ Detroit | L 74–79 | Shannon Johnson (22) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (13) | McWilliams-Franklin <br> Sales (4) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 1–3 |- | 5 | June 19 | Washington | W 73–68 | Shannon Johnson (18) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (11) | Shannon Johnson (7) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 2–3 |- | 6 | June 21 | Phoenix | W 80–76 | Sales <br> Sam (20) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (9) | Shannon Johnson (9) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 3–3 |- | 7 | June 22 | @ Cleveland | W 71–62 | Sheri Sam (22) | McWilliams-Franklin <br> Sales (7) | Nykesha Sales (6) | Gund Arena | 4–3 |- | 8 | June 28 | @ Houston | W 68–66 | Nykesha Sales (23) | Sheri Sam (6) | S. Johnson <br> Sales (6) | Compaq Center | 5–3

|- | 9 | July 3 | Charlotte | L 58–75 | Shannon Johnson (17) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (11) | Shannon Johnson (4) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 5–4 |- | 10 | July 7 | Minnesota | L 66–71 | Sheri Sam (15) | McGhee <br> Sam (7) | Shannon Johnson (6) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 5–5 |- | 11 | July 9 | @ Charlotte | W 66–61 | Nykesha Sales (16) | S. Johnson <br> McWilliams-Franklin (5) | Shannon Johnson (4) | Charlotte Coliseum | 6–5 |- | 12 | July 10 | Utah | W 62–56 | Nykesha Sales (21) | Shannon Johnson (8) | Shannon Johnson (4) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 7–5 |- | 13 | July 12 | Detroit | L 67–76 | Congreaves <br> McWilliams-Franklin (14) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (8) | S. Johnson <br> Sam (5) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 7–6 |- | 14 | July 16 | Charlotte | L 50–56 | Nykesha Sales (15) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (6) | Shannon Johnson (3) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 7–7 |- | 15 | July 17 | Sacramento | L 70–76 | Nykesha Sales (20) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (10) | Shannon Johnson (9) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 7–8 |- | 16 | July 19 | @ Washington | W 77–52 | Sheri Sam (20) | Shannon Johnson (4) | S. Johnson <br> Sales (4) | MCI Center | 8–8 |- | 17 | July 21 | @ New York | L 56–61 | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (13) | Shannon Johnson (7) | Sheri Sam (3) | Madison Square Garden | 8–9 |- | 18 | July 23 | @ Phoenix | L 67–73 | Shannon Johnson (22) | Sheri Sam (6) | Shannon Johnson (6) | America West Arena | 8–10 |- | 19 | July 24 | @ Sacramento | W 73–64 | Shannon Johnson (31) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (10) | Shannon Johnson (5) | ARCO Arena | 9–10 |- | 20 | July 27 | @ Los Angeles | L 60–81 | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (17) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (7) | Elaine Powell (4) | Great Western Forum | 9–11 |- | 21 | July 29 | New York | L 52–56 (OT) | Shannon Johnson (25) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (12) | Shannon Johnson (5) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 9–12

|- | 22 | August 1 | @ New York | L 61–74 | Nykesha Sales (21) | Nykesha Sales (8) | Congreaves <br> S. Johnson (3) | Madison Square Garden | 9–13 |- | 23 | August 4 | Cleveland | W 70–62 | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (16) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (9) | S. Johnson (5) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 10–13 |- | 24 | August 5 | @ Washington | L 68–72 | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (24) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (10) | Sheri Sam (7) | MCI Center | 10–14 |- | 25 | August 7 | @ Charlotte | L 60–64 | Shannon Johnson (25) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (6) | Nykesha Sales (5) | Charlotte Coliseum | 10–15 |- | 26 | August 9 | New York | L 75–80 | Nykesha Sales (24) | McWilliams-Franklin <br> Sales (6) | Nykesha Sales (5) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 10–16 |- | 27 | August 12 | Cleveland | W 55–54 | Nykesha Sales (16) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (15) | Nykesha Sales (5) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 11–16 |- | 28 | August 14 | @ Cleveland | W 73–61 | Nykesha Sales (17) | Shannon Johnson (6) | Shannon Johnson (8) | Gund Arena | 12–16 |- | 29 | August 16 | Washington | W 81–54 | Sheri Sam (19) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (9) | Nykesha Sales (6) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 13–16 |- | 30 | August 18 | Detroit | W 93–81 | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (21) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (13) | Elaine Powell (6) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 14–16 |- | 31 | August 20 | @ Minnesota | W 83–80 (OT) | Shannon Johnson (20) | Taj McWilliams-Franklin (8) | Nykesha Sales (6) | Target Center | 15–16 |- | 32 | August 21 | @ Detroit | L 68–74 | Shannon Johnson (22) | Sheri Sam (7) | Elaine Powell (4) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 15–17

Season standings

Statistics

Regular season

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

• Shannon Johnson was tied for tenth in the WNBA in Three Point Field Goals with 40
• Taj McWilliams-Franklin ranked third in the WNBA in Three Point Field Goal Percentage, .444
• Nykesha Sales ranked eighth in the WNBA in Field Goal Attempts with 397
• Sheri Sam ranked sixth in the WNBA in Minutes Played with 1088
• Sheri Sam was tied for eighth in the WNBA in Three Point Field Goals with 41
• Sheri Sam ranked ninth in the WNBA in Three Point Field Goal Attempts with 125

Awards and honors

• Shannon Johnson, Guard, Orlando Miracle, All-WNBA Second Team
• Shannon Johnson led the WNBA in Minutes Played with 1147

References