1999 New York Liberty season

1999 New York Liberty season

Head Coach

Arena

Attendance

14,047 per game

The 1999 WNBA season was the 3rd season for the New York Liberty. The Liberty hosted the first WNBA All-Star Game.

Offseason

Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Club Team
6	Crystal Robinson (F)	United States	Southeastern Oklahoma State (from Colorado Xplosion, ABL)

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

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
June 10	Cleveland	87-60	Win	1-0
June 12	@ Charlotte	68-57	Win	2-0
June 14	Washington	61-83	Loss	2-1
June 18	Los Angeles	84-72	Win	3-1
June 20	Detroit	69-62	Win	4-1
June 27	Charlotte	72-58	Win	5-1
June 28	@ Detroit	71-91	Loss	5-2
July 1	Phoenix	83-67	Win	6-2
July 3	@ Houston	50-65	Loss	6-3
July 5	Sacramento	76-63	Win	7-3
July 6	@ Washington	63-71	Loss	7-4
July 8	@ Cleveland	84-49	Win	8-4
July 11	Minnesota	56-58	Loss	8-5
July 17	@ Minnesota	58-60	Loss	8-6
July 18	Utah	88-82	Win	9-6
July 20	Orlando	61-56	Win	10-6
July 22	@ Sacramento	55-71	Loss	10-7
July 24	@ Los Angeles	72-75	Loss	10-8
July 26	Charlotte	69-75	Loss	10-9
July 29	@ Orlando	73-65	Win	11-9
July 30	@ Charlotte	58-62	Loss	11-10
August 1	Orlando	74-61	Win	12-10
August 3	@ Utah	61-59	Win	13-10
August 6	@ Phoenix	55-68	Loss	13-11
August 8	Houston	74-71	Win	14-11
August 9	@ Orlando	80-75	Win	15-11
August 11	@ Washington	56-59	Loss	15-12
August 13	@ Detroit	60-56	Win	16-12
August 15	Detroit	57-63	Loss	16-13
August 17	Washington	66-54	Win	17-13
August 19	Cleveland	72-55	Win	18-13
August 21	@ Cleveland	56-66	Loss	18-14
August 27 East Finals, G1	@ Charlotte	67-78	Loss	0-1
August 29 East Finals, G2	Charlotte	74-70	Win	1-1
August 30 East Finals, G3	Charlotte	69-54	Win	2-1
September 2 WNBA Finals, G1	Houston	60-73	Loss	2-2
September 4 WNBA Finals, G2	@ Houston	68-67	Win	3-2
September 5 WNBA Finals, G3	@ Houston	47-59	Loss	3-3

Note: GP= Games played; REB= Rebounds; AST= Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points; AVG = Average

Player	GP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	AVG
Vickie Johnson	32	142	106	44	1	427	13.3
Crystal Robinson	32	89	49	44	11	375	11.7
Kym Hampton	32	179	22	22	18	293	9.2
Sophia Witherspoon	32	47	37	33	2	271	8.5
Tamika Whitmore	27	96	18	16	6	214	7.9
Teresa Weatherspoon	32	104	205	78	3	229	7.2
Sue Wicks	32	223	45	41	43	216	6.8
Becky Hammon	30	19	17	6	0	80	2.7
Venus Lacy	17	20	1	3	4	32	1.9
Michele VanGorp	21	17	7	1	3	20	1.0
Coquese Washington	19	7	15	9	0	12	0.6
Rebecca Lobo	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.0

Round	Winner	Loser
Eastern Conference Finals	New York 2	Charlotte 1
WNBA Finals	Houston 2	New York 1

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

← 1998 WNBA season 2000 →

Franchise

Arenas

Head coaches

Administration

Owner: The Madison Square Garden Company
General Managers: Carol Blazejowski; John Whisenant; Bill Laimbeer; Kristin Bernert

All-Stars

Seasons

Playoff appearances

Conference Championships

Rivals

Media

TV:	MSG Network (MSG) MSG Plus (MSG+)

Announcers:	Kenny Albert Mike Crispino Mary Murphy

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