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1 Offseason  


1.1  WNBA draft  






2 Regular season  


2.1  Season standings  




2.2  Season schedule  






3 Player stats  




4 Playoffs  




5 Awards and honors  




6 References  




7 External links  













2005 Sacramento Monarchs season






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2005 Sacramento Monarchs season
CoachJohn Whisenant
ArenaARCO Arena
Attendance8,542 per game
Results
Record25–9 (.735)
Place1st (Western)
Playoff finishWon WNBA Finals

← 2004 season

2006 season →

The 2005 WNBA season was the Monarch’s ninth season. The Monarchs finished the season by winning their first WNBA Championship.

Offseason[edit]

WNBA draft[edit]

Main article: 2005 WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 9 Kristin Haynie Guard  United States Michigan State
2 22 Chelsea Newton Guard  United States Rutgers
3 30 Anne O'Neil Guard  United States Iowa State
3 35 Cisti Greenwalt Center  United States Texas Tech

Regular season[edit]

Season standings[edit]

Western Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Sacramento Monarchs x 25 9 .735 – 15–2 10–7 17–5
Seattle Storm x 20 14 .588 5.0 14–3 6–11 13–9
Houston Comets x 19 15 .559 6.0 11–6 8–9 11–11
Los Angeles Sparks x 17 17 .500 8.0 11–6 6–11 12–10
Phoenix Mercury o 16 18 .471 9.0 11–6 5–12 12–10
Minnesota Lynx o 14 20 .412 11.0 11–6 3–14 9–13
San Antonio Silver Stars o 7 27 .206 18.0 5–12 2–15 3–19

Season schedule[edit]

Date Opponent Score Result Record
May 21 @ Phoenix 77-72 Win 1-0
May 27 @ San Antonio 71-67 Win 2-0
May 29 @ Minnesota 67-66 Win 3-0
June 1 @ Indiana 60-61 Loss 3-1
June 4 Los Angeles 81-53 Win 4-1
June 7 Indiana 65-51 Win 5-1
June 10 Phoenix 73-61 Win 6-1
June 11 @ Los Angeles 74-81 Loss 6-2
June 13 Houston 74-68 Win 7-2
June 17 Minnesota 67-50 Win 8-2
June 24 Connecticut 50-61 Loss 8-3
June 26 @ Washington 62-57 Win 9-3
June 28 @ Connecticut 66-70 Loss 9-4
June 30 @ New York 61-50 Win 10-4
July 1 @ Detroit 80-63 Win 11-4
July 3 @ Seattle 67-74 Loss 11-5
July 14 San Antonio 72-61 Win 12-5
July 16 Washington 73-59 Win 13-5
July 19 @ Houston 54-58 Loss 13-6
July 22 New York 63-73 Loss 13-7
July 24 Detroit 91-51 Win 14-7
July 26 Charlotte 64-54 Win 15-7
July 29 Los Angeles 79-59 Win 16-7
July 31 Minnesota 67-54 Win 17-7
August 2 @ San Antonio 67-57 Win 18-7
August 4 @ Charlotte 76-58 Win 19-7
August 7 Houston 55-45 Win 20-7
August 12 @ Phoenix 62-76 Loss 20-8
August 16 @ Los Angeles 72-63 Win 21-8
August 18 San Antonio 64-57 Win 22-8
August 20 Seattle 75-65 Win 23-8
August 23 Phoenix 76-70 Win 24-8
August 25 @ Seattle 63-76 Loss 24-9
August 27 @ Minnesota 61-52 Win 25-9
August 31
First Round, G1 		@ Los Angeles 75-72 Win 1-0
September 2
First Round, G2 		Los Angeles 81-63 Win 2-0
September 8
Conference Finals, G1 		@ Houston 73-69 (OT) Win 3-0
September 10
Conference Finals, G2 		Houston 74-65 Win 4-0
September 14
WNBA Finals, G1 		@ Connecticut 69-65 Win 5-0
September 15
WNBA Finals, G2 		@ Connecticut 70-77 (OT) Loss 5-1
September 18
WNBA Finals, G3 		Connecticut 66-55 Win 6-1
September 20
WNBA Finals, G4 		Connecticut 62-59 Win 7-1

Player stats[edit]

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

Player GP REB AST STL BLK PTS
Yolanda Griffith 34 223 52 42 31 469
Nicole Powell 34 124 62 39 16 364
DeMya Walker 22 117 48 28 13 311
Rebekkah Brunson 34 187 16 28 15 265
Ticha Penicheiro 34 97 149 48 6 195
Kara Lawson 24 33 37 13 3 192
Chelsea Newton 34 66 55 24 9 148
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba 34 67 30 24 6 129
Kristin Haynie 30 62 43 33 1 104
Erin Buescher 23 29 14 16 5 76
Olympia Scott 18 33 5 4 2 38
Miao Miao 18 4 13 5 1 31
Sui Feifei 5 1 3 0 0 7

[1]

Playoffs[edit]

Round Winner Loser
Western Conference Semi-Finals Round Sacramento2 Los Angeles 0
Western Conference Finals Sacramento2 Houston 0
WNBA Finals Sacramento3 Connecticut1

Awards and honors[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2005 Sacramento Monarchs Stats".

Monarchs on Basketball Reference

External links[edit]


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