2006 Sacramento Monarchs season

2006 Sacramento Monarchs season
Coach	John Whisenant
Arena	ARCO Arena
Attendance	8,691 per game
Results
Record	21–13 (.618)
Place	2nd (Western)
Playoff finish	Lost WNBA Finals (3-2) to Detroit Shock
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The 2006 WNBA season was the 10th season for the Sacramento Monarchs. The Monarchs reached their second trip to the WNBA Finals, but was defeated in five games to the Detroit Shock. It was the final season in franchise history that Sacramento qualified for the WNBA Finals.

Offseason

Chelsea Newton was picked up by the Chicago Sky in the 2006 WNBA Expansion Draft.

WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/School/Team
1	13	Kim Smith (F)	Canada	Utah
1	14	Scholanda Dorrell (G)	United States	LSU
3	41	Lamisha Augustine (F)	United States	San Jose State

Regular season

Season standings

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Los Angeles Sparks x	25	9	.735	–	15–2	10–7	15–5
Sacramento Monarchs x	21	13	.618	4.0	14–3	7–10	10–10
Houston Comets x	18	16	.529	7.0	12–5	6–11	11–9
Seattle Storm x	18	16	.529	7.0	9–8	9–8	10–10
Phoenix Mercury o	18	16	.529	7.0	10–7	8–9	8–12
San Antonio Silver Stars o	13	21	.382	12.0	6–11	7–10	10–10
Minnesota Lynx o	10	24	.294	15.0	8–9	2–15	6–14

Season schedule

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
May 20	Phoenix	105-78	Win	1-0
May 23	@ Chicago	76-63	Win	2-0
May 25	Houston	66-81	Loss	2-1
May 31	Seattle	87-66	Win	3-1
June 2	San Antonio	71-74	Loss	3-2
June 6	@ Phoenix	76-90	Loss	3-3
June 10	Chicago	80-70	Win	4-3
June 14	@ Houston	66-73 (OT)	Loss	4-4
June 17	Seattle	76-74	Win	5-4
June 18	@ Los Angeles	69-80	Loss	5-5
June 21	San Antonio	75-69	Win	6-5
June 23	Los Angeles	63-77	Loss	6-6
June 25	Indiana	82-61	Win	7-6
June 27	@ Seattle	53-68	Loss	7-7
June 29	Minnesota	87-78	Win	8-7
July 1	@ Charlotte	65-57	Win	9-7
July 2	@ Houston	62-77	Loss	9-8
July 6	@ New York	79-58	Win	10-8
July 7	@ Washington	73-60	Win	11-8
July 9	Charlotte	70-61	Win	12-8
July 15	Connecticut	69-63	Win	13-8
July 18	@ Seattle	74-61	Win	14-8
July 20	New York	71-62	Win	15-8
July 22	@ Minnesota	86-59	Win	16-8
July 25	@ Indiana	60-75	Loss	16-9
July 26	@ Detroit	71-91	Loss	16-10
July 28	@ Connecticut	68-75	Loss	16-11
July 30	Detroit	94-61	Win	17-11
August 1	Houston	74-62	Win	18-11
August 3	@ San Antonio	87-69	Win	19-11
August 5	Washington	99-95 (2OT)	Win	20-11
August 9	@ Los Angeles	58-69	Loss	20-12
August 10	Minnesota	74-66	Win	21-12
August 13	@ Phoenix	71-81	Loss	21-13
August 17 1st Round, G1	@ Houston	93-78	Win	1-0
August 19 1st Round, G2	Houston	92-64	Win	2-0
August 24 West Finals, G1	Los Angeles	64-61	Win	3-0
August 26 West Finals, G2	@ Los Angeles	72-58	Win	4-0
August 30 WNBA Finals, G1	@ Detroit	95-71	Win	5-0
September 1 WNBA Finals, G2	@ Detroit	63-73	Loss	5-1
September 3 WNBA Finals, G3	Detroit	89-69	Win	6-1
September 6 WNBA Finals, G4	Detroit	52-72	Loss	6-2
September 9 WNBA Finals, G5	@ Detroit	75-80	Loss	6-3

Player stats

Player	GP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS
Yolanda Griffith	34	219	56	44	16	407
Erin Buescher	34	134	35	33	14	330
Nicole Powell	34	131	61	42	15	327
Kara Lawson	34	65	56	20	4	277
Rebekkah Brunson	34	191	17	21	15	232
DeMya Walker	23	92	32	15	7	213
Ticha Penicheiro	34	91	116	58	2	183
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba	34	73	30	32	9	177
Scholanda Robinson	33	36	27	19	4	171
Kristin Haynie	34	67	68	27	2	140
Kim Smith	31	39	20	9	0	74
Brittany Wilkins	4	0	1	0	0	6