1999 New York Liberty Statistics

Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Team Record: 18-14
Finishing 1st in the WNBA's Eastern Conference
Postseason: 3-3 Lost Championship

Conference Finals - Defeated Charlotte Sting 2-1
Finals - Lost to Houston Comets 2-1
Coach: Richie Adubato (18-14)
Location: New York, New York
Attendance: 224,748, Avg. 14,047 in 16 home dates

1999 New York Liberty Roster

The New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association ended the 1999 season with a record of 18 wins and 14 losses, finishing first in the WNBA's Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-3.

The Liberty poured in 2,169 points and gave up 2,089. Vickie Johnson tossed in a team-best 427 points for New York, and Crystal Robinson scored 11 or more per game also. Sue Wicks racked up 223 boards. Teresa Weatherspoon dished out 205 assists for the squad.

On defense, Teresa Weatherspoon added 78 thefts.

Richie Adubato coached the team. The 1999 New York Liberty lost in the Championship of the playoffs.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Vickie Johnson	G-F	32	32	1082	394	165	71	25	86	72	43	99	142	106	44	1	66	77	427
Crystal Robinson	F-G	32	9	901	285	125	174	76	58	49	38	51	89	49	44	11	46	78	375
Kym Hampton	F	32	32	856	260	112	2	1	91	68	61	118	179	22	22	18	51	110	293
Sophia Witherspoon	G	32	23	581	245	97	78	28	69	49	20	27	47	37	33	2	48	54	271
Teresa Weatherspoon	G	32	32	1086	190	80	82	31	56	38	22	82	104	205	78	3	80	91	229
Sue Wicks	F	32	30	938	226	91	15	2	52	32	76	147	223	45	41	43	63	123	216
Tamika Whitmore	F	27	1	573	184	80	8	1	78	53	43	53	96	18	16	6	56	78	214
Becky Hammon	G	30	0	202	64	27	38	11	17	15	2	17	19	17	6	0	24	27	80
Venus Lacy	C	17	0	111	24	10	0	0	15	12	7	13	20	1	3	4	14	24	32
Michele Van Gorp	C	21	0	117	24	8	0	0	5	4	5	12	17	7	1	3	3	23	20
Coquese Washington	G	19	0	77	18	5	5	0	2	2	1	6	7	15	9	0	13	15	12
Rebecca Lobo	F	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Totals		307	160	6525	1914	800	473	175	529	394	319	625	944	522	297	91	465	700	2169

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Vickie Johnson	G-F	32	32	33.8	41.9	35.2	83.7	1.3	3.1	4.4	3.3	1.4	0.0	2.1	2.4	13.3
Crystal Robinson	F-G	32	9	28.2	43.9	43.7	84.5	1.2	1.6	2.8	1.5	1.4	0.3	1.4	2.4	11.7
Kym Hampton	F	32	32	26.8	43.1	50.0	74.7	1.9	3.7	5.6	0.7	0.7	0.6	1.6	3.4	9.2
Sophia Witherspoon	G	32	23	18.2	39.6	35.9	71.0	0.6	0.8	1.5	1.2	1.0	0.1	1.5	1.7	8.5
Teresa Weatherspoon	G	32	32	33.9	42.1	37.8	67.9	0.7	2.6	3.3	6.4	2.4	0.1	2.5	2.8	7.2
Sue Wicks	F	32	30	29.3	40.3	13.3	61.5	2.4	4.6	7.0	1.4	1.3	1.3	2.0	3.8	6.8
Tamika Whitmore	F	27	1	21.2	43.5	12.5	67.9	1.6	2.0	3.6	0.7	0.6	0.2	2.1	2.9	7.9
Becky Hammon	G	30	0	6.7	42.2	28.9	88.2	0.1	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.8	0.9	2.7
Venus Lacy	C	17	0	6.5	41.7		80.0	0.4	0.8	1.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.8	1.4	1.9
Michele Van Gorp	C	21	0	5.6	33.3		80.0	0.2	0.6	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.1	1.1	1.0
Coquese Washington	G	19	0	4.1	27.8	0.0	100.0	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.8	0.5	0.0	0.7	0.8	0.6
Rebecca Lobo	F	1	1	1.0				1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0
Averages		307	160	21.3	41.8	37.0	74.5	1.0	2.0	3.1	1.7	1.0	0.3	1.5	2.3	7.1

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Crystal Robinson	F-G	6	6	205	64	32	39	15	7	7	7	11	18	13	6	2	10	20	86
Vickie Johnson	G-F	6	6	185	57	24	10	4	14	9	4	17	21	18	2	2	15	15	61
Kym Hampton	F	6	6	181	49	21	1	0	17	11	16	31	47	11	2	7	11	15	53
Teresa Weatherspoon	G	6	6	203	42	19	19	7	8	6	4	17	21	45	6	0	12	23	51
Sophia Witherspoon	G	6	0	86	38	17	10	4	11	7	7	6	13	2	4	0	8	13	45
Sue Wicks	F	6	6	174	46	17	5	2	9	6	14	27	41	10	6	6	4	17	42
Tamika Whitmore	F	6	0	114	31	15	0	0	14	5	5	5	10	3	4	2	10	14	35
Becky Hammon	G	6	0	50	12	2	9	2	6	6	0	1	1	5	0	0	6	3	12
Venus Lacy	C	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Totals		49	30	1200	339	147	93	34	86	57	57	115	172	107	30	19	77	121	385

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Crystal Robinson	F-G	6	6	34.2	50.0	38.5	100.0	1.2	1.8	3.0	2.2	1.0	0.3	1.7	3.3	14.3
Vickie Johnson	G-F	6	6	30.8	42.1	40.0	64.3	0.7	2.8	3.5	3.0	0.3	0.3	2.5	2.5	10.2
Kym Hampton	F	6	6	30.2	42.9	0.0	64.7	2.7	5.2	7.8	1.8	0.3	1.2	1.8	2.5	8.8
Teresa Weatherspoon	G	6	6	33.8	45.2	36.8	75.0	0.7	2.8	3.5	7.5	1.0	0.0	2.0	3.8	8.5
Sophia Witherspoon	G	6	0	14.3	44.7	40.0	63.6	1.2	1.0	2.2	0.3	0.7	0.0	1.3	2.2	7.5
Sue Wicks	F	6	6	29.0	37.0	40.0	66.7	2.3	4.5	6.8	1.7	1.0	1.0	0.7	2.8	7.0
Tamika Whitmore	F	6	0	19.0	48.4		35.7	0.8	0.8	1.7	0.5	0.7	0.3	1.7	2.3	5.8
Becky Hammon	G	6	0	8.3	16.7	22.2	100.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.8	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	2.0
Venus Lacy	C	1	0	2.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0
Averages		307	30	24.5	43.4	36.6	66.3	1.2	2.3	3.5	2.2	0.6	0.4	1.6	2.5	7.9

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