2004 Connecticut Sun Statistics

Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Team Record: 18-16
Finishing 1st in the WNBA's Eastern Conference
Postseason: 5-3 Lost Championship

First Round - Defeated Washington Mystics 2-1
Conference Finals - Defeated New York Liberty 2-0
Finals - Lost to Seattle Storm 2-1
Coach: Mike Thibault (18-16)
Location: Uncasville, Connecticut
Attendance: 114,017, Avg. 6,707 in 17 home dates

2004 Connecticut Sun Roster

The Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association ended the 2004 season with a record of 18 wins and 16 losses, finishing first in the WNBA's Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 5-3.

Connecticut tossed in 2,335 points and surrendered 2,304. Nykesha Sales scored a team-high 517 points for the Sun, and Taj McWilliams-Franklin contributed 11 or more per game, too. Taj McWilliams-Franklin accounted for 244 boards. Lindsay Whalen dished out 148 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Nykesha Sales added 75 steals.

Mike Thibault coached the team. The 2004 Connecticut Sun 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
Nykesha Sales	G-F	34	34	1096	486	210	129	41	77	56	33	102	135	97	75	8	76	98	517
Taj McWilliams-Franklin	F-C	34	34	1133	352	168	12	0	128	77	83	161	244	63	48	45	73	96	413
Katie Douglas	G-F	34	34	1120	321	125	153	53	77	61	33	99	132	90	50	13	52	73	364
Wendy Palmer	F	33	33	786	253	108	41	13	85	68	47	135	182	30	23	5	40	77	297
Lindsay Whalen	G	31	30	946	183	83	57	20	122	89	21	69	90	148	39	0	94	72	275
Asjha Jones	F	34	1	699	239	96	6	2	48	41	51	67	118	39	20	18	53	82	235
Le'coe Willingham	F	23	0	175	38	24	1	0	26	20	22	21	43	7	8	2	12	16	68
Debbie Black	G	31	4	347	56	26	1	0	4	3	13	23	36	47	19	0	15	35	55
Jessica Brungo	F	33	0	314	59	18	38	10	5	4	10	27	37	27	4	4	12	21	50
Candace Futrell	G	20	0	144	38	11	17	7	16	13	7	12	19	10	5	1	7	20	42
Jennifer Derevjanik	G	23	0	140	26	7	12	3	2	2	1	8	9	14	8	0	10	20	19
Totals		330	170	6900	2051	876	467	149	590	434	321	724	1045	572	299	96	444	610	2335

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Nykesha Sales	G-F	34	34	32.2	43.2	31.8	72.7	1.0	3.0	4.0	2.9	2.2	0.2	2.2	2.9	15.2
Taj McWilliams-Franklin	F-C	34	34	33.3	47.7	0.0	60.2	2.4	4.7	7.2	1.9	1.4	1.3	2.1	2.8	12.1
Katie Douglas	G-F	34	34	32.9	38.9	34.6	79.2	1.0	2.9	3.9	2.6	1.5	0.4	1.5	2.1	10.7
Wendy Palmer	F	33	33	23.8	42.7	31.7	80.0	1.4	4.1	5.5	0.9	0.7	0.2	1.2	2.3	9.0
Lindsay Whalen	G	31	30	30.5	45.4	35.1	73.0	0.7	2.2	2.9	4.8	1.3	0.0	3.0	2.3	8.9
Asjha Jones	F	34	1	20.6	40.2	33.3	85.4	1.5	2.0	3.5	1.1	0.6	0.5	1.6	2.4	6.9
Le'coe Willingham	F	23	0	7.6	63.2	0.0	76.9	1.0	0.9	1.9	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.5	0.7	3.0
Debbie Black	G	31	4	11.2	46.4	0.0	75.0	0.4	0.7	1.2	1.5	0.6	0.0	0.5	1.1	1.8
Jessica Brungo	F	33	0	9.5	30.5	26.3	80.0	0.3	0.8	1.1	0.8	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.6	1.5
Candace Futrell	G	20	0	7.2	28.9	41.2	81.3	0.4	0.6	1.0	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.4	1.0	2.1
Jennifer Derevjanik	G	23	0	6.1	26.9	25.0	100.0	0.0	0.3	0.4	0.6	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.9	0.8
Averages		330	170	20.9	42.7	31.9	73.6	1.0	2.2	3.2	1.7	0.9	0.3	1.3	1.8	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
Nykesha Sales	G-F	8	8	260	102	44	29	15	22	15	12	31	43	11	25	6	20	22	118
Lindsay Whalen	G	8	8	255	65	30	11	4	53	43	5	13	18	41	11	3	17	23	107
Taj McWilliams-Franklin	F-C	8	8	252	87	35	2	1	18	12	19	40	59	15	12	6	13	22	83
Katie Douglas	G-F	8	8	268	66	23	37	11	27	25	9	23	32	22	10	0	16	19	82
Asjha Jones	F	8	0	171	53	26	0	0	11	7	8	13	21	11	5	1	18	10	59
Wendy Palmer	F	8	8	156	49	18	12	3	8	5	10	25	35	1	3	3	8	11	44
Le'coe Willingham	F	8	0	60	18	7	0	0	4	3	8	11	19	1	0	1	3	4	17
Debbie Black	G	8	0	73	14	4	1	1	0	0	2	9	11	7	4	0	6	12	9
Jessica Brungo	F	8	0	101	15	3	10	2	0	0	5	8	13	5	1	0	2	5	8
Candace Futrell	G	2	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Jennifer Derevjanik	G	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		75	40	1600	470	191	102	37	143	110	78	173	251	114	71	20	103	128	529

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Nykesha Sales	G-F	8	8	32.5	43.1	51.7	68.2	1.5	3.9	5.4	1.4	3.1	0.8	2.5	2.8	14.8
Lindsay Whalen	G	8	8	31.9	46.2	36.4	81.1	0.6	1.6	2.3	5.1	1.4	0.4	2.1	2.9	13.4
Taj McWilliams-Franklin	F-C	8	8	31.5	40.2	50.0	66.7	2.4	5.0	7.4	1.9	1.5	0.8	1.6	2.8	10.4
Katie Douglas	G-F	8	8	33.5	34.8	29.7	92.6	1.1	2.9	4.0	2.8	1.3	0.0	2.0	2.4	10.3
Asjha Jones	F	8	0	21.4	49.1		63.6	1.0	1.6	2.6	1.4	0.6	0.1	2.3	1.3	7.4
Wendy Palmer	F	8	8	19.5	36.7	25.0	62.5	1.3	3.1	4.4	0.1	0.4	0.4	1.0	1.4	5.5
Le'coe Willingham	F	8	0	7.5	38.9		75.0	1.0	1.4	2.4	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.5	2.1
Debbie Black	G	8	0	9.1	28.6	100.0		0.3	1.1	1.4	0.9	0.5	0.0	0.8	1.5	1.1
Jessica Brungo	F	8	0	12.6	20.0	20.0		0.6	1.0	1.6	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.6	1.0
Candace Futrell	G	2	0	1.5	100.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0
Jennifer Derevjanik	G	1	0	1.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Averages		330	40	21.3	40.6	36.3	76.9	1.0	2.3	3.3	1.5	0.9	0.3	1.4	1.7	7.1

2004 Connecticut Sun Statistics

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