2008 Detroit Shock Statistics

Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Team Record: 22-12
Finishing 1st in the WNBA's Eastern Conference
Postseason: 7-2 Won Championship

First Round - Defeated Indiana Fever 2-1
Conference Finals - Defeated New York Liberty 2-1
Finals - Defeated San Antonio Silver Stars 3-0
Coach: Bill Laimbeer (22-12)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Attendance: 162,669, Avg. 9,569 in 17 home dates

2008 Detroit Shock Roster

The Detroit Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association ended the 2008 season with a record of 22 wins and 12 losses, finishing first in the WNBA's Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 7-2.

Detroit scored 2,672 points and allowed 2,522. Deanna Nolan netted a team-leading 538 points for the Shock, and Katie Smith contributed 13 or more per game, too. Cheryl Ford accounted for 208 rebounds. Deanna Nolan dished out 150 assists for the squad.

On defense, Alexis Hornbuckle added 79 thefts.

Bill Laimbeer coached the team. The 2008 Detroit Shock won 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
Deanna Nolan	G-F	34	34	1144	465	216	115	43	73	63	26	107	133	150	42	10	73	68	538
Katie Smith	G-F	34	34	1152	410	157	211	76	124	110	10	84	94	137	32	3	80	70	500
Plenette Pierson	F-C	28	0	649	267	122	2	0	117	88	64	72	136	63	24	34	48	99	332
Kara Braxton	F-C	33	10	590	258	107	2	0	109	81	48	120	168	27	14	24	54	84	295
Cheryl Ford	F	24	24	637	185	89	0	0	116	65	74	134	208	22	24	9	23	70	243
Alexis Hornbuckle	G	34	0	747	178	63	45	16	66	42	53	85	138	71	79	10	49	97	184
Tasha Humphrey	C	22	16	297	124	62	39	15	22	21	25	38	63	22	13	6	24	59	160
Olayinka Sanni	C	31	9	325	82	41	1	0	37	24	26	38	64	6	11	7	40	59	106
Sheri Sam	F-G	32	15	478	110	34	21	6	26	18	29	62	91	38	19	3	31	36	92
Taj McWilliams-Franklin	F-C	7	7	185	64	27	1	1	22	20	17	30	47	13	3	5	9	18	75
Elaine Powell	G	16	16	313	49	24	2	1	12	9	18	32	50	35	6	1	18	21	58
Shay Murphy	G	13	3	122	40	12	19	5	6	4	8	13	21	7	6	2	9	16	33
Ashley Shields	G	7	0	44	22	8	9	3	4	3	0	3	3	2	1	0	6	3	22
Kelly Schumacher	C	7	0	89	16	6	2	0	2	2	4	16	20	5	2	3	8	13	14
Stacey Lovelace	F	7	2	44	7	2	5	2	6	4	1	6	7	1	1	0	4	6	10
LaToya Thomas	F	7	0	40	15	4	2	0	0	0	2	3	5	1	1	1	2	3	8
Chrissy Givens	G	3	0	10	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	2
Nancy Lieberman-Cline	G	1	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0
Wanisha Smith	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		341	170	6875	2295	974	476	168	744	556	405	843	1248	604	278	118	482	724	2672

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Deanna Nolan	G-F	34	34	33.6	46.5	37.4	86.3	0.8	3.1	3.9	4.4	1.2	0.3	2.1	2.0	15.8
Katie Smith	G-F	34	34	33.9	38.3	36.0	88.7	0.3	2.5	2.8	4.0	0.9	0.1	2.4	2.1	14.7
Plenette Pierson	F-C	28	0	23.2	45.7	0.0	75.2	2.3	2.6	4.9	2.3	0.9	1.2	1.7	3.5	11.9
Kara Braxton	F-C	33	10	17.9	41.5	0.0	74.3	1.5	3.6	5.1	0.8	0.4	0.7	1.6	2.5	8.9
Cheryl Ford	F	24	24	26.5	48.1		56.0	3.1	5.6	8.7	0.9	1.0	0.4	1.0	2.9	10.1
Alexis Hornbuckle	G	34	0	22.0	35.4	35.6	63.6	1.6	2.5	4.1	2.1	2.3	0.3	1.4	2.9	5.4
Tasha Humphrey	C	22	16	13.5	50.0	38.5	95.5	1.1	1.7	2.9	1.0	0.6	0.3	1.1	2.7	7.3
Olayinka Sanni	C	31	9	10.5	50.0	0.0	64.9	0.8	1.2	2.1	0.2	0.4	0.2	1.3	1.9	3.4
Sheri Sam	F-G	32	15	14.9	30.9	28.6	69.2	0.9	1.9	2.8	1.2	0.6	0.1	1.0	1.1	2.9
Taj McWilliams-Franklin	F-C	7	7	26.4	42.2	100.0	90.9	2.4	4.3	6.7	1.9	0.4	0.7	1.3	2.6	10.7
Elaine Powell	G	16	16	19.6	49.0	50.0	75.0	1.1	2.0	3.1	2.2	0.4	0.1	1.1	1.3	3.6
Shay Murphy	G	13	3	9.4	30.0	26.3	66.7	0.6	1.0	1.6	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.7	1.2	2.5
Ashley Shields	G	7	0	6.3	36.4	33.3	75.0	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.9	0.4	3.1
Kelly Schumacher	C	7	0	12.7	37.5	0.0	100.0	0.6	2.3	2.9	0.7	0.3	0.4	1.1	1.9	2.0
Stacey Lovelace	F	7	2	6.3	28.6	40.0	66.7	0.1	0.9	1.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.6	0.9	1.4
LaToya Thomas	F	7	0	5.7	26.7	0.0		0.3	0.4	0.7	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.4	1.1
Chrissy Givens	G	3	0	3.3	0.0		100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.7
Nancy Lieberman-Cline	G	1	0	9.0	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0
Wanisha Smith	G	1	0	0.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Averages		341	170	20.2	42.4	35.3	74.7	1.2	2.5	3.7	1.8	0.8	0.3	1.4	2.1	7.8

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Deanna Nolan	G-F	9	9	349	156	56	44	15	33	31	8	33	41	26	19	3	24	24	158
Katie Smith	G-F	9	9	309	117	48	48	17	33	25	4	32	36	22	4	1	16	21	138
Taj McWilliams-Franklin	F-C	9	9	293	98	48	2	1	22	19	19	44	63	19	9	12	17	22	116
Kara Braxton	F-C	9	9	180	64	32	0	0	20	13	20	28	48	9	4	5	17	22	77
Alexis Hornbuckle	G	9	0	220	42	18	16	6	20	15	12	32	44	19	11	7	12	21	57
Plenette Pierson	F-C	6	0	107	38	18	0	0	13	11	7	11	18	10	4	2	11	12	47
Elaine Powell	G	9	9	171	17	10	0	0	11	9	3	18	21	18	6	0	13	29	29
Olayinka Sanni	C	9	0	66	16	7	0	0	4	2	5	11	16	3	3	0	4	11	16
Kelly Schumacher	C	8	0	95	16	7	2	0	0	0	5	19	24	3	1	3	3	13	14
Sheri Sam	F-G	6	0	30	7	2	0	0	2	2	1	2	3	0	1	0	0	2	6
Ashley Shields	G	3	0	4	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	2
Totals		86	45	1824	576	247	112	39	158	127	84	230	314	130	63	33	117	179	660

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Deanna Nolan	G-F	9	9	38.8	35.9	34.1	93.9	0.9	3.7	4.6	2.9	2.1	0.3	2.7	2.7	17.6
Katie Smith	G-F	9	9	34.3	41.0	35.4	75.8	0.4	3.6	4.0	2.4	0.4	0.1	1.8	2.3	15.3
Taj McWilliams-Franklin	F-C	9	9	32.6	49.0	50.0	86.4	2.1	4.9	7.0	2.1	1.0	1.3	1.9	2.4	12.9
Kara Braxton	F-C	9	9	20.0	50.0		65.0	2.2	3.1	5.3	1.0	0.4	0.6	1.9	2.4	8.6
Alexis Hornbuckle	G	9	0	24.4	42.9	37.5	75.0	1.3	3.6	4.9	2.1	1.2	0.8	1.3	2.3	6.3
Plenette Pierson	F-C	6	0	17.8	47.4		84.6	1.2	1.8	3.0	1.7	0.7	0.3	1.8	2.0	7.8
Elaine Powell	G	9	9	19.0	58.8		81.8	0.3	2.0	2.3	2.0	0.7	0.0	1.4	3.2	3.2
Olayinka Sanni	C	9	0	7.3	43.8		50.0	0.6	1.2	1.8	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.4	1.2	1.8
Kelly Schumacher	C	8	0	11.9	43.8	0.0		0.6	2.4	3.0	0.4	0.1	0.4	0.4	1.6	1.8
Sheri Sam	F-G	6	0	5.0	28.6		100.0	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.0
Ashley Shields	G	3	0	1.3	20.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.7
Averages		341	45	21.2	42.9	34.8	80.4	1.0	2.7	3.7	1.5	0.7	0.4	1.4	2.1	7.7

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