2006 Detroit Shock season

{{WNBA season

| team = Detroit Shock

| year = 2006

| attendance = 9,380

| wins = 23

| losses = 11

| conf = Eastern

| conf_place = 2nd

| coach = Bill Laimbeer

| arena = The Palace of Auburn Hills

| playoffs = Won WNBA Finals

}}

The 2006 WNBA season was the ninth for the Detroit Shock. The Shock won the WNBA Finals for the second time in franchise history.

Offseason

=WNBA draft=

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! style="background:#106bb4;" width="15%"| Pick

! style="background:#106bb4;" width="15%"| Player

! style="background:#106bb4;" width="20%"| Nationality

! style="background:#106bb4;" width="15%"| School

17th

| Ambrosia Anderson

35th

| Zane Teilane

{{cite web|url=https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/history/shock_draft_history.html|title=WNBA.com: Tulsa Shock Draft History|website=www.wnba.com}}

Regular season

=Season standings=

=Season Schedule=

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! style="background:#106bb4;" width="15%"| Opponent

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! style="background:#106bb4;" width="15%"| Result

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| May 20

| @ Indiana

| 60-67

| Loss

| 0-1

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| May 24

| Minnesota

| 78-69

| Win

| 1-1

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| May 27

| @ Connecticut

| 77-73

| Win

| 2-1

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| June 1

| New York

| 64-63

| Win

| 3-1

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| June 3

| @ Washington

| 68-92

| Loss

| 3-2

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| June 4

| @ Chicago

| 81-66

| Win

| 4-2

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| June 7

| @ Los Angeles

| 78-86

| Loss

| 4-3

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| June 9

| @ Phoenix

| 79-93

| Loss

| 4-4

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| June 16

| Indiana

| 71-63

| Win

| 5-4

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| June 17

| Houston

| 71-55

| Win

| 6-4

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| June 22

| @ Charlotte

| 86-74

| Win

| 7-4

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| June 24

| Washington

| 92-86

| Win

| 8-4

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| June 25

| Charlotte

| 71-61

| Win

| 9-4

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| June 27

| @ San Antonio

| 63-59

| Win

| 10-4

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| June 29

| @ Indiana

| 56-66

| Loss

| 10-5

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| June 30

| @ Connecticut

| 70-64

| Win

| 11-5

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| July 6

| Phoenix

| 76-91

| Loss

| 11-6

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| July 7

| @ Minnesota

| 92-80

| Win

| 12-6

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| July 9

| @ Houston

| 66-60

| Win

| 13-6

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| July 16

| San Antonio

| 77-67

| Win

| 14-6

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| July 19

| Charlotte

| 67-73

| Loss

| 14-7

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| July 21

| Los Angeles

| 73-59

| Win

| 15-7

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| July 22

| Chicago

| 89-70

| Win

| 16-7

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| July 26

| Sacramento

| 91-71

| Win

| 17-7

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| July 28

| @ Seattle

| 77-67

| Win

| 18-7

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| July 30

| @ Sacramento

| 61-94

| Loss

| 18-8

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| August 1

| Indiana

| 70-66

| Win

| 19-8

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| August 3

| @ New York

| 67-75

| Loss

| 19-9

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| August 4

| @ Chicago

| 76-49

| Win

| 20-9

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| August 6

| New York

| 65-53

| Win

| 21-9

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| August 8

| Seattle

| 79-81

| Loss

| 21-10

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| August 10

| Chicago

| 82-48

| Win

| 22-10

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| August 11

| @ Washington

| 66-78

| Loss

| 22-11

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| August 13

| Connecticut

| 88-65

| Win

| 23-11

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| August 17 (first round, game 1)

| @ Indiana

| 68-56

| Win

| 1-0

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| August 19 (first round, game 2)

| Indiana

| 98-83

| Win

| 2-0

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| August 24 (conference finals, game 1)

| Connecticut

| 70-59

| Win

| 3-0

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| August 26 (conference finals, game 2)

| @ Connecticut

| 68-77

| Loss

| 3-1

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| August 27 (conference finals, game 3)

| @ Connecticut

| 79-55

| Win

| 4-1

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| August 30 (WNBA finals, game 1)

| Sacramento

| 71-95

| Loss

| 4-2

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| September 1 (WNBA finals, game 2)

| Sacramento

| 73-63

| Win

| 5-2

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| September 3 (WNBA finals, game 3)

| @ Sacramento

| 69-89

| Loss

| 5-3

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| September 6 (WNBA finals, game 4)

| @ Sacramento

| 72-52

| Win

| 6-3

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| September 9 (WNBA finals, game 5)

| Sacramento

| 80-75

| Win

| 7-3

{{cite web|url=https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/shock/history/schedule_06.html|title=SHOCK: 2006 Schedule|website=www.wnba.com}}

Player stats

Note: GP= Games played; FG = Field Goals; MIN= Minutes; REB= Rebounds; AST= Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| GP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| MIN ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| FG ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| REB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| AST ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| STL ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| BLK ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| PTS
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align="center" \| Deanna Nolan	34	1088	172	153	124	47	11	468
align="center" \| Cheryl Ford	32	920	157	363	45	38	25	443
align="center" \| Katie Smith								398
align="center" \|Swin Cash								358
align="center" \| Ruth Riley								249
align="center" \|Plenette Pierson								220
align="center" \|Kara Braxton								146
align="center" \| Kedra Holland-Corn								140
align="center" \|Angelina Williams								41
align="center" \| Jacqueline Batteast								36
align="center" \| Elaine Powell								14
align="center" \| Sabrina Palie								12
align="center" \|Irina Osipova	2	12	0	1	0	0	0	2
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{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/DET/2006.html|title=2006 Detroit Shock Stats|website=Basketball-Reference.com}}

Playoffs

!colspan=12 style="text-align: center; background:#005DAA"|2006 WNBA Playoffs|2006 WNBA Finals

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Awards and honors

Cheryl Ford, WNBA Peak Performer
Deanna Nolan, WNBA Finals MVP Award
Katie Smith, Named to WNBA All-Decade Team{{cite web|url=https://www.wnba.com/news/wnba-announces-all-decade-team/|title=WNBA Announces All-Decade Team|website=WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA}}

References

External links

[https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/DET/2006.html Shock on Basketball Reference]

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