2006 Sacramento Monarchs season
CoachJohn Whisenant
ArenaARCO Arena
Attendance8,691 per game
Results
Record2113 (.618)
Place2nd (Western)
Playoff finishLost WNBA Finals (3-2) to Detroit Shock

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

RoundPickPlayerNationalityCollege/School/Team
113Kim Smith (F) CanadaUtah
114Scholanda Dorrell (G) United StatesLSU
341Lamisha Augustine (F) United StatesSan Jose State

Regular season

Season standings

Western Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Los Angeles Sparks x259.73515–210–715–5
Sacramento Monarchs x2113.6184.014–37–1010–10
Houston Comets x1816.5297.012–56–1111–9
Seattle Storm x1816.5297.09–89–810–10
Phoenix Mercury o1816.5297.010–78–98–12
San Antonio Silver Stars o1321.38212.06–117–1010–10
Minnesota Lynx o1024.29415.08–92–156–14

Season schedule

DateOpponentScoreResultRecord
May 20Phoenix105-78Win1-0
May 23@ Chicago76-63Win2-0
May 25Houston66-81Loss2-1
May 31Seattle87-66Win3-1
June 2San Antonio71-74Loss3-2
June 6@ Phoenix76-90Loss3-3
June 10Chicago80-70Win4-3
June 14@ Houston66-73 (OT)Loss4-4
June 17Seattle76-74Win5-4
June 18@ Los Angeles69-80Loss5-5
June 21San Antonio75-69Win6-5
June 23Los Angeles63-77Loss6-6
June 25Indiana82-61Win7-6
June 27@ Seattle53-68Loss7-7
June 29Minnesota87-78Win8-7
July 1@ Charlotte65-57Win9-7
July 2@ Houston62-77Loss9-8
July 6@ New York79-58Win10-8
July 7@ Washington73-60Win11-8
July 9Charlotte70-61Win12-8
July 15Connecticut69-63Win13-8
July 18@ Seattle74-61Win14-8
July 20New York71-62Win15-8
July 22@ Minnesota86-59Win16-8
July 25@ Indiana60-75Loss16-9
July 26@ Detroit71-91Loss16-10
July 28@ Connecticut68-75Loss16-11
July 30Detroit94-61Win17-11
August 1Houston74-62Win18-11
August 3@ San Antonio87-69Win19-11
August 5Washington99-95 (2OT)Win20-11
August 9@ Los Angeles58-69Loss20-12
August 10Minnesota74-66Win21-12
August 13@ Phoenix71-81Loss21-13
August 17
1st Round, G1
@ Houston93-78Win1-0
August 19
1st Round, G2
Houston92-64Win2-0
August 24
West Finals, G1
Los Angeles64-61Win3-0
August 26
West Finals, G2
@ Los Angeles72-58Win4-0
August 30
WNBA Finals, G1
@ Detroit95-71Win5-0
September 1
WNBA Finals, G2
@ Detroit63-73Loss5-1
September 3
WNBA Finals, G3
Detroit89-69Win6-1
September 6
WNBA Finals, G4
Detroit52-72Loss6-2
September 9
WNBA Finals, G5
@ Detroit75-80Loss6-3

Player stats

PlayerGPREBASTSTLBLKPTS
Yolanda Griffith34219564416407
Erin Buescher34134353314330
Nicole Powell34131614215327
Kara Lawson346556204277
Rebekkah Brunson34191172115232
DeMya Walker239232157213
Ticha Penicheiro3491116582183
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba347330329177
Scholanda Robinson333627194171
Kristin Haynie346768272140
Kim Smith3139209074
Brittany Wilkins401006

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References

  1. "2006 Sacramento Monarchs Stats".
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