1998 Washington Mystics season

1998 Washington Mystics season
1998 Washington Mystics season
Coach	Jim Lewis (fired Jul. 24, 2–16 record) ; Cathy Parson (interim, 1–11 record)
Arena	MCI Center
Attendance	15,910 per game
Results
Record	3–27 (.100)
Place	5th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Team Leaders
Points	Nikki McCray (17.7)
Rebounds	Alessandra Santos de Oliveira (8.1)
Assists	Nikki McCray (3.1)
	1999 season →

1998 Washington Mystics season
1998 Washington Mystics season
Coach	Jim Lewis (fired Jul. 24, 2–16 record) ; Cathy Parson (interim, 1–11 record)
Arena	MCI Center
Attendance	15,910 per game
Results
Record	3–27 (.100)
Place	5th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Team Leaders
Points	Nikki McCray (17.7)
Rebounds	Alessandra Santos de Oliveira (8.1)
Assists	Nikki McCray (3.1)
	1999 season →

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The 1998 WNBA season was the first for the Washington Mystics.

Transactions

WNBA allocation draft

Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
Alessandra Santos de Oliveira	Brazil	Comense (Italy)
Nikki McCray	United States	Columbus Quest

WNBA expansion draft

Player	Nationality	Former WNBA Team
Tammy Jackson	United States	Houston Comets
Deborah Carter	United States	Utah Starzz
Penny Moore	United States	Charlotte Sting
Heidi Burge	United States	Los Angeles Sparks

WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	3	Murriel Page	United States	Florida
2	13	Rita Williams	United States	UConn
3	23	Angela Hamblin	United States	Iowa
4	33	Angela Jackson	United States	Texas

Transactions

Date	Transaction
December 29, 1997	Hired Jim Lewis as Head Coach^[1]
January 27, 1998	Drafted Alessandra Santos de Oliveira and Nikki McCray in the 1998 WNBA Allocation Draft^[1]
February 18, 1998	Drafted Tammy Jackson, Deborah Carter, Penny Moore and Heidi Burge in the 1998 WNBA expansion draft^[1]
April 29, 1998	Drafted Murriel Page, Rita Williams, Angela Hamblin and Angela Jackson in the 1998 WNBA draft^[1]
June 23, 1998	Waived Tammy Jackson^[1]
July 24, 1998	Fired Jim Lewis as Head Coach^[1]
July 24, 1998	Hired Cathy Parsons as Interim Head Coach^[1]
July 31, 1998	Waived Angela Jackson and Leila Sobral^[1]
July 31, 1998	Signed Leslie Johnson and Margo Graham^[1]

Roster

1998 Washington Mystics roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From	Yrs
C	35	Brown, La'Shawn	6' 3" (1.91m)	180 lb (82kg)	1972-12-01	Louisiana Tech	R
C	34	Burge, Heidi	6' 5" (1.96m)	185 lb (84kg)	1971-11-12	Virginia	1
G/F	9	Carter, Deborah	6' 1" (1.85m)	185 lb (84kg)	1972-01-03	Georgia	1
G	12	Chaconas, Keri	5' 9" (1.75m)	151 lb (68kg)	1974-12-21	George Mason	R
C	32	Graham, Margo	6' 4" (1.93m)	235 lb (107kg)	1970-12-18	Houston	R
C	32	Jackson, Angela	6' 4" (1.93m)		1976-03-30	Texas	R
F/C	28	Jackson, Tammy	6' 2" (1.88m)	190 lb (86kg)	1962-12-03	Florida	1
F	28	Johnson, Leslie	6' 2" (1.88m)	220 lb (100kg)	1975-01-12	Western Kentucky	R
G	15	McCray, Nikki	5' 11" (1.8m)	158 lb (72kg)	1971-12-17	Tennessee	R
F	24	Moore, Penny	6' 0" (1.83m)		1969-01-25	Long Beach State	1
F	10	Page, Murriel	6' 2" (1.88m)	160 lb (73kg)	1975-09-18	Florida	R
C	11	Santos de Oliveira, Alessandra	6' 5" (1.96m)	181 lb (82kg)	1973-12-02		R
G	30	Shuler, Adrienne	5' 6" (1.68m)		1969-04-24	Georgia	R
F	32	Sobral, Leila	6' 1" (1.85m)		1974-12-22		R
G	23	Williams, Rita	5' 6" (1.68m)	135 lb (61kg)	1976-01-14	Connecticut	R

Head coach: Jim Lewis (West Virginia)
Assistant coaches: Cathy Parson; Wes Unseld Jr.

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Schedule

Regular season

1998 game log
Total: 3–27 (Home: 2–12; Road: 1–15)

June: 1–7 (Home: 1–2; Road: 0–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	June 11	@ Charlotte	L 57–83	Nikki McCray (19)	Carter Moore (4)	Nikki McCray (6)	Charlotte Coliseum	0–1
2	June 13	@ Utah	L 77–78	Nikki McCray (26)	Alessandra Santos de Oliveira (18)	Nikki McCray (5)	Delta Center	0–2
3	June 15	@ Phoenix	L 54–69	Nikki McCray (20)	Murriel Page (11)	Nikki McCray (4)	America West Arena	0–3
4	June 19	Utah	W 85–76	Nikki McCray (29)	Alessandra Santos de Oliveira (7)	Nikki McCray (6)	MCI Center	1–3
5	June 21	Detroit	L 57–70	Penny Moore (18)	Alessandra Santos de Oliveira (11)	Nikki McCray (3)	MCI Center	1–4
6	June 25	@ Detroit	L 71–79	Nikki McCray (23)	Murriel Page (10)	McCray Moore Page (4)	The Palace of Auburn Hills	1–5
7	June 28	Phoenix	L 69–86	Murriel Page (18)	Murriel Page (9)	Nikki McCray (5)	MCI Center	1–6
8	June 29	@ Houston	L 48–73	Alessandra Santos de Oliveira (16)	Murriel Page (7)	Adrienne Shuler (4)	Compaq Center	1–7

July: 1–11 (Home: 0–6; Road: 1–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
9	July 1	Cleveland	L 80–92	Nikki McCray (19)	Alessandra Santos de Oliveira (9)	Moore Williams (4)	MCI Center	1–8
10	July 3	@ New York	L 60–76	Nikki McCray (16)	Murriel Page (7)	Keri Chaconas (5)	Madison Square Garden	1–9
11	July 5	New York	L 61–62 (OT)	Nikki McCray (15)	Murriel Page (14)	Rita Williams (4)	MCI Center	1–10
12	July 8	@ Cleveland	L 65–77	Nikki McCray (14)	Nikki McCray (7)	Penny Moore (5)	Gund Arena	1–11
13	July 11	@ Detroit	W 78–53	Nikki McCray (21)	Alessandra Santos de Oliveira (14)	Adrienne Shuler (5)	The Palace of Auburn Hills	2–11
14	July 13	@ Houston	L 67–81	McCray Santos de Oliveira (14)	Alessandra Santos de Oliveira (12)	Nikki McCray (4)	Compaq Center	2–12
15	July 17	@ Charlotte	L 56–86	Burge Chaconas (10)	Penny Moore (8)	Chaconas Shuler (5)	Charlotte Coliseum	2–13
16	July 19	Utah	L 88–99	Nikki McCray (26)	Murriel Page (7)	Burge Chaconas Shuler (2)	MCI Center	2–14
17	July 21	Charlotte	L 67–84	Penny Moore (17)	Penny Moore (11)	Penny Moore (5)	MCI Center	2–15
18	July 22	@ Detroit	L 61–76	Keri Chaconas (10)	Murriel Page (8)	Rita Williams (3)	The Palace of Auburn Hills	2–16
19	July 26	Sacramento	L 65–79	Nikki McCray (27)	Murriel Page (8)	McCray Shuler (3)	MCI Center	2–17
20	July 29	Los Angeles	L 68–77	Nikki McCray (18)	Murriel Page (10)	Nikki McCray (4)	MCI Center	2–18

August: 1–9 (Home: 1–4; Road: 0–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
21	August 1	New York	L 53–67	Keri Chaconas (11)	McCray Page (7)	Heidi Burge (3)	MCI Center	2–19
22	August 3	@ Los Angeles	L 72–86	Penny Moore (18)	Burge Page Williams (6)	Burge Moore (4)	Great Western Forum	2–20
23	August 4	@ Phoenix	L 59–88	Heidi Burge (19)	Nikki McCray (9)	Nikki McCray (5)	America West Arena	2–21
24	August 7	@ Sacramento	L 55–76	Nikki McCray (11)	McCray Page (6)	Rita Williams (4)	ARCO Arena	2–22
25	August 9	Los Angeles	W 76–74	Nikki McCray (21)	Murriel Page (8)	Adrienne Shuler (5)	MCI Center	3–22
26	August 12	Cleveland	L 55–75	Nikki McCray (19)	Deborah Carter (8)	Keri Chaconas (4)	MCI Center	3–23
27	August 13	@ New York	L 45–88	Nikki McCray (21)	Heidi Burge (6)	Nikki McCray (3)	Madison Square Garden	3–24
28	August 15	@ Cleveland	L 71–90	McCray Page (19)	Murriel Page (8)	Rita Williams (8)	Gund Arena	3–25
29	August 17	Houston	L 65–110	Nikki McCray (20)	Deborah Carter (7)	McCray Williams (3)	MCI Center	3–26
30	August 19	Charlotte	L 69–105	Nikki McCray (20)	Murriel Page (9)	Nikki McCray (9)	MCI Center	3–27

1998 season schedule

Season standings

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
Cleveland Rockers ^x	20	10	.667	12–4	–
Charlotte Sting ^x	18	12	.600	11–5	2.0
New York Liberty ^o	18	12	.600	8–8	2.0
Detroit Shock ^o	17	13	.567	8–8	3.0
Washington Mystics ^o	3	27	.100	1–15	17.0

Statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage	TO	Turnovers per game
PF	Fouls per game		Team leader		League leader

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Nikki McCray	29	28	33.4	.419	.319	.748	2.9	3.1	1.5	0.1	17.7
Murriel Page	30	30	31.8	.479	.000	.631	6.9	1.3	0.6	0.4	8.3
Alessandro Santos de Oliveira	16	12	30.1	.516	N/A	.463	8.1	0.1	0.8	0.4	11.0
Penny Moore	29	26	26.1	.344	.207	.717	3.7	1.6	1.5	0.7	8.2
Rita Williams	30	18	23.7	.320	.214	.633	2.2	2.3	2.1	0.1	4.4
Heidi Burge	30	15	16.7	.509	.286	.597	3.3	0.9	0.5	0.5	6.7
Deborah Carter	29	6	15.0	.271	.245	.808	2.2	0.8	0.6	0.1	3.8
Adrienne Shuler	25	12	14.5	.369	.342	.824	2.1	1.9	0.9	0.1	3.6
Keri Chaconas	30	1	13.2	.297	.286	.788	0.8	1.3	0.4	0.0	4.8
La'Shawn Brown	22	2	12.4	.342	N/A	.515	2.5	0.3	0.5	0.9	2.0
Tammy Jackson	2	0	7.0	.667	N/A	.000	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0
Margo Graham	9	0	5.4	.421	N/A	.500	1.4	0.1	0.1	0.1	2.0
Angela Jackson	7	0	5.1	.500	N/A	.667	0.6	0.0	0.1	0.3	1.4
Leila Sobral	15	0	4.7	.250	.273	.667	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.1	1.7
Leslie Johnson	6	0	2.5	.500	N/A	N/A	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.3

^‡Waived/Released during the season
^†Traded during the season
^≠Acquired during the season

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "1998 Washington Mystics Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2024.

External links

Washington Mystics on Basketball Reference

The 1998 WNBA season was the first for the Washington Mystics.

Transactions

WNBA allocation draft

Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
Alessandra Santos de Oliveira	Brazil	Comense (Italy)
Nikki McCray	United States	Columbus Quest

WNBA expansion draft

Player	Nationality	Former WNBA Team
Tammy Jackson	United States	Houston Comets
Deborah Carter	United States	Utah Starzz
Penny Moore	United States	Charlotte Sting
Heidi Burge	United States	Los Angeles Sparks

WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	3	Murriel Page	United States	Florida
2	13	Rita Williams	United States	UConn
3	23	Angela Hamblin	United States	Iowa
4	33	Angela Jackson	United States	Texas

Transactions

Date	Transaction
December 29, 1997	Hired Jim Lewis as Head Coach^[1]
January 27, 1998	Drafted Alessandra Santos de Oliveira and Nikki McCray in the 1998 WNBA Allocation Draft^[1]
February 18, 1998	Drafted Tammy Jackson, Deborah Carter, Penny Moore and Heidi Burge in the 1998 WNBA expansion draft^[1]
April 29, 1998	Drafted Murriel Page, Rita Williams, Angela Hamblin and Angela Jackson in the 1998 WNBA draft^[1]
June 23, 1998	Waived Tammy Jackson^[1]
July 24, 1998	Fired Jim Lewis as Head Coach^[1]
July 24, 1998	Hired Cathy Parsons as Interim Head Coach^[1]
July 31, 1998	Waived Angela Jackson and Leila Sobral^[1]
July 31, 1998	Signed Leslie Johnson and Margo Graham^[1]

Roster

1998 Washington Mystics roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From	Yrs
C	35	Brown, La'Shawn	6' 3" (1.91m)	180 lb (82kg)	1972-12-01	Louisiana Tech	R
C	34	Burge, Heidi	6' 5" (1.96m)	185 lb (84kg)	1971-11-12	Virginia	1
G/F	9	Carter, Deborah	6' 1" (1.85m)	185 lb (84kg)	1972-01-03	Georgia	1
G	12	Chaconas, Keri	5' 9" (1.75m)	151 lb (68kg)	1974-12-21	George Mason	R
C	32	Graham, Margo	6' 4" (1.93m)	235 lb (107kg)	1970-12-18	Houston	R
C	32	Jackson, Angela	6' 4" (1.93m)		1976-03-30	Texas	R
F/C	28	Jackson, Tammy	6' 2" (1.88m)	190 lb (86kg)	1962-12-03	Florida	1
F	28	Johnson, Leslie	6' 2" (1.88m)	220 lb (100kg)	1975-01-12	Western Kentucky	R
G	15	McCray, Nikki	5' 11" (1.8m)	158 lb (72kg)	1971-12-17	Tennessee	R
F	24	Moore, Penny	6' 0" (1.83m)		1969-01-25	Long Beach State	1
F	10	Page, Murriel	6' 2" (1.88m)	160 lb (73kg)	1975-09-18	Florida	R
C	11	Santos de Oliveira, Alessandra	6' 5" (1.96m)	181 lb (82kg)	1973-12-02		R
G	30	Shuler, Adrienne	5' 6" (1.68m)		1969-04-24	Georgia	R
F	32	Sobral, Leila	6' 1" (1.85m)		1974-12-22		R
G	23	Williams, Rita	5' 6" (1.68m)	135 lb (61kg)	1976-01-14	Connecticut	R

Head coach: Jim Lewis (West Virginia)
Assistant coaches: Cathy Parson; Wes Unseld Jr.

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Schedule

Regular season

1998 game log
Total: 3–27 (Home: 2–12; Road: 1–15)

June: 1–7 (Home: 1–2; Road: 0–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	June 11	@ Charlotte	L 57–83	Nikki McCray (19)	Carter Moore (4)	Nikki McCray (6)	Charlotte Coliseum	0–1
2	June 13	@ Utah	L 77–78	Nikki McCray (26)	Alessandra Santos de Oliveira (18)	Nikki McCray (5)	Delta Center	0–2
3	June 15	@ Phoenix	L 54–69	Nikki McCray (20)	Murriel Page (11)	Nikki McCray (4)	America West Arena	0–3
4	June 19	Utah	W 85–76	Nikki McCray (29)	Alessandra Santos de Oliveira (7)	Nikki McCray (6)	MCI Center	1–3
5	June 21	Detroit	L 57–70	Penny Moore (18)	Alessandra Santos de Oliveira (11)	Nikki McCray (3)	MCI Center	1–4
6	June 25	@ Detroit	L 71–79	Nikki McCray (23)	Murriel Page (10)	McCray Moore Page (4)	The Palace of Auburn Hills	1–5
7	June 28	Phoenix	L 69–86	Murriel Page (18)	Murriel Page (9)	Nikki McCray (5)	MCI Center	1–6
8	June 29	@ Houston	L 48–73	Alessandra Santos de Oliveira (16)	Murriel Page (7)	Adrienne Shuler (4)	Compaq Center	1–7

July: 1–11 (Home: 0–6; Road: 1–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
9	July 1	Cleveland	L 80–92	Nikki McCray (19)	Alessandra Santos de Oliveira (9)	Moore Williams (4)	MCI Center	1–8
10	July 3	@ New York	L 60–76	Nikki McCray (16)	Murriel Page (7)	Keri Chaconas (5)	Madison Square Garden	1–9
11	July 5	New York	L 61–62 (OT)	Nikki McCray (15)	Murriel Page (14)	Rita Williams (4)	MCI Center	1–10
12	July 8	@ Cleveland	L 65–77	Nikki McCray (14)	Nikki McCray (7)	Penny Moore (5)	Gund Arena	1–11
13	July 11	@ Detroit	W 78–53	Nikki McCray (21)	Alessandra Santos de Oliveira (14)	Adrienne Shuler (5)	The Palace of Auburn Hills	2–11
14	July 13	@ Houston	L 67–81	McCray Santos de Oliveira (14)	Alessandra Santos de Oliveira (12)	Nikki McCray (4)	Compaq Center	2–12
15	July 17	@ Charlotte	L 56–86	Burge Chaconas (10)	Penny Moore (8)	Chaconas Shuler (5)	Charlotte Coliseum	2–13
16	July 19	Utah	L 88–99	Nikki McCray (26)	Murriel Page (7)	Burge Chaconas Shuler (2)	MCI Center	2–14
17	July 21	Charlotte	L 67–84	Penny Moore (17)	Penny Moore (11)	Penny Moore (5)	MCI Center	2–15
18	July 22	@ Detroit	L 61–76	Keri Chaconas (10)	Murriel Page (8)	Rita Williams (3)	The Palace of Auburn Hills	2–16
19	July 26	Sacramento	L 65–79	Nikki McCray (27)	Murriel Page (8)	McCray Shuler (3)	MCI Center	2–17
20	July 29	Los Angeles	L 68–77	Nikki McCray (18)	Murriel Page (10)	Nikki McCray (4)	MCI Center	2–18

August: 1–9 (Home: 1–4; Road: 0–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
21	August 1	New York	L 53–67	Keri Chaconas (11)	McCray Page (7)	Heidi Burge (3)	MCI Center	2–19
22	August 3	@ Los Angeles	L 72–86	Penny Moore (18)	Burge Page Williams (6)	Burge Moore (4)	Great Western Forum	2–20
23	August 4	@ Phoenix	L 59–88	Heidi Burge (19)	Nikki McCray (9)	Nikki McCray (5)	America West Arena	2–21
24	August 7	@ Sacramento	L 55–76	Nikki McCray (11)	McCray Page (6)	Rita Williams (4)	ARCO Arena	2–22
25	August 9	Los Angeles	W 76–74	Nikki McCray (21)	Murriel Page (8)	Adrienne Shuler (5)	MCI Center	3–22
26	August 12	Cleveland	L 55–75	Nikki McCray (19)	Deborah Carter (8)	Keri Chaconas (4)	MCI Center	3–23
27	August 13	@ New York	L 45–88	Nikki McCray (21)	Heidi Burge (6)	Nikki McCray (3)	Madison Square Garden	3–24
28	August 15	@ Cleveland	L 71–90	McCray Page (19)	Murriel Page (8)	Rita Williams (8)	Gund Arena	3–25
29	August 17	Houston	L 65–110	Nikki McCray (20)	Deborah Carter (7)	McCray Williams (3)	MCI Center	3–26
30	August 19	Charlotte	L 69–105	Nikki McCray (20)	Murriel Page (9)	Nikki McCray (9)	MCI Center	3–27

1998 season schedule

Season standings

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
Cleveland Rockers ^x	20	10	.667	12–4	–
Charlotte Sting ^x	18	12	.600	11–5	2.0
New York Liberty ^o	18	12	.600	8–8	2.0
Detroit Shock ^o	17	13	.567	8–8	3.0
Washington Mystics ^o	3	27	.100	1–15	17.0

Statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage	TO	Turnovers per game
PF	Fouls per game		Team leader		League leader

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Nikki McCray	29	28	33.4	.419	.319	.748	2.9	3.1	1.5	0.1	17.7
Murriel Page	30	30	31.8	.479	.000	.631	6.9	1.3	0.6	0.4	8.3
Alessandro Santos de Oliveira	16	12	30.1	.516	N/A	.463	8.1	0.1	0.8	0.4	11.0
Penny Moore	29	26	26.1	.344	.207	.717	3.7	1.6	1.5	0.7	8.2
Rita Williams	30	18	23.7	.320	.214	.633	2.2	2.3	2.1	0.1	4.4
Heidi Burge	30	15	16.7	.509	.286	.597	3.3	0.9	0.5	0.5	6.7
Deborah Carter	29	6	15.0	.271	.245	.808	2.2	0.8	0.6	0.1	3.8
Adrienne Shuler	25	12	14.5	.369	.342	.824	2.1	1.9	0.9	0.1	3.6
Keri Chaconas	30	1	13.2	.297	.286	.788	0.8	1.3	0.4	0.0	4.8
La'Shawn Brown	22	2	12.4	.342	N/A	.515	2.5	0.3	0.5	0.9	2.0
Tammy Jackson	2	0	7.0	.667	N/A	.000	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0
Margo Graham	9	0	5.4	.421	N/A	.500	1.4	0.1	0.1	0.1	2.0
Angela Jackson	7	0	5.1	.500	N/A	.667	0.6	0.0	0.1	0.3	1.4
Leila Sobral	15	0	4.7	.250	.273	.667	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.1	1.7
Leslie Johnson	6	0	2.5	.500	N/A	N/A	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.3

^‡Waived/Released during the season
^†Traded during the season
^≠Acquired during the season

References

^ a b c d e f g h i "1998 Washington Mystics Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2024.

External links

Washington Mystics on Basketball Reference

[:0-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "1998 Washington Mystics Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2024.

[:0-1] ^ a b c d e f g h i "1998 Washington Mystics Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2024.

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v t e 1998 WNBA season by team
Expansion draft Draft Championship Playoffs
Eastern	Charlotte Sting Cleveland Rockers Detroit Shock New York Liberty Washington Mystics
Western	Houston Comets Los Angeles Sparks Phoenix Mercury Sacramento Monarchs Utah Starzz
← 1997 WNBA season 1999 →

v t e Washington Mystics
Founded in 1998 Based in Washington, D.C.
Franchise	Expansion draft Franchise Current season
Arenas	Capital One Arena (1998–2018) CareFirst Arena (2019–present)
Head coaches	Jim Lewis Cathy Parson Nancy Darsch Darrell Walker Tom Maher Marianne Stanley Michael Adams Richie Adubato Tree Rollins Jessie Kenlaw Julie Plank Trudi Lacey Mike Thibault Eric Thibault Sydney Johnson
Administration	Sponsor: Inova Health System Owner: Monumental Sports & Entertainment (Ted Leonsis) President: Michael Winger General manager: Melissa McFerrin Judy Holland-Burton Linda Hargrove Angela Taylor Trudi Lacey Mike Thibault Jamila Wideman
All-Stars	Ariel Atkins Alana Beard Tina Charles Sonia Citron Monique Currie Stacey Dales Elena Delle Donne Stefanie Dolson Lindsey Harding Chamique Holdsclaw Kiki Iriafen Crystal Langhorne Ivory Latta Nikki McCray Emma Meesseman DeLisha Milton-Jones Brittney Sykes Kristi Toliver
Culture & lore	"Swag Surfin"
Seasons	1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Playoff appearances	2000 2002 2004 2006 2009 2010 2013 2014 2015 2017 2018 2019 2020 2022 2023
WNBA Championships	2019
Media	Monumental Sports Network
Category Commons

v t e 1998 WNBA season by team
Expansion draft Draft Championship Playoffs
Eastern	Charlotte Sting Cleveland Rockers Detroit Shock New York Liberty Washington Mystics
Western	Houston Comets Los Angeles Sparks Phoenix Mercury Sacramento Monarchs Utah Starzz
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v t e Washington Mystics
Founded in 1998 Based in Washington, D.C.
Franchise	Expansion draft Franchise Current season
Arenas	Capital One Arena (1998–2018) CareFirst Arena (2019–present)
Head coaches	Jim Lewis Cathy Parson Nancy Darsch Darrell Walker Tom Maher Marianne Stanley Michael Adams Richie Adubato Tree Rollins Jessie Kenlaw Julie Plank Trudi Lacey Mike Thibault Eric Thibault Sydney Johnson
Administration	Sponsor: Inova Health System Owner: Monumental Sports & Entertainment (Ted Leonsis) President: Michael Winger General manager: Melissa McFerrin Judy Holland-Burton Linda Hargrove Angela Taylor Trudi Lacey Mike Thibault Jamila Wideman
All-Stars	Ariel Atkins Alana Beard Tina Charles Sonia Citron Monique Currie Stacey Dales Elena Delle Donne Stefanie Dolson Lindsey Harding Chamique Holdsclaw Kiki Iriafen Crystal Langhorne Ivory Latta Nikki McCray Emma Meesseman DeLisha Milton-Jones Brittney Sykes Kristi Toliver
Culture & lore	"Swag Surfin"
Seasons	1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Playoff appearances	2000 2002 2004 2006 2009 2010 2013 2014 2015 2017 2018 2019 2020 2022 2023
WNBA Championships	2019
Media	Monumental Sports Network
Category Commons

1998 Washington Mystics season
Coach	Jim Lewis (fired Jul. 24, 2–16 record) Cathy Parson (interim, 1–11 record)
Arena	MCI Center
Attendance	15,910 per game
Results
Record	3–27 (.100)
Place	5th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Team Leaders
Points	Nikki McCray (17.7)
Rebounds	Alessandra Santos de Oliveira (8.1)
Assists	Nikki McCray (3.1)
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