2004 Sacramento Monarchs season explained

The 2004 WNBA season was the 8th for the Sacramento Monarchs. The Monarchs went to the playoffs, where they upset the Los Angeles Sparks in three games, but fell in the conference finals to eventual champion Seattle Storm.

Offseason

Dispersal Draft

Based on the Monarchs' 2003 record, they would pick 10th in the Cleveland Rockers dispersal draft. The Monarchs picked Jennifer Butler.

WNBA draft

Round Pick Player Nationality School/Club Team
1 10 Rebekkah Brunson (F) Georgetown
3 36 Nuria Martinez (F) Spain

Regular season

Season schedule

Date Opponent Score Result Record
May 20 72-66 Win 1-0
May 22 61-69 Loss 1-1
May 28 63-72 Loss 1-2
May 30 57-63 Loss 1-3
June 3 68-51 Win 2-3
June 5 63-65 Loss 2-4
June 12 76-83 Loss 2-5
June 16 50-63 Loss 2-6
June 17 60-50 Win 3-6
June 19 74-84 Loss 3-7
June 25 61-55 Win 4-7
June 27 63-57 Win 5-7
July 1 73-47 Win 6-7
July 3 61-75 Loss 6-8
July 6 66-73 Loss 6-9
July 9 85-70 Win 7-9
July 11 73-83 (OT) Loss 7-10
July 12 67-51 Win 8-10
July 15 63-66 Loss 8-11
July 17 79-70 Win 9-11
July 18 81-71 Win 10-11
July 22 69-71 Loss 10-12
July 25 71-62 Win 11-12
July 29 80-85 (OT) Loss 11-13
July 31 62-61 Win 12-13
September 1 73-65 Win 13-13
September 2 66-64 Win 14-13
September 4 80-70 Win 15-13
September 7 63-67 (OT) Loss 15-14
September 9 69-74 Loss 15-15
September 12 52-65 Loss 15-16
September 16 71-62 Win 16-16
September 18 68-48 Win 17-16
September 19 72-63 Win 18-16

Playoffs

Game Date Opponent Score Result Record
Western Conference Semifinals
1 September 24 72-52 Win 1-0
2 September 26 57-71 Loss 1-1
3 September 28 73-58 Win 2-1
Western Conference Finals
1 October 1 74-72 (OT) Win 3-1
2 October 3 54-66 Loss 3-2
3 October 5 62-82 Loss 3-3

Player stats

Player GP REB AST STL BLK PTS
Yolanda Griffith 34 246 42 75 41 494
Tangela Smith 34 138 50 38 25 380
Kara Lawson 34 77 68 21 8 294
DeMya Walker 34 143 86 26 13 284
Ticha Penicheiro 33 102 163 64 2 199
Ruthie Bolton 34 49 31 23 0 160
Rebekkah Brunson 34 122 19 23 13 151
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba 34 71 25 29 6 140
Chantelle Anderson 30 34 5 3 6 77
Edna Campbell 22 19 16 5 2 74
Lady Grooms 28 18 11 7 2 49
Giuliana Mendiola 6 5 3 0 0 10
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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2004 Sacramento Monarchs Stats.