1999 New York Liberty Stats

Previous Season

Next Season

Record: 18-14, 1st in WNBA Eastern Conference

Coach: Richie Adubato (18-14)

Executive: Carol Blazejowski

PTS/G: 67.8 (8th of 12) Opp PTS/G: 65.3 (2nd of 12)

Pace: 68.4 (10th of 12)

Off Rtg: 97.1 (6th of 12) Def Rtg: 93.6 (2nd of 12) Net Rtg: +3.5 (4th of 12)

Expected W-L: 19-13

Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV)

Playoffs:
Won WNBA Eastern Conference Finals (2-1) over Charlotte Sting
Lost WNBA Finals (2-1) to Houston Comets

WNBA Runners-up
Eastern Conference Champions

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Exp	College
25	Becky Hammon	G	5-6	136	March 11, 1977	R	Colorado State
34	Kym Hampton	C	6-2	210	November 3, 1962	2	Arizona State
55	Vickie Johnson	G-F	5-9	150	April 15, 1972	2	Louisiana Tech
5	Venus Lacy	C	6-3	234	February 9, 1967	R	Louisiana Tech
50	Rebecca Lobo	C	6-4	185	October 6, 1973	2	UConn
3	Crystal Robinson	F	5-11	155	January 22, 1974	R	Southeastern Oklahoma State University
31	Michele Van Gorp	C	6-6	187	May 10, 1977	R	Duke
4	Coquese Washington	G	5-6	138	January 17, 1971	1	Notre Dame
11	Teresa Weatherspoon	G	5-8	161	December 8, 1965	2	Louisiana Tech
44	Tamika Whitmore	F	6-2	215	June 5, 1977	R	Memphis
23	Sue Wicks	F	6-3	174	November 26, 1966	2	Rutgers University
13	Sophia Witherspoon	G	5-10	145	July 6, 1969	2	Florida

Assistant Coaches and Staff

Team and Opponent Stats

Ranks are per game and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Team and Opponent Stats Table
Type	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	32	6525	800	1914	.418	175	473	.370	625	1441	.434	394	529	.745	319	625	944	522	297	91	482	700	2169
Team/G		203.9	25.0	59.8	.418	5.5	14.8	.370	19.5	45.0	.434	12.3	16.5	.745	10.0	19.5	29.5	16.3	9.3	2.8	15.1	21.9	67.8
Lg Rank		1	5	7	8	3	4	1	11	8	9	11	11	6	7	11	11	5	2	10	7	10	8
Year/Year		+1.1%	-1.2%	+0.5%	-0.7	+77.4%	+57.4%	+4.3	-12.2%	-10.2%	-0.9	-18.0%	-21.4%	+3.0	-6.5%	-6.3%	-6.3%	-4.7%	-4.1%	0.0%	-9.6%	+4.3%	-1.2%
Opponent	32	6525	720	1747	.412	109	405	.269	611	1342	.455	540	723	.747	299	682	981	451	252	89	557	584	2089
Opp/G		203.9	22.5	54.6	.412	3.4	12.7	.269	19.1	41.9	.455	16.9	22.6	.747	9.3	21.3	30.7	14.1	7.9	2.8	17.4	18.3	65.3
Lg Rank		1	1	1	3	1	4	1	2	2	8	11	10	12	3	9	5	1	7	2	11	1	2
Year/Year			-4.7%	-3.2%	-0.7	0.0%	+17.6%	-4.8	-5.4%	-8.1%	+1.2	+14.2%	+8.7%	+3.5	+2.2%	+2.9%	+3.4%	+0.7%	-9.2%	+3.7%	-2.8%	-9.9%	-0.3%

Per Game

Regular Season

Playoffs

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Teresa Weatherspoon	33	32	32	33.9	2.5	5.9	.421	1.0	2.6	.378	1.5	3.4	.454	1.2	1.8	.679	0.7	2.6	3.3	6.4	2.4	0.1	2.5	2.8	7.2
2	Vickie Johnson	27	32	32	33.8	5.2	12.3	.419	0.8	2.2	.352	4.4	10.1	.433	2.3	2.7	.837	1.3	3.1	4.4	3.3	1.4	0.0	2.0	2.4	13.3
3	Sue Wicks	32	32	30	29.3	2.8	7.1	.403	0.1	0.5	.133	2.8	6.6	.422	1.0	1.6	.615	2.4	4.6	7.0	1.4	1.3	1.3	2.0	3.8	6.8
4	Crystal Robinson	25	32	9	28.2	3.9	8.9	.439	2.4	5.4	.437	1.5	3.5	.441	1.5	1.8	.845	1.2	1.6	2.8	1.5	1.4	0.3	1.4	2.4	11.7
5	Kym Hampton	36	32	32	26.8	3.5	8.1	.431	0.0	0.1	.500	3.5	8.1	.430	2.1	2.8	.747	1.9	3.7	5.6	0.7	0.7	0.6	1.6	3.4	9.2
6	Tamika Whitmore	22	27	1	21.2	3.0	6.8	.435	0.0	0.3	.125	2.9	6.5	.449	2.0	2.9	.679	1.6	2.0	3.6	0.7	0.6	0.2	2.1	2.9	7.9
7	Sophia Witherspoon	29	32	23	18.2	3.0	7.7	.396	0.9	2.4	.359	2.2	5.2	.413	1.5	2.2	.710	0.6	0.8	1.5	1.2	1.0	0.1	1.5	1.7	8.5
8	Becky Hammon	22	30	0	6.7	0.9	2.1	.422	0.4	1.3	.289	0.5	0.9	.615	0.5	0.6	.882	0.1	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.8	0.9	2.7
9	Venus Lacy	32	17	0	6.5	0.6	1.4	.417	0.0	0.0		0.6	1.4	.417	0.7	0.9	.800	0.4	0.8	1.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.8	1.4	1.9
10	Michele Van Gorp	22	21	0	5.6	0.4	1.1	.333	0.0	0.0		0.4	1.1	.333	0.2	0.2	.800	0.2	0.6	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.1	1.1	1.0
11	Coquese Washington	28	19	0	4.1	0.3	0.9	.278	0.0	0.3	.000	0.3	0.7	.385	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.8	0.5	0.0	0.7	0.8	0.6
12	Rebecca Lobo	25	1	1	1.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Crystal Robinson	25	6	6	34.2	5.3	10.7	.500	2.5	6.5	.385	2.8	4.2	.680	1.2	1.2	1.000	1.2	1.8	3.0	2.2	1.0	0.3	1.7	3.3	14.3
2	Teresa Weatherspoon	33	6	6	33.8	3.2	7.0	.452	1.2	3.2	.368	2.0	3.8	.522	1.0	1.3	.750	0.7	2.8	3.5	7.5	1.0	0.0	2.0	3.8	8.5
3	Vickie Johnson	27	6	6	30.8	4.0	9.5	.421	0.7	1.7	.400	3.3	7.8	.426	1.5	2.3	.643	0.7	2.8	3.5	3.0	0.3	0.3	2.5	2.5	10.2
4	Kym Hampton	36	6	6	30.2	3.5	8.2	.429	0.0	0.2	.000	3.5	8.0	.438	1.8	2.8	.647	2.7	5.2	7.8	1.8	0.3	1.2	1.8	2.5	8.8
5	Sue Wicks	32	6	6	29.0	2.8	7.7	.370	0.3	0.8	.400	2.5	6.8	.366	1.0	1.5	.667	2.3	4.5	6.8	1.7	1.0	1.0	0.7	2.8	7.0
6	Tamika Whitmore	22	6	0	19.0	2.5	5.2	.484	0.0	0.0		2.5	5.2	.484	0.8	2.3	.357	0.8	0.8	1.7	0.5	0.7	0.3	1.7	2.3	5.8
7	Sophia Witherspoon	29	6	0	14.3	2.8	6.3	.447	0.7	1.7	.400	2.2	4.7	.464	1.2	1.8	.636	1.2	1.0	2.2	0.3	0.7	0.0	1.3	2.2	7.5
8	Becky Hammon	22	6	0	8.3	0.3	2.0	.167	0.3	1.5	.222	0.0	0.5	.000	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.8	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	2.0
9	Venus Lacy	32	1	0	2.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0

Totals

Regular Season

Playoffs

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Teresa Weatherspoon	33	32	32	1086	80	190	.421	31	82	.378	49	108	.454	38	56	.679	22	82	104	205	78	3	80	91	229
2	Vickie Johnson	27	32	32	1082	165	394	.419	25	71	.352	140	323	.433	72	86	.837	43	99	142	106	44	1	65	77	427
3	Sue Wicks	32	32	30	938	91	226	.403	2	15	.133	89	211	.422	32	52	.615	76	147	223	45	41	43	63	123	216
4	Crystal Robinson	25	32	9	901	125	285	.439	76	174	.437	49	111	.441	49	58	.845	38	51	89	49	44	11	46	78	375
5	Kym Hampton	36	32	32	856	112	260	.431	1	2	.500	111	258	.430	68	91	.747	61	118	179	22	22	18	51	110	293
6	Sophia Witherspoon	29	32	23	581	97	245	.396	28	78	.359	69	167	.413	49	69	.710	20	27	47	37	33	2	48	54	271
7	Tamika Whitmore	22	27	1	573	80	184	.435	1	8	.125	79	176	.449	53	78	.679	43	53	96	18	16	6	56	78	214
8	Becky Hammon	22	30	0	202	27	64	.422	11	38	.289	16	26	.615	15	17	.882	2	17	19	17	6	0	24	27	80
9	Michele Van Gorp	22	21	0	117	8	24	.333	0	0		8	24	.333	4	5	.800	5	12	17	7	1	3	3	23	20
10	Venus Lacy	32	17	0	111	10	24	.417	0	0		10	24	.417	12	15	.800	7	13	20	1	3	4	14	24	32
11	Coquese Washington	28	19	0	77	5	18	.278	0	5	.000	5	13	.385	2	2	1.000	1	6	7	15	9	0	13	15	12
12	Rebecca Lobo	25	1	1	1	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
			32		6525	800	1914	.418	175	473	.370	625	1441	.434	394	529	.745	319	625	944	522	297	91	482	700	2169

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Crystal Robinson	25	6	6	205	32	64	.500	15	39	.385	17	25	.680	7	7	1.000	7	11	18	13	6	2	10	20	86
2	Teresa Weatherspoon	33	6	6	203	19	42	.452	7	19	.368	12	23	.522	6	8	.750	4	17	21	45	6	0	12	23	51
3	Vickie Johnson	27	6	6	185	24	57	.421	4	10	.400	20	47	.426	9	14	.643	4	17	21	18	2	2	15	15	61
4	Kym Hampton	36	6	6	181	21	49	.429	0	1	.000	21	48	.438	11	17	.647	16	31	47	11	2	7	11	15	53
5	Sue Wicks	32	6	6	174	17	46	.370	2	5	.400	15	41	.366	6	9	.667	14	27	41	10	6	6	4	17	42
6	Tamika Whitmore	22	6	0	114	15	31	.484	0	0		15	31	.484	5	14	.357	5	5	10	3	4	2	10	14	35
7	Sophia Witherspoon	29	6	0	86	17	38	.447	4	10	.400	13	28	.464	7	11	.636	7	6	13	2	4	0	8	13	45
8	Becky Hammon	22	6	0	50	2	12	.167	2	9	.222	0	3	.000	6	6	1.000	0	1	1	5	0	0	6	3	12
9	Venus Lacy	32	1	0	2	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0

Advanced

Regular Season

Playoffs

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/40
1	Teresa Weatherspoon	33	32	1086	16.3	.533	.503	.432	.295	2.6	10.7	6.5	35.0	4.2	0.3	27.2	13.5	104	92	2.0	2.2	4.2	.154
2	Vickie Johnson	27	32	1082	18.0	.494	.451	.180	.218	5.2	12.9	8.9	21.3	2.4	0.1	13.1	22.8	103	95	2.6	1.6	4.2	.156
3	Sue Wicks	32	32	938	12.5	.434	.407	.066	.230	10.6	22.1	16.1	9.3	2.6	4.5	20.2	16.5	87	89	-0.3	2.3	2.0	.085
4	Crystal Robinson	25	32	901	20.0	.604	.572	.611	.204	5.5	8.0	6.7	11.5	2.9	1.2	12.9	19.6	115	96	3.5	1.3	4.8	.213
5	Kym Hampton	36	32	856	14.1	.488	.433	.008	.350	9.3	19.5	14.2	5.3	1.5	2.0	14.5	20.4	97	94	1.0	1.5	2.5	.118
6	Sophia Witherspoon	29	32	581	16.6	.492	.453	.318	.282	4.5	6.6	5.5	14.3	3.3	0.3	14.8	27.6	95	95	0.6	0.9	1.5	.104
7	Tamika Whitmore	22	27	573	11.7	.490	.438	.043	.424	9.8	13.1	11.4	6.6	1.6	1.0	20.4	23.8	89	96	-0.1	0.8	0.7	.051
8	Becky Hammon	22	30	202	12.0	.560	.508	.594	.266	1.3	11.9	6.4	17.6	1.7	0.0	25.1	23.5	92	97	0.1	0.3	0.3	.069
9	Michele Van Gorp	22	21	117	5.9	.382	.333	.000	.208	5.6	14.5	9.9	11.0	0.5	2.5	10.3	12.4	92	97	0.0	0.1	0.2	.060
10	Venus Lacy	32	17	111	6.5	.523	.417	.000	.625	8.2	16.5	12.2	1.7	1.6	3.5	31.4	19.9	80	94	-0.2	0.2	0.0	.010
11	Coquese Washington	28	19	77	4.9	.318	.278	.278	.111	1.7	11.0	6.2	35.5	6.8	0.0	40.8	20.6	61	86	-0.4	0.2	-0.2	-0.091
12	Rebecca Lobo	25	1	1	-20.1					100.0	0.0	67.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	49.6	39	105	0.0	0.0	0.0	-1.148

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/40
1	Crystal Robinson	25	6	205	19.2	.641	.617	.609	.109	4.7	7.4	6.1	13.9	1.9	1.0	13.0	19.9	119	109	0.9	-0.1	0.8	.155
2	Teresa Weatherspoon	33	6	203	17.0	.560	.536	.452	.190	2.7	11.6	7.2	42.7	1.9	0.0	20.9	15.0	117	107	0.8	0.0	0.7	.143
3	Vickie Johnson	27	6	185	11.1	.483	.456	.175	.246	3.0	12.7	7.9	20.2	0.7	1.1	19.2	22.3	92	109	0.0	-0.1	0.0	-0.008
4	Kym Hampton	36	6	181	15.2	.469	.429	.020	.347	12.2	23.8	18.0	12.2	0.7	3.8	16.3	19.7	97	103	0.2	0.1	0.3	.065
5	Sue Wicks	32	6	174	14.9	.420	.391	.109	.196	11.1	21.5	16.3	11.2	2.2	3.4	7.4	16.4	102	101	0.3	0.2	0.4	.095
6	Tamika Whitmore	22	6	114	7.3	.471	.484	.000	.452	6.0	6.1	6.1	5.5	2.2	1.7	21.2	21.9	80	108	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.085
7	Sophia Witherspoon	29	6	86	17.0	.525	.500	.263	.289	11.2	9.7	10.5	5.6	2.9	0.0	15.7	31.3	95	106	0.1	0.0	0.1	.046
8	Becky Hammon	22	6	50	1.3	.410	.250	.750	.500	0.0	2.8	1.4	17.5	0.0	0.0	29.1	21.8	75	115	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.165
9	Venus Lacy	32	1	2	-42.8					0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	26.4	0	115	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.964

Players on League Leaderboards

Qualified players in the top 20 · Includes full-season stats for all players who saw court time during the regular season or playoffs.

More 1999 New York Liberty Pages

WNBA

More WNBA Pages

1999 New York Liberty Stats

Recent Game Results

Roster

Assistant Coaches and Staff

Team and Opponent Stats

Per Game

Per Game

Totals

Totals

Advanced

Advanced

Players on League Leaderboards

More 1999 New York Liberty Pages

Full Site Menu

FAQs, Tip & Tricks