- 2006 WNBA season
The 2006 WNBA Season was the
Women's National Basketball Association 's tenth season. The league added one team theChicago Sky . OnApril 5 the WNBA held their draft.Seimone Augustus , guard out ofLouisiana State University was the number one overall pick. She was selected by theMinnesota Lynx .Cappie Pondexter , guard out ofRutgers University went number two. She was selected by thePhoenix Mercury . The season started onMay 20 with a game betweenSacramento Monarchs andPhoenix Mercury . The game was televised by ABC. The Monarchs won the game 105-78. OnJuly 12 , The All Star Game was held atMadison Square Garden inNew York City, New York . The East All Stars defeated the Western All Stars 98-82.Katie Douglas of theConnecticut Sun was named MVP in the game with her 16 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists. The 2006 WNBA season concluded onAugust 13 .Lisa Leslie of theLos Angeles Sparks won the league MVP.Mike Thibault of theConnecticut Sun was named Coach of The Year.Seimone Augustus of theMinnesota Lynx was named Rookie of the Year. The season ended with the Detroit Shock winning their second WNBA Championship.Regular season standings
Eastern Conference
Playoffs
External links
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20061113135528/http://www.wnba.com/standings/team_record_comparison/conferenceNew_Std_Cnf.html 2006 WNBA Final Standings]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20070615233452/http://www.wnba.com/playoffs2006/index.html 2006 WNBA Playoffs]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20060422010324/www.wnba.com/draft2006/draft_board.html 2006 WNBA Draft]
* [http://www.wnba.com/games/20060520/PHOSAC/boxscore.html Box Score of the First Game of the 2006 WNBA season]
* [http://www.wnba.com/games/20060712/WSTEST/boxscore.html Box Score of the 2006 WNBA All Star Game]
* [http://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/wnba/allstar/2006-07-12-all-star-game_x.htm Katie Douglas MVP of the 2006 All Star Game]
* [http://www.wnba.com/history/awards_2006.html 2006 WNBA Award Winners]
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