Orlando Miracle
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| founding | 1998 | |
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Orlando Miracle 1999 - 2002 Connecticut Sun since 2003 |
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| Stadion | TD Waterhouse Center | |
| Location | Orlando , Florida | |
| Club colors | blue, white, gray | |
| league | WNBA | |
| Conference | Eastern Conference | |
| Championships | no | |
| Conference title | no | |
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The Orlando Miracle was an American basketball franchise of the Women's National Basketball Association based in Orlando , Florida .
history
The Miracle were founded in 1998 and started playing at the beginning of the 1999 season . The team colors were blue, white and gray. The team started well and missed the playoffs by just one win in their first season. In the rest of the time in Orlando, the team only qualified once for the playoffs and won a WNBA championship.
After the 2002 season , the WNBA gave its ownership rights to all WNBA franchises, while the league initially offered the rights to the franchises to all local NBA teams. After the owners of the Orlando Magic were not ready to take over the Orlando Miracle, the franchise was released for sale by the WNBA on October 21, 2002. On January 28, it was announced that the franchise would be relocated to Connecticut and the team name would be changed to Sun.
The Miracle played their home games at the TD Waterhouse Center .
Additional story at: Connecticut Sun
Achievements and honors
Sporting successes
The Miracle could only reach the playoffs once in the four seasons of existence and failed there in the first playoff round.
Individual awards
The Orlando Miracle are the only WNBA team that could not win individual awards. The team only succeeded in doing this after moving to Connecticut.
Season after season
Abbreviations: Sp. = Games, S = victories, N = defeats
| season | Sp. | S. | N | Wins in% | space | Playoffs |
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| 1999 | 32 | 15th | 17th | 46.9 | 4th, Eastern Conference | not qualified |
| 2000 | 32 | 16 | 16 | 50.0 | 3rd, Eastern Conference | Conference semifinals lost, 2-1 ( Cleveland Rockers ) |
| 2001 | 32 | 13 | 19th | 40.6 | 5th, Eastern Conference | not qualified |
| 2002 | 32 | 16 | 16 | 50.0 | 5th, Eastern Conference | not qualified |
| total | 128 | 60 | 68 | 46.8 | 1 playoff participation in 4 seasons 1 series: 0 wins, 1 loss 3 games: 1 win, 2 losses (33.3%) |
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Players
First-round voting rights in the WNBA Draft
| Surname | year | Draft position |
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| Tari Phillips | 1999 | 8th. |
| Cintia dos Santos | 2000 | 4th |
| Katie Douglas | 2001 | 10. |
In the four years of existence, the club had only three draft rights in the first round of the WNBA draft . With the exception of the 2002 season, the franchise each had a draft pick in the first round.
The Miracle had the highest draft pick before the 2000 season, when Cintia dos Santos was selected by the Orlando team as the fourth player . Despite her success with the Brazilian national team , she could not achieve any major successes in the WNBA.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Sun History. Connecticut Sun, April 16, 2012, accessed July 21, 2012 .
- ^ Patrick Daugherty: WNBA as Advertising Agency. San Diego Reader, accessed June 29, 2012 .
- ^ All-Time WNBA Draft Picks. WNBA, accessed November 30, 2016 .