1998 REGULAR SEASON STATISTICS (18-12)
| NO | PLAYER | GP-GS | MIN | FGM-FGA | FG% | FGM-FGA | FG% | FTM-FTA | FT% | OFF | DEF | TOT/AVG | AST | PF-DQ | STL | TO | BLK | PTS/AVG |
| #13 | Witherspoon | 30-30 | 898 | 144-359 | .401 | 33-96 | .344 | 92-117 | .786 | 33 | 58 | 91/3.0 | 57 | 54-0 | 40 | 73 | 4 | 413/13.8 |
| #55 | Johnson | 30-30 | 905 | 146-327 | .446 | 21-56 | .375 | 63-82 | .768 | 44 | 70 | 114/3.8 | 74 | 70-1 | 31 | 45 | 7 | 376/12.5 |
| #50 | Lobo | 30-30 | 875 | 136-281 | .484 | 12-39 | .308 | 66-93 | .710 | 70 | 137 | 207/6.9 | 44 | 98-1 | 17 | 67 | 33 | 350/11.7 |
| #34 | Hampton | 30-30 | 745 | 98-217 | .452 | 0-1 | .000 | 78-109 | .716 | 53 | 128 | 181/6.0 | 26 | 90-1 | 33 | 62 | 15 | 274/9.1 |
| #11 | Weatherspoon | 30-30 | 1002 | 73-188 | .388 | 16-49 | .327 | 42-69 | .609 | 20 | 100 | 120/4.0 | 191 | 85-0 | 100 | 96 | 0 | 204/6.8 |
| #5 | Ford | 30-0 | 471 | 60-138 | .435 | 2-11 | .182 | 25-40 | .625 | 23 | 14 | 37/1.2 | 23 | 68-0 | 32 | 16 | 2 | 147/4.9 |
| #44 | Wicks | 30-0 | 444 | 46-107 | .430 | 0-3 | .000 | 36-45 | .800 | 40 | 43 | 83/2.8 | 36 | 66-0 | 16 | 48 | 10 | 128/4.3 |
| #13 | Trice | 10-0 | 77 | 7-17 | .412 | 0-0 | .000 | 7-11 | .636 | 7 | 11 | 18/1.8 | 1 | 12-0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 21/2.1 |
| #28 | Branzova | 11-0 | 94 | 9-25 | .360 | 2-4 | .500 | 3-4 | .750 | 6 | 10 | 16/1.5 | 5 | 12-0 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 23/2.1 |
| #4 | Washington | 28-0 | 226 | 15-51 | .294 | 5-21 | .238 | 18-26 | .692 | 5 | 21 | 26/0.9 | 44 | 31-0 | 17 | 37 | 0 | 53/1.9 |
| #14 | Cebrian | 22-0 | 187 | 15-35 | .429 | 0-0 | .000 | 8-14 | .571 | 12 | 15 | 27/1.2 | 8 | 32-0 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 38/1.7 |
| #43 | Thompson | 19-0 | 126 | 9-39 | .231 | 1-1 | 1.000 | 12-19 | .632 | 7 | 17 | 24/1.3 | 4 | 12-0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 31/1.6 |
| LIBERTY | 30-30 | 6050 | 758-1784 | .425 | 92-281 | .327 | 450-629 | .715 | 320 | 624 | 944/31.5 | 513 | 630-3 | 291 | 501 | 84 | 2058/68.6 | |
| OPPONENTS | 30-30 | 6050 | 709-1693 | .419 | 103-325 | .317 | 445-625 | .712 | 272 | 620 | 892/29.7 | 420 | 610-4 | 261 | 538 | 81 | 1966/65.5 |
SCHEDULE/RESULTS
| JUNE | |||||
| 11 | at Cleveland | L | 71-78 | 0-1 | L1 |
| 13 | at Houston | L | 62-73 | 0-2 | L2 |
| 15 | at Utah | L | 60-71 | 0-3 | L3 |
| 18 | at Sacramento | W | 64-48 | 1-3 | W1 |
| 19 | at Los Angeles | L | 75-78 | 1-4 | L1 |
| 21 | UTAH | W | 68-64 | 2-4 | W1 |
| 23 | CLEVELAND | W | 59-57 | 3-4 | W2 |
| 26 | SACRAMENTO | W | 62-48 | 4-4 | W3 |
| 29 | PHOENIX | W | 71-68 | 5-4 | W4 |
| JULY | |||||
| 1 | vs. Detroit | L | 65-82 | 5-5 | L1 |
| 3 | WASHINGTON | W | 76-60 | 6-5 | W1 |
| 5 | at Washington | W | 62-61 (OT) | 7-5 | W2 |
| 6 | DETROIT | W | 59-56 | 8-5 | W3 |
| 8 | HOUSTON | L | 54-79 | 8-6 | L1 |
| 12 | CHARLOTTE | L | 57-75 | 8-7 | L2 |
| 15 | at Charlotte | L | 65-72 | 8-8 | L3 |
| 16 | at Cleveland | L | 51-60 | 8-9 | L4 |
| 18 | at Phoenix | W | 69-63 | 9-9 | W1 |
| 21 | at Los Angeles | W | 92-77 | 10-9 | W2 |
| 24 | at Sacramento | W | 76-54 | 11-9 | W3 |
| 26 | DETROIT | W | 78-62 | 12-9 | W4 |
| AUGUST | |||||
| 1 | at Washington | W | 67-53 | 13-9 | W5 |
| 2 | CHARLOTTE | W | 85-67 | 14-9 | W6 |
| 5 | at Charlotte | L | 61-69 | 14-10 | L1 |
| 8 | LOS ANGELES | W | 80-62 | 15-10 | W1 |
| 11 | PHOENIX | W | 79-78 (OT) | 16-10 | W2 |
| 13 | WASHINGTON | W | 88-45 | 17-10 | W3 |
| 15 | HOUSTON | W | 70-54 | 18-10 | W4 |
| 17 | CLEVELAND | L | 64-70 | 18-11 | L1 |
| 19 | at Detroit | L | 68-82 | 18-12 | L2 |
TRANSACTIONS
January 15
New York Liberty announces the 1998 schedule at team’s first birthday party.
February 18
Rhonda Blades (G) is selected by the Detroit Shock in the first round (first overall) of the 1998 WNBA Expansion Draft.
April 29
Alicia Thompson (F) is selected in the first round (ninth overall) of the WNBA Draft.
Nadine Domond (G) is selected in the second round (19th overall) of the WNBA Draft.
Albena Branzova (F) is selected in the third round (29th overall) of the WNBA Draft.
Vanessa Nygaard (F) is selected in the fourth round (39th overall) of the WNBA Draft.
May 18
Simone Edwards (F), Katina Mack (G), and Kendra Neal (G) are waived.
June 3
Cassandra Crumpton-Moorer (G/F) is waived.
June 8
Nadine Domond (G) is waived.
June 10
Elisabeth Cebrian (C) and Vanessa Nygaard (G/F) are placed on injured list.
June 23
Elisabeth Cebrain (C) is activated from injured list.
Trena Trice (F/C) is placed on injured list.
July 14
Albena Branzova (F) is waived.
Trena Trice (F/C) is activated from injured list.
September 11
Nancy Darsch’s contract is not renewed.
December 9
Richie Adubato is named Head Coach.
December 16
Pat Coyle is named Assistant Coach.