The 2008 WNBA season was the 12th season for the San Antonio Silver Stars.

Offseason

Expansion draft Chantelle Anderson was selected in the 2008 Expansion Draft for the Atlanta Dream.

WNBA draft Round Pick Player Nationality School/Club team221 (from NY) Chioma Nnamaka Georgia Tech339 Alex Anderson Chattanooga

Transactions

Trades April 9, 2008Acquired Ann Wauters, the draft rights to Morenike Atunrase, and Atlanta's 2009 second-round draft pick from Atlanta Dream for Camille Little, the draft rights to Chioma Nnamaka, and San Antonio's 2009 first-round draft pick. Sign and Trade To San Antonio Silver Stars Ann Wauters, the draft rights to Morenike Atunrase, and Atlanta's 2009 second-round draft pick. To Atlanta Dream Camille Little, the draft rights to Chioma Nnamaka, and San Antonio's 2009 first-round draft pick.

Free agents Player Signed Former team Brittany Wilkins April 2, 2008 Sacramento Monarchs (2006) Edwige Lawson-Wade April 28, 2008 Seattle Storm (2006) Player Left New team Marie Ferdinand-Harris February 22, 2008 Los Angeles Sparks

Regular season Silver Stars guard Shanna Crossley tore the ACL in her left knee during a preseason game against the Detroit Shock. The news was announced by head coach and general manager Dan Hughes on May 14. Crossley injured her knee during San Antonio's second offensive possession of the game. SILVER STARS: Silver Stars Guard Crossley Suffers Season-Ending Knee Injury

Season standings

Season schedule Date Opponent Score Leading Scorer Attendance Record May 17 @ Sacramento64-73Sophia Young (22)16,2250-1 May 20 vs. Phoenix81-76Sophia Young (25)9,1031-1 May 24 vs. Seattle87-72Sophia Young (23)9,7672-1 May 30 @ Seattle57-78Sophia Young (14) Ann Wauters (14)6,8102-2 June 3 @ Houston72-75Becky Hammon (20)7,0592-3 June 6 vs. Washington63-52Becky Hammon (20)5,8003-3 June 8 @ Minnesota78-90Ann Wauters (24)5,0203-4 June 11 vs. Indiana64-53Sophia Young (17)6,2624-4 June 13 vs. Seattle74-69Becky Hammon (17)6,4785-4 June 15 @ Indiana70-60Ann Wauters (19)7,4126-4 June 18 @ Atlanta81-66Becky Hammon (25)6,2257-4 June 20 vs. Los Angeles77-75Ann Wauters (21)10,2218-4 June 24 vs. Houston81-82 (OT)Becky Hammon (25)7,2268-5 June 26 @ Houston71-77Sophia Young (19)5,9838-6 June 28 vs. Minnesota73-65Sophia Young (20)7,5139-6 July 1 vs. Detroit79-72 (OT)Sophia Young (27)5,65610-6 July 3 vs. Sacramento68-67Sophia Young (20)6,56811-6 July 6 @ Washington83-75Becky Hammon (28)10,43912-6 July 8 vs. New York83-79Becky Hammon (27)6,10713-6 July 10 @ Chicago75-67Ann Wauters (23)3,04014-6 July 11 vs. Atlanta82-74Becky Hammon (26)10,94315-6 July 14 @ Los Angeles62-75Becky Hammon (21)11,97615-7 July 15 @ Phoenix97-87Sophia Young (26)6,45116-7 July 19 vs. Minnesota74-87Becky Hammon (24)8,61416-8 July 24 vs. Chicago78-67Sophia Young (20)9,37217-8 July 25 @ Minnesota68-78Sophia Young (21)7,24717-9 July 27 @ Detroit76-64Becky Hammon (23)9,53718-9 August 28 @ Phoenix77-55Sophia Young (18)7,93119-9 August 30 @ Los Angeles53-58Becky Hammon (17)9,92319-10 September 5 vs. Los Angeles76-58Edwige Lawson-Wade (14)9,53120-10 September 7 @ Connecticut85-73Becky Hammon (24)7,95621-10 September 9 @ New York82-76Becky Hammon (30)7,99422-10 September 11 vs. Connecticut78-74Sophia Young (24)6,79123-10 September 13 vs. Sacramento77-69Ann Wauters (18)9,77024-10

WNBA Playoffs Date Opponent Score Leading Scorer Attendance Series Western Conference Semifinals September 18 @ Sacramento85-78Becky Hammon (30)7,740SA leads 1-0 September 20 vs. Sacramento67-84Becky Hammon (14)7,807Tied 1-1 September 22 vs. Sacramento86-81 (OT)Sophia Young (27)4,247SA wins 2-1 Western Conference Finals September 25 @ Los Angeles70-85Ann Wauters (18)7,102°LA leads 1-0 September 27 vs. Los Angeles67-66Sophia Young (21)7,715Tied 1-1 September 28 vs. Los Angeles76-72Becky Hammon (35)7,111SA wins 2-1 WNBA Finals October 1 vs. Detroit69-77Sophia Young (21)9,380DET leads 1-0 October 3 vs. Detroit61-69Becky Hammon (24)16,012DET leads 2-0 October 5 @ Detroit60-76Ann Wauters (19)8,952^DET wins 3-0 ° Played in the Galen Center, Los Angeles, CA ^ Played in the EMU Convocation Center, Ypsilanti, MI

Player stats

Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 33 33 33.4 .390 .350 .937 2.8 4.9 1.3 0.2 17.6 33 33 31.9 .478 .000 .786 5.6 2.3 1.6 0.5 17.5 32 31 30.6 .533 .355 .714 7.5 1.8 1.1 1.2 14.7 34 23 26.7 .427 .431 .771 3.3 1.7 1.1 0.6 7.2 32 32 27.9 .439 .282 .778 5.3 3.6 0.8 0.2 6.7 30 3 19.3 .434 .321 .857 3.6 1.0 0.5 1.4 5.1 31 14 18.7 .268 .200 .789 2.4 1.7 1.1 0.1 3.5 30 1 9.3 .450 .468 .667 1.0 0.9 0.4 0.0 3.3 33 0 10.5 .276 .293 .688 1.5 0.7 0.5 0.4 2.2 21 0 5.5 .321 .250 .636 1.7 0.1 0.1 0.2 1.2 4 0 1.8 .000 .000 1.000 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 1 0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2 0 3.0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 San Antonio Silver Stars Regular Season Stats

Postseason Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 9 9 36.8 .421 .458 .895 2.3 4.6 1.0 0.6 18.1 9 9 36.1 .456 .000 .750 5.9 1.7 1.6 0.1 17.7 9 9 33.3 .444 .083 .889 5.8 1.6 0.7 1.3 13.4 9 9 30.4 .492 .400 .636 4.7 3.1 1.0 0.0 8.3 9 8 27.8 .380 .292 .733 2.9 1.7 0.8 0.2 6.2 5 0 16.8 .318 .467 1.000 2.4 1.8 0.6 0.0 5.0 9 1 17.1 .212 .111 .750 2.1 1.1 0.4 0.9 2.0 6 0 8.8 .385 .286 .000 1.2 0.8 0.5 0.0 2.0 8 0 5.5 .500 .500 .000 0.9 0.5 0.1 0.1 1.3 3 0 1.3 .333 .000 .000 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.7 2 0 1.5 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 2 0 2.0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 San Antonio Silver Stars Playoff Stats

Roster

Awards and honors Sophia Young, WNBA Player of the Week (May 17–25) Becky Hammon, WNBA Player of the Week (July 7–13) Ann Wauters, WNBA Player of the Week (September 8–14) Sophia Young, WNBA All-Defensive First Team Vickie Johnson, Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award Sophia Young, All-WNBA First Team Becky Hammon, All-WNBA Second Team

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