For the 2003 season, the Sting had no brother team. Īfter the 2001–2002 NBA season, the Charlotte Hornets relocated to New Orleans (see " New Orleans Hornets"), and the Sting did not relocate with them to New Orleans. The Sting posted a 18–14 record in the 2002 season, but were swept by the Washington Mystics in the first round of the playoffs. But the magic ended there for the Sting, as they were swept by the Los Angeles Sparks in two games. For the first time in franchise history, the Sting found themselves in the WNBA Finals. 2 New York Liberty, beating each in three games.
1 seeded Cleveland Rockers and then the No. 4 seed, in the first round the Sting upset first the No. Although they had barely qualified for the playoffs as the No.
But the team lost only four games after that, finishing with an 18–14 record. The 2001 Sting lost 10 of their first 11 games. They missed the playoffs for the first time in franchise history. The 2000 season was very disappointing for the Sting, with a final record of 8–24. In the Conference Finals, the Sting fell to the New York Liberty 2 games to 1. It was still enough to qualify them for the playoffs, where they defeated the Detroit Shock in the opening round 60–54. Their record, however, fell to 15–17 in 1999. In the 1998–1999 offseason, with the folding of the American Basketball League, the Sting added former ABL guard Dawn Staley to an already impressive roster that featured Vicky Bullett and Andrea Stinson. During the 1998 WNBA season, Sting player Kelly Boucher became the first Canadian to play in the league. In the playoffs, the Sting once again lost the Eastern Conference semifinals to the Houston Comets, and the Comets once again took home the championship. The 1998 Sting finished the season with an 18–12 record. The Sting finished their first season with a 15–13 record and qualified for the first WNBA playoffs, but lost to eventual champions Houston Comets in the one-game semifinal.
The Charlotte Sting was one of the eight original WNBA franchises that began play in 1997, and were then the sister team to the Charlotte Hornets.
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