The 2017 WNBA season will be the 20th season for the Dallas Wings franchise of the WNBA. This will be the franchise's 2nd season in Dallas. The season tips off on May 14.[1] Dallas started the season steadily posting an 8–8 record in May and June. It was a rocky July (3–6) but the team recovered in August by going 5–3. Despite losing their lone September game, the team qualified for the playoffs as the 7th seed with a 16–18 record. Dallas lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Washington Mystics, ending their season.
| 2017 Dallas Wings season | |
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| Coach | Fred Williams |
| Arena | College Park Center |
| Attendance | 3,872 per game |
| Results | |
| Record | 16–18 (.471) |
| Place | 4th (Western) |
| Playoff finish | Lost in First Round to Washington |
| Team Leaders | |
| Points | Skylar Diggins-Smith 18.5 ppg |
| Rebounds | Glory Johnson 9.1 rpg |
| Assists | Skylar Diggins-Smith 5.8 apg |
Transactions edit
WNBA draft edit
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
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| 1 | 3 | Evelyn Akhator |  Nigeria
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Kentucky |
| 1 | 4 | Allisha Gray |  United States
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South Carolina |
| 1 | 10 | Kaela Davis | United States
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South Carolina |
| 2 | 23 | Breanna Lewis | United States
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Kansas State |
| 3 | 26 | Saniya Chong | United States
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Connecticut |
2017 roster edit
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Game log edit
Preseason edit
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April: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1)
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May: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
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Regular season edit
Playoffs edit
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WNBA First Round: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1)
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Standings edit
| # | Western Conference | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
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| 1 | Minnesota Lynx - (1) | 27 | 7 | .794 | – | 15–2 | 12–5 | 13–3 |
| 2 | Los Angeles Sparks - (2) | 26 | 8 | .765 | 1 | 16–1 | 10–7 | 12–4 |
| 3 | Phoenix Mercury - (5) | 18 | 16 | .529 | 9 | 9–8 | 9–8 | 7–9 |
| 4 | Dallas Wings - (7) | 16 | 18 | .471 | 11 | 10–7 | 6–11 | 7–9 |
| 5 | Seattle Storm - (8) | 15 | 19 | .441 | 12 | 10–7 | 5–12 | 8–8 |
| 6 | San Antonio Stars - e | 8 | 26 | .235 | 19 | 6–11 | 2–15 | 1–15 |
Playoffs edit
| First round: Single elimination (Sept. 6) | Second round: Single elimination (Sept. 10) | Semifinals: Best-of-five (Sept. 12 – Sept. 17) | WNBA Finals: Best-of-five (Sept. 24 – Oct. 4) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Los Angeles Sparks | 79 | 86 | 89 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Connecticut Sun | 83 | 5 | Phoenix Mercury | 66 | 72 | 87 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Phoenix Mercury | 79 | 5 | Phoenix Mercury | 88 | 1 | Minnesota Lynx | 84 | 70 | 64 | 80 | 85 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Seattle Storm | 69 | 2 | Los Angeles Sparks | 85 | 68 | 75 | 69 | 76 | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Minnesota Lynx | 101 | 93 | 81 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | New York Liberty | 68 | 6 | Washington Mystics | 81 | 83 | 70 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Washington Mystics | 86 | 6 | Washington Mystics | 82 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Dallas Wings | 76 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Note: Teams re-seeded after second round and semi-finals.
Awards and honors edit
| Recipient | Award | Date awarded | Ref. |
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| Allisha Gray | Rookie of the Month Award | June 1, 2017 | [2] |
| Allisha Gray | Rookie of the Month Award | July 5, 2017 | [3] |
| Skylar Diggins-Smith | Player of the Week award | June 26, 2017 | [4] |
| Glory Johnson | Player of the Week award | August 7, 2017 | [5] |
| Allisha Gray | WNBA Rookie of the Year Award | September 19, 2017 | [6] |
References edit
- ^ "2017 Dallas Wings Schedule". Women's National Basketball Association. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
- ^ "Dallas Wings Guard Allisha Gray Named WNBA Rookie of the Month". wnba.com. WNBA. June 1, 2017. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
- ^ "Dallas' Gray Named WNBA Rookie of the Month For June". wnba.com. WNBA. July 5, 2017. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
- ^ "Connecticut's Thomas and Dallas' Diggins-Smith Named WNBA Players of the Week". wnba.com. WNBA. June 26, 2017. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
- ^ "Chicago's Vandersloot, Dallas' Johnson Named WNBA Players Of The Week". wnba.com. WNBA. August 7, 2017. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
- ^ "Dallas' Allisha Gray Named 2017 WNBA Rookie Of The Year". wnba.com. WNBA. September 19, 2017. Retrieved December 13, 2017.