2017 Dallas Wings season

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
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
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Transactions

WNBA draft

See also: 2017 WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	3	Evelyn Akhator	Nigeria	Kentucky
1	4	Allisha Gray	United States	South Carolina
1	10	Kaela Davis	United States	South Carolina
2	23	Breanna Lewis	United States	Kansas State
3	26	Saniya Chong	United States	Connecticut

Roster

2017 Dallas Wings roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs G/F 13 Christmas-Kelly, Karima 6' 0" (1.83m) 180 lb (82kg) 1989-09-11 Duke 6 G 4 Diggins-Smith, Skylar 5' 9" (1.75m) 145 lb (66kg) 1990-08-02 Notre Dame 4 C 22 Lewis, Breanna 6' 5" (1.96m) 205 lb (93kg) 1994-06-22 Kansas State R F 6 Thornton, Kayla 6' 1" (1.85m) 190 lb (86kg) 1992-10-20 UTEP 2 F 25 Johnson, Glory 6' 3" (1.91m) 170 lb (77kg) 1990-07-27 Tennessee 4 C 3 Paris, Courtney 6' 4" (1.93m) 250 lb (113kg) 1987-09-21 Oklahoma 7 F 55 Plaisance, Theresa 6' 5" (1.96m) 200 lb (91kg) 1992-05-18 LSU 4 F 23 Powers, Aerial 6' 0" (1.83m) 157 lb (71kg) 1994-01-17 Michigan State 2 F 9 Akhator, Evelyn 6' 3" (1.91m) 180 lb (82kg) 1995-02-03 Kentucky R G 12 Chong, Saniya 5' 8" (1.73m) 140 lb (64kg) 1994-06-27 Connecticut R G 10 Davis, Kaela 6' 2" (1.88m) 170 lb (77kg) 1995-03-15 South Carolina R G 15 Gray, Allisha 6' 1" (1.85m) 167 lb (76kg) 1992-10-20 South Carolina 2	Head coach Fred Williams (Boise State) Assistant coaches Bridget Pettis (Florida) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (St. Edward's) Athletic trainer Allison Russell (Tulsa) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Game log

Preseason

2017 pre-season game log
April: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 April 29 San Antonio L 81–87 Davis (13) 3 Tied (6) Phillips (4) AT&T Center 2,834 0–1
May: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 2 May 6 Indiana W 80–75 Davis (14) College Park Center 1–1
2017 pre-season schedule

Regular season

2017 game log Total: 16-18 (Home: 10–7; Road: 6–11)
May: 3–2 (Home: 1–1; Road: 2–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 May 14 Phoenix W 68–58 Davis (20) Johnson (14) Davis (4) Talking Stick Resort Arena 9,640 1–0 2 May 20 Minnesota L 87–89 Diggins-Smith (22) Johnson (7) Diggins-Smith (8) College Park Center 5,169 1–1 3 May 25 San Antonio W 94–82 Christmas (18) Johnson (11) Diggins-Smith (8) AT&T Center 9,621 2–1 4 May 27 Phoenix L 65–107 Johnson (12) 2 Tied (6) Diggins-Smith (4) Talking Stick Resort Arena 9,245 2–2 5 May 30 Indiana W 89–62 Christmas (27) Gray (9) Diggins-Smith (7) College Park Center 3,076 3–2
June : 5–6 (Home: 3–4; Road: 2–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 6 June 2 New York L 89–93 Diggins-Smith (20) Christmas (9) 2 Tied (3) Madison Square Garden 7,426 3–3 7 June 3 Indiana L 85–91 Johnson (22) Johnson (13) Diggins-Smith (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,529 3–4 8 June 6 Washington L 89–101 Diggins-Smith (23) 2 Tied (8) Diggins-Smith (7) College Park Center 2,805 3–5 9 June 9 Los Angeles W 96–90 Johnson (24) Johnson (12) Diggins-Smith (8) College Park Center 3,169 4–5 10 June 11 Minnesota L 74–91 Christmas (21) Johnson (8) Diggins-Smith (4) College Park Center 3,998 4–6 11 June 13 Los Angeles L 87–97 Diggins-Smith (28) Johnson (10) Diggins-Smith (7) Staples Center 7,233 4–7 12 June 16 New York L 93–102 Diggins-Smith (23) Johnson (11) Johnson (3) College Park Center 3,152 4–8 13 June 18 Washington W 87–83 Johnson (27) Plaisance (8) Diggins-Smith (8) Verizon Center 7,285 5–8 14 June 21 San Antonio W 81–78 Johnson (25) Johnson (10) Diggins-Smith (6) College Park Center 4,617 6–8 15 June 23 San Antonio W 81–69 Diggins-Smith (30) Plaisance (8) 2 Tied (5) AT&T Center 7,086 7–8 16 June 25 Connecticut W 96–82 Christmas (24) Plaisance (9) Diggins-Smith (9) College Park Center 3,408 8–8
July : 3–6 (Home: 3–1; Road: 0–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 17 July 1 Seattle L 69–89 Johnson (18) Johnson (10) Diggins-Smith (4) College Park Center 4,038 8–9 18 July 5 Atlanta W 94–84 Diggins-Smith (21) Johnson (7) Diggins-Smith (7) College Park Center 3,555 9–9 19 July 9 Atlanta L 78–98 Diggins-Smith (22) Johnson (13) Diggins-Smith (7) McCamish Pavilion 4,109 9–10 20 July 12 Chicago L 84–90 Diggins-Smith (20) Plaisance (5) Diggins-Smith (5) Allstate Arena 14,102 9–11 21 July 16 Chicago W 112–106 Diggins-Smith (26) Johnson (9) Christmas (3) College Park Center 3,693 10–11 22 July 19 Minnesota L 74–100 Diggins-Smith (23) Johnson (8) Diggins-Smith (9) Xcel Energy Center 17,834 10–12 23 July 25 Indiana W 84–82 Diggins-Smith (21) Paris (10) Diggins-Smith (4) College Park Center 3,701 11–12 24 July 28 Seattle L 93–109 Diggins-Smith (18) Johnson (8) Diggins-Smith (7) KeyArena 7,797 11–13 25 July 30 Los Angeles L 74–95 Powers (23) Johnson (5) Diggins-Smith (6) Staples Center 11,053 11–14
August : 5–3 (Home: 3–1; Road: 2–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 26 August 4 Seattle W 93–80 Diggins-Smith (23) Johnson (16) Diggins-Smith (7) College Park Center 3,712 12–14 27 August 6 Los Angeles W 85–79 Johnson (23) Johnson (13) 3 Tied (3) College Park Center 3,903 13–14 28 August 10 Phoenix L 100–101 Johnson (25) Johnson (15) Johnson (5) College Park Center 4,165 13–15 29 August 12 Connecticut L 88–96 Gray (21) Johnson (12) Diggins-Smith (5) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,898 13–16 30 August 19 Atlanta W 90–86 Johnson (23) Johnson (13) Diggins-Smith (11) College Park Center 4,962 14–16 31 August 23 Connecticut L 87–93 Diggins-Smith (19) Thornton (9) Diggins-Smith (6) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,465 14–17 32 August 26 Washington W 83–78 Diggins-Smith (20) Johnson (11) Diggins-Smith (7) Capital One Arena 8,656 15–17 33 August 30 Chicago W 99–96 Diggins-Smith (28) 2 Tied (9) Diggins-Smith (8) Allstate Arena 5,896 16–17
September : 0–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 34 September 3 New York L 81–82 Johnson (17) Johnson (8) 2 Tied (4) College Park Center 4,701 16–18
2017 season schedule

Playoffs

2017 playoff game log
WNBA First Round: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 September 6 Washington L 86-76 Powers (21) Johnson (14) 4 Tied (3) Capital One Arena 6,483 0–1
2017 playoff schedule

Standings

#	Western Conference v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
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

	First round Single elimination (Sept. 6)					Second round Single elimination (Sept. 10)					Semifinals Best-of-5 (Sept. 12 – Sept. 17)					WNBA Finals Best-of-5 (Sept. 24 – Oct. 4)
											2	Los Angeles Sparks	3
						4	Connecticut Sun	83			5	Phoenix Mercury	0
	5	Phoenix Mercury	79			5	Phoenix Mercury	88								1	Minnesota Lynx	3
	8	Seattle Storm	69													2	Los Angeles Sparks	2
											1	Minnesota Lynx	3
						3	New York Liberty	68			6	Washington Mystics	0
	6	Washington Mystics	86			6	Washington Mystics	82
	7	Dallas Wings	76

Note: Teams re-seeded after second round and semi-finals.

• Bold – Game or series winner
• Italic – Team with home-court advantage

Statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage	TO	Turnovers per game
PF	Fouls per game		Team leader		League leader

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Skylar Diggins-Smith	34	34	34.2	42.2%	35.0%	89.4%	3.5	5.8	1.3	0.8	18.5
Glory Johnson	33	33	31.0	46.4%	31.3%	76.6%	9.1	1.6	1.2	0.4	14.9
Allisha Gray	34	34	27.2	38.1%	29.9%	80.3%	3.9	1.3	1.5	0.6	13.0
Aerial Powers	12	1	20.3	33.9%	31.0%	81.8%	4.2	1.5	0.4	0.5	10.8
Karima Christmas-Kelly	34	34	29.7	38.0%	29.2%	85.1%	4.2	2.2	1.2	0.2	10.4
Theresa Plaisance	34	25	20.3	38.0%	34.4%	86.2%	4.3	0.9	0.7	0.7	7.7
Kayla Thornton	34	1	17.2	41.2%	27.9%	80.0%	3.3	0.9	0.6	0.2	6.8
Kaela Davis	33	0	15.5	38.9%	42.9%	75.4%	1.4	1.0	0.5	0.1	6.1
Courtney Paris	20	8	13.7	55.9%	—	50.0%	3.7	0.7	0.4	0.6	4.2
Saniya Chong	33	0	11.0	35.9%	23.7%	86.2%	0.9	1.0	0.7	0.1	2.7
Evelyn Akhator	15	0	4.1	25.0%	—	83.3%	0.6	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.9
Breanna Lewis	13	0	4.0	16.7%	—	75.0%	0.7	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.5

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
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]