# 2017 New York Liberty season

The 2017 WNBA season is the 21st season for the New York Liberty franchise of the WNBA. The season tips off on May 13. The Liberty rode an end of season surge to the top of the Eastern Conference and the third overall see in the WNBA playoffs. The Liberty were 12–12 on August 4, but won 10 straight games to finish the season with a 22–12 record. The team lost in the second round of the playoffs to the Washington Mystics after receiving a first round bye.

## Transactions
### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 2 | 14 | Lindsay Allen | United States | Notre Dame |
| 3 | 34 | Kai James | United States | Florida State |

## Game log
### Preseason

2017 pre-season game log :
May: 1–2 (Home: 1–2; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 2
Los Angeles
W 81-65
Vaughn (14)
Vaughn (6)
Boyd (4)
Mohegan Sun Arena 2,782
1-0
2
May 3
Chicago
L 75-86
Charles (14)
Hartley (6)
Charles (3)
Mohegan Sun Arena N/A
1-1
3
May 7
Connecticut
L 57-79
Charles (20)
Charles (9)
Zahui B. (3)
Columbia University 388
1-2 :
2017 pre-season schedule :

### Regular season

2017 game log Total: 22-12 (Home: 13–4; Road: 9–9) :
May: 2–3 (Home: 1–2; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 13
San Antonio
W 73-64
Charles (12)
Charles (7)
Zellous (4)
Madison Square Garden 8,207
1-0
2
May 18
Minnesota
L 71-90
Rodgers (20)
Tied (7)
Tied (3)
Madison Square Garden 7,004
1-1
3
May 23
Phoenix
W 69-67
Prince (24)
Charles (11)
Rodgers (4)
Talking Stick Resort Arena 7,886
2-1
4
May 26
Seattle
L 81-87
Charles (28)
Tied (9)
Prince (7)
KeyArena 5,860
2-2
5
May 30
Los Angeles
L 75-90
Charles (25)
Zellous (7)
Tied (5)
Madison Square Garden 8,108
2-3 :
June
: 5–3 (Home: 4–1; Road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
6
June 2
Dallas
W 93-89
Charles (36)
Stokes (15)
Rodgers (5)
Madison Square Garden 7,426
3-3
7
June 4
Phoenix
W 88-72
Stokes (23)
Stokes (14)
Zellous (5)
Madison Square Garden 7,831
4-3
8
June 7
Atlanta
W 76-61
Charles (18)
Stokes (17)
Allen (4)
Madison Square Garden 14,816
5-3
9
June 11
Seattle
W 94-86
Tied (21)
Charles (14)
Rodgers (5)
Madison Square Garden 8,564
6-3
10
June 14
Connecticut
L 76-96
Charles (17)
Tied (5)
Tied (2)
Mohegan Sun Arena 4,818
6-4
11
June 16
Dallas
W 102-93
Zellous (28)
Charles (10)
Zellous (6)
College Park Center 3,152
7-4
12
June 23
Connecticut
L 89-94
Charles (20)
Charles (11)
Charles (6)
Madison Square Garden 10,240
7-5
13
June 29
Washington
L 54-67
Zellous (17)
Vaughn (9)
Prince (3)
Verizon Center 5,490
7-6 :
July
: 5–4 (Home: 2–1; Road: 3–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
14
July 2
Atlanta
L 72-81
Charles (21)
Zellous (9)
Prince (9)
McCamish Pavilion 3,521
7-7
15
July 6
Seattle
W 79-70
Charles (29)
Charles (12)
Zellous (5)
KeyArena 4,397
8-7
16
July 9
Phoenix
L 69-81
Charles (29)
Prince (9)
Prince (4)
Talking Stick Resort Arena 9,413
8-8
17
July 14
Chicago
L 68-78
Charles (23)
Charles (19)
Prince (4)
Madison Square Garden 9,341
8-9
18
July 16
Washington
W 85-55
Hartley (15)
Stokes (10)
Rodgers (5)
Madison Square Garden 10,204
9-9
19
July 19
Connecticut
W 96-80
Charles (28)
Charles (17)
Zellous (6)
Madison Square Garden 17,443
10-9
20
July 25
Minnesota
L 75-76
Charles (24)
Charles (16)
Allen (5)
Xcel Energy Center 10,123
10-10
21
July 28
Indiana
W 85-84
Charles (25)
Stokes (10)
Zellous (5)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,617
11-10
22
July 30
Chicago
W 86-82
Charles (15)
Stokes (16)
Charles (5)
Allstate Arena 5,834
12-10 :
August
: 8–2 (Home: 5–0; Road: 3–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
23
August 1
San Antonio
L 81-93
Hartley (17)
Charles (8)
Hartley (5)
AT&T Center 3,430
12-11
24
August 4
Los Angeles
L 74-87
Hartley (16)
Stokes (7)
Tied (4)
Staples Center 11,617
12-12
25
August 8
Indiana
W 81-76
Charles (26)
Zellous (8)
Charles (4)
Madison Square Garden 10,068
13-12
26
August 11
Atlanta
W 83-77
Zellous (20)
Charles (8)
Zellous (4)
McCamish Pavilion 5,158
14-12
27
August 13
Los Angeles
W 83-69
Charles (21)
Tied (7)
Tied (5)
Madison Square Garden 10,083
15-12
28
August 18
Connecticut
W 82-70
Charles (24)
Tied (7)
Allen (3)
Mohegan Sun Arena 7,016
16-12
29
August 20
Minnesota
W 70-61
Charles (19)
Charles (9)
Tied (6)
Madison Square Garden 10,007
17-12
30
August 23
Indiana
W 71-50
Charles (13)
Charles (9)
Charles (3)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,118
18-12
31
August 25
Washington
W 74-66
Tied (20)
Vaughn (9)
Hartley (3)
Madison Square Garden 9,340
19-12
32
August 27
Chicago
W 92-62
Charles (22)
Stokes (10)
Rodgers (6)
Madison Square Garden 9,317
20-12 :
September
: 2–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
33
September 1
San Antonio
W 81-69
Tied (16)
Charles (8)
Tied (4)
Madison Square Garden 10,108
21-12
34
September 3
Dallas
W 82-81
Prince (20)
Charles (18)
Tied (3)
College Park Center 4,701
22-12 :
2017 season schedule :

### Playoffs

2017 playoff game log :
WNBA Second Round: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
September 10
Washington
L 68-82
Charles (18)
Tied (6)
Hartley (5)
Madison Square Garden 9,538
0-1 :
2017 playoff schedule :

## Standings

| # | Eastern Conference vte | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
| 1 | New York Liberty - (3) | 22 | 12 | .647 | - | 13–4 | 9–8 | 10–6 |
| 2 | Connecticut Sun - (4) | 21 | 13 | .636 | 1 | 12–5 | 9–6 | 10–6 |
| 3 | Washington Mystics - (6) | 18 | 16 | .529 | 4 | 11–6 | 7–10 | 12-4 |
| 4 | Chicago Sky - e | 12 | 22 | .353 | 10 | 4–13 | 8–9 | 6–10 |
| 5 | Atlanta Dream - e | 12 | 22 | .353 | 10 | 9–8 | 3–14 | 5–11 |
| 6 | Indiana Fever - e | 9 | 25 | .265 | 13 | 6–11 | 3–14 | 4–12 |

### Playoffs

| First round: Single elimination (Sept. 6) | First round: Single elimination (Sept. 6) | First round: Single elimination (Sept. 6) | Second round: Single elimination (Sept. 10) | Second round: Single elimination (Sept. 10) | Second round: Single elimination (Sept. 10) | Semifinals: Best-of-five (Sept. 12 – Sept. 17) | Semifinals: Best-of-five (Sept. 12 – Sept. 17) | Semifinals: Best-of-five (Sept. 12 – Sept. 17) | Semifinals: Best-of-five (Sept. 12 – Sept. 17) | Semifinals: Best-of-five (Sept. 12 – Sept. 17) | WNBA Finals: Best-of-five (Sept. 24 – Oct. 4) | WNBA Finals: Best-of-five (Sept. 24 – Oct. 4) | WNBA Finals: Best-of-five (Sept. 24 – Oct. 4) | WNBA Finals: Best-of-five (Sept. 24 – Oct. 4) | WNBA Finals: Best-of-five (Sept. 24 – Oct. 4) | WNBA Finals: Best-of-five (Sept. 24 – Oct. 4) | 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.

## Statistics
### Regular season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Tina Charles | 34 | 34 | 32.2 | 44.2% | 34.8% | 80.4% | 9.4 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 19.7 |
| Brittany Boyd | 2 | 2 | 16.0 | 60.0% | 0.0% | 72.7% | 4.0 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 13.0 |
| Epiphanny Prince | 28 | 25 | 26.8 | 40.1% | 34.4% | 87.8% | 3.6 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 12.0 |
| Shavonte Zellous | 34 | 34 | 29.1 | 42.3% | 33.3% | 82.3% | 4.0 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 11.7 |
| Sugar Rodgers | 33 | 15 | 25.6 | 33.9% | 34.2% | 81.5% | 3.8 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 10.5 |
| Bria Hartley | 34 | 24 | 21.4 | 41.6% | 34.5% | 74.4% | 2.1 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 7.8 |
| Kia Vaughn | 28 | 22 | 19.6 | 53.6% | — | 58.3% | 4.9 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 5.8 |
| Kiah Stokes | 34 | 12 | 19.6 | 53.1% | 0.0% | 79.6% | 6.3 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 4.8 |
| Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe | 32 | 2 | 9.2 | 52.6% | 0.0% | 59.0% | 1.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 3.7 |
| Rebecca Allen | 33 | 0 | 9.2 | 37.6% | 34.1% | 33.3% | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 2.8 |
| Cierra Burdick | 6 | 0 | 6.0 | 54.5% | 100% | — | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 2.2 |
| Amanda Zahui B. | 29 | 0 | 5.3 | 40.0% | 25.0% | 75.0% | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 2.2 |
| Lindsay Allen | 28 | 0 | 13.4 | 37.1% | 0.0% | 70.0% | 1.5 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1.9 |
| Ameryst Alston | 2 | 0 | 1.5 | 50.0% | — | — | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Chelsea Hopkins | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## Awards and honors

| Recipient | Award | Date awarded |
| Epiphanny Prince | Player of the Week award | May 29, 2017 |
| Tina Charles | Player of the Week award | June 4, 2017 |
| Tina Charles | Player of the Week award | June 11, 2017 |
| Tina Charles | Player of the Week award | July 23, 2017 |
| Tina Charles | Player of the Week award | July 30, 2017 |
| Tina Charles | Player of the Week award | August 21, 2017 |
| Tina Charles | Player of the Week award | August 28, 2017 |
| Tina Charles | Player of the Week award | September 5, 2017 |
| Tina Charles | Player of the Month award | July |
| Tina Charles | Player of the Month award | August |
| Sugar Rodgers | Sixth Woman of the Year | Season-Long Award |