# 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. 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.

## Transactions
### 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 |

## Game log
### Preseason

2017 pre-season game log :
April: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
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 vte | 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) | 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 |
| 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 |
| Allisha Gray | Rookie of the Month Award | June 1, 2017 |
| Allisha Gray | Rookie of the Month Award | July 5, 2017 |
| Skylar Diggins-Smith | Player of the Week award | June 26, 2017 |
| Glory Johnson | Player of the Week award | August 7, 2017 |
| Allisha Gray | WNBA Rookie of the Year Award | September 19, 2017 |