# 2022 Dallas Wings season

The 2022 Dallas Wings season was the franchise's 25th season in the Women's National Basketball Association and the 7th season for the franchise in Dallas - after relocating from Tulsa and Detroit. This was second season under head coach Vickie Johnson.
The season got off to an up and down start with the Wings losing their first game, but winning the next two. After losing the fourth game of the season, the team went on a three game winning streak. However, they ended the month with two losses and finished May with a 5–4 record. June started with their first five games being against Las Vegas or Seattle and the Wings went 1–4 in those games. In their final six games of the month they went 3–3 to finish June 4–7. Every loss in July was followed by a win, except for two straight losses to Chicago. The Wings finished July 4–5, but solidly in playoff contention. The team's fortunes changed in August when they won their first four games of the month and secured a spot in the 2022 WNBA Playoffs. The Wings announced on August 12 that Arike Ogunbowale would miss the rest of the regular season and the 1st Round of the 2022 WNBA Playoffs after she underwent a iliac crest core muscle avulsion repair. The Wings went 1–2 in regular season games Ogunbowale missed and the team finished August 5–2. Their 18–18 record secured them the sixth seed in the playoffs. The team's eighteen wins, was their most in a reglaur season as the Wings. The last time the franchise won eighteen games in a season was in 2015, when they were known as the Tulsa Shock.
As the sixth seed, Dallas faced off against third seed Connecticut in the first round of the playoffs. Being the lower seed, Dallas would play the first two games of the three game series in Connecticut, with the third game being in Dallas if needed. The Wings lost the first game by twenty five points in Connecticut, but would win the second game by ten to force a deciding game three in Dallas. Home court did not prove advantageous, as the Wings lost game three by fifteen points. Their 58 points in game three was their lowest point total of the season.

## Transactions
### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | School/team/country | Nationality |
| 1 | 7 | Veronica Burton | United States | Northwestern |
| 3 | 30 | Jasmine Dickey | United States | Delaware |
| 3 | 31 | Jazz Bond | United States | North Florida |

### Trades and Roster Changes

| Date | Transaction |
| December 2, 2021 | Exercised Team Options on Satou Sabally, Tyasha Harris, and Bella Alarie |
| January 7, 2022 | Waived Luisa Geiselsöder |
| February 3, 2022 | Signed Arike Ogunbowale to a Multi-Year Extension |
| March 2, 2022 | Renounced the rights to Imani McGee-Stafford |
| March 3, 2022 | Signed Destinee Walker to a training-camp contract |
| March 7, 2022 | Signed Morgan Bertsch and Unique Thompson to training-camp contracts |
| March 8, 2022 | Traded the 4th and 6th Picks in the 2022 WNBA draft and a 2023 First Round Pick to the Indiana Fever in exchange for Teaira McCowan, the 7th Pick in the 2022 Draft and Chicago's 2023 First Round Pick |
| April 7, 2022 | Placed Bella Alarie on the Full-Season Suspension List for Personal Reasons |
| April 13, 2022 | Signed Veronica Burton, Jasmine Dickey, and Jazz Bond to rookie-scale contracts |
| April 26, 2022 | Waived Chelsea Dungee and Jazz Bond |
| April 29, 2022 | Waived Morgan Bertsch |
| May 2, 2022 | Waived Destinee Walker |
| May 5, 2022 | Waived Unique Thompson |
| May 5, 2022 | Temporarily Suspend Satou Sabally and Teaira McCowan due to Overseas Commitments |
| May 9, 2022 | Waived Moriah Jefferson |
| May 10, 2022 | Activated Teaira McCowan from her Temporary Suspension |
| May 17, 2022 | Activated Satou Sabally from her Temporary Suspension |

## Roster
### Depth

| Pos. | Starter | Bench |
| C | Teaira McCowan | Isabelle Harrison Charli Collier |
| PF | Kayla Thornton | Awak Kuier Satou Sabally |
| SF | Allisha Gray | Jasmine Dickey |
| SG | Arike Ogunbowale | Veronica Burton Jasmine Dickey |
| PG | Marina Mabrey | Tyasha Harris |

## Schedule
### Preseason

2022 pre-season game log :
April: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
April 25
@ Chicago
W 92–77
Marina Mabrey (24)
Unique Thompson (10)
Burton Harris (5)
Wintrust Arena N/A
1–0 :
May
: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
2
May 2
Indiana
W 101–89
Isabelle Harrison (18)
Harrison Kuier (8)
Veronica Burton (6)
College Park Center N/A
2–0 :
2022 pre-season schedule :

### Regular Season

2022 game log Total: 18–18 (Home: 8–10; Road: 10–8) :
May: 5–4 (Home: 1–2; Road: 4–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 7
Atlanta
L 59–66
Marina Mabrey (20)
Allisha Gray (9)
Gray Harrison Burton (2)
College Park Center 5,796
0–1
2
May 13
@ Washington
W 94–86
Arike Ogunbowale (27)
Isabelle Harrison (10)
Tyasha Harris (10)
Entertainment and Sports Arena 3,281
1–1
3
May 15
@ New York
W 81–71
Arike Ogunbowale (21)
Isabelle Harrison (10)
Ogunbowale Thornton (4)
Barclays Center 3,095
2–1
4
May 17
Washington
L 68–84
Harrison Mabrey (16)
Kayla Thornton (8)
Marina Mabrey (5)
College Park Center 3,035
2–2
5
May 19
@ Phoenix
W 94–84
Arike Ogunbowale (37)
Kayla Thornton (11)
Marina Mabrey (10)
Footprint Center 6,151
3–2
6
May 21
Minnesota
W 94–78
Marina Mabrey (22)
Mabrey Sabally Thornton (5)
Arike Ogunbowale (7)
College Park Center 3,813
4–2
7
May 24
@ Connecticut
W 85–77
Marina Mabrey (20)
Kayla Thornton (10)
Marina Mabrey (4)
Mohegan Sun Arena 4,180
5–2
8
May 26
@ Connecticut
L 68–99
Satou Sabally (18)
Isabelle Harrison (7)
Mabrey Harris (4)
Mohegan Sun Arena 4,308
5–3
9
May 31
@ Los Angeles
L 91–93
Isabelle Harrison (20)
Isabelle Harrison (8)
Satou Sabally (4)
Crypto.com Arena 4,852
5–4 :
June
: 4–7 (Home: 3–4; Road: 1–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
10
June 3
@ Seattle
W 68–51
Allisha Gray (18)
Satou Sabally (11)
Satou Sabally (6)
Climate Pledge Arena 8,023
6–4
11
June 5
@ Las Vegas
L 78–84
Allisha Gray (24)
Kayla Thornton (15)
Tyasha Harris (5)
Michelob Ultra Arena 4,814
6–5
12
June 10
Seattle
L 88–89
Arike Ogunbowale (23)
Harrison Thornton (6)
Harris Ogunbowale (6)
College Park Center 3,292
6–6
13
June 12
Seattle
L 79–84
Allisha Gray (20)
Kayla Thornton (14)
Tyasha Harris (6)
College Park Center 3,273
6–7
14
June 15
Las Vegas
L 84–92
Arike Ogunbowale (28)
Harrison Thornton (10)
Arike Ogunbowale (4)
College Park Center 4,375
6–8
15
June 17
Phoenix
W 93–88
Arike Ogunbowale (24)
Teaira McCowan (10)
Arike Ogunbowale (6)
College Park Center 3,140
7–8
16
June 19
Los Angeles
W 92–82
Arike Ogunbowale (27)
Allisha Gray (12)
Allisha Gray (6)
College Park Center 3,779
8–8
17
June 21
@ Atlanta
L 75–80
Allisha Gray (18)
Kayla Thornton (7)
Gray Mabrey (4)
Gateway Center Arena N/A
8–9
18
June 23
Indiana
W 94–68
Arike Ogunbowale (24)
Teaira McCowan (10)
Arike Ogunbowale (6)
College Park Center 2,791
9–9
19
June 25
Phoenix
L 72–83
Arike Ogunbowale (25)
Isabelle Harrison (10)
Arike Ogunbowale (6)
College Park Center 4,240
9–10
20
June 28
@ Minnesota
L 64–92
Arike Ogunbowale (16)
Harrison McCowan (8)
Arike Ogunbowale (3)
Target Center 5,603
9–11 :
July
: 4–5 (Home: 1–3; Road: 3–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
21
July 1
Los Angeles
L 89–97
Arike Ogunbowale (23)
Teaira McCowan (10)
Allisha Gray (4)
College Park Center 3,187
9–12
22
July 5
Connecticut
W 82–71
Arike Ogunbowale (20)
Allisha Gray (8)
Marina Mabrey (5)
College Park Center 3,445
10–12
23
July 12
@ Seattle
L 74–83
Teaira McCowan (18)
Teaira McCowan (10)
Marina Mabrey (5)
Climate Pledge Arena 9,486
10–13
24
July 14
@ Minnesota
W 92–87
Arike Ogunbowale (32)
Teaira McCowan (8)
Tyasha Harris (6)
Target Center 4,834
11–13
25
July 16
Chicago
L 81–89
Marina Mabrey (22)
Teaira McCowan (6)
Marina Mabrey (3)
College Park Center 5,126
11–14
26
July 22
@ Chicago
L 83–89
Arike Ogunbowale (28)
Gray Mabrey (7)
Tyasha Harris (6)
Wintrust Arena 7,014
11–15
27
July 24
@ Indiana
W 96–86
Arike Ogunbowale (22)
Kayla Thornton (8)
Ogunbowale Thornton (5)
Hinkle Fieldhouse 1,048
12–15
28
July 28
Washington
L 77–88
Teaira McCowan (27)
Teaira McCowan (11)
Marina Mabrey (4)
College Park Center 4,382
12–16
29
July 30
@ Atlanta
W 81–68
Ogunbowale Thornton (21)
Teaira McCowan (14)
Gray Ogunbowale (8)
Gateway Center Arena 3,138
13–16 :
August
: 5–2 (Home: 3–1; Road: 2–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
30
August 2
@ Chicago
W 84–78
Marina Mabrey (26)
Teaira McCowan (12)
Veronica Burton (9)
Wintrust Arena 5,602
14–16
31
August 4
Las Vegas
W 82–80
Teaira McCowan (21)
Teaira McCowan (16)
Tyasha Harris (6)
College Park Center 3,492
15–16
32
August 6
Indiana
W 95–91 (OT)
Kayla Thornton (21)
Teaira McCowan (14)
Marina Mabrey (8)
College Park Center 4,184
16–16
33
August 8
New York
W 86–77
Marina Mabrey (31)
Teaira McCowan (9)
Gray Mabrey (4)
College Park Center 3,036
17–16
34
August 10
New York
L 73–91
Marina Mabrey (19)
Teaira McCowan (13)
Marina Mabrey (6)
College Park Center 3,795
17–17
35
August 12
@ Phoenix
L 74–86
Kayla Thornton (14)
Teaira McCowan (9)
Marina Mabrey (6)
Footprint Center 8,047
17–18
36
August 14
@ Los Angeles
W 116–88
Marina Mabrey (27)
Teaira McCowan (8)
Tyasha Harris (11)
Crypto.com Arena 7,245
18–18 :
2022 season schedule :

### Playoffs

2022 playoff game log :
First Round vs. Connecticut Sun Lost Series: 1–2
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
August 18
@ Connecticut
L 68–93
Allisha Gray (17)
Gray Harris McCowan (5)
Burton Harris (3)
Mohegan Sun Arena 4,797
0–1
2
August 21
@ Connecticut
W 89–79
Kayla Thornton (20)
Teaira McCowan (11)
Allisha Gray (8)
Mohegan Sun Arena 6,788
1–1
3
August 24
Connecticut
L 58–73
Marina Mabrey (20)
Teaira McCowan (12)
Burton Gray (4)
College Park Center 5,016
1–2 :
2022 playoff schedule :

## Standings

| # | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Conf. | Home | Road | Cup |
| 1 | x – Las Vegas Aces | 26 | 10 | .722 | – | 15–3 | 13–5 | 13–5 | 9–1 |
| 2 | x – Chicago Sky | 26 | 10 | .722 | – | 15–3 | 14–4 | 12–6 | 9–1 |
| 3 | x – Connecticut Sun | 25 | 11 | .694 | 1.0 | 11–7 | 13–5 | 12–6 | 5–5 |
| 4 | x – Seattle Storm | 22 | 14 | .611 | 4.0 | 10–8 | 13–5 | 9–9 | 6–4 |
| 5 | x – Washington Mystics | 22 | 14 | .611 | 4.0 | 11–7 | 12–6 | 10–8 | 5–5 |
| 6 | x – Dallas Wings | 18 | 18 | .500 | 8.0 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 5–5 |
| 7 | x – New York Liberty | 16 | 20 | .444 | 10.0 | 10–8 | 9–9 | 7–11 | 6–4 |
| 8 | x – Phoenix Mercury | 15 | 21 | .417 | 11.0 | 7–11 | 11–7 | 4–14 | 3–7 |
| 9 | e – Minnesota Lynx | 14 | 22 | .389 | 12.0 | 8–10 | 7–11 | 7–11 | 4–6 |
| 10 | e – Atlanta Dream | 14 | 22 | .389 | 12.0 | 5–13 | 8–10 | 6–12 | 3–7 |
| 11 | e – Los Angeles Sparks | 13 | 23 | .361 | 13.0 | 6–12 | 7–11 | 6–12 | 3–7 |
| 12 | e – Indiana Fever | 5 | 31 | .139 | 21.0 | 2–16 | 3–15 | 2–16 | 2–8 |
Notes
    (#) – League Standing
    x – Clinched playoff berth
    e – Eliminated from playoff contention
    Source: Overall standings and Commissioner's Cup Standings

## Playoffs

| Round One: Best-of-3 | Round One: Best-of-3 | Round One: Best-of-3 | Semifinals: Best-of-5 | Semifinals: Best-of-5 | Semifinals: Best-of-5 | Finals: Best-of-5 | Finals: Best-of-5 | Finals: Best-of-5 |
| 1 | Las Vegas Aces | 2 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Phoenix Mercury | 0 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Phoenix Mercury | 0 | 1 | Las Vegas Aces | 3 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Seattle Storm | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Seattle Storm | 2 | 4 | Seattle Storm | 1 | | | |
| 5 | Washington Mystics | 0 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Washington Mystics | 0 | | | | 1 | Las Vegas Aces | 3 |
| | | | | | | 3 | Connecticut Sun | 1 |
| 2 | Chicago Sky | 2 | | | | | | | 3 | Connecticut Sun | 1 |
| 7 | New York Liberty | 1 | | | | | | |
| 7 | New York Liberty | 1 | 2 | Chicago Sky | 2 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Connecticut Sun | 3 | | | |
| 3 | Connecticut Sun | 2 | 3 | Connecticut Sun | 3 | | | |
| 6 | Dallas Wings | 1 | | | | | | |
Bold Series winner

## Statistics
### Regular Season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Arike Ogunbowale | 30 | 30 | 31.4 | .400 | .352 | .798 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 19.7 |
| Marina Mabrey | 34 | 32 | 28.0 | .420 | .351 | .681 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 13.6 |
| Allisha Gray | 33 | 33 | 32.9 | .423 | .408 | .798 | 4.8 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 13.3 |
| Satou Sabally | 11 | 6 | 21.7 | .398 | .233 | .914 | 4.8 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 11.3 |
| Teaira McCowan | 33 | 15 | 18.9 | .602 | .000 | .600 | 7.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 11.0 |
| Isabelle Harrison | 35 | 18 | 18.4 | .466 | 1.000 | .867 | 4.3 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 8.7 |
| Kayla Thornton | 36 | 35 | 29.2 | .471 | .329 | .829 | 5.9 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 8.0 |
| Tyasha Harris | 35 | 5 | 15.8 | .416 | .309 | .792 | 0.9 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 5.0 |
| Awak Kuier | 33 | 0 | 12.6 | .395 | .190 | .613 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 2.8 |
| Veronica Burton | 36 | 6 | 15.2 | .329 | .279 | 1.000 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 2.6 |
| Charli Collier | 17 | 0 | 4.6 | .444 | .000 | .714 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| Jasmine Dickey | 20 | 0 | 4.7 | .212 | .250 | .667 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.1 |
| Moriah Jefferson$^‡$ | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
$^‡$Waived/Released during the season $^†$Traded during the season $^≠$Acquired during the season

### Playoffs

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Marina Mabrey | 3 | 3 | 32.7 | .429 | .455 | 1.000 | 4.0 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 15.0 |
| Allisha Gray | 3 | 3 | 35.7 | .484 | .231 | .600 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 13.0 |
| Teaira McCowan | 3 | 1 | 24.7 | .480 | .000 | .533 | 9.3 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 10.7 |
| Kayla Thornton | 3 | 3 | 26.3 | .526 | .500 | 1.000 | 4.7 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 8.3 |
| Satou Sabally | 3 | 0 | 15.3 | .333 | .300 | .800 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 7.0 |
| Veronica Burton | 3 | 3 | 28.0 | .400 | .300 | .800 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 6.3 |
| Tyasha Harris | 3 | 0 | 12.3 | .538 | .000 | 1.000 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 6.0 |
| Isabelle Harrison | 3 | 2 | 12.3 | .538 | .000 | 1.000 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 5.3 |
| Arike Ogunbowale | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Awak Kuier | 3 | 0 | 5.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| Jasmine Dickey | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |

## Awards and honors

| Recipient | Award | Date awarded |
| Arike Ogunbowale | WNBA All-Star Selection | June 28 |
| Teaira McCowan | Western Conference Player of the Week | August 8 |
| Teaira McCowan | Western Conference Player of the Month - August | August 16 |
| Vickie Johnson | WNBA Coach of the Month - August | August 16 |