# 2017 Connecticut Sun season

The 2017 WNBA season was the 19th season for the Connecticut Sun franchise of the WNBA. It was the 15th season for the franchise in Connecticut. The season tipped off on May 13. The Sun started the season slowly, posting a 1–5 record in May. However, they quickly turned this around going a combined 13–4 in June and July. A 7–2 record in August saw the Sun near the top of the Eastern Conference standings. The Sun finished in second place in the East, just one game back of the New York Liberty after going 0–2 in their final games in September. The Sun earned the 4th seed in the WNBA Playoffs, and a bye into the second round. In the Second Round, they lost to the Phoenix Mercury.

## Transactions
### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 1 | 8 | Brionna Jones | United States | Maryland |
| 2 | 13 | Shayla Cooper | United States | Maryland |
| 2 | 16 | Leticia Romero | Spain | Florida State |
| 3 | 28 | Jessica January | United States | DePaul |

## Game log
### Preseason

2017 pre-season game log :
May: 3–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 2
Chicago
W 81–72
Adams (12)
Jones (7)
Hightower (3)
Mohegan Sun Arena 2,782
1–0
2
May 3
Los Angeles
W 79–62
Thomas (10)
Gray (6)
Banham (4)
Mohegan Sun Arena 2,809
2–0
3
May 7
New York Liberty
W 79–57
Tuck (20)
Jones (6)
Thomas (4)
Columbia University 388
3–0 :
2017 pre-season schedule :

### Regular season

2017 game log Total: 18-16 (Home: 12–5; Road: 9–6) :
May: 1–5 (Home: 0–2; Road: 1–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 13
Atlanta
L 74–81
Tuck (21)
Jones (20)
2 Tied (3)
Mohegan Sun Arena 6,444
0–1
2
May 20
Indiana
L 79–81
Jones (19)
Jones (12)
Jones (4)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,385
0–2
3
May 23
Minnesota
L 78–80
Thomas (18)
Tuck (10)
2 Tied (6)
Xcel Energy Center 8,033
0–3
4
May 26
Minnesota
L 68–82
Kizer (12)
2 Tied (5)
Thomas (3)
Mohegan Sun Arena 6,333
0–4
5
May 28
Chicago
W 97–79
Jones (23)
Jones (21)
Thomas (5)
Allstate Arena 4,498
1–4
6
May 31
Washington
L 76–78
Stricklen (20)
Jones (13)
Thomas (6)
Verizon Center 5,393
1–5 :
June
: 6–2 (Home: 3–1; Road: 3–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
7
June 3
San Antonio
W 85–77
Williams (23)
Jones (14)
Thomas (7)
AT&T Center 7,128
2–5
8
June 10
Atlanta
W 104–71
Jones (20)
Jones (15)
Thomas (11)
Mohegan Sun Arena 5,327
3–5
9
June 14
New York
W 96–76
Williams (22)
Jones (12)
Thomas (8)
Mohegan Sun Arena 4,818
4–5
10
June 17
Minnesota
W 98–93
2 Tied (20)
2 Tied (8)
Thomas (8)
Xcel Energy Center 10,121
5–5
11
June 23
New York
W 94–89
Thomas (23)
Thomas (8)
Thomas (8)
Madison Square Garden 10,240
6–5
12
June 25
Dallas
L 82–96
Thomas (19)
Jones (12)
Thomas (6)
College Park Center 3,408
6–6
13
June 27
Los Angeles
L 79–87
Thomas (19)
Jones (17)
3 Tied (3)
Mohegan Sun Arena 6,899
6–7
14
June 29
Seattle
W 96–89
Thomas (29)
Jones (10)
Thomas (9)
Mohegan Sun Arena 8,668
7–7 :
July
: 7–2 (Home: 4–0; Road: 3–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
15
July 1
Indiana
W 91–85
Jones (29)
Jones (15)
Thomas (8)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,473
8–7
16
July 5
San Antonio
W 89–56
Williams (17)
2 Tied (8)
Thomas (8)
AT&T Center 3,210
9–7
17
July 8
Washington
W 96–92
Jones (22)
Jones (9)
Thomas (5)
Mohegan Sun Arena 6,073
10–7
18
July 12
Seattle
W 83–79
Stricklen (21)
Jones (12)
Thomas (6)
KeyArena 10,833
11–7
19
July 13
Los Angeles
L 77–87
Jones (20)
Jones (9)
Thomas (6)
Staples Center 9,918
11–8
20
July 16
San Antonio
W 89–75
Williams (15)
Thomas (9)
Bentley (7)
Mohegan Sun Arena 6,355
12–8
21
July 19
New York
L 80–96
Jones (14)
Jones (10)
Williams (4)
Madison Square Garden 17,443
12–9
22
July 25
Chicago
W 93–72
Thomas (20)
Jones (10)
Thomas (8)
Mohegan Sun Arena 5,631
13–9
23
July 30
Indiana
W 89–73
Thomas (15)
Jones (13)
Thomas (8)
Mohegan Sun Arena 6,145
14–9 :
August
: 7–2 (Home: 5–2; Road: 2–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
24
August 4
Phoenix
W 93–92
Jones (19)
Jones (15)
3 Tied (4)
Mohegan Sun Arena 7,331
15–9
25
August 8
Seattle
W 84–71
Jones (20)
Jones (14)
2 Tied (3)
Mohegan Sun Arena 7,853
16–9
26
August 12
2017 Dallas Wings season
W 96–88
Thomas (21)
Jones (16)
Bentley (5)
Mohegan Sun Arena 6,898
17–9
27
August 15
Atlanta
W 96–75
Jones (20)
Jones (13)
Thomas (6)
McCamish Pavilion 4,585
18–9
28
August 18
New York
L 70–82
Thomas (15)
Jones (9)
Thomas (5)
Mohegan Sun Arena 7,016
18–10
29
August 20
Phoenix
W 94–66
Jones (20)
Thomas (12)
Thomas (5)
Mohegan Sun Arena 8,353
19–10
30
August 23
Dallas
W 93–87
Thomas (23)
Jones (17)
2 Tied (5)
Mohegan Sun Arena 6,465
20–10
31
August 25
Chicago
L 83–96
Thomas (14)
Jones (11)
Thomas (3)
Mohegan Sun Arena 7,761
20–11
32
August 29
Washington
W 86–76
Thomas (26)
Jones (22)
Jones (6)
Capital One Arena 10,953
21–11 :
September
: 0–2 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
33
September 1
Phoenix
L 66–86
Thomas (19)
Jones (9)
Thomas (5)
Talking Stick Resort Arena 9,971
21–12
34
September 3
Los Angeles
L 70–81
Williams (19)
Jones (10)
2 Tied (4)
Staples Center 12,236
21–13 :
2017 season schedule :

### Playoffs

2017 playoff game log :
WNBA Second Round: 0–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
September 10
Phoenix
L 83-88
Thomas (20)
Jones (15)
Thomas (4)
Mohegan Sun Arena 8,420
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.

## Awards and honors

| Recipient | Award | Date awarded |
| Jonquel Jones | Player of the Week award | June 18, 2017 |
| Alyssa Thomas | Player of the Week award | June 25, 2017 |
| Jasmine Thomas | Player of the Week award | July 2, 2017 |
| Alyssa Thomas | Player of the Week award | July 10, 2017 |
| Jonquel Jones | Player of the Week award | August 14, 2017 |
| Jonquel Jones | Player of the Month award | June 2017 |
| Curt Miller | Coach of the Month award | July 2017 |
| Curt Miller | Executive of the Year | September 10, 2017 |
| Curt Miller | Coach of the Year | September 10, 2017 |
| Jonquel Jones | Most Improved Player | September 10, 2017 |

## Statistics
### Regular season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Jonquel Jones | 34 | 34 | 28.5 | 53.4% | 44.6% | 81.8% | 11.9 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 15.4 |
| Alyssa Thomas | 33 | 33 | 29.8 | 50.9% | 0.0% | 56.7% | 6.8 | 4.5 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 14.8 |
| Jasmine Thomas | 32 | 31 | 28.2 | 42.1% | 40.3% | 78.1% | 2.3 | 4.3 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 14.2 |
| Courtney Williams | 34 | 28 | 26.0 | 47.3% | 32.4% | 87.8% | 4.2 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 12.3 |
| Shekinna Stricklen | 34 | 29 | 27.2 | 41.1% | 41.0% | 86.5% | 3.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 8.6 |
| Alex Bentley | 31 | 9 | 23.7 | 38.0% | 27.8% | 80.9% | 1.5 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 8.4 |
| Lynetta Kizer | 20 | 1 | 11.9 | 48.0% | 0.0% | 76.7% | 2.9 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 6.0 |
| Morgan Tuck | 22 | 5 | 16.6 | 35.4% | 28.9% | 81.0% | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 5.4 |
| Rachel Banham | 30 | 0 | 9.4 | 32.7% | 28.1% | 80.0% | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 3.3 |
| Brionna Jones | 23 | 0 | 6.4 | 57.5% | — | 83.3% | 1.7 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 2.9 |
| Danielle Adams | 19 | 0 | 4.4 | 35.6% | 38.7% | 100% | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 2.6 |
| Kayla Pedersen | 26 | 0 | 10.2 | 37.1% | 0.0% | 70.6% | 2.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.5 |
| Feyonda Fitzgerald | 2 | 0 | 4.0 | 0.0% | — | — | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Jordan Hooper | 3 | 0 | 3.7 | 0.0% | 0.0% | — | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |