# 2018 Dallas Wings season

The 2018 WNBA season will be the 21st season for the Dallas Wings franchise of the WNBA. This will be the franchise's 3rd season in Dallas. The season tips off on May 18.
Dallas had an up and down start to the season, posting a 2–3 record in May followed by a 5–4 record in June. However all but one of these seven losses came to eventual playoff teams. The team posted an 8–5 record in July, including winning 7 of 8 games in the middle of the month. The three straight losses at the end of the month were the beginning of a nine-game losing streak.
In the midst of that losing streak, on August 12, 2018, the Wings fired their head coach Fred Williams. The team had a 14–17 record and was in the 8th and final playoff spot at the time of firing. Assistant Coach Taj McWilliams-Franklin was named the interim head coach for the remainder of the season.
McWilliams-Franklin posted a 1–2 record in her three games in charge. This saw the Wings finish 1–7 in August. However, the one win was an important one. The win was against the Las Vegas Aces, the Wing's playoff rivals. The Wings secured the 8th seed in the 2018 WNBA Playoffs by one game over the Aces. The team lost to the 5th seeded Phoenix Mercury 83–101 in the first round of the playoffs to end their season.

## Transactions
### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 1 | 6 | Azurá Stevens | United States | Connecticut |
| 2 | 18 | Loryn Goodwin | United States | Oklahoma State |
| 3 | 30 | Natalie Butler | United States | George Mason |

### Trades and roster changes

| Date | Details |
| February 1, 2018 | Re-signed F Kayla Thornton |
| February 2, 2018 | Re-signed F Theresa Plaisance |
| February 5, 2018 | Signed C Liz Cambage |
| February 28, 2018 | Re-signed F Karima Christmas–Kelly |
| June 3, 2018 | Signed C Cayla George |
| July 23, 2018 | Traded F Aerial Powers to Washington Mystics in exchange for G Tayler Hill and 2019 WNBA draft second round pick and the rights to swap first round picks. |
| August 19, 2018 | Signed Maggie Lucas. |

## Game log
### Pre-season

2018 pre-season game log :
May: 2–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 7
vs. New York
W 76–69
Stevens (19)
Stevens (9)
Chong (3)
Mohegan Sun Arena N/A
1–0
2
May 8
@ Connecticut
L 58–79
Tied (12)
Cambage (9)
Hamblin (2)
Mohegan Sun Arena 3,695
1–1
3
May 13
Las Vegas
W 68–55
Stevens (12)
4 Tied (6)
Chong (4)
College Park Center N/A
2–1 :
2018 pre-season schedule :

### Regular season

2018 game log Total: 15–19 (Home: 10–7; Road: 5–12) :
May: 2–3 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 18
@ Phoenix
L 78–86
Tied (18)
Cambage (9)
Diggins–Smith (9)
Talking Stick Resort Arena 11,210
0–1
2
May 20
Atlanta
W 101–78
Diggins–Smith (25)
Christmas–Kelly (10)
Davis (5)
College Park Center 5,907
1–1
3
May 23
@ Minnesota
L 68–76
Cambage (14)
Cambage (12)
Diggins–Smith (7)
Target Center 7,834
1–2
4
May 26
@ Atlanta
W 87–80
Diggins–Smith (24)
Cambage (14)
Tied (4)
McCamish Pavilion 4,749
2–2
5
May 29
@ New York
L 89–94
Cambage (28)
Cambage (16)
Diggins–Smith (7)
Westchester County Center 1,516
2–3 :
June
: 5–4 (Home: 3–2; Road: 2–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
6
June 2
Seattle
W 94–90
Diggins–Smith (27)
Tied (7)
Diggins–Smith (7)
College Park Center 5,191
3–3
7
June 8
@ Indiana
W 89–83
Diggins–Smith (35)
Diggins–Smith (12)
Diggins–Smith (6)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 5,675
4–3
8
June 12
Phoenix
L 72–75
Diggins–Smith (16)
Thornton (8)
Diggins–Smith (4)
College Park Center 4,026
4–4
9
June 15
Las Vegas
W 77–67
Cambage (28)
Cambage (18)
Diggins–Smith (6)
College Park Center 4,549
5–4
10
June 19
@ Minnesota
L 83–91
Diggins–Smith (17)
Cambage (9)
Diggins–Smith (7)
Target Center 8,023
5–5
11
June 22
Los Angeles
W 101–72
Cambage (20)
Powers (8)
Diggins–Smith (11)
College Park Center 5,672
6–5
12
June 24
Seattle
L 76–97
Cambage (23)
Cambage (9)
Diggins–Smith (7)
College Park Center 4,084
6–6
13
June 26
@ Los Angeles
L 83–87
Cambage (25)
Cambage (14)
Diggins–Smith (5)
Staples Center 10,002
6–7
14
June 27
@ Las Vegas
W 97–91
Diggins–Smith (29)
Cambage (11)
Diggins–Smith (8)
Mandalay Bay Events Center 5,246
7–7 :
July
: 8–5 (Home: 6–3; Road: 2–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
15
July 1
Minnesota
L 72–76
Diggins–Smith (16)
Johnson (8)
Diggins–Smith (7)
College Park Center 4,448
7–8
16
July 3
Chicago
W 108–85
Cambage (37)
Cambage (10)
Tied (5)
College Park Center 4,012
8–8
17
July 5
Indiana
W 90–63
Stevens (26)
Johnson (11)
Diggins–Smith (7)
College Park Center 4,043
9–8
18
July 8
@ New York
W 97–87
Diggins–Smith (32)
Cambage (12)
Gray (6)
Westchester County Center 1,719
10–8
19
July 10
Phoenix
W 101–72
Diggins–Smith (20)
Johnson (9)
Tied (4)
College Park Center 4,034
11–8
20
July 12
@ Los Angeles
W 92–77
Diggins–Smith (22)
Johnson (7)
Diggins–Smith (11)
Staples Center 13,502
12–8
21
July 14
@ Seattle
L 84–91
Cambage (23)
Stevens (9)
Diggins–Smith (7)
KeyArena 9,686
12–9
22
July 17
New York
W 104–87
Cambage (53)
Cambage (10)
Diggins–Smith (7)
College Park Center 6,459
13–9
23
July 19
Washington
W 90–81
Cambage (35)
Cambage (17)
Diggins–Smith (7)
College Park Center 4,411
14–9
24
July 20
@ Chicago
L 99–114
Cambage (23)
Stevens (9)
Tied (5)
Wintrust Arena 4,962
14–10
25
July 22
Connecticut
L 75–92
Cambage (25)
Cambage (10)
Tied (5)
College Park Center 4,935
14–11
26
July 31
Chicago
L 91–92
Cambage (33)
Johnson (14)
Gray (10)
College Park Center 3,696
14–12 :
August
: 1–7 (Home: 1–2; Road: 0–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
27
August 2
@ Indiana
L 78–84
Cambage (37)
Tied (9)
4 Tied (3)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 5,981
14–13
28
August 5
Washington
L 74–76
Tied (16)
Cambage (14)
Tied (4)
College Park Center 5,623
14–14
29
August 8
Connecticut
L 92–101
Cambage (29)
Tied (9)
Cambage (4)
College Park Center 3,483
14–15
30
August 11
@ Atlanta
L 82–92
Diggins–Smith (26)
Stevens (6)
Diggins–Smith (10)
McCamish Pavilion 4,937
14–16
31
August 12
@ Washington
L 80–93
Diggins–Smith (17)
Gray (12)
Diggins–Smith (6)
Capital One Arena 6,362
14–17
32
August 14
@ Connecticut
L 76–96
Gray (18)
Cambage (13)
Diggins–Smith (8)
Mohegan Sun Arena 6,365
14–18
33
August 17
Las Vegas
W 107–102
Cambage (43)
Cambage (13)
Diggins–Smith (8)
College Park Center 6,209
15–18
34
August 19
@ Seattle
L 68–84
Johnson (16)
Johnson (7)
Diggins–Smith (4)
KeyArena 12,574
15–19 :
2018 season schedule :

### Playoffs

2018 playoff game log :
WNBA First Round: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
August 21
@ Phoenix
L 83–101
Diggins–Smith (23)
Cambage (12)
Diggins–Smith (7)
Wells Fargo Arena 4,976
0–1 :
2018 playoff schedule :

## Standings

| # | Western Conference vte | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
| 1 | Seattle Storm (1) | 26 | 8 | .765 | – | 13–4 | 13–4 | 11–5 |
| 2 | Phoenix Mercury (5) | 20 | 14 | .588 | 6 | 9–8 | 11–6 | 8–8 |
| 3 | Los Angeles Sparks (6) | 19 | 15 | .559 | 7 | 11–6 | 8–9 | 9–7 |
| 4 | Minnesota Lynx (7) | 18 | 16 | .529 | 8 | 9–8 | 9–8 | 9–7 |
| 5 | Dallas Wings (8) | 15 | 19 | .441 | 11 | 10–7 | 5–12 | 7–9 |
| 6 | e –Las Vegas Aces | 14 | 20 | .412 | 12 | 8–9 | 6–11 | 4–12 |

## Playoffs

| First round: Single elimination (Aug. 21) | First round: Single elimination (Aug. 21) | First round: Single elimination (Aug. 21) | Second round: Single elimination (Aug. 23) | Second round: Single elimination (Aug. 23) | Second round: Single elimination (Aug. 23) | Semifinals: Best-of-five (Aug. 26 – Sept. 4) | Semifinals: Best-of-five (Aug. 26 – Sept. 4) | Semifinals: Best-of-five (Aug. 26 – Sept. 4) | Semifinals: Best-of-five (Aug. 26 – Sept. 4) | Semifinals: Best-of-five (Aug. 26 – Sept. 4) | Semifinals: Best-of-five (Aug. 26 – Sept. 4) | Semifinals: Best-of-five (Aug. 26 – Sept. 4) | WNBA Finals: Best-of-five (Sept. 7 – Sept. 12) | WNBA Finals: Best-of-five (Sept. 7 – Sept. 12) | WNBA Finals: Best-of-five (Sept. 7 – Sept. 12) | WNBA Finals: Best-of-five (Sept. 7 – Sept. 12) | WNBA Finals: Best-of-five (Sept. 7 – Sept. 12) |
| | | | | | | 1 | Seattle Storm | 91 | 91 | 66 | 84 | 94 | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Connecticut Sun | 86 | 5 | Phoenix Mercury | 87 | 87 | 86 | 86 | 84 | | | | | |
| 5 | Phoenix Mercury | 101 | 5 | Phoenix Mercury | 96 | | | | | | | | 1 | Seattle Storm | 89 | 75 | 98 |
| 8 | Dallas Wings | 83 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Washington Mystics | 76 | 73 | 82 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Atlanta Dream | 84 | 78 | 81 | 76 | 81 | | | | | |
| | | | 3 | Washington Mystics | 96 | 3 | Washington Mystics | 87 | 75 | 76 | 97 | 86 | | | | | |
| 6 | Los Angeles Sparks | 75 | 6 | Los Angeles Sparks | 64 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Minnesota Lynx | 68 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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 |
| Liz Cambage | 32 | 32 | 29.5 | 58.9 | 32.4 | 73.8 | 9.7 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 23.0 |
| Skylar Diggins-Smith | 32 | 32 | 34.1 | 40.3 | 29.7 | 83.9 | 3.3 | 6.2 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 17.9 |
| Karima Christmas-Kelly | 6 | 6 | 27.8 | 44.8 | 44.4 | 81.3 | 5.5 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 9.3 |
| Kayla Thornton | 34 | 32 | 28.6 | 44.7 | 35.5 | 86.0 | 4.0 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 9.2 |
| Allisha Gray | 34 | 34 | 26.7 | 40.3 | 27.0 | 86.3 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 9.2 |
| Azurá Stevens | 34 | 9 | 20.6 | 43.0 | 31.8 | 78.8 | 4.6 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 8.9 |
| Glory Johnson | 29 | 17 | 22.5 | 41.7 | 31.5 | 78.0 | 6.0 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 8.0 |
| Theresa Plaisance | 7 | 0 | 11.6 | 38.9 | 47.4 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 5.3 |
| Tayler Hill | 7 | 1 | 16.9 | 28.9 | 29.2 | 100.0 | 3.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 5.0 |
| Kaela Davis | 27 | 6 | 16.8 | 34.7 | 24.4 | 64.1 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 5.0 |
| Cayla George | 23 | 1 | 10.7 | 43.6 | 30.8 | 50.0 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 3.6 |
| Leticia Romero | 21 | 0 | 7.0 | 31.3 | 20.0 | 86.7 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.1 |
| Maggie Lucas | 1 | 0 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |

## Awards and honors

| Recipient | Award | Date awarded |
| Liz Cambage | WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week | June 4, 2018 |
| Liz Cambage | WNBA All-Star Selection | July 17, 2018 |
| Skylar Diggins-Smith | WNBA All-Star Selection | July 17, 2018 |
| Liz Cambage | WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week | July 23, 2018 |
| Liz Cambage | WNBA Peak Performer – Points | August 19, 2018 |