2017 Dallas Wings season

Results
2017 Dallas Wings season
Head Coach	Fred Williams
Arena	College Park Center
Attendance	3,872 per game

Record	16–18 (.471)
Place	4th (Western)
Playoff Finish	Lost in First Round to Washington
Team Leaders
Points	Skylar Diggins-Smith 18.5 ppg
Rebounds	Glory Johnson 9.1 rpg
Assists	Skylar Diggins-Smith 5.8 apg
Dallas Wings seasons
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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.^[1] 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

2017 roster

Dallas Wings roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From	Yrs
G/F	13	Christmas-Kelly, Karima	6' 0" (1.83m)	180 lb (82kg)	09-11-1989	Duke	6
G	4	Diggins-Smith, Skylar	5' 9" (1.75m)	145 lb (66kg)	08-02-1990	Notre Dame	4
C	22	Lewis, Breanna	6' 5" (1.96m)	205 lb (93kg)	06-22-1994	Kansas State	R
F	6	Thornton, Kayla	6' 1" (1.85m)	190 lb (86kg)	10-20-1992	Texas–El Paso	2
F	25	Johnson, Glory	6' 3" (1.91m)	170 lb (77kg)	07-27-1990	Tennessee	4
C	3	Paris, Courtney	6' 4" (1.93m)	250 lb (113kg)	09-21-1987	Oklahoma	7
F	55	Plaisance, Theresa	6' 5" (1.96m)	200 lb (91kg)	05-18-1992	LSU	4
F	23	Powers, Aerial	6' 0" (1.83m)	157 lb (71kg)	01-17-1994	Michigan State	2
F	9	Akhator, Evelyn	6' 3" (1.91m)	180 lb (82kg)	02-03-1995	Kentucky	R
G	12	Chong, Saniya	5' 8" (1.73m)	140 lb (64kg)	06-27-1994	Connecticut	R
G	10	Davis, Kaela	6' 2" (1.88m)	170 lb (77kg)	03-15-1995	South Carolina	R
G	15	Gray, Allisha	6' 1" (1.85m)	167 lb (76kg)	10-20-1992	South Carolina	2

East: ATL • CHI • CON • IND • NY • WAS \| West: DAL • LA • MIN • PHO • SA • SEA

Head coach: Fred Williams (Boise State)
Assistant coaches: Bridget Pettis (Florida)
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (St. Edward's)

Athletic trainer: Allison Russell (Tulsa)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

WNBA roster page

Game log

Preseason

2017 pre-season game log

April: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
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)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
2	May 6	Indiana	W 80–75	Davis (14)			College Park Center	1–1

2017 pre-season schedule

Regular season

2017 game log

May: 3–2 (Home: 1–1; Road: 2–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
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)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
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)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
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)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
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)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
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)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
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

Template:2017 WNBA Western Conference standings

Playoffs

Template:2017 WNBA Playoffs

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Allisha Gray	Rookie of the Month Award	June 1, 2017	^[2]
Allisha Gray	Rookie of the Month Award	July 5, 2017	^[3]
Skylar Diggins-Smith	Player of the Week award	June 26, 2017	^[4]
Glory Johnson	Player of the Week award	August 7, 2017	^[5]
Allisha Gray	WNBA Rookie of the Year Award	September 19, 2017	^[6]

References

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External links

The Official Site of the Dallas Wings

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v t e Dallas Wings
Founded in 1998 as the Detroit Shock Became the Tulsa Shock in 2010 Became the Dallas Wings in 2016 Based in Arlington, Texas
Franchise history	Detroit Shock Tulsa Shock Dallas Wings
Arenas	College Park Center
Head Coaches	Fred Williams Taj McWilliams-Franklin Brian Agler Vickie Johnson Latricia Trammell
General Managers	Greg Bibb
Administration	Owner: Bill Cameron
All-Stars	Liz Cambage Skylar Diggins-Smith Arike Ogunbowale Satou Sabally
Seasons	2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Playoff Appearances	2017 2018 2021 2022
Rivals	Connecticut Sun Indiana Fever Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx

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Eastern	Atlanta Dream Chicago Sky Connecticut Sun Indiana Fever New York Liberty Washington Mystics
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