2018 Dallas Wings season

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2018 Dallas Wings season
Head Coach Fred Williams (fired)
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (interim)
Arena College Park Center
Attendance 4,752 per game
Results
Record 15–19
(.441)
Place 5th (Western)
Playoff Finish 8th seed, Lost in First Round to Phoenix 83–101
Team Leaders
Points Liz Cambage – 23.0 ppg
Rebounds Liz Cambage – 9.7 rpg
Assists Skylar Diggins-Smith – 6.2 apg
Media
Television Fox Sports Southwest[1]
Dallas Wings seasons
< 2017 2019 >

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.[2]

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.[3]

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

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See also: 2018 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[4]
February 2, 2018 Re-signed F Theresa Plaisance[5]
February 5, 2018 Signed C Liz Cambage[6]
February 28, 2018 Re-signed F Karima Christmas–Kelly[7]
June 3, 2018 Signed C Cayla George[8]
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.[9]
August 19, 2018 Signed Maggie Lucas.[10]

Current roster

Dallas Wings roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
C 8 Australia Cambage, Liz 6' 8" (2.03m) 216 lb (98kg) 08-18-1991 Australia 2
F 13 United States Christmas-Kelly, Karima Injured 6' 0" (1.83m) 180 lb (82kg) 09-11-1989 Duke 7
G 3 United States Davis, Kaela 6' 2" (1.88m) 170 lb (77kg) 03-15-1995 South Carolina 1
G 4 United States Diggins-Smith, Skylar 5' 9" (1.75m) 145 lb (66kg) 08-02-1990 Notre Dame 5
C 22 Australia George, Cayla 6' 4" (1.93m) 192 lb (87kg) 05-01-1989 Australia 2
G 15 United States Gray, Allisha 6' 0" (1.83m) 167 lb (76kg) 10-20-1992 South Carolina 1
G 2 United States Hill, Tayler 5' 9" (1.75m) 145 lb (66kg) 10-23-1990 Ohio State 5
F 25 United States Johnson, Glory 6' 3" (1.91m) 170 lb (77kg) 07-27-1990 Tennessee 5
G 33 United States Lucas, Maggie 5' 10" (1.78m) 158 lb (72kg) 11-29-1991 Penn State 3
F 55 United States Plaisance, Theresa 6' 5" (1.96m) 200 lb (91kg) 05-18-1992 LSU 4
G 10 Spain Romero, Leticia 5' 8" (1.73m) 143 lb (65kg) 05-28-1995 Spain R
F/C 30 United States Stevens, Azurá 6' 6" (1.98m) 180 lb (82kg) 02-01-1996 Connecticut R
F 6 United States Thornton, Kayla 6' 1" (1.85m) 190 lb (86kg) 10-20-1992 Texas–El Paso 2



East: ATL • CHI • CON • IND • NY • WAS | West: DAL • LA • MIN • PHO • SA • SEA
Head coach
United States Taj McWilliams-Franklin (St. Edward's)
Assistant coaches
Australia Erin Phillips (Australia)
Athletic trainer
United States Allison Russell (Tulsa)
Strength and conditioning coach
England Danny Wardell (University of Huddersfield)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

WNBA roster page

Game log

Pre-season

2018 pre-season game log
2018 pre-season schedule

Regular season

2018 game log
2018 season schedule

Playoffs

2018 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 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

Template:2018 WNBA Western Conference standings

Template:2018 WNBA Playoffs

Statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage  TO  Turnovers per game
 PF  Fouls per game Team leader League leader

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 Ref.
Liz Cambage WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week June 4, 2018 [11]
Liz Cambage WNBA All-Star Selection July 17, 2018 [12]
Skylar Diggins-Smith
Liz Cambage WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week July 23, 2018 [13]
WNBA Peak Performer – Points August 19, 2018 [14]

References

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