2017 New York Liberty season

2017 New York Liberty season
CoachBill Laimbeer
ArenaMadison Square Garden
Attendance9,888 per game
Results
Record22–12 (.647)
Place1st (Eastern)
Playoff finishLost in Second Round to Washington
Team Leaders
PointsTina Charles 19.7 ppg
ReboundsTina Charles 9.4 rpg
AssistsEpiphanny Prince 2.9 apg
Media
TelevisionMSG Network (MSG), MSG Plus (MSG+)

The 2017 WNBA season is the 21st season for the New York Liberty franchise of the WNBA. The season tips off on May 13.[1] The Liberty rode an end of season surge to the top of the Eastern Conference and the third overall see in the WNBA playoffs. The Liberty were 12–12 on August 4, but won 10 straight games to finish the season with a 22–12 record. The team lost in the second round of the playoffs to the Washington Mystics after receiving a first round bye.

Transactions

WNBA draft

See also: 2017 WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
2 14 Lindsay Allen  United States Notre Dame
3 34 Kai James  United States Florida State

Roster

2017 New York Liberty roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
G/F 9 Australia Allen, Rebecca 6' 2" (1.88m) 164 lb (74kg) 11-06-1992 Australia 3
G 15 United States Boyd, Brittany Injured 5' 9" (1.75m) 156 lb (71kg) 06-11-1993 California 3
F/C 31 United States Charles, Tina 6' 4" (1.93m) 186 lb (84kg) 12-05-1988 Connecticut 8
G 10 Russia Prince, Epiphanny 5' 9" (1.75m) 179 lb (81kg) 01-11-1988 Rutgers 8
G 14 United States Rodgers, Sugar 5' 9" (1.75m) 166 lb (75kg) 12-08-1989 Georgetown 6
C 41 United States Stokes, Kiah 6' 3" (1.91m) 191 lb (87kg) 03-30-1993 Connecticut 3
C 7 United States Vaughn, Kia 6' 4" (1.93m) 198 lb (90kg) 01-24-1987 Rutgers 9
G 8 United States Hartley, Bria 5' 8" (1.73m) 145 lb (66kg) 09-30-1992 Connecticut 4
C 17 Sweden Zahui B., Amanda 6' 5" (1.96m) 250 lb (113kg) 09-08-1993 Minnesota 3
G 1 United States Zellous, Shavonte 5' 10" (1.78m) 188 lb (85kg) 08-28-1986 Pittsburgh 9
F/C 4 Canada Raincock-Ekunwe, Nayo 6' 2" (1.88m) 175 lb (79kg) 08-29-1991 Simon Fraser R
G 12 United States Allen, Lindsay 5' 8" (1.73m) 144 lb (65kg) 03-20-1995 Notre Dame R
Head coach
United States Bill Laimbeer (Notre Dame)
Assistant coaches
United States Katie Smith (Ohio State)
United States Herb Williams (Ohio State)
Athletic trainer
United States Rosemary Ragle (Troy)
Strength and conditioning coach
United States Kevin Duffy (Ohio)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Game log

Preseason

2017 pre-season game log
May: 1–2 (Home: 1–2; Road: 0–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 May 2 Los Angeles W 81-65 Vaughn (14) Vaughn (6) Boyd (4) Mohegan Sun Arena
2,782 		1-0
2 May 3 Chicago L 75-86 Charles (14) Hartley (6) Charles (3) Mohegan Sun Arena
N/A 		1-1
3 May 7 Connecticut L 57-79 Charles (20) Charles (9) Zahui B. (3) Columbia University
388 		1-2
2017 pre-season schedule

Regular season

2017 game log
Total: 22-12 (Home: 13–4; Road: 9–9)
May: 2–3 (Home: 1–2; Road: 1–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 May 13 San Antonio W 73-64 Charles (12) Charles (7) Zellous (4) Madison Square Garden
8,207 		1-0
2 May 18 Minnesota L 71-90 Rodgers (20) Tied (7) Tied (3) Madison Square Garden
7,004 		1-1
3 May 23 Phoenix W 69-67 Prince (24) Charles (11) Rodgers (4) Talking Stick Resort Arena
7,886 		2-1
4 May 26 Seattle L 81-87 Charles (28) Tied (9) Prince (7) KeyArena
5,860 		2-2
5 May 30 Los Angeles L 75-90 Charles (25) Zellous (7) Tied (5) Madison Square Garden
8,108 		2-3
June : 5–3 (Home: 4–1; Road: 1–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
6 June 2 Dallas W 93-89 Charles (36) Stokes (15) Rodgers (5) Madison Square Garden
7,426 		3-3
7 June 4 Phoenix W 88-72 Stokes (23) Stokes (14) Zellous (5) Madison Square Garden
7,831 		4-3
8 June 7 Atlanta W 76-61 Charles (18) Stokes (17) Allen (4) Madison Square Garden
14,816 		5-3
9 June 11 Seattle W 94-86 Tied (21) Charles (14) Rodgers (5) Madison Square Garden
8,564 		6-3
10 June 14 Connecticut L 76-96 Charles (17) Tied (5) Tied (2) Mohegan Sun Arena
4,818 		6-4
11 June 16 Dallas W 102-93 Zellous (28) Charles (10) Zellous (6) College Park Center
3,152 		7-4
12 June 23 Connecticut L 89-94 Charles (20) Charles (11) Charles (6) Madison Square Garden
10,240 		7-5
13 June 29 Washington L 54-67 Zellous (17) Vaughn (9) Prince (3) Verizon Center
5,490 		7-6
July : 5–4 (Home: 2–1; Road: 3–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
14 July 2 Atlanta L 72-81 Charles (21) Zellous (9) Prince (9) McCamish Pavilion
3,521 		7-7
15 July 6 Seattle W 79-70 Charles (29) Charles (12) Zellous (5) KeyArena
4,397 		8-7
16 July 9 Phoenix L 69-81 Charles (29) Prince (9) Prince (4) Talking Stick Resort Arena
9,413 		8-8
17 July 14 Chicago L 68-78 Charles (23) Charles (19) Prince (4) Madison Square Garden
9,341 		8-9
18 July 16 Washington W 85-55 Hartley (15) Stokes (10) Rodgers (5) Madison Square Garden
10,204 		9-9
19 July 19 Connecticut W 96-80 Charles (28) Charles (17) Zellous (6) Madison Square Garden
17,443 		10-9
20 July 25 Minnesota L 75-76 Charles (24) Charles (16) Allen (5) Xcel Energy Center
10,123 		10-10
21 July 28 Indiana W 85-84 Charles (25) Stokes (10) Zellous (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
6,617 		11-10
22 July 30 Chicago W 86-82 Charles (15) Stokes (16) Charles (5) Allstate Arena
5,834 		12-10
August : 8–2 (Home: 5–0; Road: 3–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
23 August 1 San Antonio L 81-93 Hartley (17) Charles (8) Hartley (5) AT&T Center
3,430 		12-11
24 August 4 Los Angeles L 74-87 Hartley (16) Stokes (7) Tied (4) Staples Center
11,617 		12-12
25 August 8 Indiana W 81-76 Charles (26) Zellous (8) Charles (4) Madison Square Garden
10,068 		13-12
26 August 11 Atlanta W 83-77 Zellous (20) Charles (8) Zellous (4) McCamish Pavilion
5,158 		14-12
27 August 13 Los Angeles W 83-69 Charles (21) Tied (7) Tied (5) Madison Square Garden
10,083 		15-12
28 August 18 Connecticut W 82-70 Charles (24) Tied (7) Allen (3) Mohegan Sun Arena
7,016 		16-12
29 August 20 Minnesota W 70-61 Charles (19) Charles (9) Tied (6) Madison Square Garden
10,007 		17-12
30 August 23 Indiana W 71-50 Charles (13) Charles (9) Charles (3) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
7,118 		18-12
31 August 25 Washington W 74-66 Tied (20) Vaughn (9) Hartley (3) Madison Square Garden
9,340 		19-12
32 August 27 Chicago W 92-62 Charles (22) Stokes (10) Rodgers (6) Madison Square Garden
9,317 		20-12
September : 2–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
33 September 1 San Antonio W 81-69 Tied (16) Charles (8) Tied (4) Madison Square Garden
10,108 		21-12
34 September 3 Dallas W 82-81 Prince (20) Charles (18) Tied (3) College Park Center
4,701 		22-12
2017 season schedule

Playoffs

2017 playoff game log
WNBA Second Round: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 September 10 Washington L 68-82 Charles (18) Tied (6) Hartley (5) Madison Square Garden
9,538 		0-1
2017 playoff schedule

Standings

# Eastern Conference
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)		Second round:
Single elimination
(Sept. 10)		Semifinals:
Best-of-five
(Sept. 12 – Sept. 17)		WNBA Finals:
Best-of-five
(Sept. 24 – Oct. 4)
2Los Angeles Sparks798689
4Connecticut Sun835Phoenix Mercury667287
5Phoenix Mercury795Phoenix Mercury881Minnesota Lynx8470648085
8Seattle Storm692Los Angeles Sparks8568756976
1Minnesota Lynx1019381
3New York Liberty686Washington Mystics818370
6Washington Mystics866Washington Mystics82
7Dallas Wings76

Note: Teams re-seeded after second round and semi-finals.

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
Tina Charles 34 34 32.2 44.2% 34.8% 80.4% 9.4 2.6 0.8 0.7 19.7
Brittany Boyd 2 2 16.0 60.0% 0.0% 72.7% 4.0 2.5 1.5 0.0 13.0
Epiphanny Prince 28 25 26.8 40.1% 34.4% 87.8% 3.6 2.9 1.3 0.3 12.0
Shavonte Zellous 34 34 29.1 42.3% 33.3% 82.3% 4.0 2.8 0.9 0.2 11.7
Sugar Rodgers 33 15 25.6 33.9% 34.2% 81.5% 3.8 2.3 0.9 0.5 10.5
Bria Hartley 34 24 21.4 41.6% 34.5% 74.4% 2.1 2.1 0.6 0.4 7.8
Kia Vaughn 28 22 19.6 53.6% — 58.3% 4.9 0.7 0.4 0.4 5.8
Kiah Stokes 34 12 19.6 53.1% 0.0% 79.6% 6.3 0.9 0.4 1.1 4.8
Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe 32 2 9.2 52.6% 0.0% 59.0% 1.8 0.3 0.2 0.0 3.7
Rebecca Allen 33 0 9.2 37.6% 34.1% 33.3% 2.0 0.5 0.4 0.4 2.8
Cierra Burdick 6 0 6.0 54.5% 100% — 1.0 0.7 0.2 0.2 2.2
Amanda Zahui B. 29 0 5.3 40.0% 25.0% 75.0% 1.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 2.2
Lindsay Allen 28 0 13.4 37.1% 0.0% 70.0% 1.5 2.2 0.6 0.0 1.9
Ameryst Alston 2 0 1.5 50.0% — — 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.0
Chelsea Hopkins 1 0 1.0 — — — — — — — —

Awards and honors

Recipient Award Date awarded Ref.
Epiphanny Prince Player of the Week award May 29, 2017 [2]
Tina Charles Player of the Week award June 4, 2017 [3]
June 11, 2017 [4]
July 23, 2017 [5]
July 30, 2017 [6]
August 21, 2017 [7]
August 28, 2017 [8]
September 5, 2017 [9]
Tina Charles Player of the Month award July [10]
August [11]
Sugar Rodgers Sixth Woman of the Year Season-Long Award [12]

References

  1. ^ "2017 New York Liberty Schedule". Women's National Basketball Association. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  2. ^ "Sylvia Fowles, Epiphanny Prince Named WNBA Players of the Week". wnba.com. WNBA. May 30, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  3. ^ "New York's Charles and Phoenix's Taurasi Named WNBA Players of the Week". wnba.com. WNBA. June 5, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  4. ^ "Tina Charles and Sylvia Fowles Named WNBA Players of the Week". wnba.com. WNBA. June 12, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  5. ^ "New York's Charles and Minnesota's Fowles Named WNBA Players of the Week". wnba.com. WNBA. July 24, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  6. ^ "Candace Parker, Tina Charles Named WNBA Players of the Week". wnba.com. WNBA. July 31, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  7. ^ "Seattle's Stewart, New York's Charles Named WNBA Players Of The Week". wnba.com. WNBA. August 21, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  8. ^ "New York's Charles, Los Angeles' Parker Named WNBA Players of the Week". wnba.com. WNBA. August 28, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  9. ^ "New York's Charles, Phoenix's Griner Named WNBA Players Of The Week". wnba.com. WNBA. September 5, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  10. ^ "2017 WNBA PLAYERS OF THE MONTH". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  11. ^ "New York's Charles, Los Angeles' Parker Named WNBA Players of the Month". wnba.com. WNBA. September 6, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  12. ^ "New York's Sugar Rodgers Named 2017 WNBA Sixth Woman Of The Year". wnba.com. WNBA. September 10, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.