2017 New York Liberty season

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.

2017 New York Liberty season
Coach	Bill Laimbeer
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Attendance	9,888 per game
Results
Record	22–12 (.647)
Place	1st (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Lost in Second Round to Washington
Team Leaders
Points	Tina Charles 19.7 ppg
Rebounds	Tina Charles 9.4 rpg
Assists	Epiphanny Prince 2.9 apg
Media
Television	MSG Network (MSG), MSG Plus (MSG+)
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Transactions

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

Current roster

New York Liberty roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs G/F 9 Allen, Rebecca 6' 2" (1.88m) 164 lb (74kg) 11-06-1992 Australia 3 G 15 Boyd, Brittany  5' 9" (1.75m) 156 lb (71kg) 06-11-1993 California 3 F/C 31 Charles, Tina 6' 4" (1.93m) 186 lb (84kg) 12-05-1988 Connecticut 8 G 10 Prince, Epiphanny 5' 9" (1.75m) 179 lb (81kg) 01-11-1988 Rutgers 8 G 14 Rodgers, Sugar 5' 9" (1.75m) 166 lb (75kg) 12-08-1989 Georgetown 6 C 41 Stokes, Kiah 6' 3" (1.91m) 191 lb (87kg) 03-30-1993 Connecticut 3 C 7 Vaughn, Kia 6' 4" (1.93m) 198 lb (90kg) 01-24-1987 Rutgers 9 G 8 Hartley, Bria 5' 8" (1.73m) 145 lb (66kg) 09-30-1992 Connecticut 4 C 17 Zahui B., Amanda 6' 5" (1.96m) 250 lb (113kg) 09-08-1993 Minnesota 3 G 1 Zellous, Shavonte 5' 10" (1.78m) 188 lb (85kg) 08-28-1986 Pittsburgh 9 F/C 4 Raincock-Ekunwe, Nayo 6' 2" (1.88m) 175 lb (79kg) 08-29-1991 Simon Fraser R G 12 Allen, Lindsay 5' 8" (1.73m) 144 lb (65kg) 03-20-1995 Notre Dame R East: ATL • CHI • CON • IND • NY • WAS | West: DAL • LV • LA • MIN • PHO • SEA

Head coach Bill Laimbeer (Notre Dame) Assistant coaches Katie Smith (Ohio State) Herb Williams (Ohio State) Athletic trainer Rosemary Ragle (Troy) Strength and conditioning coach Kevin Duffy (Ohio) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured WNBA roster page

Game Log

Pre-Season

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)
									2 Los Angeles Sparks	3
									5 Phoenix Mercury	0
					4 Connecticut Sun	83
					5 Phoenix Mercury	88
	5 Phoenix Mercury	79
	8 Seattle Storm	69
													1 Minnesota Lynx	3
													2 Los Angeles Sparks	2
	6 Washington Mystics	86
	7 Dallas Wings	76
					3 New York Liberty	68
					6 Washington Mystics	82
									1 Minnesota Lynx	3
									6 Washington Mystics	0

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

Semifinals

Team	1	2	3
1 Minnesota Lynx	101	93	81
6 Washington Mystics	81	83	70

Team	1	2	3
2 Los Angeles Sparks	79	86	89
5 Phoenix Mercury	66	72	87

WNBA Finals

Team	1	2	3	4	5
1 Minnesota Lynx	84	70	64	80	85
2 Los Angeles Sparks	85	68	75	69	76

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.

External links

• The Official Site of the New York Liberty