2017_New_York_Liberty_season References

2017 New York Liberty season
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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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

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.	#	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

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
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
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 v t e	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	79	86	89

			4	Connecticut Sun	83	5	Phoenix Mercury	66	72	87

5	Phoenix Mercury	79	5	Phoenix Mercury	88						1	Minnesota Lynx	84	70	64	80	85

8	Seattle Storm	69									2	Los Angeles Sparks	85	68	75	69	76

						1	Minnesota Lynx	101	93	81

			3	New York Liberty	68	6	Washington Mystics	81	83	70

6	Washington Mystics	86	6	Washington Mystics	82

7	Dallas Wings	76

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

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]
Tina Charles	Player of the Month award	August	^[11]
Sugar Rodgers	Sixth Woman of the Year	Season-Long Award	^[12]

References

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

[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.

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