The 2017 New York Liberty season was the 21st season for the New York Liberty franchise of the WNBA, and their final season under head coach, Bill Laimbeer. The season tipped off on May 13. 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 Notre Dame 3 34 Kai James Florida State
Roster
Game log
Preseason
|- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 1 | May 2 | Los Angeles | W 81-65 | Vaughn (14) | Vaughn (6) | Boyd (4) | Mohegan Sun Arena 2,782 | 1–0 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 | May 3 | Chicago | L 75-86 | Charles (14) | Hartley (6) | Charles (3) | Mohegan Sun Arena N/A | 1-1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 3 | May 7 | Connecticut | L 57-79 | Charles (20) | Charles (9) | Zahui B. (3) | Columbia University 388 | 1–2
Regular season
|- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 1 | May 13 | San Antonio | W 73-64 | Charles (12) | Charles (7) | Zellous (4) | Madison Square Garden 8,207 | 1–0 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 | May 18 | Minnesota | L 71-90 | Rodgers (20) | Tied (7) | Tied (3) | Madison Square Garden 7,004 | 1-1 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 3 | May 23 | Phoenix | W 69-67 | Prince (24) | Charles (11) | Rodgers (4) | Talking Stick Resort Arena 7,886 | 2–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 4 | May 26 | Seattle | L 81-87 | Charles (28) | Tied (9) | Prince (7) | KeyArena 5,860 | 2-2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 5 | May 30 | Los Angeles | L 75-90 | Charles (25) | Zellous (7) | Tied (5) | Madison Square Garden 8,108 | 2–3
|- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 6 | June 2 | Dallas | W 93-89 | Charles (36) | Stokes (15) | Rodgers (5) | Madison Square Garden 7,426 | 3-3 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 7 | June 4 | Phoenix | W 88-72 | Stokes (23) | Stokes (14) | Zellous (5) | Madison Square Garden 7,831 | 4–3 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 8 | June 7 | Atlanta | W 76-61 | Charles (18) | Stokes (17) | Allen (4) | Madison Square Garden 14,816 | 5–3 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 9 | June 11 | Seattle | W 94-86 | Tied (21) | Charles (14) | Rodgers (5) | Madison Square Garden 8,564 | 6–3 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 10 | June 14 | Connecticut | L 76-96 | Charles (17) | Tied (5) | Tied (2) | Mohegan Sun Arena 4,818 | 6–4 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 11 | June 16 | Dallas | W 102-93 | Zellous (28) | Charles (10) | Zellous (6) | College Park Center 3,152 | 7–4 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 12 | June 23 | Connecticut | L 89-94 | Charles (20) | Charles (11) | Charles (6) | Madison Square Garden 10,240 | 7–5 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 13 | June 29 | Washington | L 54-67 | Zellous (17) | Vaughn (9) | Prince (3) | Verizon Center 5,490 | 7–6
|- style="background:#fcc;" | 14 | July 2 | Atlanta | L 72-81 | Charles (21) | Zellous (9) | Prince (9) | McCamish Pavilion 3,521 | 7-7 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 15 | July 6 | Seattle | W 79-70 | Charles (29) | Charles (12) | Zellous (5) | KeyArena 4,397 | 8–7 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 16 | July 9 | Phoenix | L 69-81 | Charles (29) | Prince (9) | Prince (4) | Talking Stick Resort Arena 9,413 | 8-8 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 17 | July 14 | Chicago | L 68-78 | Charles (23) | Charles (19) | Prince (4) | Madison Square Garden 9,341 | 8–9 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 18 | July 16 | Washington | W 85-55 | Hartley (15) | Stokes (10) | Rodgers (5) | Madison Square Garden 10,204 | 9-9 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 19 | July 19 | Connecticut | W 96-80 | Charles (28) | Charles (17) | Zellous (6) | Madison Square Garden 17,443 | 10–9 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 20 | July 25 | Minnesota | L 75-76 | Charles (24) | Charles (16) | Allen (5) | Xcel Energy Center 10,123 | 10-10 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 21 | July 28 | Indiana | W 85-84 | Charles (25) | Stokes (10) | Zellous (5) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,617 | 11–10 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 22 | July 30 | Chicago | W 86-82 | Charles (15) | Stokes (16) | Charles (5) | Allstate Arena 5,834 | 12–10
|- style="background:#fcc;" | 23 | August 1 | San Antonio | L 81-93 | Hartley (17) | Charles (8) | Hartley (5) | AT&T Center 3,430 | 12–11 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 24 | August 4 | Los Angeles | L 74-87 | Hartley (16) | Stokes (7) | Tied (4) | Staples Center 11,617 | 12-12 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 25 | August 8 | Indiana | W 81-76 | Charles (26) | Zellous (8) | Charles (4) | Madison Square Garden 10,068 | 13–12 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 26 | August 11 | Atlanta | W 83-77 | Zellous (20) | Charles (8) | Zellous (4) | McCamish Pavilion 5,158 | 14–12 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 27 | August 13 | Los Angeles | W 83-69 | Charles (21) | Tied (7) | Tied (5) | Madison Square Garden 10,083 | 15–12 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 28 | August 18 | Connecticut | W 82-70 | Charles (24) | Tied (7) | Allen (3) | Mohegan Sun Arena 7,016 | 16–12 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 29 | August 20 | Minnesota | W 70-61 | Charles (19) | Charles (9) | Tied (6) | Madison Square Garden 10,007 | 17–12 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 30 | August 23 | Indiana | W 71-50 | Charles (13) | Charles (9) | Charles (3) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,118 | 18–12 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 31 | August 25 | Washington | W 74-66 | Tied (20) | Vaughn (9) | Hartley (3) | Madison Square Garden 9,340 | 19–12 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 32 | August 27 | Chicago | W 92-62 | Charles (22) | Stokes (10) | Rodgers (6) | Madison Square Garden 9,317 | 20–12
|- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 33 | September 1 | San Antonio | W 81-69 | Tied (16) | Charles (8) | Tied (4) | Madison Square Garden 10,108 | 21–12 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 34 | September 3 | Dallas | W 82-81 | Prince (20) | Charles (18) | Tied (3) | College Park Center 4,701 | 22–12
Playoffs
|- style="background:#fcc;" | 1 | September 10 | Washington | L 68-82 | Charles (18) | Tied (6) | Hartley (5) | Madison Square Garden 9,538 | 0–1
Standings
Playoffs
Statistics
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 awardMay 29, 2017 Tina Charles Player of the Week awardJune 4, 2017June 11, 2017July 23, 2017July 30, 2017August 21, 2017August 28, 2017September 5, 2017 Tina Charles Player of the Month awardJulyAugustSugar RodgersSixth Woman of the YearSeason-Long Award
References
External links The Official Site of the New York Liberty