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.

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.

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

Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 1 6 Azurá Stevens Connecticut 2 18 Loryn Goodwin Oklahoma State 3 30 Natalie Butler George Mason

Trades and roster changes DateDetails February 1, 2018 Re-signed F Kayla Thornton February 2, 2018 Re-signed F Theresa Plaisance February 5, 2018 Signed C Liz Cambage February 28, 2018 Re-signed F Karima Christmas–Kelly June 3, 2018 Signed C Cayla George 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. August 19, 2018 Signed Maggie Lucas.

Roster

Game log

Pre-season

|- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 1 | May 7 | vs. New York | W 76–69 | Stevens (19) | Stevens (9) | Chong (3) | Mohegan Sun ArenaN/A | 1–0 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 | May 8 | @ Connecticut | L 58–79 | Tied (12) | Cambage (9) | Hamblin (2) | Mohegan Sun Arena3,695 | 1–1 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 3 | May 13 | Las Vegas | W 68–55 | Stevens (12) | 4 Tied (6) | Chong (4) | College Park CenterN/A | 2–1

Regular season

|- style="background:#fcc;" | 1 | May 18 | @ Phoenix | L 78–86 | Tied (18) | Cambage (9) | Diggins–Smith (9) | Talking Stick Resort Arena11,210 | 0–1 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 2 | May 20 | Atlanta | W 101–78 | Diggins–Smith (25) | Christmas–Kelly (10) | Davis (5) | College Park Center5,907 | 1–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 3 | May 23 | @ Minnesota | L 68–76 | Cambage (14) | Cambage (12) | Diggins–Smith (7) | Target Center7,834 | 1–2 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 4 | May 26 | @ Atlanta | W 87–80 | Diggins–Smith (24) | Cambage (14) | Tied (4) | McCamish Pavilion4,749 | 2–2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 5 | May 29 | @ New York | L 89–94 | Cambage (28) | Cambage (16) | Diggins–Smith (7) | Westchester County Center1,516 | 2–3

|- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 6 | June 2 | Seattle | W 94–90 | Diggins–Smith (27) | Tied (7) | Diggins–Smith (7) | College Park Center5,191 | 3–3 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 7 | June 8 | @ Indiana | W 89–83 | Diggins–Smith (35) | Diggins–Smith (12) | Diggins–Smith (6) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse5,675 | 4–3 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 8 | June 12 | Phoenix | L 72–75 | Diggins–Smith (16) | Thornton (8) | Diggins–Smith (4) | College Park Center4,026 | 4–4 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 9 | June 15 | Las Vegas | W 77–67 | Cambage (28) | Cambage (18) | Diggins–Smith (6) | College Park Center4,549 | 5–4 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 10 | June 19 | @ Minnesota | L 83–91 | Diggins–Smith (17) | Cambage (9) | Diggins–Smith (7) | Target Center8,023 | 5–5 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 11 | June 22 | Los Angeles | W 101–72 | Cambage (20) | Powers (8) | Diggins–Smith (11) | College Park Center5,672 | 6–5 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 12 | June 24 | Seattle | L 76–97 | Cambage (23) | Cambage (9) | Diggins–Smith (7) | College Park Center4,084 | 6–6 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 13 | June 26 | @ Los Angeles | L 83–87 | Cambage (25) | Cambage (14) | Diggins–Smith (5) | Staples Center10,002 | 6–7 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 14 | June 27 | @ Las Vegas | W 97–91 | Diggins–Smith (29) | Cambage (11) | Diggins–Smith (8) | Mandalay Bay Events Center5,246 | 7–7

|- style="background:#fcc;" | 15 | July 1 | Minnesota | L 72–76 | Diggins–Smith (16) | Johnson (8) | Diggins–Smith (7) | College Park Center4,448 | 7–8 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 16 | July 3 | Chicago | W 108–85 | Cambage (37) | Cambage (10) | Tied (5) | College Park Center4,012 | 8–8 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 17 | July 5 | Indiana | W 90–63 | Stevens (26) | Johnson (11) | Diggins–Smith (7) | College Park Center4,043 | 9–8 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 18 | July 8 | @ New York | W 97–87 | Diggins–Smith (32) | Cambage (12) | Gray (6) | Westchester County Center1,719 | 10–8 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 19 | July 10 | Phoenix | W 101–72 | Diggins–Smith (20) | Johnson (9) | Tied (4) | College Park Center4,034 | 11–8 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 20 | July 12 | @ Los Angeles | W 92–77 | Diggins–Smith (22) | Johnson (7) | Diggins–Smith (11) | Staples Center13,502 | 12–8 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 21 | July 14 | @ Seattle | L 84–91 | Cambage (23) | Stevens (9) | Diggins–Smith (7) | KeyArena9,686 | 12–9 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 22 | July 17 | New York | W 104–87 | Cambage (53) | Cambage (10) | Diggins–Smith (7) | College Park Center6,459 | 13–9 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 23 | July 19 | Washington | W 90–81 | Cambage (35) | Cambage (17) | Diggins–Smith (7) | College Park Center4,411 | 14–9 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 24 | July 20 | @ Chicago | L 99–114 | Cambage (23) | Stevens (9) | Tied (5) | Wintrust Arena4,962 | 14–10 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 25 | July 22 | Connecticut | L 75–92 | Cambage (25) | Cambage (10) | Tied (5) | College Park Center4,935 | 14–11 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 26 | July 31 | Chicago | L 91–92 | Cambage (33) | Johnson (14) | Gray (10) | College Park Center3,696 | 14–12

|- style="background:#fcc;" | 27 | August 2 | @ Indiana | L 78–84 | Cambage (37) | Tied (9) | 4 Tied (3) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse5,981 | 14–13 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 28 | August 5 | Washington | L 74–76 | Tied (16) | Cambage (14) | Tied (4) | College Park Center5,623 | 14–14 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 29 | August 8 | Connecticut | L 92–101 | Cambage (29) | Tied (9) | Cambage (4) | College Park Center3,483 | 14–15 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 30 | August 11 | @ Atlanta | L 82–92 | Diggins–Smith (26) | Stevens (6) | Diggins–Smith (10) | McCamish Pavilion4,937 | 14–16 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 31 | August 12 | @ Washington | L 80–93 | Diggins–Smith (17) | Gray (12) | Diggins–Smith (6) | Capital One Arena6,362 | 14–17 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 32 | August 14 | @ Connecticut | L 76–96 | Gray (18) | Cambage (13) | Diggins–Smith (8) | Mohegan Sun Arena6,365 | 14–18 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 33 | August 17 | Las Vegas | W 107–102 | Cambage (43) | Cambage (13) | Diggins–Smith (8) | College Park Center6,209 | 15–18 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 34 | August 19 | @ Seattle | L 68–84 | Johnson (16) | Johnson (7) | Diggins–Smith (4) | KeyArena12,574 | 15–19

Playoffs

|- style="background:#fcc;" | 1 | August 21 | @ Phoenix | L 83–101 | Diggins–Smith (23) | Cambage (12) | Diggins–Smith (7) | Wells Fargo Arena4,976 | 0–1

Standings

Playoffs

Statistics

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 Liz Cambage WNBA All-Star Selection July 17, 2018 Skylar Diggins-Smith Liz Cambage WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week July 23, 2018 WNBA Peak Performer – Points August 19, 2018

References

External links The Official Site of the Dallas Wings