The 2020 Dallas Wings season was the franchise's 23rd season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and the 5th season for the franchise in Dallas. The regular season started on July 26, 2020, versus the Atlanta Dream. This will be the second season under head coach Brian Agler.

This WNBA season will have an all-time high 36 regular-season games. However, the plan for expanded games was put on hold on April 3, when the WNBA postponed its season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Under a plan approved on June 15, the league is scheduled to hold a shortened 22-game regular season at IMG Academy, without fans present, starting on July 24.

The Wings started the season strongly, winning two of their first three games. The season then took a downward turn when the team had two separate three game losing streaks, separated by only one win. Dallas finished August 3–3 to arrive at a 6–10 overall record. The team went 2–4 in September, but ended the season with a win. A bright spot for the team was Arike Ogunbowale, who lead the WNBA in scoring and was named to the All-WNBA First Team.

Transactions WNBA draft The Wings will make the following selections in the 2020 WNBA draft. RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country 1 2 Satou Sabally Oregon 1 5 Bella Alarie Princeton 1 7 Tyasha Harris South Carolina 2 21 Luisa Geiselsöder Donau-Ries (Germany)

Trades and roster changes DateDetails February 10, 2020 Signed G Moriah Jefferson Signed F/C Megan Gustafson Signed C Imani McGee-Stafford Signed G Karlie Samuelson Signed F Morgan Bertsch February 11, 2020 Signed F Isabelle Harrison February 12, 2020 Traded G Skylar Diggins-Smith to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for the 5th and 7th picks in the 2020 WNBA draft and a first round selection in the 2021 WNBA draft. Traded the first round selection in the 2021 WNBA draft acquired from Phoenix to the Chicago Sky in exchange for C Astou Ndour February 14, 2020 Traded F Azurá Stevens to the Chicago Sky in exchange for Chicago's First Round pick in the 2021 WNBA draft and F Katie Lou Samuelson February 21, 2020 Acquired G Marina Mabrey from the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for their Second round pick in the 2021 WNBA draft April 15, 2020 Engaged in 3 team trade in which they acquired a 2021 first round draft pick from the Washington Mystics and a second round draft pick New York Liberty for G Tayler Hill and the ninth and fifteenth pick in the 2020 draft to the New York Liberty. April 23, 2020 Waived G Kaela Davis May 26, 2020 Traded C Kristine Anigwe and a third round pick in the 2021 draft to Los Angeles in exchange for a second round pick in the 2021 draft.

Roster

Game log

Regular season

| 1 | July 26 | Atlanta Dream | 95–105 | Ogunbowale (19) | Harrison (10) | Sabally (5) | IMG Academy | 0–1 |- | 2 | July 29 | New York Liberty | W 93–80 | Ogunbowale (20) | Tied (6) | 3 tied (4) | IMG Academy | 1–1 |- | 3 | July 31 | Indiana Fever | W 76–73 | Sabally (23) | Sabally (17) | Harris (5) | IMG Academy | 2–1

| 4 | August 2 | Las Vegas Aces | L 70–79 | Ogunbowale (20) | Tied (6) | Jefferson (3) | IMG Academy | 2–2 |- | 5 | August 4 | Chicago Sky | L 79–82 | Ogunbowale (26) | Alarie (9) | Ogunbowale (5) | IMG Academy | 2–3 |- | 6 | August 6 | Connecticut Sun | L 68–91 | Ogunbowale (17) | Harrison (9) | Harris (7) | IMG Academy | 2–4 |- | 7 | August 8 | Atlanta Dream | W 85–75 | Ogunbowale (24) | Jefferson (10) | Ogunbowale (6) | IMG Academy | 3–4 |- | 8 | August 10 | Phoenix Mercury | L 79–91 | Ogunbowale (22) | Sabally (10) | Harrison (4) | IMG Academy | 3–5 |- | 9 | August 12 | Connecticut Sun | L 66–70 | Ogunbowale (19) | Sabally (9) | Sabally (3) | IMG Academy | 3–6 |- | 10 | August 14 | Seattle Storm | L 65–83 | Ogunbowale (22) | Ndour (8) | Mabrey (4) | IMG Academy | 3–7 |- | 11 | August 16 | Phoenix Mercury | W 95–89 | Ogunbowale (33) | Gray (7) | Samuelson (4) | IMG Academy | 4–7 |- | 12 | August 19 | Minnesota Lynx | L 84–91 | Gray (22) | Thornton (11) | Mabrey (5) | IMG Academy | 4–8 |- | 13 | August 21 | Washington Mystics | W 101–92 | Ogunbowale (24) | Thornton (10) | Ogunbowale (9) | IMG Academy | 5–8 |- | 14 | August 23 | Los Angeles Sparks | L 81–84 | Ogunbowale (20) | Sabally (9) | Ogunbowale (5) | IMG Academy | 5–9 |- | 15 | August 25 | Las Vegas Aces | L 92–96 | Ogunbowale (21) | Sabally (11) | Tied (5) | IMG Academy | 5–10 |- | 16 | August 29 | Indiana Fever | W 82–78 | Ogunbowale (30) | Sabally (11) | Tied (4) | IMG Academy | 6–10

| 17 | September 2 | Los Angeles Sparks | L 83–91 | Ogunbowale (17) | Sabally (11) | Ogunbowale (5) | IMG Academy | 6–11 |- | 18 | September 4 | Minnesota Lynx | L 75–88 | Gray (26) | Sabally (6) | Mabrey (5) | IMG Academy | 6–12 |- | 19 | September 6 | Washington Mystics | W 101–94 (OT) | Ogunbowale (39) | Sabally (6) | Ogunbowale (4) | IMG Academy | 7–12 |- | 20 | September 9 | Seattle Storm | L 95–107 | Sabally (25) | Sabally (7) | Harris (5) | IMG Academy | 7–13 |- | 21 | September 11 | Chicago Sky | L 88–95 | Ogunbowale (38) | Ndour (7) | Mabrey (7) | IMG Academy | 7–14 |- | 22 | September 13 | New York Liberty | W 82–79 | Ogunbowale (26) | Thornton (10) | Harris (5) | IMG Academy | 8–14

Standings

Statistics

Regular season Source:

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Arike Ogunbowale 22 22 34.0 41.2 33.6 85.6 2.8 3.4 1.5 0.0 22.8 Satou Sabally 16 14 28.2 36.8 19.7 87.2 7.8 2.5 0.8 0.9 13.9 Allisha Gray 20 14 26.2 46.4 35.2 83.1 4.2 1.3 1.1 0.3 13.1 Marina Mabrey 18 12 22.4 43.0 41.8 66.7 3.3 2.4 1.4 0.1 10.6 Kayla Thornton 22 14 25.3 42.5 34.7 87.5 5.1 0.8 0.9 0.2 7.3 Tyasha Harris 21 3 19.6 43.3 33.9 63.6 1.2 2.8 0.9 0.1 6.8 Isabelle Harrison 13 11 19.8 44.7 0 78.9 4.6 1.4 0.7 0.4 6.4 Katie Lou Samuelson 22 4 20.0 41.7 31.7 73.3 2.4 1.4 0.7 0.4 5.0 Moriah Jefferson 9 6 16.7 41.9 33.3 58.3 3.1 2.1 0.8 0.2 5.0 Astou Ndour 13 7 11.6 35.1 24.0 0 2.9 0.5 0.2 0.5 3.5 Bella Alarie 22 3 14.0 36.4 7.7 83.3 2.9 0.5 0.6 0.9 2.7 Megan Gustafson 9 0 5.2 28.6 0 66.7 1.2 0.1 0 0.1 1.6

Awards and honors Recipient Award Date awarded Ref. Arike OgunbowalePeak Performer: Points September 14, 2020 Satou Sabally All-Rookie Team September 27, 2020 Arike Ogunbowale All-WNBA First Team October 4, 2020

References

External links Official website of the Dallas Wings