The 2022 Dallas Wings season was the franchise's 25th season in the Women's National Basketball Association and the 7th season for the franchise in Dallas – after relocating from Tulsa and Detroit. This was second season under head coach Vickie Johnson.
The season got off to an up and down start with the Wings losing their first game, but winning the next two. After losing the fourth game of the season, the team went on a three game winning streak. However, they ended the month with two losses and finished May with a 5–4 record. June started with their first five games being against Las Vegas or Seattle and the Wings went 1–4 in those games. In their final six games of the month they went 3–3 to finish June 4–7. Every loss in July was followed by a win, except for two straight losses to Chicago. The Wings finished July 4–5, but solidly in playoff contention. The team's fortunes changed in August when they won their first four games of the month and secured a spot in the 2022 WNBA Playoffs. The Wings announced on August 12 that Arike Ogunbowale would miss the rest of the regular season and the 1st Round of the 2022 WNBA Playoffs after she underwent a iliac crest core muscle avulsion repair. The Wings went 1–2 in regular season games Ogunbowale missed and the team finished August 5–2. Their 18–18 record secured them the sixth seed in the playoffs. The team's eighteen wins, was their most in a reglaur season as the Wings. The last time the franchise won eighteen games in a season was in 2015, when they were known as the Tulsa Shock.
As the sixth seed, Dallas faced off against third seed Connecticut in the first round of the playoffs. Being the lower seed, Dallas would play the first two games of the three game series in Connecticut, with the third game being in Dallas if needed. The Wings lost the first game by twenty five points in Connecticut, but would win the second game by ten to force a deciding game three in Dallas. Home court did not prove advantageous, as the Wings lost game three by fifteen points. Their 58 points in game three was their lowest point total of the season.
Transactions
WNBA draft
RoundPickPlayerSchool/team/countryNationality 1 7 Veronica Burton Northwestern 3 30 Jasmine Dickey Delaware 3 31 Jazz Bond North Florida
Trades and Roster Changes DateTransaction December 2, 2021 Exercised Team Options on Satou Sabally, Tyasha Harris, and Bella Alarie January 7, 2022 Waived Luisa Geiselsöder February 3, 2022 Signed Arike Ogunbowale to a Multi-Year Extension March 2, 2022 Renounced the rights to Imani McGee-Stafford March 3, 2022 Signed Destinee Walker to a training-camp contract March 7, 2022 Signed Morgan Bertsch and Unique Thompson to training-camp contracts March 8, 2022 Traded the 4th and 6th Picks in the 2022 WNBA draft and a 2023 First Round Pick to the Indiana Fever in exchange for Teaira McCowan, the 7th Pick in the 2022 Draft and Chicago's 2023 First Round Pick April 7, 2022 Placed Bella Alarie on the Full-Season Suspension List for Personal Reasons April 13, 2022 Signed Veronica Burton, Jasmine Dickey, and Jazz Bond to rookie-scale contracts April 26, 2022 Waived Chelsea Dungee and Jazz Bond April 29, 2022 Waived Morgan Bertsch May 2, 2022 Waived Destinee Walker May 5, 2022 Waived Unique Thompson Temporarily Suspend Satou Sabally and Teaira McCowan due to Overseas Commitments May 9, 2022 Waived Moriah Jefferson May 10, 2022 Activated Teaira McCowan from her Temporary Suspension May 17, 2022 Activated Satou Sabally from her Temporary Suspension
Roster
Depth Pos.StarterBench C Teaira McCowan Isabelle HarrisonCharli Collier PF Kayla Thornton Awak KuierSatou Sabally SF Allisha Gray Jasmine Dickey SG Arike Ogunbowale Veronica BurtonJasmine Dickey PG Marina Mabrey Tyasha Harris
Schedule
Preseason
| 1 | April 25 | @ Chicago | W 92–77 | Marina Mabrey (24) | Unique Thompson (10) | BurtonHarris (5) | Wintrust ArenaN/A | 1–0
| 2 | May 2 | Indiana | W 101–89 | Isabelle Harrison (18) | HarrisonKuier (8) | Veronica Burton (6) | College Park CenterN/A | 2–0
Regular season
| 1 | May 7 | Atlanta | L 59–66 | Marina Mabrey (20) | Allisha Gray (9) | GrayHarrisonBurton (2) | College Park Center5,796 | 0–1 |- | 2 | May 13 | @ Washington | W 94–86 | Arike Ogunbowale (27) | Isabelle Harrison (10) | Tyasha Harris (10) | Entertainment and Sports Arena3,281 | 1–1 |- | 3 | May 15 | @ New York | W 81–71 | Arike Ogunbowale (21) | Isabelle Harrison (10) | OgunbowaleThornton (4) | Barclays Center3,095 | 2–1 |- | 4 | May 17 | Washington | L 68–84 | HarrisonMabrey (16) | Kayla Thornton (8) | Marina Mabrey (5) | College Park Center3,035 | 2–2 |- | 5 | May 19 | @ Phoenix | W 94–84 | Arike Ogunbowale (37) | Kayla Thornton (11) | Marina Mabrey (10) | Footprint Center6,151 | 3–2 |- | 6 | May 21 | Minnesota | W 94–78 | Marina Mabrey (22) | MabreySaballyThornton (5) | Arike Ogunbowale (7) | College Park Center3,813 | 4–2 |- | 7 | May 24 | @ Connecticut | W 85–77 | Marina Mabrey (20) | Kayla Thornton (10) | Marina Mabrey (4) | Mohegan Sun Arena4,180 | 5–2 |- | 8 | May 26 | @ Connecticut | L 68–99 | Satou Sabally (18) | Isabelle Harrison (7) | MabreyHarris (4) | Mohegan Sun Arena4,308 | 5–3 |- | 9 | May 31 | @ Los Angeles | L 91–93 | Isabelle Harrison (20) | Isabelle Harrison (8) | Satou Sabally (4) | Crypto.com Arena4,852 | 5–4
| 10 | June 3 | @ Seattle | W 68–51 | Allisha Gray (18) | Satou Sabally (11) | Satou Sabally (6) | Climate Pledge Arena8,023 | 6–4 |- | 11 | June 5 | @ Las Vegas | L 78–84 | Allisha Gray (24) | Kayla Thornton (15) | Tyasha Harris (5) | Michelob Ultra Arena4,814 | 6–5 |- | 12 | June 10 | Seattle | L 88–89 | Arike Ogunbowale (23) | HarrisonThornton (6) | HarrisOgunbowale (6) | College Park Center3,292 | 6–6 |- | 13 | June 12 | Seattle | L 79–84 | Allisha Gray (20) | Kayla Thornton (14) | Tyasha Harris (6) | College Park Center3,273 | 6–7 |- | 14 | June 15 | Las Vegas | L 84–92 | Arike Ogunbowale (28) | HarrisonThornton (10) | Arike Ogunbowale (4) | College Park Center4,375 | 6–8 |- | 15 | June 17 | Phoenix | W 93–88 | Arike Ogunbowale (24) | Teaira McCowan (10) | Arike Ogunbowale (6) | College Park Center3,140 | 7–8 |- | 16 | June 19 | Los Angeles | W 92–82 | Arike Ogunbowale (27) | Allisha Gray (12) | Allisha Gray (6) | College Park Center3,779 | 8–8 |- | 17 | June 21 | @ Atlanta | L 75–80 | Allisha Gray (18) | Kayla Thornton (7) | GrayMabrey (4) | Gateway Center ArenaN/A | 8–9 |- | 18 | June 23 | Indiana | W 94–68 | Arike Ogunbowale (24) | Teaira McCowan (10) | Arike Ogunbowale (6) | College Park Center2,791 | 9–9 |- | 19 | June 25 | Phoenix | L 72–83 | Arike Ogunbowale (25) | Isabelle Harrison (10) | Arike Ogunbowale (6) | College Park Center4,240 | 9–10 |- | 20 | June 28 | @ Minnesota | L 64–92 | Arike Ogunbowale (16) | HarrisonMcCowan (8) | Arike Ogunbowale (3) | Target Center5,603 | 9–11
| 21 | July 1 | Los Angeles | L 89–97 | Arike Ogunbowale (23) | Teaira McCowan (10) | Allisha Gray (4) | College Park Center3,187 | 9–12 |- | 22 | July 5 | Connecticut | W 82–71 | Arike Ogunbowale (20) | Allisha Gray (8) | Marina Mabrey (5) | College Park Center3,445 | 10–12 |- | 23 | July 12 | @ Seattle | L 74–83 | Teaira McCowan (18) | Teaira McCowan (10) | Marina Mabrey (5) | Climate Pledge Arena9,486 | 10–13 |- | 24 | July 14 | @ Minnesota | W 92–87 | Arike Ogunbowale (32) | Teaira McCowan (8) | Tyasha Harris (6) | Target Center4,834 | 11–13 |- | 25 | July 16 | Chicago | L 81–89 | Marina Mabrey (22) | Teaira McCowan (6) | Marina Mabrey (3) | College Park Center5,126 | 11–14 |- | 26 | July 22 | @ Chicago | L 83–89 | Arike Ogunbowale (28) | GrayMabrey (7) | Tyasha Harris (6) | Wintrust Arena7,014 | 11–15 |- | 27 | July 24 | @ Indiana | W 96–86 | Arike Ogunbowale (22) | Kayla Thornton (8) | OgunbowaleThornton (5) | Hinkle Fieldhouse1,048 | 12–15 |- | 28 | July 28 | Washington | L 77–88 | Teaira McCowan (27) | Teaira McCowan (11) | Marina Mabrey (4) | College Park Center4,382 | 12–16 |- | 29 | July 30 | @ Atlanta | W 81–68 | OgunbowaleThornton (21) | Teaira McCowan (14) | GrayOgunbowale (8) | Gateway Center Arena3,138 | 13–16
| 30 | August 2 | @ Chicago | W 84–78 | Marina Mabrey (26) | Teaira McCowan (12) | Veronica Burton (9) | Wintrust Arena5,602 | 14–16 |- | 31 | August 4 | Las Vegas | W 82–80 | Teaira McCowan (21) | Teaira McCowan (16) | Tyasha Harris (6) | College Park Center3,492 | 15–16 |- | 32 | August 6 | Indiana | W 95–91 (OT) | Kayla Thornton (21) | Teaira McCowan (14) | Marina Mabrey (8) | College Park Center4,184 | 16–16 |- | 33 | August 8 | New York | W 86–77 | Marina Mabrey (31) | Teaira McCowan (9) | GrayMabrey (4) | College Park Center3,036 | 17–16 |- | 34 | August 10 | New York | L 73–91 | Marina Mabrey (19) | Teaira McCowan (13) | Marina Mabrey (6) | College Park Center3,795 | 17–17 |- | 35 | August 12 | @ Phoenix | L 74–86 | Kayla Thornton (14) | Teaira McCowan (9) | Marina Mabrey (6) | Footprint Center8,047 | 17–18 |- | 36 | August 14 | @ Los Angeles | W 116–88 | Marina Mabrey (27) | Teaira McCowan (8) | Tyasha Harris (11) | Crypto.com Arena7,245 | 18–18
Playoffs
| 1 | August 18 | @ Connecticut | L 68–93 | Allisha Gray (17) | GrayHarrisMcCowan (5) | BurtonHarris (3) | Mohegan Sun Arena4,797 | 0–1 |- | 2 | August 21 | @ Connecticut | W 89–79 | Kayla Thornton (20) | Teaira McCowan (11) | Allisha Gray (8) | Mohegan Sun Arena6,788 | 1–1 |- | 3 | August 24 | Connecticut | L 58–73 | Marina Mabrey (20) | Teaira McCowan (12) | BurtonGray (4) | College Park Center5,016 | 1–2
Standings
Playoffs
Statistics
Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Arike Ogunbowale 30 30 31.4 .400 .352 .798 3.3 3.6 1.5 0.1 19.7 Marina Mabrey 34 32 28.0 .420 .351 .681 3.6 3.7 0.8 0.4 13.6 Allisha Gray 33 33 32.9 .423 .408 .798 4.8 2.5 1.1 0.7 13.3 Satou Sabally 11 6 21.7 .398 .233 .914 4.8 2.1 0.5 0.2 11.3 Teaira McCowan 33 15 18.9 .602 .000 .600 7.0 0.8 0.3 0.7 11.0 Isabelle Harrison 35 18 18.4 .466 1.000 .867 4.3 1.3 0.7 0.1 8.7 Kayla Thornton 36 35 29.2 .471 .329 .829 5.9 1.8 1.1 0.6 8.0 Tyasha Harris 35 5 15.8 .416 .309 .792 0.9 2.8 0.4 0.1 5.0 Awak Kuier 33 0 12.6 .395 .190 .613 2.5 0.9 0.4 0.9 2.8 Veronica Burton 36 6 15.2 .329 .279 1.000 1.5 1.9 0.9 0.3 2.6 Charli Collier 17 0 4.6 .444 .000 .714 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.0 2.0 Jasmine Dickey 20 0 4.7 .212 .250 .667 0.6 0.1 0.2 0.1 1.1 Moriah Jefferson‡ 1 0 4.0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 ‡Waived/Released during the season †Traded during the season ≠Acquired during the season
Playoffs Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Marina Mabrey 3 3 32.7 .429 .455 1.000 4.0 1.7 0.7 0.7 15.0 Allisha Gray 3 3 35.7 .484 .231 .600 3.7 4.7 1.7 0.3 13.0 Teaira McCowan 3 1 24.7 .480 .000 .533 9.3 1.0 0.3 1.7 10.7 Kayla Thornton 3 3 26.3 .526 .500 1.000 4.7 1.3 0.3 0.7 8.3 Satou Sabally 3 0 15.3 .333 .300 .800 1.3 3.0 0.0 0.3 7.0 Veronica Burton 3 3 28.0 .400 .300 .800 2.7 3.3 2.0 0.3 6.3 Tyasha Harris 3 0 12.3 .538 .000 1.000 2.3 2.3 0.3 0.3 6.0 Isabelle Harrison 3 2 12.3 .538 .000 1.000 1.7 0.3 0.3 0.0 5.3 Arike Ogunbowale 1 0 6.0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Awak Kuier 3 0 5.0 .000 .000 .000 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 Jasmine Dickey 1 0 2.0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Awards and honors Recipient Award Date awarded Ref. Arike Ogunbowale WNBA All-Star Selection June 28 Teaira McCowan Western Conference Player of the Week August 8 Western Conference Player of the Month – August August 16 Vickie Johnson WNBA Coach of the Month – August August 16
References
External links Official website of the Dallas Wings