25th season in the Women's National Basketball Association
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.[ 1] 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.
Trades and Roster Changes [ edit ] Date Transaction December 2, 2021 Exercised Team Options on Satou Sabally , Tyasha Harris , and Bella Alarie [ 2] January 7, 2022 Waived Luisa Geiselsöder [ 3] February 3, 2022 Signed Arike Ogunbowale to a Multi-Year Extension[ 4] March 2, 2022 Renounced the rights to Imani McGee-Stafford [ 5] March 3, 2022 Signed Destinee Walker to a training-camp contract[ 6] March 7, 2022 Signed Morgan Bertsch and Unique Thompson to training-camp contracts[ 7] 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[ 8] April 7, 2022 Placed Bella Alarie on the Full-Season Suspension List for Personal Reasons[ 9] April 13, 2022 Signed Veronica Burton, Jasmine Dickey, and Jazz Bond to rookie-scale contracts April 26, 2022 Waived Chelsea Dungee and Jazz Bond[ 10] April 29, 2022 Waived Morgan Bertsch [ 11] May 2, 2022 Waived Destinee Walker[ 12] May 5, 2022 Waived Unique Thompson [ 13] Temporarily Suspend Satou Sabally and Teaira McCowan due to Overseas Commitments[ 14] May 9, 2022 Waived Moriah Jefferson [ 15] May 10, 2022 Activated Teaira McCowan from her Temporary Suspension May 17, 2022 Activated Satou Sabally from her Temporary Suspension
2022 Dallas Wings roster Players Coaches Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs G 12 Burton, Veronica 5' 9" (1.75m) 155 lb (70kg) 07-12-2000 Northwestern R C 35 Collier, Charli 6' 5" (1.96m) 188 lb (85kg) 1999-09-22 Texas 1 G/F 23 Dickey, Jasmine 5' 9" (1.75m) 147 lb (67kg) 02-23-2000 Delaware R G 15 Gray, Allisha 6' 0" (1.83m) 167 lb (76kg) 1995-01-12 South Carolina 5 G 52 Harris, Tyasha 5' 10" (1.78m) 152 lb (69kg) 1998-05-01 South Carolina 2 F 20 Harrison, Isabelle 6' 3" (1.91m) 183 lb (83kg) 1993-09-27 Tennessee 5 F/C 28 Kuier, Awak 6' 4" (1.93m) 168 lb (76kg) 2001-08-19 Finland 1 G 3 Mabrey, Marina 5' 11" (1.8m) 170 lb (77kg) 1996-09-14 Notre Dame 3 C 7 McCowan, Teaira 6' 7" (2.01m) 239 lb (108kg) 1996-09-28 Mississippi State 3 G 24 Ogunbowale, Arike 5' 8" (1.73m) 165 lb (75kg) 1997-03-02 Notre Dame 3 F 0 Sabally, Satou 6' 4" (1.93m) – 1998-04-25 Oregon 2 F 6 Thornton, Kayla 6' 1" (1.85m) 188 lb (85kg) 1992-10-20 UTEP 6
Head coach Vickie Johnson (Louisiana Tech ) Assistant coaches Le'coe Willingham (Auburn ) Kelly Schumacher (Connecticut ) Tim Gittens (Milwaukee ) Athletic trainer Branay Hicks (UT Tyler )
Legend (C) Team captain (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured
2022 game log Total: 18–18 (Home: 8–10; Road: 10–8) May: 5–4 (Home: 1–2; Road: 4–2)
June : 4–7 (Home: 3–4; Road: 1–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 10 June 3 @ Seattle W 68–51 Allisha Gray (18) Satou Sabally (11) Satou Sabally (6) Climate Pledge Arena 8,023 6–4 11 June 5 @ Las Vegas L 78–84 Allisha Gray (24) Kayla Thornton (15) Tyasha Harris (5) Michelob Ultra Arena 4,814 6–5 12 June 10 Seattle L 88–89 Arike Ogunbowale (23) Harrison Thornton (6) Harris Ogunbowale (6) College Park Center 3,292 6–6 13 June 12 Seattle L 79–84 Allisha Gray (20) Kayla Thornton (14) Tyasha Harris (6) College Park Center 3,273 6–7 14 June 15 Las Vegas L 84–92 Arike Ogunbowale (28) Harrison Thornton (10) Arike Ogunbowale (4) College Park Center 4,375 6–8 15 June 17 Phoenix W 93–88 Arike Ogunbowale (24) Teaira McCowan (10) Arike Ogunbowale (6) College Park Center 3,140 7–8 16 June 19 Los Angeles W 92–82 Arike Ogunbowale (27) Allisha Gray (12) Allisha Gray (6) College Park Center 3,779 8–8 17 June 21 @ Atlanta L 75–80 Allisha Gray (18) Kayla Thornton (7) Gray Mabrey (4) Gateway Center Arena N/A 8–9 18 June 23 Indiana W 94–68 Arike Ogunbowale (24) Teaira McCowan (10) Arike Ogunbowale (6) College Park Center 2,791 9–9 19 June 25 Phoenix L 72–83 Arike Ogunbowale (25) Isabelle Harrison (10) Arike Ogunbowale (6) College Park Center 4,240 9–10 20 June 28 @ Minnesota L 64–92 Arike Ogunbowale (16) Harrison McCowan (8) Arike Ogunbowale (3) Target Center 5,603 9–11
July : 4–5 (Home: 1–3; Road: 3–2)
August : 5–2 (Home: 3–1; Road: 2–1)
2022 season schedule
Notes
(#) – League Standing x – Clinched playoff berth e – Eliminated from playoff contention Source: Overall standings and Commissioner's Cup Standings Bold Series winner
‡ Waived/Released during the season † Traded during the season ≠ Acquired during the season
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