The 2017 WNBA season was the 19th season for the Connecticut Sun franchise of the WNBA. It was the 15th season for the franchise in Connecticut. The season tipped off on May 13.[1] The Sun started the season slowly, posting a 1–5 record in May. However, they quickly turned this around going a combined 13–4 in June and July. A 7–2 record in August saw the Sun near the top of the Eastern Conference standings. The Sun finished in second place in the East, just one game back of the New York Liberty after going 0–2 in their final games in September. The Sun earned the 4th seed in the WNBA Playoffs, and a bye into the second round. In the Second Round, they lost to the Phoenix Mercury.
See also: 2017 WNBA draft.
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Brionna Jones | Maryland | |||
| 2 | 13 | Shayla Cooper | Maryland | |||
| 2 | 16 | Leticia Romero | Florida State | |||
| 3 | 28 | Jessica January | DePaul |
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 1| May 2| Chicago| W 81–72| Adams (12)| Jones (7)| Hightower (3)| Mohegan Sun Arena
2,782| 1–0|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 2| May 3| Los Angeles| W 79–62| Thomas (10)| Gray (6)| Banham (4)| Mohegan Sun Arena
2,809| 2–0|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 3| May 7| New York Liberty| W 79–57| Tuck (20)| Jones (6)| Thomas (4)| Columbia University
388| 3–0
|- style="background:#fcc;"| 1| May 13| Atlanta| L 74–81| Tuck (21)| Jones (20)| 2 Tied (3)| Mohegan Sun Arena
6,444| 0–1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 2| May 20| Indiana| L 79–81| Jones (19)| Jones (12)| Jones (4)| Bankers Life Fieldhouse
7,385| 0–2|- style="background:#fcc;"| 3| May 23| Minnesota| L 78–80| Thomas (18)| Tuck (10)| 2 Tied (6)| Xcel Energy Center
8,033| 0–3|- style="background:#fcc;"| 4| May 26| Minnesota| L 68–82| Kizer (12)| 2 Tied (5)| Thomas (3)| Mohegan Sun Arena
6,333| 0–4|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 5| May 28| Chicago| W 97–79| Jones (23)| Jones (21)| Thomas (5)| Allstate Arena
4,498| 1–4|- style="background:#fcc;"| 6| May 31| Washington| L 76–78| Stricklen (20)| Jones (13)| Thomas (6)| Verizon Center
5,393| 1–5|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 7| June 3| San Antonio| W 85–77| Williams (23)| Jones (14)| Thomas (7)| AT&T Center
7,128| 2–5|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 8| June 10| Atlanta| W 104–71| Jones (20)| Jones (15)| Thomas (11)| Mohegan Sun Arena
5,327| 3–5|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 9| June 14| New York| W 96–76| Williams (22)| Jones (12)| Thomas (8)| Mohegan Sun Arena
4,818| 4–5|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 10| June 17| Minnesota| W 98–93| 2 Tied (20)| 2 Tied (8)| Thomas (8)| Xcel Energy Center
10,121| 5–5|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 11| June 23| New York| W 94–89| Thomas (23)| Thomas (8)| Thomas (8)| Madison Square Garden
10,240| 6–5|- style="background:#fcc;"| 12| June 25| Dallas| L 82–96| Thomas (19)| Jones (12)| Thomas (6)| College Park Center
3,408| 6–6|- style="background:#fcc;"| 13| June 27| Los Angeles| L 79–87| Thomas (19)| Jones (17)| 3 Tied (3)| Mohegan Sun Arena
6,899| 6–7|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 14| June 29| Seattle| W 96–89| Thomas (29)| Jones (10)| Thomas (9)| Mohegan Sun Arena
8,668| 7–7|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 15| July 1| Indiana| W 91–85| Jones (29)| Jones (15)| Thomas (8)| Bankers Life Fieldhouse
6,473| 8–7|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 16| July 5| San Antonio| W 89–56| Williams (17)| 2 Tied (8)| Thomas (8)| AT&T Center
3,210| 9–7|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 17| July 8| Washington| W 96–92| Jones (22)| Jones (9)| Thomas (5)| Mohegan Sun Arena
6,073| 10–7|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 18| July 12| Seattle| W 83–79| Stricklen (21)| Jones (12)| Thomas (6)| KeyArena
10,833| 11–7|- style="background:#fcc;"| 19| July 13| Los Angeles| L 77–87| Jones (20)| Jones (9)| Thomas (6)| Staples Center
9,918| 11–8|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 20| July 16| San Antonio| W 89–75| Williams (15)| Thomas (9)| Bentley (7)| Mohegan Sun Arena
6,355| 12–8|- style="background:#fcc;"| 21| July 19| New York| L 80–96| Jones (14)| Jones (10)| Williams (4)| Madison Square Garden
17,443| 12–9|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 22| July 25| Chicago| W 93–72| Thomas (20)| Jones (10)| Thomas (8)| Mohegan Sun Arena
5,631| 13–9|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 23| July 30| Indiana| W 89–73| Thomas (15)| Jones (13)| Thomas (8)| Mohegan Sun Arena
6,145| 14–9|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 24| August 4| Phoenix| W 93–92| Jones (19)| Jones (15)| 3 Tied (4)| Mohegan Sun Arena
7,331| 15–9|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 25| August 8| Seattle| W 84–71| Jones (20)| Jones (14)| 2 Tied (3)| Mohegan Sun Arena
7,853| 16–9|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 26| August 12| 2017 Dallas Wings season| W 96–88| Thomas (21)| Jones (16)| Bentley (5)| Mohegan Sun Arena
6,898| 17–9|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 27| August 15| Atlanta| W 96–75| Jones (20)| Jones (13)| Thomas (6)| McCamish Pavilion
4,585| 18–9|- style="background:#fcc;"| 28| August 18| New York| L 70–82| Thomas (15)| Jones (9)| Thomas (5)| Mohegan Sun Arena
7,016| 18–10|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 29| August 20| Phoenix| W 94–66| Jones (20)| Thomas (12)| Thomas (5)| Mohegan Sun Arena
8,353| 19–10|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 30| August 23| Dallas| W 93–87| Thomas (23)| Jones (17)| 2 Tied (5)| Mohegan Sun Arena
6,465| 20–10|- style="background:#fcc;"| 31| August 25| Chicago| L 83–96| Thomas (14)| Jones (11)| Thomas (3)| Mohegan Sun Arena
7,761| 20–11|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 32| August 29| Washington| W 86–76| Thomas (26)| Jones (22)| Jones (6)| Capital One Arena
10,953| 21–11|- style="background:#fcc;"| 33| September 1| Phoenix| L 66–86| Thomas (19)| Jones (9)| Thomas (5)| Talking Stick Resort Arena
9,971| 21–12|- style="background:#fcc;"| 34| September 3| Los Angeles| L 70–81| Williams (19)| Jones (10)| 2 Tied (4)| Staples Center
12,236| 21–13
|- style="background:#fcc;"| 1| September 10| Phoenix| L 83-88| Thomas (20)| Jones (15)| Thomas (4)| Mohegan Sun Arena
8,420| 0-1
| Recipient | Award | Date awarded | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonquel Jones | Player of the Week award | June 18, 2017 | [2] | |
| Alyssa Thomas | Player of the Week award | June 25, 2017 | [3] | |
| Jasmine Thomas | Player of the Week award | July 2, 2017 | [4] | |
| Alyssa Thomas | Player of the Week award | July 10, 2017 | [5] | |
| Jonquel Jones | Player of the Week award | August 14, 2017 | [6] | |
| Jonquel Jones | Player of the Month award | June 2017 | [7] | |
| Curt Miller | Coach of the Month award | July 2017 | [8] | |
| Curt Miller | Executive of the Year | September 10, 2017 | [9] | |
| Curt Miller | Coach of the Year | September 10, 2017 | [10] | |
| Jonquel Jones | Most Improved Player | September 10, 2017 | [11] |
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonquel Jones | 34 | 34 | 28.5 | 53.4% | 44.6% | 81.8% | 11.9 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 15.4 | |
| Alyssa Thomas | 33 | 33 | 29.8 | 50.9% | 0.0% | 56.7% | 6.8 | 4.5 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 14.8 | |
| Jasmine Thomas | 32 | 31 | 28.2 | 42.1% | 40.3% | 78.1% | 2.3 | 4.3 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 14.2 | |
| Courtney Williams | 34 | 28 | 26.0 | 47.3% | 32.4% | 87.8% | 4.2 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 12.3 | |
| Shekinna Stricklen | 34 | 29 | 27.2 | 41.1% | 41.0% | 86.5% | 3.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 8.6 | |
| Alex Bentley | 31 | 9 | 23.7 | 38.0% | 27.8% | 80.9% | 1.5 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 8.4 | |
| Lynetta Kizer | 20 | 1 | 11.9 | 48.0% | 0.0% | 76.7% | 2.9 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 6.0 | |
| Morgan Tuck | 22 | 5 | 16.6 | 35.4% | 28.9% | 81.0% | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 5.4 | |
| Rachel Banham | 30 | 0 | 9.4 | 32.7% | 28.1% | 80.0% | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 3.3 | |
| Brionna Jones | 23 | 0 | 6.4 | 57.5% | — | 83.3% | 1.7 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 2.9 | |
| Danielle Adams | 19 | 0 | 4.4 | 35.6% | 38.7% | 100% | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 2.6 | |
| Kayla Pedersen | 26 | 0 | 10.2 | 37.1% | 0.0% | 70.6% | 2.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.5 | |
| Feyonda Fitzgerald | 2 | 0 | 4.0 | 0.0% | — | — | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Jordan Hooper | 3 | 0 | 3.7 | 0.0% | 0.0% | — | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |