2018 WNBA season

2018 WNBA season
League	Women's National Basketball Association
Sport	Basketball
Duration	May 18 – September 12
Number of games	34
Number of teams	12
Average attendance	6,721[1]
TV partner(s)	ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, NBA TV
Top draft pick	A'ja Wilson
Picked by	Las Vegas Aces
Season MVP	Breanna Stewart (Seattle)
Eastern champions	Atlanta Dream
Eastern runners-up	Washington Mystics
Western champions	Seattle Storm
Western runners-up	Phoenix Mercury
Finals champions	Seattle Storm
Runners-up	Washington Mystics
Finals MVP	Breanna Stewart (Seattle)

The 2018 WNBA season was the 22nd season of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The Minnesota Lynx are the defending champions. The regular season began on May 18, with the Phoenix Mercury hosting the Dallas Wings. The regular season ended on August 19.

2018 WNBA Draft

The Las Vegas Aces selected A'ja Wilson first in the 2018 WNBA Draft.^[2] The draft was televised nationally on the ESPN networks (Round 1 on ESPN2, Rounds 2 and 3 on ESPNU).

Transactions

Retirement

On August 21, 2017, Plenette Pierson announced her retirement at the conclusion of the 2017 season. Pierson played 15 seasons and won three championships with the Detroit Shock and Minnesota Lynx.^[3]
On February 3, 2018, Jia Perkins announced her retirement from the WNBA. Perkins played 14 seasons and won one championship with the Minnesota Lynx.^[4]

Free agency

Free agency negotiations began on February 1.

Coaching changes


Off-season
Team	2017 season	2018 season
Seattle Storm	Gary Kloppenburg	Dan Hughes
New York Liberty	Bill Laimbeer	Katie Smith
Las Vegas Aces	Vickie Johnson	Bill Laimbeer
Atlanta Dream	Michael Cooper	Nicki Collen
Mid-season
Team	Outgoing coach	Incoming coach
Dallas Wings	Fred Williams	Taj McWilliams-Franklin

Arena changes

In addition to the relocated Las Vegas Aces, two other teams announced permanent moves to new arenas for the 2018 season.

The Chicago Sky moved from Allstate Arena in suburban Rosemont, Illinois to the newly opened Wintrust Arena at the McCormick Place exhibition center on Chicago's Near South Side. The move was initially announced by the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, owner and operator of McCormick Place, on July 25, 2017.^[5] The Sky did not make their formal announcement until February 2, 2018.^[6]
The New York Liberty announced on February 8, 2018 that they would move their primary home from Madison Square Garden, where they had played since the league's first season in 1997, to the Westchester County Center in suburban White Plains, New York. The team planned to play 15 of its 17 home games in White Plains, with the remaining two at the Garden.^[7]

Regular Season

All-Star Game

The 2018 WNBA All-Star Game was hosted by the Minnesota Lynx on July 28 at the Target Center. Coverage of the game began at 3:30pm. This is the first time the Lynx have hosted the annual event. This season a new selection format was used. Fans, coaches, media and players would all vote for players to be selected to the All-Star Game. The top 22 players receiving votes based on this weighting will be selected to the All-Star Game. There was not a restriction on number of players from one conference. The top 2 vote getters were captains of the two All-Star teams and selected their teams from the pool of remaining 20 players. The 22 All-Stars were be revealed on July 17, 2018. Rosters will be revealed on July 19, 2018.^[8]

ABC

July 28
3:30pm

Boxscore

Team Delle Donne 112, Team Parker 119
Scoring by quarter: 27–31, 23–23, 34–24, 35–34
Pts: Moore, Quigley 18 Rebs: Four players 8 Asts: Diggins-Smith 8		Pts: Toliver 23 Rebs: Three players 6 Asts: Bird 8

Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Attendance: 15,922
Referees: Maj Forsberg
Janetta Graham
Jeff Wooten

Standings

Source:^[9]

#	Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
1	Atlanta Dream (2)	23	11	.676	–	13–4	10–7	12–4
2	Washington Mystics (3)	22	12	.647	1	12–5	10–7	12–4
3	Connecticut Sun (4)	21	13	.618	2	13–4	8–9	9–7
4	e – Chicago Sky	13	21	.382	10	7–10	6–11	6–10
5	e – New York Liberty	7	27	.206	16	4–13	3–14	6–10
6	e – Indiana Fever	6	28	.176	17	2–15	4–13	3–13

#	Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
1	Seattle Storm (1)	26	8	.765	–	13–4	13–4	11–5
2	Phoenix Mercury (5)	20	14	.588	6	9–8	11–6	8–8
3	Los Angeles Sparks (6)	19	15	.559	7	11–6	8–9	9–7
4	Minnesota Lynx (7)	18	16	.529	8	9–8	9–8	9–7
5	Dallas Wings (8)	15	19	.441	11	10–7	5–12	7–9
6	e –Las Vegas Aces	14	20	.412	12	8–9	6–11	4–12

Notes

(#) – Conference Standing, Playoff Seeds shown to the right of team name

x – Qualified for playoffs

e – Eliminated from playoffs

Statistic leaders

The following shows the leaders for each statistic during the 2018 regular season.^[10]

Schedule

2018 WNBA preseason

Preseason

2018 WNBA regular season

May

June

July

August

2018 WNBA postseason

First Round

Second Round

Semifinals

WNBA Finals

Playoffs

First round: Single elimination (Aug. 21)		Second round: Single elimination (Aug. 23)		Semifinals: Best-of-five (Aug. 26 – Sept. 4)		WNBA Finals: Best-of-five (Sept. 7 – Sept. 12)












				1 Seattle Storm	3

				5 Phoenix Mercury	2



		4 Connecticut Sun	86

		5 Phoenix Mercury	96
5 Phoenix Mercury	101

8 Dallas Wings	83
						1 Seattle Storm	3

						3 Washington Mystics	0
6 Los Angeles Sparks	75

7 Minnesota Lynx	68
		3 Washington Mystics	96

		6 Los Angeles Sparks	64



				2 Atlanta Dream	2

				3 Washington Mystics	3

Note: Teams re-seeded after second round and semi-finals.

Semifinals

Team	1	2	3	4	5
1 Seattle Storm	91	91	66	84	94
5 Phoenix Mercury	87	87	86	86	84

Team	1	2	3	4	5
2 Atlanta Dream	84	78	81	76	81
3 Washington Mystics	87	75	76	97	86

WNBA Finals

Team	1	2	3
1 Seattle Storm	89	75	98
3 Washington Mystics	76	73	82

Season award winners

Player of the Week Award

Player of the Month Award

Rookie of the Month Award

Coach of the Month Award

Postseason awards

Coaches

Eastern Conference

Team	Head coach	Previous job	Years with team	Record with team	Playoff Appearances	Finals Appearances
Atlanta Dream	Nicki Collen	Connecticut Sun (assistant)	1	23-11	1	0
Chicago Sky	Amber Stocks	Los Angeles Sparks (assistant)	2	35–43	0	0
Connecticut Sun	Curt Miller	Los Angeles Sparks (assistant)	3	56–46	2	0
Indiana Fever	Pokey Chatman	Chicago Sky	2	15–53	0	0
New York Liberty	Katie Smith	New York Liberty (assistant)	1	7–27	0	0
Washington Mystics	Mike Thibault	Connecticut Sun	6	104–100	5	1

Western Conference

Team	Head coach	Previous job	Years with team	Record with team	Playoff Appearances	Finals Appearances	WNBA Championships
Dallas Wings	Fred Williams	Atlanta Dream	4	72–97	3	0	0
Las Vegas Aces	Bill Laimbeer	New York Liberty	1	14–20	0	0	0
Los Angeles Sparks	Brian Agler	Seattle Storm	4	75–54	3	2	1
Minnesota Lynx	Cheryl Reeve	Detroit Shock (assistant)	8	213–93	7	6	4
Phoenix Mercury	Sandy Brondello	Los Angeles Sparks (assistant)	5	103–67	5	1	1
Seattle Storm	Dan Hughes	San Antonio Stars	1	26–8	1	1	0

Notes:

Year with team does not include 2019 season.
Records are from time at current team and are through the end the 2018 season.
Playoff appearances are from time at current team only.
WNBA Finals and Championships do not include time with other teams.
Coaches shown are the coaches who began the 2018 season as head coach of each team.

References

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Category	Player	Team	Statistic
Points per game	Liz Cambage	Dallas Wings	23.0 PPG
Rebounds per game	Sylvia Fowles	Minnesota Lynx	11.9 RPG
Assists per game	Courtney Vandersloot	Chicago Sky	8.6 APG
Steals per game	Maya Moore	Minnesota Lynx	1.7 SPG
Blocks per game	Brittney Griner	Phoenix Mercury	2.6 BPG
Field goal percentage	Sylvia Fowles	Minnesota Lynx	61.9% (237–383)
Three point FG percentage	Briann January	Phoenix Mercury	47.0% (77–182)
Free throw percentage	Diana Taurasi	Phoenix Mercury	92.5% (172–186)
Points per game	Team Stat	Connecticut Sun	87.6 PPG
Field goal percentage	Team Stat	Seattle Storm	46.8%

Award		Winner	Position	Team	Votes/Statistic
Most Valuable Player Award		Breanna Stewart^[32]	Forward	Seattle Storm	33 of 39
Finals MVP Award		Breanna Stewart^[33]	Forward	Seattle Storm	– of –
Rookie of the Year Award		A'ja Wilson^[34]	Power Forward	Las Vegas Aces	39 of 39
Most Improved Player Award		Natasha Howard^[35]	Forward	Seattle Storm	29 of 39
Defensive Player of the Year Award		Alana Beard^[36]	Guard	Los Angeles Sparks	16 of 39
Sixth Woman of the Year Award		Jonquel Jones^[37]	Forward/Center	Connecticut Sun	20 of 38
Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award		Sue Bird^[38]	Guard	Seattle Storm	16 of 38
Peak Performer: Points		Liz Cambage	Center	Dallas Wings	23.0 PPG
Peak Performer: Rebounds		Sylvia Fowles	Center	Minnesota Lynx	11.8 RPG
Peak Performer: Assists		Courtney Vandersloot	Guard	Chicago Sky	8.6 APG
Coach of the Year Award		Nicki Collen^[39]	Coach	Atlanta Dream	37 of 39
Basketball Executive of the Year Award		Chris Sienko^[40]	General manager	Atlanta Dream	6 of 11
Team	Guard	Guard	Forward	Forward	Center
All-WNBA First Team	Diana Taurasi	Tiffany Hayes	Elena Delle Donne	Breanna Stewart	Liz Cambage
All-WNBA Second Team	Skylar Diggins-Smith	Courtney Vandersloot	Candace Parker	Maya Moore	Brittney Griner
All-Defensive First Team	Jasmine Thomas	Alana Beard	Jessica Breland	Natasha Howard	Brittney Griner
All-Defensive Second Team	Tiffany Hayes	Ariel Atkins	Nneka Ogwumike	Rebekkah Brunson	Sylvia Fowles
All-Rookie Team	Kelsey Mitchell	Ariel Atkins	Diamond DeShields	Azurá Stevens	A'ja Wilson

2018 WNBA season by team
Draft Transactions All-Star Game Playoffs Finals
Eastern	Atlanta Dream Chicago Sky Connecticut Sun Indiana Fever New York Liberty Washington Mystics
Western	Dallas Wings Las Vegas Aces Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx Phoenix Mercury Seattle Storm
← 2017 WNBA season 2019 →

Date Awarded	Eastern Conference		Western Conference
Date Awarded	Player	Team	Player	Team
May 28^[11]	Alyssa Thomas	Connecticut	Chelsea Gray	Los Angeles
June 4^[12]	Tina Charles	New York	Liz Cambage	Dallas
June 11^[13]	Tiffany Hayes	Atlanta	Brittney Griner	Phoenix
June 18^[14]	Elena Delle Donne	Washington	Breanna Stewart	Seattle
June 25^[15]	Angel McCoughtry	Atlanta	Maya Moore	Minnesota
July 2^[16]	Elena Delle Donne (2)	Washington	Maya Moore (2)	Minnesota
July 9^[17]	Elena Delle Donne (3)	Washington	A'ja Wilson	Las Vegas
July 16^[18]	Jessica Breland	Atlanta	Candice Parker	Los Angeles
July 23^[19]	Tiffany Hayes (2)	Atlanta	Liz Cambage (2)	Dallas
August 6^[20]	Tiffany Hayes (3)	Atlanta	Candice Parker (2)	Los Angeles
August 13^[21]	Elena Delle Donne (4)	Washington	Maya Moore (3)	Minnesota
August 20^[22]	Jonquel Jones	Connecticut	DeWanna Bonner	Phoenix

For games played	Eastern Conference		Western Conference
For games played	Player	Team	Player	Team
June 2018^[23]	Elena Delle Donne	Washington	Diana Taurasi	Phoenix
July 2018^[24]	Tiffany Hayes	Atlanta	Breanna Stewart	Seattle
August 2018^[25]	Elena Delle Donne (2)	Washington	Diana Taurasi (2)	Phoenix

For games played	Player	Team
June 2018^[26]	A'ja Wilson	Las Vegas
July 2018^[27]	A'ja Wilson (2)	Las Vegas
August 2018^[28]	A'ja Wilson (3)	Las Vegas

For games played	Coach	Team
June 2018^[29]	Sandy Brondello	Phoenix
July 2018^[30]	Nicki Collen	Atlanta
August 2018^[31]	Nicki Collen (2)	Atlanta