2021 Dallas Wings season

The 2021 Dallas Wings season was the franchise's 24th season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and the 6th season for the franchise in Dallas. This was the first season under new head coach Vickie Johnson, after she was hired on December 9, 2020.

The Wings had the #1 and #2 picks in the 2021 WNBA draft. They selected Charli Collier and Awak Kuier, while also adding top talents in Chelsea Dungee and Dana Evans.

The Wings won their first game of the season, but couldn't keep the momentum going as they lost their next four games in a row, to finish May with a 1–4 record. The team improved during the month of June, posting a 7–5 overall record including wins at Seattle and a two-game sweep of Phoenix. The team faltered in July going 1–3 including three straight losses heading into the Olympic break. At the Olympic break their record was 9–12. After the break, they alternated loss and wins to post a 2–3 record in August. They finished out the regular season 3–3 in September, and secured a playoff berth after a win on September 11 vs. the New York Liberty. Their overall record of 14–18 earned the seventh seed in the 2021 WNBA Playoffs.

In the first round of the playoffs, they faced off against the Chicago Sky. The Sky dominated the game from the outset and the Wings outscored the Sky in only one quarter of the game. The Wings lost 64–81 to end their season.

Transactions

WNBA draft

Trades and Roster changes

Roster

Game log

Preseason

|- | 1 | May 8 | Connecticut | L 76–89 | Allisha Gray (19) | Charli Collier (10) | Moriah Jefferson (4) | College Park Center<br> | 0–1 |- | 2 | May 11 | @ New York | colspan=4 | Scrimmage | Barclays Center<br> | 0–0

Regular season

|- | 1 | May 14 | @ Los Angeles | W 94–71 | Allisha Gray (23) | Kayla Thornton (11) | Tyasha Harris (7) | Los Angeles Convention Center<br>No Fans | 1–0 |- | 2 | May 22 | Seattle | 97–100 (OT) | Arike Ogunbowale (28) | Kayla Thornton (12) | Arike Ogunbowale (6) | College Park Center<br>1,491 | 1–1 |- | 3 | May 24 | @ New York | L 81–88 | Arike Ogunbowale (24) | Kayla Thornton (11) | Tyasha Harris (7) | Barclays Center<br>894 | 1–2 |- | 4 | May 27 | @ Atlanta | L 95–101 | Mabrey<br>Ogunbowale (24) | Isabelle Harrison (9) | Moriah Jefferson (4) | Gateway Center Arena<br>711 | 1–3 |- | 5 | May 29 | Phoenix | L 85–89 | Mabrey<br>Ogunbowale (24) | Marina Mabrey (8) | Isabelle Harrison (3) | College Park Center<br>1,717 | 1–4

|- | 6 | June 1 | Los Angeles | W 69–79 | Tyasha Harris (18) | Collier<br>Mabrey<br>Thornton (7) | Jefferson<br>Mabrey (6) | College Park Center<br>1,372 | 2–4 |- | 7 | June 4 | @ Seattle | L 102–105 (OT) | Marina Mabrey (24) | Satou Sabally (9) | Arike Ogunbowale (8) | Angel of the Winds Arena<br>1,467 | 2–5 |- | 8 | June 6 | @ Seattle | W 68–67 | Arike Ogunbowale (24) | Isabelle Harrison (8) | Arike Ogunbowale (3) | Angel of the Winds Arena<br>1,930 | 3–5 |- | 9 | June 9 | @ Phoenix | W 85–81 | Arike Ogunbowale (22) | Isabelle Harrison (9) | Tyasha Harris (7) | Phoenix Suns Arena<br>3,618 | 4–5 |- | 10 | June 11 | @ Phoenix | W 77–59 | Arike Ogunbowale (20) | Bella Alarie (9) | Harris<br>Sabally (4) | Phoenix Suns Arena<br>4,261 | 5–5 |- | 11 | June 13 | @ Las Vegas | L 78–85 | Satou Sabally (24) | Isabelle Harrison (9) | Arike Ogunbowale (8) | Michelob Ultra Arena<br>No Fans | 5–6 |- | 12 | June 17 | Minnesota | L 73–85 | Arike Ogunbowale (20) | Bella Alarie (6) | Moriah Jefferson (4) | College Park Center<br>1,519 | 5–7 |- | 13 | June 19 | Minnesota | W 95–77 | Marina Mabrey (28) | Bella Alarie (8) | Arike Ogunbowale (6) | College Park Center<br>1,751 | 6–7 |- | 14 | June 22 | @ Connecticut | L 70–80 | Arike Ogunbowale (18) | Marina Mabrey (5) | Arike Ogunbowale (5) | Mohegan Sun Arena<br>2,076 | 6–8 |- | 15 | June 24 | @ Indiana | W 89–64 | Satou Sabally (15) | Satou Sabally (9) | Arike Ogunbowale (5) | Indiana Farmers Coliseum<br>No Fans | 7–8 |- | 16 | June 26 | Washington | W 85–74 | Arike Ogunbowale (30) | Sabally<br>Thornton (8) | Satou Sabally (5) | College Park Center<br>2,055 | 8–8 |- | 17 | June 30 | Chicago | L 81–91 | Isabelle Harrison (23) | Isabelle Harrison (8) | Mabrey<br>Ogunbowale (4) | College Park Center<br>1,778 | 8–9

|- | 18 | July 2 | Chicago | W 100–91 | Marina Mabrey (28) | Satou Sabally (9) | Satou Sabally (6) | College Park Center<br>2,187 | 9–9 |- | 19 | July 5 | @ New York | L 96–99 | Isabelle Harrison (23) | Harrison<br>Mabrey<br>Sabally (7) | Moriah Jefferson (6) | Barclays Center<br>1,677 | 9–10 |- | 20 | July 7 | @ Minnesota | L 79–85 | Allisha Gray (13) | Satou Sabally (6) | Satou Sabally (7) | Target Center<br>2,321 | 9–11 |- | 21 | July 11 | Las Vegas | L 79–95 | Gray<br>Jefferson (14) | Satou Sabally (9) | Harris<br>Harrison<br>Ogunbowale<br>Sabally (3) | College Park Center<br>2,533 | 9–12

|- | 22 | August 15 | Connecticut | L 59–80 | Arike Ogunbowale (20) | Isabelle Harrison (5) | Arike Ogunbowale (5) | College Park Center<br>2,399 | 9–13 |- | 23 | August 17 | @ Chicago | W 80–76 | Allisha Gray (20) | Kayla Thornton (10) | Moriah Jefferson (8) | Wintrust Arena<br>3,902 | 10–13 |- | 24 | August 20 | Indiana | L 81–83 | Isabelle Harrison (22) | Isabelle Harrison (7) | Arike Ogunbowale (6) | College Park Center<br>2,017 | 10–14 |- | 25 | August 26 | @ Washington | W 82–77 | Arike Ogunbowale (26) | Isabelle Harrison (10) | Arike Ogunbowale (9) | Entertainment and Sports Arena<br>2,465 | 11–14 |- | 26 | August 28 | @ Washington Mystics | L 75–76 | Arike Ogunbowale (25) | Isabelle Harrison (9) | Marina Mabrey (5) | Entertainment and Sports Arena<br>2,410 | 11–15

|- | 27 | September 2 | Atlanta | W 72–68 | Allisha Gray (19) | Gray<br>Harrison (10) | Moriah Jefferson (6) | College Park Center<br>1,975 | 12–15 |- | 28 | September 5 | Atlanta | L 64–69 | Arike Ogunbowale (21) | Allisha Gray (14) | Tyasha Harris (6) | College Park Center<br>2,386 | 12–16 |- | 29 | September 7 | Connecticut | L 56–83 | Marina Mabrey (16) | Awak Kuier (8) | Alarie<br>Harris<br>Kuier<br>Ogunbowale (2) | College Park Center<br>1,945 | 12–17 |- | 30 | September 11 | New York | W 77–76 | Marina Mabrey (21) | Allisha Gray (11) | Marina Mabrey (6) | College Park Center<br>2,888 | 13–17 |- | 31 | September 13 | @ Las Vegas | L 75–85 | Arike Ogunbowale (23) | Collier<br>Ogunbowale (8) | Marina Mabrey (7) | Michelob Ultra Arena<br>N/A | 13–18 |- | 32 | September 19 | Los Angeles | W 87–84 | Arike Ogunbowale (20) | Allisha Gray (7) | Marina Mabrey (5) | College Park Center<br>3,604 | 14–18

Playoffs

|- | 1 | September 23 | @ Chicago | 64–81 | Arike Ogunbowale (22) | Isabelle Harrison (10) | Moriah Jefferson (4) | Wintrust Arena<br>4,672 | 0–1

Standings

Playoffs

Statistics

Regular season

Source:

Awards and honors

References

External links

• Official website of the Dallas Wings