2022_Connecticut_Sun_season

2022 Connecticut Sun season
2022 Connecticut Sun season
Coach	Curt Miller
Arena	Mohegan Sun Arena
Attendance	5,712 per game
Results
Record	25–11 (.694)
Place	2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	3rd seed; Lost in WNBA Finals to Las Vegas Aces
Team Leaders
Points	Jonquel Jones – 14.6 ppg
Rebounds	Jonquel Jones – 8.6 rpg
Assists	Alyssa Thomas – 6.1 apg
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2022 Connecticut Sun season

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The 2022 WNBA season was the 24th season for the Connecticut Sun franchise of the Women's National Basketball Association. It also was the 20th season for the franchise in Connecticut after relocating from Orlando. The season began on May 7, 2022, at the New York Liberty.^[1]

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Despite losing their first game of the season, the Sun won their next four games in a row. They then went 2–2 to finish out the month of May with a 6–3 record. They started June with a four-game winning streak and won six of their first seven games. However, they lost three of their last four in the month to finish with a 7–4 record. In July, the Sun won 3 of its first five, but then went on a four-game winning streak. The streak Chicago on the final day of the month. They finished 7–3 in the month and secured a spot in the post season on July 28. The Sun went on a tear in August, only losing one game, to eventual #2 seed Chicago, and finished the month with a 5–1 record. Their overall regular season record of 25–11 was one shy of tying a franchise record for wins. They were the third seed in the playoffs, finishiLas Vegas and Chicago. Brionna Jones was named the Sixth Player of the Year.

As the third seed they hosted a first round matchup against the sixth seeded Dallas. The Sun won the first game in commanding fashion, 93–68. However, they lost Game Two by ten points, forcing a Game Three in Dallas. The Sun controlled the game and won by 15 points to advance to the Semifinals. There they faced off against the second seeded Chicago Sky. Connecticut won the first game by five points in Chicago. They went on to lose games two and three and faced elimination in Game Four. The Sun won game four by 24 points to force a Game Five in Chicago. The Sun won by nine points and advanced to the 2022 WNBA Finals. They faced off against the first seeded, Las Veagas Aces. Las Vegas one the first two games in Connecticut, Game One by three points, and Game Two by fourteen. The Sun won game three in Las Vegas by 29 points, but couldn't carry the momentum into Game Four losing by seven points. The Aces won the series 3–1.

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Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/team/country
1	12	Nia Clouden	United States	Michigan State
2	24	Jordan Lewis	United States	Baylor
3	36	Kiara Smith	United States	Florida

Date	Details
January 1, 2022	Extended Qualifying Offers to Natisha Hiedeman, Stephanie Jones, and Beatrice Mompremier^[2]
January 3, 2022	Signed Natisha Hiedeman to a Qualifying Offer ^[3]
January 4, 2022	Signed Beatrice Mompremier to a Qualifying Offer ^[4]
January 10, 2022	Extended Jonquel Jones a Core Qualifying Offer ^[5]
January 3, 2022	Signed Stephanie Jones to a Qualifying Offer ^[6]
February 1, 2022	Signed Jonquel Jones to a Two-Year Deal ^[7]^[8]
February 2, 2022	Signed Courtney Williams to a Two-Year Deal ^[9]^[10]
February 2, 2022	Signed Taj Cole and Joyner Holmes to training-camp contracts^[11]
February 22, 2022	Signed Yvonne Anderson to a training-camp contract^[12]
April 12, 2022	Signed Alexus Dye, Delicia Washington and Aleksa Gulbe to training-camp contracts^[13]
April 14, 2022	Signed Nia Clouden and Jordan Lewis to rookie-scale contracts^[14]
April 20, 2022	Waived Alexus Dye, Delicia Washington, and Keyona Hayes^[15]
April 27, 2022	Waived Jordan Lewis^[16]
May 2, 2022	Waived Kaila Charles, Taj Cole, and Aleksa Gulbe^[17]^[18]
May 4, 2022	Waived Stephanie Jones and Beatrice Mompremier^[19]
May 5, 2022	Temporarily Suspend DeWanna Bonner due to Overseas Commitments
May 14, 2022	Activated DeWanna Bonner from the Temporary Suspension List
May 31, 2022	Signed Stephanie Jones to a Hardship Contract ^[20]
June 4, 2022	Released Stephanie Jones from her Hardship Contract^[21]
June 11, 2022	Waived Yvonne Anderson^[22]
June 15, 2022	Signed Jazmine Jones^[23]
June 24, 2022	Waived Joyner Holmes and Jazmine Jones^[24]
June 26, 2022	Signed Joyner Holmes and Jazmine Jones to 7-day contracts^[25]
July 3, 2022	Signed Joyner Holmes and Jazmine Jones to their 2nd 7-day contracts^[26]
July 13, 2022	Signed Joyner Holmes and Jazmine Jones to their 3rd 7-day contracts
July 18, 2022	Signed Bria Hartley^[27]
July 21, 2022	Signed Joyner Holmes^[28]
July 27, 2022	Signed Kiana Williams to a 7-day contract^[29]
August 3, 2022	Signed Odyssey Sims to a 7-day contract^[30]
August 10, 2022	Signed Odyssey Sims to a Hardship Contract^[31]

Pos.	Starter	Bench
C	Jonquel Jones	Brionna Jones
PF	Alyssa Thomas	Joyner Holmes
SF	DeWanna Bonner	DiJonai Carrington
SG	Courtney Williams	Nia Clouden Bria Hartley
PG	Natisha Hiedeman	Odyssey Sims Jasmine Thomas

#	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Conf.	Home	Road	Cup
1	x – Las Vegas Aces	26	10	.722	–	15–3	13–5	13–5	9–1
2	x – Chicago Sky	26	10	.722	–	15–3	14–4	12–6	9–1
3	x – Connecticut Sun	25	11	.694	1.0	11–7	13–5	12–6	5–5
4	x – Seattle Storm	22	14	.611	4.0	10–8	13–5	9–9	6–4
5	x – Washington Mystics	22	14	.611	4.0	11–7	12–6	10–8	5–5
6	x – Dallas Wings	18	18	.500	8.0	8–10	8–10	10–8	5–5
7	x – New York Liberty	16	20	.444	10.0	10–8	9–9	7–11	6–4
8	x – Phoenix Mercury	15	21	.417	11.0	7–11	11–7	4–14	3–7
9	e – Minnesota Lynx	14	22	.389	12.0	8–10	7–11	7–11	4–6
10	e – Atlanta Dream	14	22	.389	12.0	5–13	8–10	6–12	3–7
11	e – Los Angeles Sparks	13	23	.361	13.0	6–12	7–11	6–12	3–7
12	e – Indiana Fever	5	31	.139	21.0	2–16	3–15	2–16	2–8

Round One: Best-of-3			Semifinals: Best-of-5			Finals: Best-of-5

1	Las Vegas Aces	2

8	Phoenix Mercury	0
			1	Las Vegas Aces	3

			4	Seattle Storm	1
4	Seattle Storm	2

5	Washington Mystics	0
						1	Las Vegas Aces	3

						3	Connecticut Sun	1
2	Chicago Sky	2

7	New York Liberty	1
			2	Chicago Sky	2

			3	Connecticut Sun	3
3	Connecticut Sun	2

6	Dallas Wings	1

2022_Connecticut_Sun_season

2022 Connecticut Sun season

Transactions

WNBA draft

Trades and Roster Changes

Roster

Depth Chart

Schedule

Preseason

Regular Season

Playoffs

Standings

Playoffs

Statistics

Regular Season

Playoffs

Awards and honors

References

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Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage	TO	Turnovers per game
PF	Fouls per game		Team leader		League leader

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Jonquel Jones	33	32	26.4	.513	.369	.802	8.6	1.8	1.1	1.2	14.6
Brionna Jones	36	7	25.1	.571	.000	.844	5.1	1.3	1.2	0.4	13.8
DeWanna Bonner	33	33	30.0	.439	.329	.827	4.7	2.8	1.2	0.3	13.5
Alyssa Thomas	36	36	32.1	.500	.000	.730	8.2	6.1	1.7	0.2	13.4
Courtney Williams	34	34	27.9	.426	.338	.750	4.6	3.3	1.0	0.4	11.1
Natisha Hiedeman	36	31	25.0	.431	.411	.800	1.8	3.3	1.2	0.1	9.1
DiJonai Carrington	36	2	17.5	.414	.306	.750	3.1	1.1	0.8	0.1	6.8
Jasmine Thomas	5	5	21.8	.267	.385	.923	2.2	3.0	0.6	0.2	6.6
Odyssey Sims^≠	5	0	18.2	.333	.273	1.000	1.2	2.6	1.4	0.0	5.8
Bria Hartley^≠	3	0	12.0	.455	.500	.000	0.7	1.3	1.0	0.0	4.7
Yvonne Anderson^‡	11	0	9.2	.462	.400	1.000	0.8	1.1	0.3	0.2	3.2
Nia Clouden	28	0	8.9	.340	.414	.588	0.8	0.8	0.2	0.0	2.1
Joyner Holmes	26	0	7.9	.311	.227	.769	1.3	0.5	0.3	0.1	2.0
Stephanie Jones^‡	2	0	4.0	.000	.000	1.000	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0
Jazmine Jones^‡	7	0	6.3	.286	.000	.400	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.9
Kiana Williams^‡	1	0	3.0	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Jonquel Jones	12	12	27.0	.507	.414	.829	8.4	2.0	0.6	1.1	14.9
Alyssa Thomas	12	12	33.5	.474	.000	.576	9.5	6.3	1.5	0.7	12.3
DeWanna Bonner	12	12	31.5	.341	.294	.886	5.8	3.6	1.5	0.7	12.2
Courtney Williams	12	12	27.1	.415	.318	.667	3.9	2.3	0.6	0.5	10.3
Brionna Jones	12	0	21.3	.522	.000	.711	4.0	1.3	0.9	0.3	10.6
Natisha Hiedeman	12	12	26.2	.419	.444	.769	2.1	3.0	0.7	0.3	8.2
DiJonai Carrington	12	0	14.6	.450	.231	.700	2.7	0.8	1.0	0.2	5.9
Odyssey Sims	12	0	13.8	.436	.286	.875	1.5	1.3	0.4	0.0	3.6
Nia Clouden	7	0	4.6	.444	.500	1.000	0.3	0.7	0.3	0.0	1.9
Joyner Holmes	7	0	4.1	.500	.000	1.000	1.3	0.7	0.1	0.0	4.1

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Alyssa Thomas	Eastern Conference Player of the Week	May 23	^[32]
	Eastern Conference Player of the Week	July 25	^[33]
	Eastern Conference Player of the Month - May	June 1	^[34]
	Eastern Conference Player of the Month - July	August 2	^[35]
	WNBA All-Star Selection	June 28	^[36]
	All-Defensive Second Team	August 30	^[37]
	All-WNBA Second Team	September 15	^[38]
Jonquel Jones	Eastern Conference Player of the Week	June 6	^[39]
	WNBA All-Star Starter	June 22	^[40]
	All-Defensive Second Team	August 30	^[37]
	All-WNBA Second Team	September 15	^[38]
Brionna Jones	WNBA All-Star Selection	June 28	^[36]
Brionna Jones	Sixth Player of the Year	September 1	^[41]