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WNBA team season
The 2007 WNBA season was their ninth season and their fifth in Connecticut. The Sun attempted to return to the postseason for the fifth consecutive season and were successful.
Based on the Sun's 2006 record, they would pick 13th (last) in the Charlotte Sting dispersal draft . The Sun waived their pick.
[ 1]
June 8: The Sun sign Evanthia Maltsi.
May 18: The Sun waive Laura Summerton.
May 13: The Sun waive Kiera Hardy.
May 11: The Sun waive Vanessa Gidden and Brooke Smith.
May 8: The Sun waive Adrienne Davie.
April 29: The Sun sign Brooke Smith.
April 25: The Sun waive Monique Martin.
March 5: The Sun re-sign Laura Summerton.
February 22: The Sun re-sign Jamie Carey.
February 21: The Sun trade Taj McWilliams-Franklin to the Los Angeles Sparks for the rights to Érika de Souza and the Sparks’ first pick (12th overall) in the 2007 draft.
February 21: The Sun sign free agent Kristen Rasmussen.
February 7: The Sun re-sign Katie Douglas and Le'Coe Willingham. [ 2]
Connecticut Sun roster
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
Nat.
Name
Height
Weight
DOB From
Yrs
G 10
Carey, Jamie
5' 6" (1.68m)
135 lb (61kg)
Texas
G 23
Chambers, Cori
5' 9" (1.75m)
155 lb (70kg)
Georgia
C 7
Gruda, Sandrine (DP)
6' 4" (1.93m)
–
France
F/C 41
DeSouza, Erika
6' 4" (1.93m)
190 lb (86kg)
Brazil
G/F 32
Douglas, Katie (C)
6' 0" (1.83m)
165 lb (75kg)
Purdue
C 12
Dydek, Margo
7' 2" (2.18m)
223 lb (101kg)
Poland
G/F 21
Hairston, Kamesha
6' 0" (1.83m)
146 lb (66kg)
Temple
F 15
Jones, Asjha
6' 2" (1.88m)
196 lb (89kg)
Connecticut
G/F 24
Mahoney, Megan
6' 0" (1.83m)
160 lb (73kg)
Kansas State
G/F 9
Maltsi, Evanthia
5' 11" (1.8m)
165 lb (75kg)
Greece
G 31
Phillips, Erin
5' 7" (1.7m)
162 lb (73kg)
Australia
F 52
Rasmussen, Kristen
6' 4" (1.93m)
172 lb (78kg)
Michigan
G/F 42
Sales, Nykesha (C)
6' 0" (1.83m)
175 lb (79kg)
Connecticut
G 13
Whalen, Lindsay
5' 8" (1.73m)
150 lb (68kg)
Minnesota
F 43
Willingham, Le'Coe
6' 0" (1.83m)
200 lb (91kg)
Auburn
Head coach Assistant coaches Athletic trainer Strength and conditioning coach Legend (C) Team captain(FA) Free agent(IN) Inactive(S) Suspended
2007 Game Log: Regular Season
Game
Date
Opponent
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location/Attendance
Record
5
June 2
Phoenix
W 76-67
Jones (24)
Douglas (9)
Whalen (6)
Mohegan Sun Arena 3-2
6
June 8
@ Houston
W 88-77
Sales (26)
Dydek (11)
Douglas (6)
Toyota Center 4-2
7
June 10
Detroit
L 74-79
Jones (20)
Dydek (9)
Jones (5)
Mohegan Sun Arena 4-3
8
June 13
@ Minnesota
L 73-77 (OT)
Jones (22)
Jones (10)
Douglas (6)
Target Center 4-4
9
June 15
@ Detroit
L 72-75
Sales (18)
Dydek (8)
Whalen (5)
Palace of Auburn Hills 4-5
10
June 17
Chicago
L 74-87
Jones (22)
Jones (12)
Douglas (5)
Mohegan Sun Arena 4-6
11
June 20
New York
L 73-76
Douglas , Sales (17)
Whalen (8)
Whalen (10)
Mohegan Sun Arena 4-7
12
June 22
@ Indiana
W 78-74
Douglas (30)
Dydek (10)
Whalen (7)
Conseco Fieldhouse 5-7
13
June 23
San Antonio
L 58-71
Douglas , Whalen (15)
Dydek (8)
Douglas (3)
Mohegan Sun Arena 5-8
14
June 26
Washington
L 75-91
Douglas (19)
Dydek (10)
Whalen (6)
Mohegan Sun Arena 5-9
15
June 27
@ Detroit
L 74-77
Jones (16)
Jones (9)
Douglas , Whalen (4)
Palace of Auburn Hills 5-10
16
June 29
Indiana
W 72-67
Douglas (22)
Dydek (13)
Whalen (7)
Mohegan Sun Arena 6-10
Game
Date
Opponent
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location/Attendance
Record
17
July 6
@ Phoenix
L 109-111 (2 OT)
Jones , Sales (22)
Rasmussen (13)
Jones (6)
US Airways Center 6-11
18
July 7
@ Los Angeles
W 110-89
Douglas (28)
Dydek (7)
Whalen (8)
STAPLES Center 7-11
19
July 11
@ Seattle
W 76-63
Douglas (17)
Jones (9)
Whalen , Douglas (4)
KeyArena 8-11
20
July 12
@ Sacramento
W 82-78 (OT)
Sales (23)
Dydek (9)
Whalen (8)
ARCO Arena 9-11
21
July 17
Minnesota
W 84-79
Douglas (22)
Sales , Dydek , Willingham (5)
Whalen , Sales (4)
Mohegan Sun Arena 10-11
22
July 20
Seattle
W 76-58
Whalen (19)
Jones (10)
Douglas (6)
Mohegan Sun Arena 11-11
23
July 22
Houston
W 81-79
Douglas (25)
Douglas , Whalen , Dydek (6)
Whalen (6)
Mohegan Sun Arena 12-11
24
July 24
Detroit
L 88-92
Whalen (33)
de Souza (9)
Whalen (7)
Mohegan Sun Arena 13-11
25
July 26
New York
W 79-75
Whalen (20)
Whalen , de Souza (9)
Whalen (8)
Mohegan Sun Arena 14-11
26
July 29
@ New York
L 67-61
Douglas (26)
Maltsi (8)
Jones (4)
Madison Square Garden 14-12
27
July 31
Chicago
W 74-56
Douglas (18)
Jones (9)
Sales (5)
Mohegan Sun Arena 15-12
In the first round of the Eastern Conference Playoffs, the Sun had to face the Indiana Fever . Since the Fever had the better record, the series would be played with game 1 at Connecticut, game 2 at Indiana, and game 3 (if needed) at Indiana. The Sun won the first game at home in triple-overtime, but the Fever went on to win games two and three and take the series.
For the fifth consecutive season, the Sun qualify for the Eastern Conference Playoffs.
For the first time in franchise history, the Sun lose in the first round of the playoffs and do not advance to the Eastern Conference Finals.
2007 Game Log: Postseason
Eastern Conference Semifinals
Katie Douglas and Asjha Jones were named reserves for the 2007 Eastern Conference All-Star Team.Katie Douglas was named to the WNBA All-Defensive First Team for the third consecutive year.
Margo Dydek was named to the WNBA All-Defensive Second Team for the second consecutive year.Katie Douglas was named to the All-WNBA Second Team.
Asjha Jones was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of June 4, 2007.
Lindsay Whalen was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of July 23, 2007.Katie Douglas was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of July 30, 2007.
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