2007 Connecticut Sun season

August 2023 March 2026 Connecticut Sun 2007 18 16 Eastern 3 Mike Thibault Mohegan Sun Arena Lost in Eastern Conference Semi-Finals 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. Offseason Dispersal Draft Based on the Sun's 2006 record, they would pick 13th (last) in the Charlotte Sting dispersal draft. The Sun waived their pick. WNBA draft Pick Player Nationality School12 Kamesha Hairston United States Temple13 Sandrine Gruda France France26 Cori Chambers United States Georgia39 Kiera Hardy United States NebraskaWNBA.com: 2008 WNBA Draft Board https://web.archive.org/web/20131004121933/http://www.wnba.com/draft2008/draft_board.html 2013-10-04 Transactions 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. WNBA.com: 2007 WNBA Transactions http://www.wnba.com/transactions/WNBA_2007.html WNBA.com 24 September 2026 Roster Connecticut Sun 2007 WNBA 10 Jamie Carey G 5 6 135 Texas USA 23 Cori Chambers G 5 9 155 Georgia USA 7 Sandrine Gruda C 6 4 France France DP 41 Erika DeSouza F/C 6 4 190 Brazil Brazil 32 Katie Douglas basketball G/F 6 0 165 Purdue USA C 12 Margo Dydek C 7 2 223 Poland Poland 21 Kamesha Hairston G/F 6 0 146 Temple USA 15 Asjha Jones F 6 2 196 Connecticut USA 24 Megan Mahoney G/F 6 0 160 Kansas State USA 9 Evanthia Maltsi G/F 5 11 165 Greece Greece 31 Erin Phillips G 5 7 162 Australia Australia yes 52 Kristen Rasmussen F 6 4 172 Michigan USA 42 Nykesha Sales G/F 6 0 175 Connecticut USA C 13 Lindsay Whalen G 5 8 150 Minnesota USA 43 Le'Coe Willingham F 6 0 200 Auburn USA USA Mike Thibault St. Martin's University USA Scott Hawk 1 Nebraska-Omaha USA Bernadette Mattox 1 Georgia USA Jodi Hopkins 1 Ohio State USA Jeremy Norman 1 Keene State College Season standings CON Schedule Preseason y background:#092C57; color:#FFC322 2007 Game Log: Preseason Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || May 5 || New York || W 61-60 || Hardy (12) || Rasmussen (7) || Rasmussen (4) || Arena at Harbor Yard N/A || 1-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || May 8 || Seattle || L 55-63 || Douglas (16) || Willingham (9) || Carey (4) || Mohegan Sun Arena 5,607 || 1-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || May 15 || @ San Antonio || L 53-86 || Whalen (14) || Jones (5) || Jones, Carey (2) || AT&T Center 3,296 || 1-2 |- Regular season background:#092C57; color:#FFC322 2007 Game Log: Regular Season y background:#B22222; color:white May Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 | May 19 | @ Washington | W 89-80 | Sales (20) | Jones, Dydek (6) | Douglas, Jones (4) | Verizon Center 8,042 | 1-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 | May 23 | @ San Antonio | L 71-74 | Douglas (21) | Jones (9) | Douglas (8) | AT&T Center 8,574 | 1-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 | May 26 | Los Angeles | L 68-88 | Sales (17) | de Souza (9) | Whalen (5) | Mohegan Sun Arena 8,003 | 1-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 | May 31 | @ Chicago | W 102-97 (OT) | Jones (31) | Jones (9) | Douglas (7) | UIC Pavilion 2,634 | 2-2 |- y background:#B22222; color:white June Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 | June 2 | Phoenix | W 76-67 | Jones (24) | Douglas (9) | Whalen (6) | Mohegan Sun Arena 8,881 | 3-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 6 | June 8 | @ Houston | W 88-77 | Sales (26) | Dydek (11) | Douglas (6) | Toyota Center 7,339 | 4-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 7 | June 10 | Detroit | L 74-79 | Jones (20) | Dydek (9) | Jones (5) | Mohegan Sun Arena 7,724 | 4-3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 8 | June 13 | @ Minnesota | L 73-77 (OT) | Jones (22) | Jones (10) | Douglas (6) | Target Center 9,382 | 4-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 9 | June 15 | @ Detroit | L 72-75 | Sales (18) | Dydek (8) | Whalen (5) | Palace of Auburn Hills 8,484 | 4-5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 10 | June 17 | Chicago | L 74-87 | Jones (22) | Jones (12) | Douglas (5) | Mohegan Sun Arena 7,614 | 4-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 11 | June 20 | New York | L 73-76 | Douglas, Sales (17) | Whalen (8) | Whalen (10) | Mohegan Sun Arena 6,154 | 4-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 12 | June 22 | @ Indiana | W 78-74 | Douglas (30) | Dydek (10) | Whalen (7) | Conseco Fieldhouse 7,240 | 5-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 13 | June 23 | San Antonio | L 58-71 | Douglas, Whalen (15) | Dydek (8) | Douglas (3) | Mohegan Sun Arena 6,887 | 5-8 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 14 | June 26 | Washington | L 75-91 | Douglas (19) | Dydek (10) | Whalen (6) | Mohegan Sun Arena 6,353 | 5-9 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 15 | June 27 | @ Detroit | L 74-77 | Jones (16) | Jones (9) | Douglas, Whalen (4) | Palace of Auburn Hills 8,521 | 5-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 16 | June 29 | Indiana | W 72-67 | Douglas (22) | Dydek (13) | Whalen (7) | Mohegan Sun Arena 7,617 | 6-10 |- y background:#B22222; color:white July Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 17 | July 6 | @ Phoenix | L 109-111 (2 OT) | Jones, Sales (22) | Rasmussen (13) | Jones (6) | US Airways Center 7,131 | 6-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 18 | July 7 | @ Los Angeles | W 110-89 | Douglas (28) | Dydek (7) | Whalen (8) | STAPLES Center 8,769 | 7-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 19 | July 11 | @ Seattle | W 76-63 | Douglas (17) | Jones (9) | Whalen, Douglas (4) | KeyArena 10,891 | 8-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 20 | July 12 | @ Sacramento | W 82-78 (OT) | Sales (23) | Dydek (9) | Whalen (8) | ARCO Arena 6,498 | 9-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 21 | July 17 | Minnesota | W 84-79 | Douglas (22) | Sales, Dydek, Willingham (5) | Whalen, Sales (4) | Mohegan Sun Arena 8,253 | 10-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 22 | July 20 | Seattle | W 76-58 | Whalen (19) | Jones (10) | Douglas (6) | Mohegan Sun Arena 9,003 | 11-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 23 | July 22 | Houston | W 81-79 | Douglas (25) | Douglas, Whalen, Dydek (6) | Whalen (6) | Mohegan Sun Arena 7,869 | 12-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 24 | July 24 | Detroit | L 88-92 | Whalen (33) | de Souza (9) | Whalen (7) | Mohegan Sun Arena 8,192 | 13-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 25 | July 26 | New York | W 79-75 | Whalen (20) | Whalen, de Souza (9) | Whalen (8) | Mohegan Sun Arena N/A | 14-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 26 | July 29 | @ New York | L 67-61 | Douglas (26) | Maltsi (8) | Jones (4) | Madison Square Garden 8,303 | 14-12 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 27 | July 31 | Chicago | W 74-56 | Douglas (18) | Jones (9) | Sales (5) | Mohegan Sun Arena 8,048 | 15-12 |- y background:#B22222; color:white August Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 28 | August 4 | Indiana | W 84-59 | Douglas (19) | Dydek (9) | Douglas (5) | Mohegan Sun Arena 9,493 | 16-12 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 29 | August 7 | Sacramento | L 79-81 | Whalen, Jones (17) | Jones (6) | Whalen (7) | Mohegan Sun Arena 8,930 | 16-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 30 | August 11 | @ Chicago | W 88-66 | Dydek (18) | Dydek (6) | Whalen (7) | UIC Pavilion 4,261 | 17-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 31 | August 14 | @ Washington | L 64-65 | Dydek (17) | Dydek (11) | Whalen (5) | Verizon Center N/A | 17-14 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 32 | August 15 | @ Indiana | W 77-74 | Sales (32) | de Souza (6) | Rasmussen (3) | Conseco Fieldhouse 6,433 | 18-14 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 33 | August 17 | @ New York | L 66-74 | Douglas (22) | Whalen, Rasmussen, Willingham (5) | Whalen (4) | Madison Square Garden 8,622 | 18-15 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 34 | August 19 | Washington | L 74-76 | Douglas (21) | Douglas (9) | Whalen (7) | Mohegan Sun Arena 9,518 (sellout) | 18-16 |- Playoffs 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. background:#092C57; color:#FFC322 2007 Game Log: Postseason y background:#B22222; color:white Eastern Conference Semifinals Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 | August 23 | Indiana | W 93-88 (3 OT) | Sales (25) | Dydek (11) | Whalen (10) | Mohegan Sun Arena 7,271 | 1-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 | August 25 | @ Indiana | L 59-78 | Douglas (11) | Sales (6) | Carey (4) | Conseco Fieldhouse 7,298 | 1-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 | August 27 | @ Indiana | L 88-93 (OT) | Douglas (27) | Whalen (10) | Douglas, Jones (5) | Conseco Fieldhouse 6,012 | 1-2 |- Depth Pos.StarterBenchInactive C Margo Dydek Érika de Souza Sandrine Gruda PF Asjha Jones Kristen Rasmussen -- Le'Coe Willingham SF Nykesha Sales Evanthia Maltsi -- Megan Mahoney SG Katie Douglas Kamesha Hairston Cori Chambers PG Lindsay Whalen Jamie Carey Erin Phillips Player stats http://www.wnba.com/sun/stats/2007/ Awards and honors 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. References External links Category:Connecticut Sun seasons Connecticut Connecticut Sun