The 2011 WNBA season was the 15th season for the San Antonio Silver Stars franchise of the Women's National Basketball Association. It was their 9th in San Antonio.
Transactions
WNBA draft The following are the Silver Stars' selections in the 2011 WNBA draft. Round Pick Player Nationality School/team/country 1 6 Danielle Robinson Oklahoma 2 20 (from Atl.) Danielle Adams Texas A&M 3 30 Porsha Phillips Georgia
Transaction log February 2: The Silver Stars signed Shanavia Dowdell and Ashley Walker. March 7: The Silver Stars signed Tully Bevilaqua. March 17: The Silver Stars signed Kelly Mazzante. April 20: The Silver Stars traded Michelle Snow to the Chicago Sky in exchange for Jia Perkins. May 2: The Silver Stars traded second- and third-round picks in the 2012 draft to the Tulsa Shock in exchange for Scholanda Robinson. May 16: The Silver Stars signed Alysha Clark. May 31: The Silver Stars waived Shanavia Dowdell. June 2: The Silver Stars waived Alysha Clark, Kelly Mazzante, and Ashley Walker.
Trades DateTradeApril 20, 2011To San Antonio Silver StarsTo Chicago Sky Jia Perkins Michelle SnowMay 2, 2011To San Antonio Silver StarsTo Tulsa Shock Scholanda Robinson second- and third-round picks in 2012 draft
Personnel changes
Additions
PlayerSignedFormer team Tully Bevilaqua March 7, 2011 Indiana Fever Danielle Robinson April 11, 2011 draft pick Danielle Adams April 11, 2011 draft pick Porsha Phillips April 11, 2011 draft pick Jia Perkins April 20, 2011 Chicago Sky Scholanda Robinson May 2, 2011 Tulsa Shock
Subtractions PlayerLeftNew team Michelle Snow April 20, 2011 Chicago Sky Ashley Battle May 15, 2011 free agent Helen Darling May 15, 2011 free agent Chamique Holdsclaw May 15, 2011 free agent Crystal Kelly May 15, 2011 free agent Edwige Lawson-Wade May 15, 2011 free agent
Roster
Depth Pos.StarterBench C Ruth Riley Danielle Adams PF Sophia Young Jayne Appel SF Scholanda Robinson Porsha PhillipsRoneeka Hodges SG Tully Bevilaqua Jia Perkins PG Becky Hammon Danielle Robinson
Season standings
Schedule
Preseason
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || May 25 || 7:00pm || @ Connecticut || 80–56 || Young (14) || Riley (7) || Hammon (6) || Mohegan Sun Arena 4,801 || 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || May 27 || 7:00pm || @ Connecticut || 73–75 || Perkins (13) || Phillips (10) || Robinson (6) || Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza 2,139 || 1–1
Regular season
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || June 4 || 8:00pm || Tulsa || COX || 93–73 || Young (20) || HodgesRileyYoung (4) || HammonHodgesD. Robinson (5) || AT&T Center 12,406 || 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || June 10 || 8:00pm || @ Tulsa || || 93–62 || Hodges (19) || Phillips (8) || Hammon (5) || BOK Center 7,509 || 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 3 || June 11 || 8:00pm || Atlanta || || 86–74 || Adams (32) || Adams (7) || Hammon (8) || AT&T Center 9,140 || 3–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || June 17 || 10:00pm || @ Phoenix || FS-A || 101–99 || Young (26) || Young (8) || Hammon (9) || US Airways Center 12,274 || 4–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 5 || June 21 || 8:00pm || Phoenix || ESPN2 || 98–105 || Hammon (28) || Appel (11) || HammonD. Robinson (7) || AT&T Center 7,072 || 4–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 6 || June 24 || 8:00pm || Los Angeles || || 90–80 (OT) || Perkins (31) || Riley (9) || Hammon (9) || AT&T Center 8,617 || 5–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 7 || June 26 || 3:00pm || @ Atlanta || NBATVSSO || 92–86 || Perkins (25) || Perkins (8) || Hammon (6) || Philips Arena 5,718 || 6–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 8 || June 28 || 8:00pm || @ Chicago || CN100 || 84–74 || Young (19) || Young (9) || Hammon (5) || Allstate Arena 3,894 || 7–1
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 9 || July 1 || 7:00pm || @ New York || NBATV || 75–81 || Adams (19) || Young (8) || Hammon (5) || Prudential Center 6,714 || 7–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 10 || July 8 || 8:00pm || New York || NBATV || 73–76 || Hammon (18) || Young (8) || Young (6) || AT&T Center 8,100 || 7–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 11 || July 12 || 8:00pm || Los Angeles || NBATVFS-SWPRIME || 74–84 || Young (22) || Young (11) || Hammon (7) || AT&T Center 6,769 || 7–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 12 || July 14 || 9:00pm || Seattle || ESPN2 || 69–66 || Adams (23) || AdamsYoung (6) || Hammon (9) || AT&T Center 9,167 || 8–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 13 || July 18 || 10:30pm || @ Los Angeles || || 79–69 || Hammon (26) || Young (10) || D. Robinson (6) || Staples Center 8,818 || 9–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 14 || July 21 || 10:00pm || @ Seattle || NBATVFS-SW || 55–73 || Young (12) || Appel (6) || BevilaquaHammon (2) || KeyArena 6,922 || 9–5 |- | colspan="11" align="center" valign="middle" | All-Star break |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 15 || July 26 || 7:00pm || @ Washington || CSN-MA || 73–67 || Hammon (22) || Appel (12) || D. Robinson (3) || Verizon Center 11,331 || 10–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 16 || July 28 || 12:30pm || Phoenix || NBATVFS-SWFS-A || 102–91 || Hammon (33) || Appel (8) || D. Robinson (8) || AT&T Center 14,797 || 11–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 17 || July 31 || 3:00pm || Minnesota || NBATV || 69–70 || Perkins (18) || Appel (8) || Hammon (6) || AT&T Center 7,260 || 11–6
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 18 || August 2 || 10:00pm || @ Seattle || || 64–78 || S. Robinson (12) || Young (5) || BevilauqaHammon (4) || KeyArena 6,179 || 11–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 19 || August 4 || 8:00pm || @ Minnesota || NBATVFS-SW || 60–62 || Young (18) || Young (13) || Hammon (4) || Target Center 8,123 || 11–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 20 || August 6 || 8:00pm || Tulsa || || 72–64 || Young (20) || Appel (6) || Hammon (5) || AT&T Center 8,273 || 12–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 21 || August 9 || 7:00pm || @ Indiana || || 68–81 || Hammon (19) || Young (9) || Hammon (5) || Conseco Fieldhouse 7,520 || 12–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 22 || August 11 || 7:30pm || @ Connecticut || FS-SW || 72–59 || Hammon (18) || Young (8) || Hammon (5) || Mohegan Sun Arena 5,334 || 13–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 23 || August 14 || 3:00pm || Chicago || NBATVCN100 || 73–85 || Perkins (18) || Young (6) || D. Robinson (7) || AT&T Center 7,060 || 13–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 24 || August 16 || 8:00pm || Indiana || || 63–65 || PerkinsD. RobinsonS. Robinson (10) || Young (13) || Bevilaqua (4) || AT&T Center 6,358 || 13–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 25 || August 20 || 10:00pm || @ Phoenix || NBATVFS-SWFS-A || 81–87 || Hammon (22) || HammonYoung (8) || Hammon (10) || US Airways Center 10,134 || 13–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 26 || August 23 || 10:00pm || @ Seattle || || 55–63 || Young (14) || Young (8) || Hammon (5) || KeyArena 6,559 || 13–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 27 || August 26 || 8:00pm || @ Minnesota || NBATV || 75–85 || Adams (11) || Young (6) || Hammon (9) || Target Center 9,212 || 13–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 28 || August 28 || 3:00pm || Minnesota || || 61–72 || Hodges (12) || Hammon (7) || Hammon (7) || AT&T Center 7,924 || 13–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 29 || August 30 || 8:00pm || Connecticut || || 78–66 || Hammon (16) || Perkins (8) || Hammon (6) || AT&T Center 6,934 || 14–15
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 30 || September 1 || 8:00pm || Phoenix || || 86–68 || Perkins (23) || Young (9) || D. Robinson (7) || AT&T Center 6,502 || 15–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 31 || September 3 || 8:00pm || Seattle || NBATV || 60–70 || Young (22) || RileyYoung (5) || D. Robinson (6) || AT&T Center 9,575 || 15–16 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 32 || September 6 || 10:30pm || @ Los Angeles || NBATVFS-SWPRIME || 82–65 || Hammon (37) || Appel (8) || Hammon (5) || Staples Center 8,502 || 16–16 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 33 || September 10 || 8:00pm || Washington || NBATV || 82–74 || Young (17) || AppelYoung (8) || Hammon (11) || AT&T Center 12,813 || 17–16 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 34 || September 11 || 7:00pm || @ Tulsa || NBATVFS-SW || 102–94 (OT) || D. Robinson (36) || Adams (8) || D. Robinson (6) || BOK Center 5,949 || 18–16
| All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com
Postseason
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || September 16 || 9:00pm || @ Minnesota || NBATV || 65–66 || AdamsHammon (16) || Young (9) || Young (6) || Target Center 11,891 || 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || September 18 || 5:00pm || Minnesota || ESPN2 || 84–75 || Perkins (24) || AdamsPerkins (6) || Hammon (6) || AT&T Center 7,023 || 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || September 20 || 8:00pm || @ Minnesota || ESPN2 || 67–85 || Young (17) || Riley (6) || Hammon (5) || Target Center 8,734 || 1–2
Statistics
Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 23 0 20.9 .430 .350 .746 4.3 0.6 0.52 0.65 12.4 31 0 14.6 .472 .333 .560 4.6 0.8 0.55 0.65 3.2 34 25 14.5 .451 .286 .722 1.4 1.6 0.71 0.06 2.9 33 33 31.8 .440 .389 .892 2.9 5.8 1.48 0.21 15.9 28 5 9.8 .404 .400 1.000 1.3 0.5 0.18 0.07 3.9 34 8 25.1 .418 .313 .845 3.5 1.4 1.29 0.26 12.0 31 1 8.3 .390 .000 .474 1.9 0.3 0.16 0.39 1.8 34 34 19.0 .485 .571 .769 3.8 1.2 0.35 0.88 5.6 34 9 23.1 .460 .000 .903 2.3 3.9 0.82 0.12 8.2 32 22 16.2 .335 .340 .705 1.5 0.4 0.72 0.22 4.8 33 33 31.6 .429 .000 .592 6.4 2.3 2.03 0.48 13.2
Postseason Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Awards and honors Becky Hammon was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of July 25, 2011. Danielle Adams was named Rookie of the Month for the month of June. Danielle Adams was named to the 2011 WNBA All-Star Team as a reserve. Becky Hammon was named to the 2011 WNBA All-Star Team as a reserve. Danielle Adams was named to the All-Rookie Team. Danielle Robinson was named to the All-Rookie Team.
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