 Midway through the 2017 WNBA season on July 25, Powers made her return after recovering from hip surgery, scoring 9 points in 18 minutes off the bench in an 84-82 victory over the Indiana Fever.2 games later, Power made her first and only start of the season for the Wings and scored a new career-high of 23 points in a 95-74 loss to the Los Angeles Sparks.The Wings finished as the number 7 seed in the league with a 16-18 record but lost to the Washington Mystics in the first round elimination game, Powers scored 21 points off the bench in the loss.