2017 Phoenix Mercury season

The 2017 WNBA season will be the 21st season for the Phoenix Mercury franchise of the WNBA. The season tips off on May 14.[1]

2017 Phoenix Mercury season
Coach	Sandy Brondello
Arena	Talking Stick Resort Arena
Attendance	9,912 per game per game
Results
Record	18–16 (.529)
Place	3rd (Western)
Playoff finish	Lost in Semifinals to Los Angeles
Team Leaders
Points	Brittney Griner 20.2 ppg
Rebounds	Griner 7.0 rpg
Assists	Diana Taurasi & Leilani Mitchell 3.8 apg
Media
Television	FS Arizona (FS-A)
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Transactions

WNBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
3	29	Alexis Prince	United States	Baylor

Current roster

Phoenix Mercury roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs C 23 George, Cayla 6' 4" (1.93m) 192 lb (87kg) 04-20-1987 Georgia 1 F/C 0 Robinson, Angel 6' 6" (1.98m) 193 lb (88kg) 08-30-1995 Arizona State 1 C 42 Griner, Brittney 6' 9" (2.06m) 205 lb (93kg) 10-18-1990 Baylor 5 F 20 Little, Camille 6' 2" (1.88m) 180 lb (82kg) 01-18-1985 North Carolina 11 G 11 Robinson, Danielle 5' 9" (1.75m) 125 lb (57kg) 05-10-1989 Oklahoma 7 G 5 Mitchell, Leilani 5' 5" (1.65m) 128 lb (58kg) 06-15-1985 Utah 9 G 3 Taurasi, Diana 6' 0" (1.83m) 163 lb (74kg) 06-11-1982 Connecticut 13 G 8 Talbot, Stephanie 6' 1" (1.85m) 191 lb (87kg) 12-20-1990 Australia R G 6 Turner, Yvonne 5' 9" (1.75m) 131 lb (59kg) 10-13-1987 Nebraska 2 F 10 Cannon, Emma 6' 2" (1.88m) 190 lb (86kg) 06-01-1989 Central Florida R G/F 25 Currie, Monique 6' 0" (1.83m) 176 lb (80kg) 02-25-1983 Duke 11 East: ATL • CHI • CON • IND • NY • WAS | West: DAL • LV • LA • MIN • PHO • SEA

Head coach Sandy Brondello (Western Sydney) Assistant coaches Julie Hairgrove (Arizona) Todd Troxel (Doane) Athletic trainer Tamara Poole (Cal State-DH) Strength and conditioning coach Kristine Foltz (Iowa State) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured WNBA roster page

Game Log

Pre-Season

2017 pre-season game log
May: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 May 3 Seattle L 64–86 Prince (12) Cannon (6) Spencer (5) KeyArena 4,128 0–1 2 May 7 Seattle W 72–55 2 Tied (16) George (6) Mitchell (5) Talking Stick Resort Arena 4,088 1–1
2017 pre-season schedule

Regular Season

2017 game log Total: 18–16 (Home: 9–8; Road: 9–8)
May: 3–2 (Home: 2–2; Road: 1–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 May 14 Dallas L 58–68 Griner (18) 2 Tied (5) D. Robinson (9) Talking Stick Resort Arena 9,640 0–1 2 May 17 Indiana W 85–62 Griner (32) Griner (10) Mitchell (7) Talking Stick Resort Arena 8,896 1–1 3 May 19 San Antonio W 78–72 Griner (20) Griner (13) D. Robinson (5) AT&T Center 6,400 2–1 4 May 23 New York L 67–69 Griner (19) Griner (6) 2 Tied (5) Talking Stick Resort Arena 7,886 2–2 5 May 27 Dallas W 107–65 Taurasi (18) Cannon (8) D. Robinson (7) Talking Stick Resort Arena 9,245 3–2
June : 4–4 (Home: 1–2; Road: 3–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 6 June 1 Chicago W 99–91 Taurasi (37) Griner (13) D. Robinson (6) Allstate Arena 4,634 4–2 7 June 4 New York L 72–88 Griner (26) George (5) Griner (4) Madison Square Garden 7,831 4–3 8 June 7 Indiana W 98–90 Griner (38) Griner (9) Mitchell (7) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 5,702 5–3 9 June 10 Los Angeles L 87–89 Taurasi (27) Griner (9) Griner (5) Talking Stick Resort Arena 10,223 5–4 10 June 16 Chicago W 86–78 Griner (27) Griner (9) Taurasi (5) Talking Stick Resort Arena 10,249 6–4 11 June 18 Los Angeles L 59–90 Taurasi (19) Mitchell (7) Mitchell (5) Staples Center 9,916 6–5 12 June 23 Seattle W 85–82 2 Tied (25) Griner (9) Taurasi (4) KeyArena 7,796 7–5 13 June 30 Minnesota L 83–91 Little (16) A. Robinson (8) D. Robinson (3) Talking Stick Resort Arena 11,330 7–6
July : 6–4 (Home: 4–2; Road: 2–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 14 July 5 Washington W 88–80 Griner (30) Griner (14) Taurasi (4) Talking Stick Resort Arena 7,440 8–6 15 July 7 San Antonio W 92–77 Taurasi (17) Griner (8) 3 Tied (5) AT&T Center 8,232 9–6 16 July 9 New York W 81–69 Griner (31) Griner (13) D. Robinson (6) Talking Stick Resort Arena 9,413 10–6 17 July 12 Atlanta W 89–84 Griner (28) Little (12) Little (6) Talking Stick Resort Arena 9,342 11–6 18 July 14 Minnesota L 71–88 Griner (15) Mitchell (5) Talbot (4) Talking Stick Resort Arena 10,493 11–7 19 July 16 Minnesota L 66–81 Turner (18) 3 Tied (6) Mitchell (4) Xcel Energy Center 10,022 11–8 20 July 19 Indiana L 77–84 Taurasi (34) A. Robinson (8) Little (5) Talking Stick Resort Arena 11,371 11–9 21 July 25 Atlanta L 91–99 Taurasi (31) A. Robinson (9) D. Robinson (8) McCamish Pavilion 4,053 11–10 22 July 28 Chicago W 86–80 Little (19) George (14) Mitchell (5) Allstate Arena 6,088 12–10 23 July 30 San Antonio W 81–64 Currie (20) 2 Tied (6) D. Robinson (4) Talking Stick Resort Arena 10,108 13–10
August : 3–6 (Home: 0–2; Road: 3–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 24 August 4 Connecticut L 92–93 Taurasi (33) 3 Tied (5) Mitchell (8) Mohegan Sun Arena 7,331 13–11 25 August 6 Washington L80–85 Taurasi (16) Currie (8) 2 Tied (5) Verizon Center 7,414 13–12 26 August 10 Dallas W 101–100 Currie (29) Cannon (9) 2 Tied (7) College Park Center 4,165 14–12 27 August 12 Seattle L 89–98 Taurasi (20) Cannon (9) Taurasi (4) Talking Stick Resort Arena 11,797 14–13 28 August 18 Washington W 89–79 Taurasi (25) Griner (10) 3 Tied (4) Capital One Arena 7,208 15–13 29 August 20 Connecticut L 66–94 Griner (18) Griner (6) Mitchell (3) Mohegan Sun Arena 8,353 15–14 30 August 22 Minnesota L 69–105 Currie (14) Little (5) Turner (4) Xcel Energy Center 10,723 15–15 31 August 24 Los Angeles L 67–82 Griner (18) Griner (6) Mitchell (6) Talking Stick Resort Arena 9,890 15–16 32 August 27 Seattle W 75–71 Griner (29) 2 Tied (8) Currie (7) Key Arena 13,882 16–16
September : 2–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 33 September 1 Connecticut W 86–66 Griner (31) 2 Tied (8) Griner (5) Talking Stick Resort Arena 9,971 17–16 34 September 3 Atlanta W 84–70 Griner (30) Cannon (10) 3 Tied (3) Talking Stick Resort Arena 11,222 18–16
2017 season schedule

Playoffs

2017 playoff game log Total: 2–3(Home: 1–1; Road: 1–2)
First Round: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 September 6 Seattle W 79–69 Griner (23) Griner (11) 3 Tied (3) Wells Fargo Arena 5,764 1–0
Second Round: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 September 10 Connecticut W 88–83 Griner (26) Griner (9) Mitchell (5) Mohegan Sun Arena 8,420 1–0
WNBA Semifinals: 0–3 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 September 12 Los Angeles L 66–79 Mitchell (19) Little (11) Mitchell (4) Staples Center 7,963 0–1 2 September 14 Los Angeles L 72–86 Taurasi (32) Mitchell (6) Taurasi (4) Walter Pyramid 4,023 0–2 3 September 17 Los Angeles L 87–89 Taurasi (22) 2 Tied (8) 2 Tied (5) Talking Stick Resort Arena 12,043 0–3
2017 playoff schedule

Standings

#	Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
1	Minnesota Lynx - (1)	27	7	.794	–	15–2	12–5	13–3
2	Los Angeles Sparks - (2)	26	8	.765	1	16–1	10–7	12–4
3	Phoenix Mercury - (5)	18	16	.529	9	9–8	9–8	7–9
4	Dallas Wings - (7)	16	18	.471	11	10–7	6–11	7–9
5	Seattle Storm - (8)	15	19	.441	12	10–7	5–12	8–8
6	San Antonio Stars - e	8	26	.235	19	6–11	2–15	1–15

Playoffs

	First round: Single elimination (Sept. 6)				Second round: Single elimination (Sept. 10)				Semifinals: Best-of-five (Sept. 12 – Sept. 17)				WNBA Finals: Best-of-five (Sept. 24 – Oct. 4)
									2 Los Angeles Sparks	3
									5 Phoenix Mercury	0
					4 Connecticut Sun	83
					5 Phoenix Mercury	88
	5 Phoenix Mercury	79
	8 Seattle Storm	69
													1 Minnesota Lynx	3
													2 Los Angeles Sparks	2
	6 Washington Mystics	86
	7 Dallas Wings	76
					3 New York Liberty	68
					6 Washington Mystics	82
									1 Minnesota Lynx	3
									6 Washington Mystics	0

Note: Teams re-seeded after second round and semi-finals.

Semifinals

Team	1	2	3
1 Minnesota Lynx	101	93	81
6 Washington Mystics	81	83	70

Team	1	2	3
2 Los Angeles Sparks	79	86	89
5 Phoenix Mercury	66	72	87

WNBA Finals

Team	1	2	3	4	5
1 Minnesota Lynx	84	70	64	80	85
2 Los Angeles Sparks	85	68	75	69	76

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Diana Taurasi	Player of the Week	June 4, 2017	[2]
Brittney Griner	Player of the Week	July 10, 2017	[3]
	Player of the Week	September 5, 2017	[4]

References

1. "2017 Phoenix Mercury Schedule". Women's National Basketball Association. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
2. "Connecticut's Alyssa Thomas and Phoenix's Brittney Griner Named WNBA Players of the Week". wnba.com. WNBA. July 10, 2017. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
3. "New York's Charles and Phoenix's Taurasi Named WNBA Players of the Week". wnba.com. WNBA. June 5, 2017. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
4. "New York's Charles, Phoenix's Griner Named WNBA Players Of The Week". wnba.com. WNBA. September 5, 2017. Retrieved October 5, 2017.

External links

• The Official Site of the Phoenix Mercury