2020 Washington Mystics season

The 2020 Washington Mystics season will be the franchise's 23rd season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The regular season will tip off versus the Indiana Fever on July 25, 2020.[1]

2020 Washington Mystics season
Coach	Mike Thibault
Arena	Originally: St. Elizabeths East Arena Rescheduled to: IMG Academy gymnasiums, Bradenton, Florida
Attendance	0 per game
Results
Record	3–7 (.300)
Place	4th (Eastern)
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This WNBA season will feature an all-time high 36 regular-season games.[2] However, the plan for expanded games was put on hold on April 3, when the WNBA postponed its season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] Under a plan approved on June 15, the league is scheduled to hold a shortened 22-game regular season at IMG Academy, without fans present, starting on July 24.[4][5]

Transactions

WNBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
2	24	Jaylyn Agnew	United States	Creighton
3	36	Sug Sutton	United States	Texas

Trades and roster changes

Date	Details
February 11, 2020	Re-Signed F Elena Delle Donne[6]
February 13, 2020	Signed G Leilani Mitchell[7]
February 17, 2020	Re-signed G Emma Meesseman[8]
April 15, 2020	Engaged in a three team trade where they acquired Tina Charles in exchange for their first round pick in the 2020 WNBA draft and their first, second, and third round pick in the 2021 WNBA draft and G Shatori Walker-Kimbrough.[9]
June 22, 2020	G Natasha Cloud and F/C LaToya Sanders announce they will opt out of the 2020 season.[10]
June 26, 2020	Signed G/F Essence Carson.[11]
June 29, 2020	Signed C Alaina Coates and G Shey Peddy.[12]

Roster

Washington Mystics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs G 7 Atkins, Ariel 5' 8" (1.73m) 167 lb (76kg) 07-30-1996 Texas 2 C 31 Charles, Tina 6' 4" (1.93m) 192 lb (87kg) 12-05-1988 Connecticut 10 G 9 Cloud, Natasha 5' 9" (1.75m) 160 lb (73kg) 02-22-1992 Saint Joseph's 5 C 81 Coates, Alaina 6' 4" (1.93m) 225 lb (102kg) 04-07-1995 South Carolina 2 G/F 11 Delle Donne, Elena 6' 5" (1.96m) 187 lb (85kg) 09-05-1989 Delaware 7 F 21 Hawkins, Tianna 6' 3" (1.91m) 186 lb (84kg) 03-02-1991 Maryland 6 F 2 Hines-Allen, Myisha 6' 1" (1.85m) 200 lb (91kg) 05-30-1996 Louisville 2 G 4 Johnson, Stella 5' 10" (1.78m) 158 lb (72kg) 07-11-1998 Rider R G 5 Leslie, Kiara 6' 0" (1.83m) 175 lb (79kg) 12-06-1995 North Carolina State R F 33 Meesseman, Emma 6' 4" (1.93m) 191 lb (87kg) 05-13-1993 Belgium 6 G 5 Mitchell, Leilani 5' 5" (1.65m) 138 lb (63kg) 06-15-1985 Utah 11 G 10 Peddy, Shey 5' 7" (1.7m) 147 lb (67kg) 10-28-1988 Temple 1 FG 23 Powers, Aerial 5' 9" (1.75m) 159 lb (72kg) 07-17-1994 Michigan State 4 F/C 30 Sanders, LaToya 6' 2" (1.88m) 170 lb (77kg) 09-11-1986 North Carolina 7 G Sutton, Sug 5' 8" (1.73m) 12-17-1998 Texas R	Head coach Mike Thibault (St. Martin's) Assistant coaches Eric Thibault (Missouri) Asjha Jones (Connecticut) Athletic trainer Chalisa Fonza (Western Illinois) Strength and conditioning coach Vacant Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured   WNBA roster page
East ATL CHI CON IND NY WAS West DAL LV LA MIN PHO SEA

Game log

Regular season

2020 game log Total: 4–6
July Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 July 25 Indiana Fever W 101–76 Hines-Allen (27) Hines-Allen (10) Mitchell (4) IMG Academy No In-Person Attendance 1–0 2 July 28 Connecticut Sun W 94–89 Powers (27) Hines-Allen (8) Meesseman (8) IMG Academy No In-Person Attendance 2–0 3 July 30 Seattle Storm W 89–71 Atkins (22) Powers (8) Mitchell (6) IMG Academy No In-Person Attendance 3–0
August Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 4 August 1 Chicago Sky L 86–88 Atkins (24) Hines-Allen (10) Meesseman (6) IMG Academy No In-Person Attendance 3–1 5 August 5 Las Vegas Aces L 77–83 Meesseman (24) Meesseman (13) Mitchell (4) IMG Academy No In-Person Attendance 3–2 6 August 7 New York Liberty L 66–74 Powers (20) Hines-Allen (8) Mitchell (5) IMG Academy No In-Person Attendance 3–3 7 August 9 Indiana Fever L 84–91 Meesseman (19) Hawkins (10) Mitchell (5) IMG Academy No In-Person Attendance 3–4 8 August 11 Minnesota Lynx L 48–68 Hines-Allen (12) 3 tied (6) 3 tied (3) IMG Academy No In-Person Attendance 3–5 9 August 13 Los Angeles Sparks L 64–81 Atkins (20) Meesseman (11) Tied (5) IMG Academy No In-Person Attendance 3–6 10 August 15 Las Vegas Aces L 73–88 Atkins (17) Meesseman (9) Tied (5) IMG Academy No In-Person Attendance 4–6 11 August 19 Atlanta Dream IMG Academy No In-Person Attendance 0–0 12 August 21 Dallas Wings IMG Academy No In-Person Attendance 0–0 13 August 23 Phoenix Mercury IMG Academy No In-Person Attendance 0–0 14 August 26 Atlanta Dream IMG Academy No In-Person Attendance 0–0 15 August 28 Phoenix Mercury IMG Academy No In-Person Attendance 0–0 16 August 30 Connecticut Sun IMG Academy No In-Person Attendance 0–0
September Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 17 September 2 Seattle Storm IMG Academy No In-Person Attendance 0–0 18 September 4 Chicago Sky IMG Academy No In-Person Attendance 0–0 19 September 6 Dallas Wings IMG Academy No In-Person Attendance 0–0 20 September 8 Minnesota Lynx IMG Academy No In-Person Attendance 0–0 21 September 10 Los Angeles Sparks IMG Academy No In-Person Attendance 0–0 22 September 12 New York Liberty IMG Academy No In-Person Attendance 0–0
2020 season schedule

Standings

#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Conf.
1	Seattle Storm	11	1	.909	–	4–0
2	Las Vegas Aces	8	3	.727	2.5	3–1
3	Los Angeles Sparks	7	3	.700	3	2–2
3	Minnesota Lynx	7	3	.700	3	0–3
5	Chicago Sky	8	4	.667	3	3–1
6	Phoenix Mercury	6	5	.545	4.5	2–3
7	Connecticut Sun	5	7	.417	6	3–2
8	Indiana Fever	4	7	.364	6.5	3–2
8	Dallas Wings	4	7	.364	6.5	1–3
10	Washington Mystics	3	7	.300	7	2–3
11	Atlanta Dream	2	9	.182	8.5	1–3
12	New York Liberty	1	10	.100	9.5	1–2

Notes

(#) - League Standing

y- Clinched conference

x- Clinched playoff berth

e - Eliminated from playoffs

Home and Away records not shown, as all games played at a neutral location.

Updated to include results from August 16, 2020

Source

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Myisha Hines-Allen	Eastern Conference Player of the Week	August 3, 2020	[13]

References

1. "2020 Washington Mystics Schedule". WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
2. "Atlanta Dream Announce 2020 Schedule - Atlanta Dream". dream.wnba.com. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
3. "WNBA Statement Regarding the Start of the 2020 Regular Season". 2020-04-03. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
4. "WNBA Announces Plan To Tip Off 2020 Season". WNBA. 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
5. "WNBA announces plans for 2020 season to start late July in Florida". NBC Sports Washington. 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
6. "MYSTICS RE-SIGN REIGNING MVP ELENA DELLE DONNE". mystics.wnba.com. WNBA. February 11, 2020. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
7. "LEILANI MITCHELL RETURNS TO MYSTICS". mystics.wnba.com. WNBA. February 13, 2020. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
8. "MYSTICS RE-SIGN 2019 FINALS MVP EMMA MEESSEMAN". mystics.wnba.com. WNBA. February 17, 2020. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
9. "Washington Mystics Acquire 7x All-Star Tina Charles in Three-Team Deal". wnba.com. WNBA. April 15, 2020. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
10. "CLOUD, SANDERS TO OPT OUT OF 2020 SEASON". wnba.com. WNBA. June 22, 2020. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
11. "Mystics Sign Veteran Essence Carson". wnba.com. WNBA. June 26, 2020. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
12. "MYSTICS SIGN ALAINA COATES AND SHEY PEDDY". wnba.com. WNBA. June 29, 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
13. "Stewart, Hines-Allen Earn First Players Of The Week Honors Of The Season". wnba.com. WNBA. August 3, 2020. Retrieved August 4, 2020.

External Links

• Official website of the Washington Mystics