2017 Phoenix Mercury season

The 2017 WNBA season was the 21st season for the Phoenix Mercury franchise of the WNBA. The season began on May 14.

Transactions

WNBA draft

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

Roster

Game log

Preseason

|- style="background:#fcc;" | 1 | May 3 | Seattle | L 64–86 | Prince (12) | Cannon (6) | Spencer (5) | KeyArena 4,128 | 0–1 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 2 | May 7 | Seattle | W 72–55 | 2 Tied (16) | George (6) | Mitchell (5) | Talking Stick Resort Arena 4,088 | 1–1

Regular season

|- style="background:#fcc;" | 1 | May 14 | Dallas | L 58–68 | Griner (18) | 2 Tied (5) | D. Robinson (9) | Talking Stick Resort Arena 9,640 | 0–1 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 2 | May 17 | Indiana | W 85–62 | Griner (32) | Griner (10) | Mitchell (7) | Talking Stick Resort Arena 8,896 | 1–1 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 3 | May 19 | San Antonio | W 78–72 | Griner (20) | Griner (13) | D. Robinson (5) | AT&T Center 6,400 | 2–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 4 | May 23 | New York | L 67–69 | Griner (19) | Griner (6) | 2 Tied (5) | Talking Stick Resort Arena 7,886 | 2–2 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 5 | May 27 | Dallas | W 107–65 | Taurasi (18) | Cannon (8) | D. Robinson (7) | Talking Stick Resort Arena 9,245 | 3–2

|- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 6 | June 1 | Chicago | W 99–91 | Taurasi (37) | Griner (13) | D. Robinson (6) | Allstate Arena 4,634 | 4–2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 7 | June 4 | New York | L 72–88 | Griner (26) | George (5) | Griner (4) | Madison Square Garden 7,831 | 4–3 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 8 | June 7 | Indiana | W 98–90 | Griner (38) | Griner (9) | Mitchell (7) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse 5,702 | 5–3 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 9 | June 10 | Los Angeles | L 87–89 | Taurasi (27) | Griner (9) | Griner (5) | Talking Stick Resort Arena 10,223 | 5–4 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 10 | June 16 | Chicago | W 86–78 | Griner (27) | Griner (9) | Taurasi (5) | Talking Stick Resort Arena 10,249 | 6–4 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 11 | June 18 | Los Angeles | L 59–90 | Taurasi (19) | Mitchell (7) | Mitchell (5) | Staples Center 9,916 | 6–5 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 12 | June 23 | Seattle | W 85–82 | 2 Tied (25) | Griner (9) | Taurasi (4) | KeyArena 7,796 | 7–5 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 13 | June 30 | Minnesota | L 83–91 | Little (16) | A. Robinson (8) | D. Robinson (3) | Talking Stick Resort Arena 11,330 | 7–6

|- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 14 | July 5 | Washington | W 88–80 | Griner (30) | Griner (14) | Taurasi (4) | Talking Stick Resort Arena7,440 | 8–6 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 15 | July 7 | San Antonio | W 92–77 | Taurasi (17) | Griner (8) | 3 Tied (5) | AT&T Center8,232 | 9–6 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 16 | July 9 | New York | W 81–69 | Griner (31) | Griner (13) | D. Robinson (6) | Talking Stick Resort Arena9,413 | 10–6 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 17 | July 12 | Atlanta | W 89–84 | Griner (28) | Little (12) | Little (6) | Talking Stick Resort Arena9,342 | 11–6 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 18 | July 14 | Minnesota | L 71–88 | Griner (15) | Mitchell (5) | Talbot (4) | Talking Stick Resort Arena10,493 | 11–7 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 19 | July 16 | Minnesota | L 66–81 | Turner (18) | 3 Tied (6) | Mitchell (4) | Xcel Energy Center10,022 | 11–8 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 20 | July 19 | Indiana | L 77–84 | Taurasi (34) | A. Robinson (8) | Little (5) | Talking Stick Resort Arena11,371 | 11–9 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 21 | July 25 | Atlanta | L 91–99 | Taurasi (31) | A. Robinson (9) | D. Robinson (8) | McCamish Pavilion4,053 | 11–10 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 22 | July 28 | Chicago | W 86–80 | Little (19) | George (14) | Mitchell (5) | Allstate Arena6,088 | 12–10 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 23 | July 30 | San Antonio | W 81–64 | Currie (20) | 2 Tied (6) | D. Robinson (4) | Talking Stick Resort Arena10,108 | 13–10

|- style="background:#fcc;" | 24 | August 4 | Connecticut | L 92–93 | Taurasi (33) | 3 Tied (5) | Mitchell (8) | Mohegan Sun Arena7,331 | 13–11 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 25 | August 6 | Washington | L80–85 | Taurasi (16) | Currie (8) | 2 Tied (5) | Verizon Center7,414 | 13–12 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 26 | August 10 | Dallas | W 101–100 | Currie (29) | Cannon (9) | 2 Tied (7) | College Park Center4,165 | 14–12 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 27 | August 12 | Seattle | L 89–98 | Taurasi (20) | Cannon (9) | Taurasi (4) | Talking Stick Resort Arena11,797 | 14–13 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 28 | August 18 | Washington | W 89–79 | Taurasi (25) | Griner (10) | 3 Tied (4) | Capital One Arena7,208 | 15–13 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 29 | August 20 | Connecticut | L 66–94 | Griner (18) | Griner (6) | Mitchell (3) | Mohegan Sun Arena8,353 | 15–14 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 30 | August 22 | Minnesota | L 69–105 | Currie (14) | Little (5) | Turner (4) | Xcel Energy Center10,723 | 15–15 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 31 | August 24 | Los Angeles | L 67–82 | Griner (18) | Griner (6) | Mitchell (6) | Talking Stick Resort Arena9,890 | 15–16 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 32 | August 27 | Seattle | W 75–71 | Griner (29) | 2 Tied (8) | Currie (7) | Key Arena13,882 | 16–16

|- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 33 | September 1 | Connecticut | W 86–66 | Griner (31) | 2 Tied (8) | Griner (5) | Talking Stick Resort Arena9,971 | 17–16 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 34 | September 3 | Atlanta | W 84–70 | Griner (30) | Cannon (10) | 3 Tied (3) | Talking Stick Resort Arena11,222 | 18–16

Playoffs

|- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 1 | September 6 | Seattle | W 79–69 | Griner (23) | Griner (11) | 3 Tied (3) | Wells Fargo Arena 5,764 | 1–0

|- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 1 | September 10 | Connecticut | W 88–83 | Griner (26) | Griner (9) | Mitchell (5) | Mohegan Sun Arena 8,420 | 1–0

|- style="background:#fcc;" | 1 | September 12 | Los Angeles | L 66–79 | Mitchell (19) | Little (11) | Mitchell (4) | Staples Center7,963 | 0–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 | September 14 | Los Angeles | L 72–86 | Taurasi (32) | Mitchell (6) | Taurasi (4) | Walter Pyramid4,023 | 0–2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 3 | September 17 | Los Angeles | L 87–89 | Taurasi (22) | 2 Tied (8) | 2 Tied (5) | Talking Stick Resort Arena 12,043 | 0–3

Standings

Playoffs

Awards and honors Recipient Award Date awarded Ref. Diana Taurasi Player of the Week June 4, 2017 Brittney Griner Player of the Week July 10, 2017 Player of the Week September 5, 2017

Statistics

Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Brittney Griner 26 26 31.5 57.7% — 81.2% 7.6 1.9 0.7 2.5 21.9 Diana Taurasi 31 31 28.5 40.0% 38.4% 91.2% 3.0 2.7 0.5 0.3 17.9 Monique Currie 22 7 20.9 42.4% 42.4% 82.4% 3.0 2.2 0.8 0.3 10.2 Leilani Mitchell 34 7 21.4 38.9% 36.0% 82.4% 2.4 3.6 0.9 0.3 8.0 Camille Little 34 34 25.4 41.9% 22.4% 60.7% 3.8 1.4 0.9 0.4 7.1 Danielle Robinson 32 29 23.5 43.2% 0.0% 84.6% 2.9 3.4 1.1 0.2 6.9 Yvonne Turner 34 4 12.8 41.0% 24.1% 76.3% 1.0 1.1 0.6 0.0 5.1 Stephanie Talbot 34 24 17.9 41.5% 38.1% 65.2% 2.7 1.6 0.7 0.3 4.4 Emma Cannon 34 0 12.9 49.1% 0.0% 58.7% 3.6 0.3 0.1 0.1 4.4 Angel Robinson 15 8 15.8 56.8% 100% 100% 3.9 0.5 0.1 0.7 3.9 Cayla George 32 0 11.9 37.6% 28.3% 64.3% 2.7 0.5 0.3 0.4 3.3 Shay Murphy 9 0 14.1 33.3% 18.8% 66.7% 2.4 0.8 0.7 0.0 3.2 Alexis Prince 18 0 7.2 34.1% 31.3% 100% 1.0 0.4 0.2 0.2 1.9 Sophie Brunner 3 0 4.3 0.0% — — 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

References

External links The Official Site of the Phoenix Mercury