2017 Phoenix Mercury season

Results
2017 Phoenix Mercury season
Head Coach	Sandy Brondello
Arena	Talking Stick Resort Arena
Attendance	9,912 per game per game

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)
Phoenix Mercury seasons
< 2016	2018 >

The 2017 WNBA season was the 21st season for the Phoenix Mercury franchise of the WNBA. The season began on May 14.^[1]

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.	#	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 • LA • MIN • PHO • SA • 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

Preseason

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

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

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

Template:2017 WNBA Western Conference standings

Playoffs

Template:2017 WNBA Playoffs

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]
Brittney Griner	Player of the Week	September 5, 2017	^[4]

References

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External links

The Official Site of the Phoenix Mercury

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v t e Phoenix Mercury
Founded in 1997 Based in Phoenix, Arizona
The Franchise	Franchise Current season
Arenas	Talking Stick Resort Arena
Head Coaches	Cheryl Miller Cynthia Cooper Linda Sharp John Shumate Carrie Graf Paul Westhead Corey Gaines Russ Pennell Sandy Brondello
Administration	Owner: Jerry Colangelo Robert Sarver General Manager: Cheryl Miller Seth Sulka Ann Meyers-Drysdale Corey Gaines Amber Cox Jason Rowley
All-Stars	DeWanna Bonner Anna DeForge Candice Dupree Brittney Griner Brandy Reed Cappie Pondexter Diana Taurasi Penny Taylor Michelle Timms Adrian Williams
Seasons	1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Playoff Appearances	1997 1998 2000 2007 2009 2010 2011 2013 2014
Conference Titles	1998 2007 2009 2014
WNBA Titles	2007 2009 2014
Rivals	Houston Comets Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx Seattle Storm
Media	TV: FS Arizona (FS-A) Announcers: Kayte Christensen, Tom Leander

v t e 2017 WNBA season by team
Draft All-Star Game Playoffs Finals
Eastern	Atlanta Dream Chicago Sky Connecticut Sun Indiana Fever New York Liberty Washington Mystics
Western	Dallas Wings Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx Phoenix Mercury San Antonio Stars Seattle Storm
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