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| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
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| 3 | 29 | Alexis Prince |  United States | Baylor |
| 2017 Phoenix Mercury season | |
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| 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) |
The 2017 WNBA season was the 21st season for the Phoenix Mercury franchise of the WNBA. The season began on May 14. [1]
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| 3 | 29 | Alexis Prince | United States | Baylor |
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| 2017 pre-season schedule | |
| 2017 game log Total: 18–16 (Home: 9–8; Road: 9–8) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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May: 3–2 (Home: 2–2; Road: 1–0)
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June : 4–4 (Home: 1–2; Road: 3–2)
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July : 6–4 (Home: 4–2; Road: 2–2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
August : 3–6 (Home: 0–2; Road: 3–4)
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September : 2–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–0)
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| 2017 playoff game log Total: 2–3(Home: 1–1; Road: 1–2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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First Round: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
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Second Round: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–0)
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WNBA Semifinals: 0–3 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–2)
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| 2017 playoff schedule | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| # | Western Conference | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
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| 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 |
| 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 | 79 | 86 | 89 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Connecticut Sun | 83 | 5 | Phoenix Mercury | 66 | 72 | 87 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Phoenix Mercury | 79 | 5 | Phoenix Mercury | 88 | 1 | Minnesota Lynx | 84 | 70 | 64 | 80 | 85 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Seattle Storm | 69 | 2 | Los Angeles Sparks | 85 | 68 | 75 | 69 | 76 | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Minnesota Lynx | 101 | 93 | 81 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | New York Liberty | 68 | 6 | Washington Mystics | 81 | 83 | 70 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Washington Mystics | 86 | 6 | Washington Mystics | 82 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Dallas Wings | 76 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Note: Teams re-seeded after second round and semi-finals.
| Recipient | Award | Date awarded | Ref. |
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| 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] |
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| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
| APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
| FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage | TO | Turnovers per game |
| PF | Fouls per game | Team leader | League leader | ||||
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| 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 |
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