2017 Phoenix Mercury season

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2017 Phoenix Mercury season
Coach Sandy Brondello
Arena Talking Stick Resort Arena
Attendance9,912 per game per game
Results
Record18–16 (.529)
Place3rd (Western)
Playoff finishLost in Semifinals to Los Angeles
Team Leaders
Points Brittney Griner 20.2 ppg
ReboundsGriner 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]

Contents

Transactions

WNBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
329Alexis PrinceFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Baylor

Roster

2017 Phoenix Mercury roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
C 23 Flag of Australia (converted).svg George, Cayla 6' 4" (1.93m)192 lb (87kg)1987-04-20 Georgia 1
F/C 0 Flag of the United States.svg Robinson, Angel 6' 6" (1.98m)193 lb (88kg)1987-04-20 Georgia 1
C 42 Flag of the United States.svg Griner, Brittney 6' 9" (2.06m)205 lb (93kg)1990-10-18 Baylor 5
F 20 Flag of the United States.svg Little, Camille 6' 2" (1.88m)180 lb (82kg)1985-01-18 North Carolina 11
G 11 Flag of the United States.svg Robinson, Danielle 5' 9" (1.75m)125 lb (57kg)1989-05-10 Oklahoma 7
G 5 Flag of the United States.svg Mitchell, Leilani 5' 5" (1.65m)128 lb (58kg)1985-06-15 Utah 9
G 3 Flag of the United States.svg Taurasi, Diana 6' 0" (1.83m)163 lb (74kg)1982-06-11 Connecticut 13
G 8 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Talbot, Stephanie 6' 1" (1.85m)191 lb (87kg)1990-12-20 Australia R
G 6 Flag of the United States.svg Turner, Yvonne 5' 9" (1.75m)131 lb (59kg)1987-10-13 Nebraska 2
F 10 Flag of the United States.svg Cannon, Emma 6' 2" (1.88m)190 lb (86kg)1989-06-01 Central Florida R
G/F 25 Flag of the United States.svg Currie, Monique 6' 0" (1.83m)176 lb (80kg)1983-02-25 Duke 11
Head coach
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sandy Brondello (Western Sydney)
Assistant coaches
Flag of the United States.svg Julie Hairgrove (Arizona)
Flag of the United States.svg Todd Troxel (Doane)
Athletic trainer
Flag of the United States.svg Tamara Poole (Cal State Dominguez Hills)
Strength and conditioning coach
Flag of the United States.svg Kristine Foltz (Iowa State)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Game log

Preseason

2017 pre-season game log
May: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1May 3 Seattle L 64–86 Prince (12) Cannon (6) Spencer (5) KeyArena
4,128		0–1
2May 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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1May 14 Dallas L 58–68 Griner (18)2 Tied (5) D. Robinson (9) Talking Stick Resort Arena
9,640		0–1
2May 17 Indiana W 85–62 Griner (32) Griner (10) Mitchell (7) Talking Stick Resort Arena
8,896		1–1
3May 19 San Antonio W 78–72 Griner (20) Griner (13) D. Robinson (5) AT&T Center
6,400		2–1
4May 23 New York L 67–69 Griner (19) Griner (6)2 Tied (5) Talking Stick Resort Arena
7,886		2–2
5May 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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
6June 1 Chicago W 99–91 Taurasi (37) Griner (13) D. Robinson (6) Allstate Arena
4,634		4–2
7June 4 New York L 72–88 Griner (26) George (5) Griner (4) Madison Square Garden
7,831		4–3
8June 7 Indiana W 98–90 Griner (38) Griner (9) Mitchell (7) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
5,702		5–3
9June 10 Los Angeles L 87–89 Taurasi (27) Griner (9) Griner (5) Talking Stick Resort Arena
10,223		5–4
10June 16 Chicago W 86–78 Griner (27) Griner (9) Taurasi (5) Talking Stick Resort Arena
10,249		6–4
11June 18 Los Angeles L 59–90 Taurasi (19) Mitchell (7) Mitchell (5) Staples Center
9,916		6–5
12June 23 Seattle W 85–82 2 Tied (25) Griner (9) Taurasi (4) KeyArena
7,796		7–5
13June 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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
14July 5 Washington W 88–80 Griner (30) Griner (14) Taurasi (4) Talking Stick Resort Arena
7,440		8–6
15July 7 San Antonio W 92–77 Taurasi (17) Griner (8)3 Tied (5) AT&T Center
8,232		9–6
16July 9 New York W 81–69 Griner (31) Griner (13) D. Robinson (6) Talking Stick Resort Arena
9,413		10–6
17July 12 Atlanta W 89–84 Griner (28) Little (12) Little (6) Talking Stick Resort Arena
9,342		11–6
18July 14 Minnesota L 71–88 Griner (15) Mitchell (5) Talbot (4) Talking Stick Resort Arena
10,493		11–7
19July 16 Minnesota L 66–81 Turner (18)3 Tied (6) Mitchell (4) Xcel Energy Center
10,022		11–8
20July 19 Indiana L 77–84 Taurasi (34) A. Robinson (8) Little (5) Talking Stick Resort Arena
11,371		11–9
21July 25 Atlanta L 91–99 Taurasi (31) A. Robinson (9) D. Robinson (8) McCamish Pavilion
4,053		11–10
22July 28 Chicago W 86–80 Little (19) George (14) Mitchell (5) Allstate Arena
6,088		12–10
23July 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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
24August 4 Connecticut L 92–93 Taurasi (33)3 Tied (5) Mitchell (8) Mohegan Sun Arena
7,331		13–11
25August 6 Washington L80–85 Taurasi (16) Currie (8)2 Tied (5) Verizon Center
7,414		13–12
26August 10 Dallas W 101–100 Currie (29) Cannon (9)2 Tied (7) College Park Center
4,165		14–12
27August 12 Seattle L 89–98 Taurasi (20) Cannon (9) Taurasi (4) Talking Stick Resort Arena
11,797		14–13
28August 18 Washington W 89–79 Taurasi (25) Griner (10)3 Tied (4) Capital One Arena
7,208		15–13
29August 20 Connecticut L 66–94 Griner (18) Griner (6) Mitchell (3) Mohegan Sun Arena
8,353		15–14
30August 22 Minnesota L 69–105 Currie (14) Little (5) Turner (4) Xcel Energy Center
10,723		15–15
31August 24 Los Angeles L 67–82 Griner (18) Griner (6) Mitchell (6) Talking Stick Resort Arena
9,890		15–16
32August 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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
33September 1 Connecticut W 86–66 Griner (31)2 Tied (8) Griner (5) Talking Stick Resort Arena
9,971		17–16
34September 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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1September 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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1September 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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1September 12 Los Angeles L 66–79 Mitchell (19) Little (11) Mitchell (4) Staples Center
7,963		0–1
2September 14 Los Angeles L 72–86 Taurasi (32) Mitchell (6) Taurasi (4) Walter Pyramid
4,023		0–2
3September 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)277.794–15–212–513–3
2 Los Angeles Sparks - (2)268.765116–110–712–4
3 Phoenix Mercury - (5)1816.52999–89–87–9
4 Dallas Wings - (7)1618.4711110–76–117–9
5 Seattle Storm - (8)1519.4411210–75–128–8
6 San Antonio Stars - e826.235196–112–151–15

Playoffs

First round
Single elimination
(Sept. 6)		Second round
Single elimination
(Sept. 10)		Semifinals
Best-of-5
(Sept. 12 – Sept. 17)		 WNBA Finals
Best-of-5
(Sept. 24 – Oct. 4)
2 Los Angeles Sparks 3
4 Connecticut Sun 835 Phoenix Mercury 0
5 Phoenix Mercury 795 Phoenix Mercury 881 Minnesota Lynx 3
8 Seattle Storm 692 Los Angeles Sparks 2
1 Minnesota Lynx 3
3 New York Liberty 686 Washington Mystics 0
6 Washington Mystics 866 Washington Mystics 82
7 Dallas Wings 76

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

  • Bold – Game or series winner
  • Italic – Team with home-court advantage

Awards and honors

RecipientAwardDate awardedRef.
Diana Taurasi Player of the WeekJune 4, 2017 [2]
Brittney Griner Player of the WeekJuly 10, 2017 [3]
Player of the WeekSeptember 5, 2017 [4]

Statistics

Legend
  GPGames 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 gameTeam leaderLeague leader

Regular season

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Brittney Griner 262631.557.7%—81.2%7.61.90.72.521.9
Diana Taurasi 313128.540.0%38.4%91.2%3.02.70.50.317.9
Monique Currie 22720.942.4%42.4%82.4%3.02.20.80.310.2
Leilani Mitchell 34721.438.9%36.0%82.4%2.43.60.90.38.0
Camille Little 343425.441.9%22.4%60.7%3.81.40.90.47.1
Danielle Robinson 322923.543.2%0.0%84.6%2.93.41.10.26.9
Yvonne Turner 34412.841.0%24.1%76.3%1.01.10.60.05.1
Stephanie Talbot 342417.941.5%38.1%65.2%2.71.60.70.34.4
Emma Cannon 34012.949.1%0.0%58.7%3.60.30.10.14.4
Angel Robinson 15815.856.8%100%100%3.90.50.10.73.9
Cayla George 32011.937.6%28.3%64.3%2.70.50.30.43.3
Shay Murphy 9014.133.3%18.8%66.7%2.40.80.70.03.2
Alexis Prince 1807.234.1%31.3%100%1.00.40.20.21.9
Sophie Brunner 304.30.0%——1.30.00.00.00.0

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.
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