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.[1]

2017 Phoenix Mercury season
CoachSandy Brondello
ArenaTalking Stick Resort Arena
Attendance9,912 per game per game
Results
Record18–16 (.529)
Place3rd (Western)
Playoff finishLost in Semifinals to Los Angeles
Team Leaders
PointsBrittney Griner 20.2 ppg
ReboundsGriner 7.0 rpg
AssistsDiana Taurasi & Leilani Mitchell 3.8 apg
Media
TelevisionFS Arizona (FS-A)

Transactions

WNBA draft
See also: 2017 WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
3 29 Alexis Prince  United States Baylor

Roster
2017 Phoenix Mercury roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
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
Head coach
Sandy Brondello (Western Sydney)
Assistant coaches
Julie Hairgrove (Arizona)
Todd Troxel (Doane)
Athletic trainer
Tamara Poole (Cal State Dominguez Hills)
Strength and conditioning coach
Kristine Foltz (Iowa State)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Game log

Preseason
2017 pre-season game log
May: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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
Total: 18–16 (Home: 9–8; Road: 9–8)
May: 3–2 (Home: 2–2; Road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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
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
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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
# 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-five
(Sept. 12 – Sept. 17)		WNBA Finals:
Best-of-five
(Sept. 24 – Oct. 4)
2Los Angeles Sparks798689
4Connecticut Sun835Phoenix Mercury667287
5Phoenix Mercury795Phoenix Mercury881Minnesota Lynx8470648085
8Seattle Storm692Los Angeles Sparks8568756976
1Minnesota Lynx1019381
3New York Liberty686Washington Mystics818370
6Washington Mystics866Washington Mystics82
7Dallas Wings76

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

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]
Player of the Week September 5, 2017 [4]

Statistics
Legend
  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

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
  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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