# 2019 Washington Mystics season

The 2019 WNBA season was the 22nd for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Mystics winning their first WNBA Championship.
The Mystics began playing at the St. Elizabeths East Entertainment and Sports Arena in the 2019 season. The arena holds a maximum of 4,200 spectators per game.
They began the season on May 25, 2019 versus the Connecticut Sun. On August 31, with a victory over the Dallas Wings, the Mystics set a franchise record for wins at 23. The previous record was 22, held jointly by the 2010 and 2018 teams. They entered the playoffs as the top-seeded team, and defeated the Las Vegas Aces in the semifinals and the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA Finals.

## Transactions
### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 1 | 10 | Kiara Leslie | United States | NC State |
| 3 | 34 | Sam Fuehring | United States | Louisville |

### Trades/Roster Changes

| Date | Details | Details |
| February 1, 2019 | Re-signed G Natasha Cloud |
| February 4, 2019 | Re-signed F LaToya Sanders |

## Game log
### Preseason

2019 pre-season game log :
May: 1–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 10
@ Minnesota Lynx
L 79–86
Meesseman (19)
Meesseman (6)
3 tied (3)
Target Center 3,201
0–1
2
May 17
@ Atlanta Dream
W 75–64
Walker-Kimbrough (18)
Sanders (5)
3 tied (3)
Albany Civic Center N/A
1–1 :
2019 pre-season schedule :

### Regular season

2019 game log Total: 26–8 (Home: 14–3; Road: 12–5) :
May: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 25
@ Connecticut Sun
L 69–84
Meesseman (14)
Sanders (9)
Cloud (8)
Mohegan Sun Arena 7,913
0–1 :
June
: 9–2 (Home: 4–1; Road: 5–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
2
June 1
Atlanta Dream
W 96–75
Atkins (21)
Hines-Allen (8)
Toliver (5)
St. Elizabeth's East Arena 4,200
1–1
3
June 5
Chicago Sky
W 103–85
Toliver (19)
Delle Donne (7)
Toliver (6)
St. Elizabeth's East Arena 2,347
2–1
4
June 7
@ New York Liberty
W 94–85
Cloud (26)
Delle Donne (8)
Cloud (8)
Westchester County Center 1,567
3–1
5
June 9
Dallas Wings
W 86–62
Hawkins (21)
Delle Donne (9)
Toliver (6)
Westchester County Center 3,564
4–1
6
June 11
@ Connecticut Sun
L 75–83
Atkins (18)
Sanders (8)
Cloud (8)
Mohegan Sun Arena 5,224
4–2
7
June 14
Seattle Storm
L 71–74
Delle Donne (19)
Tied (8)
Cloud (5)
St. Elizabeth's East Arena 3,654
4–3
8
June 18
@ Los Angeles Sparks
W 81–52
Atkins (22)
Delle Donne (15)
Toliver (9)
Staples Center 9,537
5–3
9
June 20
@ Las Vegas Aces
W 95–72
Delle Donne (29)
Delle Donne (11)
Cloud (7)
Mandalay Bay Events Center 4,416
6–3
10
June 23
@ Atlanta Dream
W 89–73
Delle Donne (21)
Delle Donne (10)
Cloud (6)
State Farm Arena 4,136
7–3
11
June 26
@ Chicago Sky
W 81–74
Delle Donne (22)
Delle Donne (7)
Cloud (5)
Wintrust Arena 8,914
8–3
12
June 29
Connecticut Sun
W 102–59
Delle Donne (19)
Delle Donne (10)
Cloud (6)
St. Elizabeth's East Arena 4,200
9–3 :
July
: 5–3 (Home: 3–2; Road: 2–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
13
July 5
@ Las Vegas Aces
W 99–70
Delle Donne (21)
Sanders (7)
Cloud (9)
Mandalay Bay Events Center N/A
10–3
14
July 7
@ Los Angeles Sparks
L 81–98
Powers (24)
Tied (8)
Toliver (9)
Staples Center 10,336
10–4
15
July 10
Phoenix Mercury
L 68–91
Hawkins (24)
Hawkins (7)
Toliver (6)
Capital One Arena 15,377
10–5
16
July 13
Las Vegas Aces
L 81–85
Cloud (18)
Sanders (10)
Toliver (7)
St. Elizabeth's East Arena 4,200
10–6
17
July 19
@ Indiana Fever
W 95–88 (OT)
Delle Donne (28)
Delle Donne (15)
Cloud (7)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,726
11–6
18
July 21
Atlanta Dream
W 93–65
Delle Donne (28)
Delle Donne (8)
Toliver (7)
St. Elizabeth's East Arena 4,200
12–6
19
July 24
Minnesota Lynx
W 79–71
Toliver (32)
Meesseman (6)
Toliver (6)
Target Center 17,934
13–6
20
July 30
Phoenix Mercury
W 99–93
Delle Donne (33)
Powers (8)
Cloud (6)
St. Elizabeth's East Arena 3,819
14–6 :
August
: 9–2 (Home: 6–0; Road: 3–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
21
August 2
@ Seattle Storm
W 99–79
Delle Donne (29)
Delle Donne (12)
Tied (5)
Angel of the Winds Arena 7,488
15–6
22
August 4
@ Phoenix Mercury
L 82–103
Tied (18)
Tied (7)
Cloud (7)
Talking Stick Resort Arena 9,025
15–7
23
August 8
Indiana Fever
W 91–78
Delle Donne (22)
Delle Donne (8)
Toliver (11)
St. Elizabeth's East Arena 3,013
16–7
24
August 11
Minnesota Lynx
W 101–78
Meesseman (25)
Delle Donne (10)
Cloud (4)
St. Elizabeth's East Arena 4,200
17–7
25
August 14
Seattle Storm
W 88–59
Powers (16)
Sanders (8)
5 tied (3)
St. Elizabeth's East Arena 3,917
18–7
26
August 16
@ Minnesota Lynx
W 86–79
Atkins (18)
Delle Donne (8)
Tied (8)
Target Center 8,803
19–7
27
August 18
Indiana Fever
W 107–68
Delle Donne (25)
Delle Donne (9)
Cloud (8)
St. Elizabeth's East Arena 4,034
20–7
28
August 23
@ Chicago Sky
L 78–85
Delle Donne (16)
Delle Donne (7)
Powers (5)
Wintrust Arena 6,131
20–8
29
August 25
New York Liberty
W 101–72
Delle Donne (22)
Delle Donne (10)
Tied (5)
St. Elizabeth's East Arena 4,200
21–8
30
August 27
Los Angeles Sparks
W 95–66
Powers (20)
Sanders (9)
Cloud (6)
St. Elizabeth's East Arena 4,200
22–8
31
August 31
@ Dallas Wings
W 91–85
Delle Donne (22)
Sanders (11)
Meesseman (7)
College Park Center 5,205
23–8 :
September
: 3–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
32
September 3
@ New York Liberty
W 93–77
Delle Donne (30)
Tied (10)
Cloud (9)
Westchester County Center 1,558
24–8
33
September 6
Dallas Wings
W 86–73
Meesseman (25)
Meesseman (10)
Tied (5)
St. Elizabeth's East Arena 3,963
25–8
34
September 8
Chicago Sky
W 100–86
Delle Donne (25)
Delle Donne (12)
Cloud (6)
St. Elizabeth's East Arena 4,200
26–8 :
2019 season schedule :

### Playoffs

2019 playoff game log Total: 6–3 (Home: 4–1; Road: 2–1) :
Semifinals: 3–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
September 17
Las Vegas Aces
W 97–95
Meesseman (27)
Meesseman (10)
Delle Donne (6)
St. Elizabeth's East Arena 3,968
1–0
2
September 19
Las Vegas Aces
W 103–91
Meesseman (30)
Delle Donne (10)
Cloud (11)
St. Elizabeth's East Arena 4,200
2–0
3
September 22
@ Las Vegas Aces
L 75–92
Delle Donne (22)
Meesseman (8)
Cloud (6)
Mandalay Bay Events Center 6,175
2–1
4
September 24
@ Las Vegas Aces
W 94–90
Delle Donne (25)
3 tied (6)
Tied (9)
Mandalay Bay Events Center 5,465
3–1 :
WNBA Finals: 3–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
September 29
Connecticut Sun
W 95–86
Delle Donne (22)
Delle Donne (10)
Cloud (7)
St. Elizabeth's East Arena 4,200
1–0
2
October 1
Connecticut Sun
L 87–99
Meesseman (23)
Meesseman (8)
Toliver (7)
St. Elizabeth's East Arena 4,200
1–1
3
October 6
@ Connecticut Sun
W 94–81
Meesseman (21)
Powers (8)
Toliver (10)
Mohegan Sun Arena 9,170
2–1
4
October 8
@ Connecticut Sun
L 86–90
Powers (15)
Cloud (7)
Cloud (9)
Mohegan Sun Arena 8,458
2–2
5
October 10
Connecticut Sun
W 89–78
Meesseman (22)
Delle Donne (9)
Toliver (4)
St. Elizabeth's East Arena 4,200
3–2 :
2019 playoff schedule :

## Standings

| # | Eastern Conference vte | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
| 1 | Washington Mystics (1) | 26 | 8 | .765 | – | 14–3 | 12–5 | 13–3 |
| 2 | Connecticut Sun (2) | 23 | 11 | .676 | 3 | 15–2 | 8–9 | 11–5 |
| 3 | Chicago Sky (5) | 20 | 14 | .588 | 6 | 12–5 | 8–9 | 11–5 |
| 4 | e –Indiana Fever | 13 | 21 | .382 | 13 | 7–10 | 6–11 | 7–9 |
| 5 | e –New York Liberty | 10 | 24 | .294 | 16 | 4–13 | 6–11 | 3–13 |
| 6 | e –Atlanta Dream | 8 | 26 | .235 | 18 | 5–12 | 3–14 | 3–13 |

## Playoffs

| First round: Single elimination (Sept. 11) | First round: Single elimination (Sept. 11) | First round: Single elimination (Sept. 11) | Second round: Single elimination (Sept. 15) | Second round: Single elimination (Sept. 15) | Second round: Single elimination (Sept. 15) | Semifinals: Best-of-five (Sept. 17 – Sept. 24) | Semifinals: Best-of-five (Sept. 17 – Sept. 24) | Semifinals: Best-of-five (Sept. 17 – Sept. 24) | Semifinals: Best-of-five (Sept. 17 – Sept. 24) | Semifinals: Best-of-five (Sept. 17 – Sept. 24) | Semifinals: Best-of-five (Sept. 17 – Sept. 24) | WNBA Finals: Best-of-five (Sept. 29 – Oct. 10) | WNBA Finals: Best-of-five (Sept. 29 – Oct. 10) | WNBA Finals: Best-of-five (Sept. 29 – Oct. 10) | WNBA Finals: Best-of-five (Sept. 29 – Oct. 10) | WNBA Finals: Best-of-five (Sept. 29 – Oct. 10) | WNBA Finals: Best-of-five (Sept. 29 – Oct. 10) | WNBA Finals: Best-of-five (Sept. 29 – Oct. 10) |
| | | | | | | 1 | Washington Mystics | 97 | 103 | 75 | 94 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Las Vegas Aces | 93 | 4 | Las Vegas Aces | 95 | 91 | 92 | 90 | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Chicago Sky | 105 | 5 | Chicago Sky | 92 | | | | | | | 1 | Washington Mystics | 95 | 87 | 94 | 86 | 89 |
| 8 | Phoenix Mercury | 76 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Connecticut Sun | 86 | 99 | 81 | 90 | 78 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Connecticut Sun | Connecticut Sun | 84 | 94 | 78 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 3 | Los Angeles Sparks | 92 | 3 | Los Angeles Sparks | Los Angeles Sparks | 75 | 68 | 56 | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Seattle Storm | 84 | 6 | Seattle Storm | 69 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Minnesota Lynx | 74 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Note: Teams re-seeded after each round.

## Statistics
### Regular season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Elena Delle Donne | 31 | 31 | 29.1 | 51.5 | 43.0 | 97.4 | 8.3 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 19.5 |
| Emma Meesseman | 23 | 6 | 23.6 | 55.2 | 42.2 | 90.5 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 13.1 |
| Kristi Toliver | 23 | 23 | 29.5 | 49.4 | 36.0 | 85.7 | 2.9 | 6.0 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 13.0 |
| Aerial Powers | 30 | 7 | 19.8 | 43.4 | 36.2 | 86.7 | 3.2 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 11.4 |
| Ariel Atkins | 33 | 33 | 24.4 | 41.6 | 35.7 | 81.1 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 10.3 |
| Tianna Hawkins | 31 | 1 | 15.4 | 51.4 | 36.3 | 92.5 | 4.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 9.5 |
| Natasha Cloud | 34 | 34 | 32.1 | 39.4 | 32.6 | 68.3 | 2.5 | 5.6 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 9.0 |
| Shatori Walker-Kimbrough | 34 | 1 | 17.1 | 43.2 | 31.0 | 93.0 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 6.7 |
| LaToya Sanders | 34 | 34 | 23.6 | 50.6 | 0 | 89.2 | 5.5 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 6.1 |
| Myisha Hines-Allen | 27 | 0 | 7.8 | 36.2 | 37.5 | 58.3 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 7.8 |
| Shey Peddy | 15 | 0 | 4.7 | 61.5 | 50.0 | 100 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.7 |
| Kim Mestdagh | 15 | 0 | 4.7 | 38.9 | 40.0 | 100 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.5 |

## Awards and honors

| Recipient | Award | Date awarded |
| Elena Delle Donne | WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week | June 24, 2019 |
| Elena Delle Donne | WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week | July 1, 2019 |
| Elena Delle Donne | WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Month - June | July 1, 2019 |
| Mike Thibault | WNBA Coach of the Month - June | July 2, 2019 |
| Elena Delle Donne | WNBA All-Star Selection | July 15, 2019 |
| Kristi Toliver | WNBA All-Star Selection | July 15, 2019 |
| Elena Delle Donne | WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week | July 22, 2019 |
| Elena Delle Donne | WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Month - July | August 1, 2019 |
| Elena Delle Donne | WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week | August 5, 2019 |
| Elena Delle Donne | WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week | August 12, 2019 |
| Elena Delle Donne | WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week | August 19, 2019 |
| Elena Delle Donne | WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Month - August | September 4, 2019 |
| Mike Thibault | WNBA Coach of the Month - August | September 4, 2019 |
| Elena Delle Donne | WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week | September 9, 2019 |
| Elena Delle Donne | WNBA MVP | September 19, 2019 |
| Emma Meesseman | WNBA Finals MVP | October 10, 2019 |