# 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.

## Transactions
### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 3 | 29 | Alexis Prince | United States | Baylor |

## Game log
### Preseason

2017 pre-season game log :
May: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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 AttendanceRecord
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 AttendanceRecord
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 AttendanceRecord
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 AttendanceRecord
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 AttendanceRecord
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 AttendanceSeries
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 AttendanceSeries
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 AttendanceSeries
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 vte | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
| 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 |

### Playoffs

| First round: Single elimination (Sept. 6) | First round: Single elimination (Sept. 6) | First round: Single elimination (Sept. 6) | Second round: Single elimination (Sept. 10) | Second round: Single elimination (Sept. 10) | Second round: Single elimination (Sept. 10) | Semifinals: Best-of-five (Sept. 12 – Sept. 17) | Semifinals: Best-of-five (Sept. 12 – Sept. 17) | Semifinals: Best-of-five (Sept. 12 – Sept. 17) | Semifinals: Best-of-five (Sept. 12 – Sept. 17) | Semifinals: Best-of-five (Sept. 12 – Sept. 17) | WNBA Finals: Best-of-five (Sept. 24 – Oct. 4) | WNBA Finals: Best-of-five (Sept. 24 – Oct. 4) | WNBA Finals: Best-of-five (Sept. 24 – Oct. 4) | WNBA Finals: Best-of-five (Sept. 24 – Oct. 4) | WNBA Finals: Best-of-five (Sept. 24 – Oct. 4) | WNBA Finals: Best-of-five (Sept. 24 – Oct. 4) | 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.

## Awards and honors

| Recipient | Award | Date awarded |
| Diana Taurasi | Player of the Week | June 4, 2017 |
| Brittney Griner | Player of the Week | July 10, 2017 |
| Brittney Griner | Player of the Week | September 5, 2017 |

## Statistics
### 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 |